Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Hardback. This book presents a case study of the ascendancy of Gonpo Namgyel, a minor Tibetan chieftain in Kham who had a great impact on Sino-Tibetan relations in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture. Num Pages: 402 pages, 2 maps, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739177921
- ISBN
- 9780739177921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.86
€ 150.86
Hardcover. Reports of tinkering's death have been greatly exaggerated. In this book, readers will see how tinkering has been the guiding force behind both major corporate-sponsored innovations such as the personal computer and Ethernet, and smaller scale inventions with great potential. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; KJH. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 248 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 418. 224 pages. Reports of tinkering's death have been greatly exaggerated. In this book, readers will see how tinkering has been the guiding force behind both major corporate-sponsored innovations such as the personal computer and Ethernet, and smaller scale inventions with great potential. Cateogry: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; KJH. Dimension: 248 x 164 x 22. Weight: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465009237
- ISBN
- 9780465009237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99
€ 41.99
Paperback. Series: Royal Asiatic Society Books. Num Pages: 260 pages, 4 black & white tables, 12 black & white halftones, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415406093
- ISBN
- 9780415406093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.69
€ 79.69
Paperback. During the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906 to 1911 a variety of forces played key roles in overthrowing a repressive regime. Afary sheds new light on the role of ordinary citizens and peasantry, the status of Iranian women, and the multifaceted structure of Iranian society. Series: History & Society of the Modern Middle East. Num Pages: 448 pages, 32 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJC; HBJF1; JFFK; JPHC; JPHV; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231103510
- ISBN
- 9780231103510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. This biography rescues from obscurity those in the Irish revolutionary movement who, like Sean McLoughlin, not only envisaged, but fought for, an Ireland very different to the impoverished capitalist neo-colony that would come into being after 1922. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The Merlin Press Ltd.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850367058
- ISBN
- 9780850367058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.49
€ 20.99
€ 19.49
Hardback. In 1985, a black veteran of the civil rights movement offered a bleak vision of a long and troubled struggle. For black men and women, the question is: how free is free? Despite two major efforts to reconstruct race relations, injustices remain. This book probes the story of racial inequality and the fight for freedom in black America. Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 188 x 23. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031524
- ISBN
- 9780674031524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
€ 47.99
€ 39.84
Paperback. Features several photographs from a defining era of the Central Asian region, collected and annotated by a descendant of the photographer. The photographs provide us with a rare Russian point of view of the Great Game - the rivalry between Britain and Russia for the domination of Central Asia. Num Pages: 264 pages, Over 100 duotone Ill. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJC; AJC; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 277 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Saqi Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863567353
- ISBN
- 9780863567353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.58
€ 36.99
€ 36.58
Paperback. Investigates a central puzzle of power and politics in West African history: Why do women figure frequently in the political narratives of the precolonial period, and then vanish altogether with colonization? This book addresses this question by exploring the relationship of the household to the state. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDU; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821419830
- ISBN
- 9780821419830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.09
€ 37.99
€ 34.09
Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; JPVH4; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813935034
- ISBN
- 9780813935034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.91
€ 55.91
Paperback. Lucrative and complex, the fur trade bound together Europeans and Native peoples of North America in the 17th and 18th centuries. This title offers a look at the broad range of contracts that characterized the fur trade. It explains the working mechanisms of the fur trade and explores how and why it evolved in a North Atlantic context. Editor(s): Sleeper-Smith, Susan. Num Pages: 702 pages, 9 photographs, 5 maps, 14 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJD; HBTB; JFSL9; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 702
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243293
- ISBN
- 9780803243293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.06
€ 46.99
€ 42.06
Holy Entrepreneurs: Cistercians, Knights, and Economic Exchange in Twe...
Constance Brittain Bouchard
Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475252
- ISBN
- 9780801475252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34
Paperback. This text deals not only with the military campaigns of the English Civil War, but also with the way war affected the people and institutions of mid-17th-century England. In addition, the book looks beyond England's borders and situates the war in its British context. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 4KL; HBJD1; HBLH; HBW. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 212 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780582353923
- ISBN
- 9780582353923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.76
€ 49.76
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253208613
- ISBN
- 9780253208613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.79
€ 20.99
€ 20.79
Paperback. How many people can truly say that they know the history of the city in which they live? It is true to say that for most of us who live in Johannesburg, the rich political and social history, and the many fascinations of the city, remain hidden. Num Pages: 132 pages, b & w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBTB; WTHH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 209 x 9. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781919931333
- ISBN
- 9781919931333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.53
€ 20.99
€ 19.53
Paperback. This title details Napoleon's commanders. The commanders featured include Augereau, Bernadotte, Berthier, Carnot, Davout, Desaix, Junot, Kellerman, Kleber, Lannes, Lasalle, MacDonald, Massena, Moreau, Murat, Oudinot, Rapp, Serurier, Soult and Reynier. Illustrator(s): Courcelle, Patrice. Series: Elite. Num Pages: 64 pages, 60 b&w and 10 colour illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 184 x 6. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841760551
- ISBN
- 9781841760551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.46
€ 21.99
€ 18.46
Paperback. A Marxist interpretation of Korean migrant workers struggles in Japan during the 1920s and 1930s. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 312 pages, 31 tables, 1 map, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPK; GTB; HBJF; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344179
- ISBN
- 9780822344179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.48
€ 31.99
€ 28.48
Paperback. Nine of America's top legal experts rewrite the landmark desegregation decision as they would like it to have been written. Editor(s): Balkin, Jack M. Num Pages: 257 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH1; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814798904
- ISBN
- 9780814798904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. With an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps - the last all-white branch of the US military - was forced to begin recruiting and enlisting African Americans. This book tells the story of these pioneering African American Marines. Num Pages: 216 pages, 36 illustrations, 4 maps, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBW; JFSL3; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780807861769
- ISBN
- 9780807861769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.22
€ 24.99
€ 22.22
Paperback. This book is an updated edition of the classic history of the development of the American atomic bomb, the decision to use it against Japan, and the origins of U.S. atomic diplomacy toward the Soviet Union. Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBT; JPS; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739573
- ISBN
- 9780804739573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Paperback. Disturbing and provocative, Cartographies of Violence explores Japanese-Canadian women's memories in order to map the effects of forced displacements, incarcerations, and the separations of family, friends, and communities. Num Pages: 432 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780802096012
- ISBN
- 9780802096012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 44.19
€ 48.99
€ 44.19