Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. Offers a profound critique of the experience of postcolonial, postsocialist temporality. This title presents the case study at its core is the demise of the Grenada Revolution (1979-83), and the repercussions of its collapse. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356219
- ISBN
- 9780822356219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.22
€ 28.22
Hardback. Offers the best essays from the acclaimed collection originally published in French. This monumental work examines how and why events and figures become a part of a people's collective memory, how rewriting history can forge new paradigms of cultural identity, and how the meaning attached to an event can become as significant as the event itself. Editor(s): Nora, Pierre; Kritzman, Lawrence D. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 751 pages, 140 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTE; HBJD; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 184 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1566. The Construction of the French Past. Symbols. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. 642 pages, 140 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Nora, Pierre; Kritzman, Lawrence D. Offers the best essays from the acclaimed collection originally published in French. This monumental work examines how and why events and figures become a part of a people's collective memory, how rewriting history can forge new paradigms of cultural identity, and how the meaning attached to an event can become as significant as the event itself. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GTE; HBJD; JFC; JPFN. Dimension: 256 x 184 x 54. Weight: 1508. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 751
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231109260
- ISBN
- 9780231109260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.28€ 55.92
€ 73.28
€ 55.92
Paperback. Investigates internationalism using Belgium as its focal point; historically a major hub for transnational movements Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; 3JJ; GTJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719097379
- ISBN
- 9780719097379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.50
€ 46.50
Paperback. Offers a study of the 'Young Turks', a group of Turkish army officers who sought to reform the Ottoman Empire and led a constitutional revolution against Sultan Ahmed Hamid II in 1908. This book discusses the counter-revolution of 1909 and the emergence of the 'Group of Saviour officers' who formed a cabinet determined to destroy the Young Turks. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press USA
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850659105
- ISBN
- 9781850659105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.89
€ 26.99
€ 24.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 888 pages, 31 halftones. 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 148 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1024.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173078
- ISBN
- 9780691173078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJH; JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613748091
- ISBN
- 9781613748091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.77
€ 17.99
€ 17.77
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; JFF; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 244 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199325276
- ISBN
- 9780199325276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.57
€ 29.99
€ 26.57
Paperback. This edition considers the metamorphosis of modern Japan in the light of key events of the 20th century, focusing on the economic miracle, the influence of Japan's troubled past in Asia, the implications of the demographic time-bomb, the third transformation and the lost decade of the 1990s. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408234518
- ISBN
- 9781408234518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.51
€ 44.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 48 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HRAX; HRCC8; HRCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300196788
- ISBN
- 9780300196788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.53
€ 36.99
€ 26.53
Paperback. Creates an account of post-colonial Africa seen at once as a whole and as a location that wholly defies generalised explanations. This book gives a sustained meditation on themosaic of peoples and practices we call 'Africa', and an impassioned attempt to come to terms with humanity itself as it struggles to escape from foreign domination. Translator(s): Glowczewska, Klara. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; BGHA; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140292626
- ISBN
- 9780140292626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.76
€ 12.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Like Siberia and the Sahara, Patagonia has become a metaphor for nothingness and extremity. Its frontiers have stretched beyond the political boundaries of Argentina and Chile to encompass an evocative idea of place. This book is a cultural history of Patagonia, looking at myths and legends it has inspired. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps & 30 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSH; HBJK; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904955382
- ISBN
- 9781904955382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.38
€ 19.99
€ 19.38
Paperback. Narrates the tempestuous political events of the Stuart dynasty. This book charts the reigns of six monarchs, and the course of two revolutions as well as religious upheavals that shook the beliefs of seventeenth-century Britons to the core. Editor(s): Cannadine, Mr David. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps, further reading, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 11.1.1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140148275
- ISBN
- 9780140148275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.73
€ 12.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. A reinterpretation of the early years of Marxist socialism in France. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, frontispiece, figures. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814743546
- ISBN
- 9780814743546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.11
€ 29.11
Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: BGB; HBJD1; KC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163482
- ISBN
- 9780691163482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.15
€ 46.99
€ 33.15
Paperback. The first history of Brunel's lost works, by acknowledged Brunel expert. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 235 x 9. Weight in Grams: 316. 128 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTK. Dimension: 169 x 235 x 9. Weight: 316.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445600901
- ISBN
- 9781445600901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.38
€ 29.38
Paperback. The acclaimed biography of one of history's greatest icons, Alexander the Great. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprints
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447237198
- ISBN
- 9781447237198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.75
€ 19.99
€ 14.75
Paperback. A companion and guide to the Norman Conquests Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 174 x 14. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752463353
- ISBN
- 9780752463353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.35
€ 26.99
€ 23.35
Paperback. Explains Albania's 'transition' from Communism via the experiences of a diverse range of families, highland villagers, urban elite and shanty dwellers - whose lives she has followed since 1992. In this title, the author shows us members of the ex-communist elite in Tirana embracing rentier capitalism. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4pp bw plates. BIC Classification: 1DVWA; HBJD; HBLW; HBLX; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780764849
- ISBN
- 9781780764849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.54
€ 33.99
€ 28.54
Paperback. Over the past half century, opinion has been divided as to the role of Lee Harvey Oswald in the assassination of President John F Kennedy.The rumours began to spread almost immediately that the accused assassin may have working for or being manipulated by individuals involved with the United States Intelligence apparatus. Num Pages: 293 pages. Dimension: 129 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Empire Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909360198
- ISBN
- 9781909360198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.11
€ 11.99
€ 10.11
Paperback. This popular history of the English Civil War tells the story of the bloody conflict between Oliver Cromwell and Charles I from the perspectives of those involved. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 44. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007150625
- ISBN
- 9780007150625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.27
€ 19.99
€ 14.27
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905791767
- ISBN
- 9781905791767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. Drawing on new research, The Balfour Declaration gets to the heart of the present crisis in the Middle East by going back to the roots of the conflict in a British government communication of autumn of 1917. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 384. The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. 464 pages, Illustrations, ports. Drawing on new research, The Balfour Declaration gets to the heart of the present crisis in the Middle East by going back to the roots of the conflict in a British government communication of autumn of 1917. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJF1; HBLW. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight: 330.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408809709
- ISBN
- 9781408809709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.14
€ 23.99
€ 16.14
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Medina Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909339613
- ISBN
- 9781909339613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.33
€ 26.99
€ 23.33
Paperback. Primary source description from the German perspective. With text from rare wartime publications and 250 photographs that chronicle events from pre-war to1915. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBWN; JWD; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473837799
- ISBN
- 9781473837799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.97
€ 25.99
€ 23.97