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Regional & national history
Paperback. Presents descriptions of coronations, funerals, parades, trips through the realm, and historical celebrations. This book reveals how these ceremonies were constructed or reconstructed to fit the political and cultural narratives in the lives and reigns of successive tsars. It also describes the upbringing of the heirs as well as their roles. Series: Studies of the Harriman Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 512 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Abridged
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123745
- ISBN
- 9780691123745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.63€ 55.00
€ 70.63
€ 55.00
Hardback. Sifting information from rumors and private letters, Jefferson follows events in Europe, including Bonaparte's unexpected rise to power in France, and sees the value of his tobacco crop plummet as US legislation cuts off the French market. He begins to compile a manual of parliamentary procedures for the Senate. Editor(s): Oberg, Barbara B. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 728 pages, 8 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 170 x 245 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 728
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118956
- ISBN
- 9780691118956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.16€ 124.44
€ 167.16
€ 124.44
Paperback. Describes the urban bachelor life that took shape in the late nineteenth century, when a significant population of single men migrated to American cities. This book also describe a complex subculture that continues to affect the larger meanings of manhood and manliness in American society. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 halftones, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSG; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070551
- ISBN
- 9780691070551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.50€ 44.35
€ 56.50
€ 44.35
Paperback. Focusing on commercial and social networks in the Rio de la Plata region, this book examines how Montevideo merchant elites used transimperial connections to expand their influence and how their trade offered crucial support to Montevideo's autonomist projects. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 maps, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTM; JPA; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285163
- ISBN
- 9780520285163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Paperback. Charting the cultural imagination of Haiti, this text argues for the recognition of both vodou rituals and narrative fictions as repositories of history. The book gives human dimensions to the 18th-century French colony and provides a template for understanding the Haiti of today. Num Pages: 362 pages, 34 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520213685
- ISBN
- 9780520213685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.36
€ 35.99
€ 26.36
Paperback. In 1921, Lenin called for the legalization of private trade and manufacturing. This New Economic Policy (NEP) spawned many thousands of private entrepreneurs, dubbed Nepmen. This title examines where the Nepmen came from, their importance in the Soviet economy, and the consequences of their "liquidation" at the end of the 1920s. Num Pages: 243 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520071742
- ISBN
- 9780520071742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.48
€ 34.99
€ 25.48
Hardcover. This revised and expanded volume brings together a carefully-selected collection of primary sources drawn from medieval and sixteenth-century texts. Particularly notable for its comprehensive coverage, it consolidates a broad range of important documents, which until now, have been scattered through numerous volumes of primary materials. Editor(s): Lindberg, Carter. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470673270
- ISBN
- 9780470673270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.51
€ 97.51
Paperback. Makes the social practice and the existing textual specimens of personal Chinese letter-writing fully visible for the first time Series: Modern Language Initiative Books. Num Pages: 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992785
- ISBN
- 9780295992785
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.49
€ 33.99
€ 30.49
Paperback. Examines the stages by which religious dissidents were persecuted by Tudor monarchs across the 16th century and the means by which these dissidents counteracted authorities. During each stage of persecution, many dissidents were able to elude capture and counter-interrogate their inquisitors. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HRCC2; HRQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268042264
- ISBN
- 9780268042264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 318 pages, 10 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTV; JPVH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253021397
- ISBN
- 9780253021397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.40
€ 36.99
€ 35.40
Paperback. Drawing on the resources of a DVD version of Lincoln's legal papers, this work scans a range of family woes that antebellum Americans took to the law. It also highlights the legal status of women and children in Illinois and their experiences with the law in action. Editor(s): Stowell, Daniel W. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 photographs; 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073397
- ISBN
- 9780252073397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.70
€ 23.70
Paperback. Offers a study of the Progressive movement, its reformers, their ideology, and the social circumstances they tried to change. This book contends that the persistence of class conflict in America challenged the very defining feature of Progressivism: its promise of social harmony through democratic renewal. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072697
- ISBN
- 9780252072697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.12
€ 29.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. Chomsky takes on the international scene since 1945, devoting particular attention to events following the collapse of the Soviet Union. He develops a forceful critique of Western government, from imperialist foreign policies to the Clinton administration's empty promises to the poor. Num Pages: 311 pages. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; JPA; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231101578
- ISBN
- 9780231101578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.88
€ 29.99
€ 21.88
Hardcover. Examines the turbulent history of the ideas, people, and institutions of French colonial and tropical medicine from their early modern origins through World War I. This book demonstrates that regions, more so than a coherent nation, built the empire and specific medical concepts and practices. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; MBX; MMRT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114521
- ISBN
- 9780226114521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.33€ 46.75
€ 55.33
€ 46.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 18.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894974684
- ISBN
- 9781894974684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.03
€ 14.99
€ 13.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801473159
- ISBN
- 9780801473159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.40
€ 40.99
€ 40.40
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 572
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851157221
- ISBN
- 9780851157221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.60
€ 149.60
Paperback. The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries have traditionally been regarded by historians as a period of intense and formative historical change, so much so that they have often been described as early modern' - an epoch separate from the medieval' and the modern'. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745641300
- ISBN
- 9780745641300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.41
€ 25.41
Paperback. In this work, Bell offers a comprehensive survey of patriotism and national sentiment in early modern France, and shows how the dialectical relationship between nationalism and religion left a complex legacy that still resonates in debates over French national identity today. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674012370
- ISBN
- 9780674012370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.78
€ 41.99
€ 34.78
Paperback. In "The Real American Dream" the author searches out the symbols and stories by which Americans have reached for something beyond worldly desire. It is a spiritual history ranging from the first English settlements to the present day. Series: The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 120 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674003835
- ISBN
- 9780674003835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.41
€ 35.99
€ 30.41
Paperback. Providing a comprehensive survey of the Irish Diaspora from a global perspective, this text contains a collection of articles by historians, demographers, economists, sociologists and geographers. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; JFFN; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Longman London
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780582369979
- ISBN
- 9780582369979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.85
€ 80.85
Paperback. The financial revolution marked the end of medieval England and through the major institutions such as Lloyds and the Bank of England, laid the foundations on which England's emergence as a world power was based. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; 3JF; 4KL; HBJD1; HBLH; JKSN. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780582354494
- ISBN
- 9780582354494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.57
€ 57.57
Paperback. This series aims to bridge the gap between the standard textbook and specialized monograph. It provides A level and undergraduate students with coverage of major themes in British and European history, from the medieval period to the 20th century. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Longman Pub Group
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780582209114
- ISBN
- 9780582209114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.92
€ 48.99
€ 46.92
Hardback. On an August evening in 1933, in a quiet, working-class neighborhood in Paris, eighteen-year-old Violette Noziere gave her mother and father glasses of barbiturate-laced 'medication', which she told them had been prescribed by the family doctor; one of her parents died, the other barely survived. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; BTC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260702
- ISBN
- 9780520260702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.86€ 46.06
€ 58.86
€ 46.06