Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Hardcover. Deconstructs stereotypes and cultural assumptions made by non- South Asians and South Asians alike Num Pages: 26 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; HBJK; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992440
- ISBN
- 9780295992440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.10
€ 141.10
Paperback. This fascinating biography describes the real experiences of women and their relationships as they struggled to win the right to vote Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSJ1; JPF; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990866
- ISBN
- 9780295990866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.34
€ 39.34
Paperback. Examines the ways in which Indians and their cultures have been represented by museums and presents new directions. Num Pages: 119 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; ACBK; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 119
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295984599
- ISBN
- 9780295984599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.50
€ 32.50
Paperback. A collection of essays examining Canadian-American relations in the West Editor(s): Coates, Kenneth. Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 maps, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1KBC; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press Washington
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295982533
- ISBN
- 9780295982533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.30
€ 44.30
Hardcover. Complement to the Cambridge Historical Commission's five-volume Survey of architectural history in Cambridge, completed in 1977. Num Pages: 968 pages, 1116 figures, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; AMVD; AMX; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 266 x 56. Weight in Grams: 3316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262034807
- ISBN
- 9780262034807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.82
€ 63.82
Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231150606
- ISBN
- 9780231150606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.74
€ 69.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 195 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 111 x 17. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147613
- ISBN
- 9780231147613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.11
€ 21.99
€ 20.11
Hardback. Editor(s): Tuttle, Gray; Schaeffer, Kurtis R. Num Pages: 752 pages, Maps: 3,, Figures: 12,. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 43. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144681
- ISBN
- 9780231144681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.65
€ 187.65
Hardback. This volume of the acclaimed series deals with suits the Supreme Court decided in 1796 and 1797, years in which the Court laid the foundation for its authority to exercise judicial review and for the first time the justices overturned the decision of a state's highest court. Editor(s): Marcus, Maeva. Num Pages: 1040 pages, 37 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1679.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1040
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126465
- ISBN
- 9780231126465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.76
€ 196.76
hardcover. Cockaigne: portrayed in legend, oral history, and art, this imaginary land became the most pervasive collective dream of medieval times-an earthly paradise to counter the suffering and frustration of daily existence and to quell anxieties over an ever-more-exclusive heavenly afterlife. Translator(s): Webb, Diane. Num Pages: 544 pages, 60 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- COLUMBIA UNIV PR
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231117029
- ISBN
- 9780231117029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 40.99
€ 46.99
€ 40.99
Hardback. With interesting facts, statistics, and comparisons presented in almanac style as well as the expertise of prominent scholars, The Columbia Guide to America in the 1960s is the most complete guide to an enduringly fascinating era. Series: Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures. Num Pages: 448 pages, charts, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 35. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113724
- ISBN
- 9780231113724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.23
€ 155.23
Hardcover. This book mediates a dialectics between power and subjectivity versus history and politics. The author contends that postcolonial African studies that thrive by way of unanimity, analogy, or homogenenity are merely advancing a 'defeatist' historicism. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374. 240 pages. This book mediates a dialectics between power and subjectivity versus history and politics. The author contends that postcolonial African studies that thrive by way of unanimity, analogy, or homogenenity are merely advancing a 'defeatist' historicism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBJH; JPH. Dimension: 214 x 148 x 18. Weight: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623576
- ISBN
- 9780230623576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Vatican, and the Roman Catholic Church in A...
. Ed(S): Woolner, David B.; Kurial, Richard G...
Paperback. A distinguished array of scholars dissect the complex relationship between the White House, the Catholic Church in America, and the Vatican during the Roosevelt presidency. Editor(s): Woolner, David B.; Kurial, Richard G. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623514
- ISBN
- 9780230623514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. A reassessment of long-held paradigms about modern southern culture and politics and the relation of the South to political and cultural life of the United States. Editor(s): Smethurst, James; Rubin, Rachel; Green, Chris. Num Pages: 282 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623477
- ISBN
- 9780230623477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. This book traces the Eisenhower administration's enthusiastic pursuit of the profoundly destabilizing technology of nuclear weapons, and its significance for the course of the Cold War. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3J; HBJK; HBLW3; HBW; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623408
- ISBN
- 9780230623408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardcover. This book presents data on Ugandan khat within the context of international debates on the drug, and the proposed ban in 2009. By telling of the story of khat, the book will serve as a vehicle for the analysis of social change, development priorities and shifting ethnic identities in Uganda over the last 80 years. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBLW; JFFH1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623101
- ISBN
- 9780230623101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. For the first time since the 1980s, Lebanon is now constantly on the front page of the world's media. This book seeks to explain the contemporary situation in Lebanon and how it affects the region and the world. Editor(s): Rubin, Barry. Series: The Middle East in Focus. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; JPS; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406. Liberation, Conflict, and Crisis. Series: The Middle East in Focus. 256 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Rubin, Barry. For the first time since the 1980s, Lebanon is now constantly on the front page of the world's media. This book seeks to explain the contemporary situation in Lebanon and how it affects the region and the world. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; JPS; JPWS. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 19. Weight: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623064
- ISBN
- 9780230623064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. This book transforms our contemporary understanding of the recent political history of Central Africa. It charts the complex life and thought of Harry Nkumbula (ca. 1917-1983), the first openly nationalist African politician in Northern Rhodesia and, later, the leader of parliamentary opposition during Zambia's multi-party First Republic. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; BGH; HBJH; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230622746
- ISBN
- 9780230622746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Rubenfeld and the contributors to this collection posit that German physicians betrayed the Hippocratic Oath when they chose knowledge over wisdom, the state over the individual, a fuhrer over God, and personal gain over professional ethics. Num Pages: 233 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621923
- ISBN
- 9780230621923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.70
€ 116.70
Paperback. European settler societies have a long history of establishing a sense of belonging and entitlement outside Europe, but Zimbabwe has proven to be the exception to the rule. Arriving in the 1890s, white settlers never comprised more than a tiny minority. Instead of grafting themselves onto local societies, they adopted a strategy of escape. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; HBJH; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621435
- ISBN
- 9780230621435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.90
€ 65.90
Hardcover. US Constitution states that the President is subject to removal from office upon impeachment and conviction of treason, bribery and 'other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.' In this book, Brown examines history behind this clause as well as the impeachments of Presidents Johnson, Nixon and Clinton. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHC; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621350
- ISBN
- 9780230621350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Paperback. Sharon L. Jansen reads the past in new ways by constructing a counter-narrative, focusing on the stories of women. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621190
- ISBN
- 9780230621190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.54
€ 138.54
Paperback. This groundbreaking book combines literary interpretation, gender analysis, and cultural, political, and diplomatic history to examine how Elizabeth I used the discourse of love to establish her political power, assert her right to marry or not, and rule the country herself either way. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 225 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621060
- ISBN
- 9780230621060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Hardcover. A fresh biography of Mary Tudor which challenges conventional views of her as a weeping hysteric and love-struck romantic, providing instead the portrait of a queen who drew on two sources of authority to increase the power of her position: epistolary conventions and the rhetoric of chivalry that imbued the French and English courts. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 279 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3H; BGR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620308
- ISBN
- 9780230620308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.61
€ 67.61