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Regional & national history
Paperback. Retelling the story of the decades across the United States in New York, Atlanta, and Los Angeles, this book reveals how the War on Poverty cultivated black self-determination politics and demonstrates that federal, state, and local funds during this period bolstered economic, social, and educational institutions for black control. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292116
- ISBN
- 9780520292116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Examines language and identity in Egypt using theories from discourse analysis and sociolinguistics. This book offers a study of identity in modern Egyptian public discourse. It helps us to decode and understand the messages put forward by the competing factions in Egyptian politics. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JM; CFB; HBJH; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748699940
- ISBN
- 9780748699940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.00
€ 38.99
€ 35.00
CD-Audio. Helps you explore the history of Germany from the origins of the Holy Roman Empire right up to the present day. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- BBC Physical Audio
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910281468
- ISBN
- 9781910281468
CD
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.30
€ 34.99
€ 23.30
Paperback. This biography draws together inscriptional and literary evidence, as well as academic research, in order to examine the reign and politics of the emperor Hadrian. In examining both his private and public life, it touches on his building programme, the Jewish war and his personal relationships. Series: Roman Imperial Biographies. Num Pages: 424 pages, 8 line drawings, 38 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415228121
- ISBN
- 9780415228121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.03
€ 51.03
Paperback. Brings to life one of the most extraordinary periods in European history - from the battered, introvert continent after the Thirty Years War to the dynamic one that experienced the French Revolution and the wars of Napoleon. Num Pages: 736 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140166675
- ISBN
- 9780140166675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.89
€ 26.99
€ 18.89
Paperback. A general historical introduction to the Muslims of Medieval Italy which presents specific information regarding social, religious, administrative, political, cultural, artistic and intellectual questions. Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HRAX; HRH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 580. Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys. 336 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. A general historical introduction to the Muslims of Medieval Italy which presents specific information regarding social, religious, administrative, political, cultural, artistic and intellectual questions. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HRAX; HRH. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight: 580.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748620081
- ISBN
- 9780748620081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.08
€ 38.99
€ 35.08
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Whittles Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904445098
- ISBN
- 9781904445098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.53
€ 19.53
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107036628
- ISBN
- 9781107036628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Paperback. The lives of six women on the home front 1939-1945: the true history of what our grandmothers did in the war. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 124 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298. Six Women's Lives in the Second World War. 420 pages. Over 8 million women stayed at home during the Second World War and their story has never been told. Using brand new research from the Mass-Observation Archive, the author brings to life - in all its tragedy, pathos, joy and fear - the lives of six ordinary women made extraordinary by the demands of war. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Dimension: 196 x 124 x 24. Weight: 298.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 420
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849017145
- ISBN
- 9781849017145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. This text documents the active history of the vast peasant rebellion against collectivization between 1928-1932. It reveals the manifestation in Stalin's Russia of universal strategies of peasant resistance in what amounted to virtual civil war between state and peasantry. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JFSF; JPWQ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 324
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195131048
- ISBN
- 9780195131048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 114.65
€ 114.65
Paperback. A colourful and lavishly illustrated history (fifty years in the making) of the Mediterranean's largest and most turbulent island from much-loved historian John Julius Norwich Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848548978
- ISBN
- 9781848548978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Hardback. A history of the Ottoman participation in colonial expansion in Africa in the last 20 years of the 19th century, this book turns the spotlight onto the Ottoman Empire's experiment in "new imperialism." Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1QDT; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804795142
- ISBN
- 9780804795142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.71
€ 117.71
Paperback. Arguing that the European and white American destruction of the native American people was the most massive act of genocide in the history of the world, Stannard attempts to set the records straight on what befell American Indians over the last five centuries. Num Pages: 416 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBTZ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195085570
- ISBN
- 9780195085570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.40
€ 62.40
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403939029
- ISBN
- 9781403939029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.27
€ 122.27
Paperback. This collection of essays focuses attention on how medieval gender intersects with other categories of difference, particularly religion and ethnicity. It treats the period c.800-1500, with a particular focus on the era of the Gregorian reform movement, the First Crusade, and its linked attacks on Jews at home. Editor(s): Fenton, K. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349368341
- ISBN
- 9781349368341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.63
€ 64.63
Hardback. The newest volume in the Oxford History of the United States series, The Republic for Which It Stands argues that the Gilded Age, along with Reconstruction-its conflicts, rapid and disorienting change, hopes and fears-formed the template of American modernity. Series: Oxford History of the United States. Num Pages: 928 pages, 97 hts. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199735815
- ISBN
- 9780199735815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.62
€ 42.99
€ 42.62
Paperback. Sir Seretse Khama, the first President of Botswana and heir to the kingship of the Bangwato people, brought independence and prosperity to his nation after colonial rule. But for six long years from 1950, Seretse had been forced into exile in England, banned from his own country. His crime? Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 page black and white inset. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; 3JJPG; BGH; BGR; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141026138
- ISBN
- 9780141026138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. Retaining well-loved features, this book covers in breadth issues of change, continuity, and cause and consequence in the period of German history through key questions such as how was Germany governed, what was the extent of social and cultural change, and how effective was opposition? Series Editor(s): Waller, Sally. Num Pages: 272 pages, Colour. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; 4KL; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 267 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198354680
- ISBN
- 9780198354680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.05
€ 53.05
Paperback. A memoir that intends to revisit Bulgaria and the author's own muddled relationship to it, travelling back to the scenes of her childhood, sampling its bizarre tourist sites, uncovering its centuries' old history of bloodshed and blurred borders, and capturing the absurdities and idiosyncrasies of her own and her country's. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 b&w integrated photos. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846271243
- ISBN
- 9781846271243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.50
€ 15.99
€ 11.50
Paperback. When Christine Cuss (nee Pierce) was born in 1934, her doting father began a journal addressed to her. This book shows another side to the Second World War. It shows how the father chose his family, not least his only daughter, Christine. Editor(s): Cuss, Christine. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJH; BJ; BM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 112 x 10. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752455549
- ISBN
- 9780752455549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.30
€ 11.30
Paperback. In Metabolic Living Harris Solomon studies obesity and diabetes in Mumbai, India, presenting a new narrative of metabolic illness in which it is less about the overconsumption of food than it is about the body's relationship to its environment and the substances it absorbs. Series: Critical Global Health: Evidence, Efficacy, Ethnography. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JHMC; MFGM; MJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361015
- ISBN
- 9780822361015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
Paperback. The first history of sport in Ireland, locating the history of sport within Irish political, social, and cultural history, and within the global history of sport. It studies the relationship between sport and national identity, how sport influences policy-making in modern states, and the ways in which sport has been colonized by the media. Num Pages: 400 pages, 22 black and white images. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; WSBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198784517
- ISBN
- 9780198784517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.98
€ 42.98
Paperback. The first English translation of the memoirs of Anbara Salam Khalidi, the iconic Arab feminist. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; HBJF1; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745333564
- ISBN
- 9780745333564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.78
€ 33.99
€ 22.78
Paperback. From WWI to Operation Desert Storm, American policymakers have repeatedly invoked the 'lessons of history' as they contemplated taking their nation to war. This work argues that leaders use analogies not merely to justify policies but also to perform specific cognitive and information-processing tasks essential to political decision-making. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBG; HBJF; HBLW; JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691025353
- ISBN
- 9780691025353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.23
€ 53.48
€ 42.23