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Regional & national history
The first mapping of the sacred geography ("mythscape") of the Northern Arawak-speaking people of the northwest Amazon, demonstrating direct connections between petroglyphs and Baniwa sacred narratives Num Pages: 408 pages, 18 photographs, 7 illustrations, 2 maps, 2 tables, 2 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243941
- ISBN
- 9780803243941
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Based on archival research in many countries, this volume broadens the context of the US intervention in Vietnam. It focuses on relations between China and Vietnam in the mid-twentieth century; and also deals with China's relations with Cambodia, US dealings with both China and Vietnam, French attitudes toward Vietnam and China, and more. Editor(s): Roberts, Priscilla. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 580 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1FPC; HBJF; HBWS2; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 259 x 32. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 580
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755023
- ISBN
- 9780804755023
Condition: New
€ 97.45
€ 97.45
Presents a study of how the Jewish community of Breslau - the third largest and one of the most affluent in Germany - coped with Nazi persecution. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755184
- ISBN
- 9780804755184
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Shows how Indian litigants and petitioners made sense of Spanish legal principles and processes when the dust of conquest had begun to settle after 1600. This work reveals how Indians saw the law as a practical and moral resource that allowed them to gain a measure of control over their lives and to forge a relationship to a distant king. Num Pages: 392 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758635
- ISBN
- 9780804758635
Condition: New
€ 161.16
€ 161.16
In Between Threats and War: U.S. Discrete Military Operations in the Post-Cold War World, author Micah Zenko presents a new concept to capture and illuminate the phenomenon: "Discrete Military Operations." Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 table, 2 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX; HBWS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804771900
- ISBN
- 9780804771900
Condition: New
€ 108.92
€ 108.92
This book explores a historical moment in which a Middle Eastern Jewish community not only adopted a new nation, Iraq, but a new ethnicity, Arabismand its ultimate demise." Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804778749
- ISBN
- 9780804778749
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
This book chronicles the demise of the so-called leftist Italian cultural establishment during the long 1980s. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 1120. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804781497
- ISBN
- 9780804781497
Condition: New
€ 129.31
€ 129.31
Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813563787
- ISBN
- 9780813563787
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 46.64
€ 50.99
€ 46.64
Reveals the idealism, naivety, and racism that shaped attitudes toward Africa, even among those who sought to improve the conditions of its workers. Num Pages: 236 pages, photographs & maps. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821420065
- ISBN
- 9780821420065
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
- Publisher
- United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349037
- ISBN
- 9780822349037
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.29
€ 41.99
€ 34.29
Drawing on the expertise of 26 distinguished scholars, this important volume covers the major issues in the study of medieval Europe, highlighting the significant impact the time period had on cultural forms and institutions central to European identity. Editor(s): Lansing, Carol; English, Edward D. Series: Blackwell Companions to European History. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 179 x 252 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1224.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405109222
- ISBN
- 9781405109222
Condition: New
€ 217.16
€ 217.16
This new English translation of Merchant Writers includes all the texts from the original Italian edition in their entirety. Moreover, it offers a gripping personal introduction to the mercantile world of medieval and Renaissance Florence. Editor(s): Ciavolella, Massimo; Ballerini, Luigi. Translator(s): Baca, Murtha. Series: Lorenzo da Ponte Italian Library. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442637146
- ISBN
- 9781442637146
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Elections in Oxford County, 1837-75 breaks new ground with its detailed treatment of the county's voice-vote method of election, which ended with the adoption of the secret ballot in 1874. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 Figures, 12 Photos, 2 Maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442644045
- ISBN
- 9781442644045
Condition: New
€ 59.22
€ 59.22
Kuromiya convincingly elucidates the mechanism of the Soviet secret police and explores the minds of non-conformist believers -precursors to the revival of dissidence after Stalin's death in 1953. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17 illustrations; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442644618
- ISBN
- 9781442644618
Condition: New
€ 69.27
€ 69.27
Fact and Fiction explores the intersection between literature and the sciences, focusing on German and British culture between the eighteenth century and today. Editor(s): Lehleiter, Christine. Num Pages: 368 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JF; DSB; HBJD; HBTB; HPCD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442645981
- ISBN
- 9781442645981
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
Creating Colonial Pasts explores the creation of history and memory in Southern Ontario through the experience of its inhabitants, especially those who took an active role in the preservation and writing of Ontario's colonial past. Num Pages: 232 pages, 53. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442648371
- ISBN
- 9781442648371
Condition: New
€ 75.79
€ 75.79
Featuring a wide range of valuable case studies, Exhibiting the German Past offers a unique perspective on the developing relationship between museums and visual media. Editor(s): McIsaac, Peter M.; Mueller, Gabriele. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1DFG; APF; GM; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442649651
- ISBN
- 9781442649651
Condition: New
€ 65.60
€ 65.60
The Transformation of a Classical Concept. Num Pages: 296 pages. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442650596
- ISBN
- 9781442650596
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Reveals that the success of the Irish insurgency was not just a measure of Michael Collins's revolutionary genius, as has often been claimed. Michael Collins and the Anglo-Irish War takes a fresh approach to the subject, presenting it as a case study in intelligence management under conditions of a broader counterinsurgency campaign. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 b 1 map; 3 figures; appendixes; notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597975353
- ISBN
- 9781597975353
Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611686623
- ISBN
- 9781611686623
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.86
€ 36.99
€ 29.86