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Regional & national history
Hardback. On a freezing winter's night, a few hours before dawn on May 12, 1969, South African security police stormed the Soweto home of activist and wife of the imprisoned Nelson Mandela, and arrested her in the presence of her two young daughters, then aged nine and ten. This title tells her story. Series: Modern African Writing Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; GTB; HBJH; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821421024
- ISBN
- 9780821421024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.86
€ 58.86
Paperback. An exploration of what happened in Cambodia from 1930 to 1975, this title traces the origins and trajectory of the Cambodian Communist movement and sets the ascension of Pol Pot's genocidal regime in the context of the conflict between colonialism and nationalism. Num Pages: 430 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMC; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 143 x 31. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 430
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300102628
- ISBN
- 9780300102628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. The Many Rooms of this House is a story about the rise and decline of religion in Toronto over the past 160 years. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HRAX; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487520175
- ISBN
- 9781487520175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 41.44
€ 44.99
€ 41.44
Hardback. Examines the "home front" war effort from an overall imperial perspective, assessing the contribution of individual imperial territories. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783272259
- ISBN
- 9781783272259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.47
€ 96.47
Hardback. A deeply researched and geographically wide-ranging study that reveals that widows were much more economically and socially active than is often thought. Num Pages: 344 pages, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271771
- ISBN
- 9781783271771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.81
€ 147.81
Paperback. In Drawn With the Sword, James W. McPherson offers a series of thoughtful and engaging essays on some of the most enduring questions of the Civil War. Each essay in Draw With the Sword reveals McPherson's own profound knowledge of the Civil War and of the controversies among historians, presenting all sides in clear and lucid prose. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195117967
- ISBN
- 9780195117967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.93
€ 21.99
€ 20.93
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691642581
- ISBN
- 9780691642581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.76€ 141.09
€ 153.76
€ 141.09
Hardback. An in-depth look at the changing status of American artists in the 18th and early 19th century Num Pages: 316 pages, 90 color + 80 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; ACV; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 190. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300214611
- ISBN
- 9780300214611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.14€ 45.86
€ 59.14
€ 45.86
Hardcover. This volume offers eleven essays on colonial British North America and the American Revolution. Part I of the collection includes essays on aspects of the Revolution that reflect Gipson's interests, while the essays in Part II deal with social history. Editor(s): Shade, William G. Num Pages: 301 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Lehigh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780934223577
- ISBN
- 9780934223577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.36
€ 133.36
Hardback. States are inherently and fundamentally geographical. Sovereignty is based on control of territory. This book uses Song China to explain how a pre-industrial regime organized itself spatially in order to exercise authority. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 396 pages, 8 halftones; 9 line art; 37 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC1; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 396
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674056022
- ISBN
- 9780674056022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.36
€ 54.99
€ 45.36
Paperback. Last Season of Innocence discusses the lives of the preteens and teenagers who were in junior high school, high school, and the first year of college in the 1960s. Brooks offers a unique account of this much-chronicled decade by examining the experiences of these often overlooked young people. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442255951
- ISBN
- 9781442255951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.37
€ 47.37
Paperback. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AGB; AJB; AMB; BG; HBJK; JPF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963. .
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252082306
- ISBN
- 9780252082306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.64
€ 37.99
€ 35.64
Hardback. American Routes provides a comparative and historical analysis of the migration and integration of white and free black refugees from nineteenth century St. Domingue/Haiti to Louisiana and follows the progress of their descendants over the course of two hundred years. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190624750
- ISBN
- 9780190624750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.49
€ 131.49
Paperback. Through case studies of academic institutions the volume illustrates how transmission of ideas is an extremely complex process, and the outcome of such efforts depends not just on the strategies adopted by backers of those ideologies but equally on the characteristics of the receipt communities. Editor(s): Bano, Masooda; Sakurai, Keiko. Series: Exploring Muslim Contexts. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HRH; HRHP; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474424165
- ISBN
- 9781474424165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.87
€ 38.99
€ 34.87
Hardback. A first-hand account of the Western world on the threshold of a major global mutation, bridging art and intellect, culture and politics, Europe and America. Editor(s): Lotringer, Sylvere. Series: Semiotext(E) Journal. Num Pages: 356 pages, 310 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1164.
- Publisher
- Autonomedia
- Number of pages
- 356
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584350798
- ISBN
- 9781584350798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.97
€ 38.99
€ 33.97
Paperback. An Exceptional Law showcases how the emergency law used to repress labour activism during the First World War became normalized with the creation of Section 98 of the Criminal Code, following the Winnipeg General Strike. Series: Canadian Social History Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLL; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442629585
- ISBN
- 9781442629585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 36.86
€ 38.99
€ 36.86
Hardcover. Num Pages: 1568 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Sew
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784532499
- ISBN
- 9781784532499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 503.16
€ 503.16
Hardback. Mark E. Byington explores the formation, history, and legacy of ancient Puyo, the earliest archaeologically attested state to arise in northeastern Asia. He discusses how the legacy of Puyo contributed to modes of statecraft of later northeast Asian states and provided a basis for a developing historiographical tradition on the Korean peninsula. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJF; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674737198
- ISBN
- 9780674737198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.08€ 53.59
€ 59.08
€ 53.59
Paperback. Stepping beyond traditional histories that have emphasized armed conflict from the view of victors, this work focuses on Morisco women. It argues that these women's lives offer insights on the experiences of Moriscos in general, and on how the politics of religion both empowers and oppresses. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLH; HRAF; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130545
- ISBN
- 9780691130545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.90
€ 46.99
€ 32.90
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312221720
- ISBN
- 9780312221720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.09€ 46.24
€ 130.09
€ 46.24
Hardcover. Abraham Lincoln projects a larger-than-life image across American history owing to his role as the Great Emancipator. Yet this noble aspect of Lincoln s identity is the dimension that some historians have cast into doubt. The award-winning historian and Lincoln scholar Allen Guelzo offers a vigorous defense of America s sixteenth president." Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBTS; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674286115
- ISBN
- 9780674286115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.32
€ 47.99
€ 39.32
Paperback. This account of the female revolutionaries during the French Revolution describes their lives within political, social, historical and gender-specific contexts. It highlights the importance of these women in creating their political and social roles as female citizens within the New Republic. Translator(s): Streip, Katherine. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 415 pages, 29. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; HBTV; JFSJ1; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 415
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520067196
- ISBN
- 9780520067196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.24
€ 45.99
€ 32.24
Hardcover. The Architecture of Istanbul is something that attracts attention both in academia and has potential for wider interest. This book looks at Turkey's social and political history through the architecture - a unique approach. Series: Library of Modern Turkey. Num Pages: 336 pages, 100 integrated bw. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3H; 3J; ACBP; AMX; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784531058
- ISBN
- 9781784531058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.93€ 123.67
€ 141.93
€ 123.67
Hardback. From humble beginnings, Bartolomeo Scala (1430-1497) trained in the law and rose to prominence as a leading citizen of Florence, serving as secretary and treasurer to the Medicis and chancellor of the Guelf party before becoming first chancellor of Florence, a post he held for fifteen years. This volume collects works from throughout his career. Translator(s): Watkins, Renee Neu. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674028265
- ISBN
- 9780674028265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.51
€ 40.99
€ 34.51