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Regional & national history
Paperback. "A consistently engrossing, occasionally irreverent, always smoothly written history of America's painful entry into the modern age."-Kirkus Reviews Num Pages: 448 pages, 45 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 218 x 31. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393331929
- ISBN
- 9780393331929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.95
€ 19.99
€ 19.95
Hardback. Tells the story of Victoria's Colonial Campaigns through the letters and diaries of those who served. This book examines the soldiers' experiences from when they left their barracks to go on campaign, the journey at sea aboard transport ships and various aspects of colonial service, including conflict itself. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBW; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752449845
- ISBN
- 9780752449845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.25
€ 26.99
€ 23.25
Hardcover. Based on original Ottoman and German sources, "The Birth of Modern Turkey" shows how military thinking and policy contributed to the triumph of Ataturk and the founding of the modern Turkish state. Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850437970
- ISBN
- 9781850437970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.65€ 134.38
€ 153.65
€ 134.38
Hardback. Rebecca E. Karl interrogates the concept and practice of "the economic" as it was understood in China in the 1930s and the 1980s and 90s, showing how the use of Eurocentric philosophies, narratives, and conceptions of the economic that exist outside lived experiences fail to capture modern China's complex history. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBAH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363101
- ISBN
- 9780822363101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.04
€ 117.04
Paperback. This is the story of the sexual revolution in a small university town in Kansas. Bypassing the tales of radicals on either coast, the author argues that the revolution was forged in both towns and cities, as "ordinary" people struggled over the boundaries of sexual behaviour in postwar America. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 halftones, 6 cartoons. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JJP; HBJK; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009745
- ISBN
- 9780674009745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.29
€ 41.99
€ 34.29
Paperback. In 1940, against the backdrop of the Battle of Britain, 66 Squadron's commanding officer, Squadron Leader Athol Forbes, asked ten of his pilots to record their experiences of flying one of the greatest aerial battles ever waged. This title presents the accounts of pilot officers and sergeant pilots from various walks of life. Num Pages: 252 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 116 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752456430
- ISBN
- 9780752456430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.31
€ 13.99
€ 13.31
Hardback. An illuminating account of the management of the end of a global empire and preparation for self-government - a drama no less striking for being couched in form of Parliamentary debate, and state papers. Num Pages: 304 pages, map,. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJD1; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848855144
- ISBN
- 9781848855144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.00€ 58.68
€ 65.00
€ 58.68
Paperback. An independent woman of ancient Egypt brought to life from obscure papyrus records, by the author of Djekhy & Son. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; BGH; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150. .
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774166778
- ISBN
- 9789774166778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.90
€ 32.90
Paperback. Here the author argues that the West must not ignore Syria's robust tradition of secularism, and cautions that US attempts to undermine the current regime may, paradoxically, embolden the Islamists and help the regime to maintain its authoritarian grip on power. Num Pages: 209 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR2; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 161 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Hurst & Co.
- Number of pages
- 198
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850658016
- ISBN
- 9781850658016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.77
€ 26.99
€ 24.77
Paperback. Provides a reassessment of the growth and the various directions in US labor history. This title focuses on: the relationship of class and culture; the link between worker's experience and the changing political economy; the role that gender and race have played in America's labor history; and, the transnational turn. Editor(s): Haverty-Stacke, Donna T.; Walkowitz, Daniel J. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441145758
- ISBN
- 9781441145758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 42.75
€ 51.99
€ 42.75
Hardcover. The impeachment trial of Warren Hastings dragged on for seven years from 1788 to 1795. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 127 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784539221
- ISBN
- 9781784539221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.19€ 42.32
€ 118.19
€ 42.32
Hardcover. Takes the enslaved person's claims of human consumption seriously, focusing on both the literal starvation of the slave and the tropes of cannibalism on the part of the slaveholder, and further draws attention to the ways in which Blacks experienced their consumption as a fundamentally homoerotic occurrence. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814794616
- ISBN
- 9780814794616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.86
€ 84.86
Paperback. A collection of several true stories, drawn from the author's thirty-two years as a Registered Docker in the Port of London, revealing the revealing the daring deeds of docklands men in the Second World War. It is of interest to those whose relatives worked as dockers, and also to those with an interest in London's East End at war. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBWQ; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165 x 8. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752456881
- ISBN
- 9780752456881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.35
€ 17.99
€ 16.35
Hardcover. Third Reich day by day Series: Spellmount Military Handbooks. Num Pages: 192 pages, 400 b&w photos, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 162 x 13. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862273054
- ISBN
- 9781862273054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.25
€ 13.99
€ 13.25
Hardback. The first Reader and Guide on the subject of slavery in America. It combines both an introduction to the field and a selection of core primary and secondary readings, covering the period from the early seventeenth century to the American Civil War. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1076.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748617951
- ISBN
- 9780748617951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.76€ 145.35
€ 153.76
€ 145.35
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJF; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784536923
- ISBN
- 9781784536923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.64
€ 42.99
€ 35.64
Paperback. Beautiful Georgian Truro has always been a bustling market town although since 1877 it has been graced with the title of 'City'. Series: Archive Photographs: Images of England. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 166 x 8. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752416434
- ISBN
- 9780752416434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.27
€ 17.99
€ 16.27
Paperback. Originally published in hardcover in 1990. Num Pages: 386 pages, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBTB; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226319629
- ISBN
- 9780226319629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.11
€ 40.99
€ 31.11
Hardback. The book offers a frank account of an African state that shook off colonial rule but has yet to see the fruits of independence distributed evenly among its people. Drawing on inside knowledge of SWAPO, the anti-colonial liberation movement, the author provides a valuable case study of nation building in the modern era. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMN; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044127
- ISBN
- 9781849044127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.19€ 52.38
€ 53.19
€ 52.38
Paperback. An encyclopaedic work on various aspects of monarchy in Britain from semi-legendary times onwards. It includes mini biographies on each of the forty-two kings and queens who have ruled since the Norman Conquest, details of the royal lines in Scotland before the Act of Union, the background to the royal houses of Britain and the consorts. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; GBC; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 173 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1014.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752459110
- ISBN
- 9780752459110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.38
€ 19.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. Providing an on-the-ground account of the Israeli-Palestine conflict, Menchaem Klein argues that the aggressive Israeli settlement programme has shifted the Israeli-Palestine dispute from a border struggle to an ethnic conflict. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849040853
- ISBN
- 9781849040853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.04
€ 26.99
€ 25.04
Paperback. Middle Easterners struggle to find solutions to crises of economic stagnation, political gridlock, and cultural identity. The author presents an analysis of Islam's place in Middle East and integrates the medieval and modern history of the region to show how the sacred and secular are tightly interwoven in its political and intellectual life. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSR2; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First Edition,Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246911
- ISBN
- 9780520246911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.79
€ 33.99
€ 29.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 619 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, printed music items. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774165603
- ISBN
- 9789774165603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.95
€ 33.95
Paperback. A history of Alton & it's villages Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752424927
- ISBN
- 9780752424927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.21
€ 17.99
€ 16.21