Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Hardcover. Three distinguished diplomatic historians offer an assessment of the Cold War in the realist tradition that focuses on balancing the objectives of foreign policy with the means of accomplishing them. Series: Praeger Security International. Num Pages: 686 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1383.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 686
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313385254
- ISBN
- 9780313385254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.60€ 121.25
€ 137.60
€ 121.25
Voices of Historical and Contemporary Black American Pioneers
. Ed(S): Farmer, Vernon L.; Wynn, Evelyn Shep...
Hardcover. The stories of black American professionals, both historic and contemporary, reveal the hardships and triumphs they faced in overcoming racism to succeed in their chosen fields. Editor(s): Farmer, Vernon L.; Wynn, Evelyn Shepherd. Num Pages: 1465 pages, 145. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 137. Weight in Grams: 3357.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 1465
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313392245
- ISBN
- 9780313392245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 269.32€ 242.73
€ 269.32
€ 242.73
Hardcover. This book presents a revealing look at our 100-year fascination with the Titanic disaster and the various media that have been involved in reporting, preserving, and immortalizing the event. Num Pages: 211 pages, 21. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; WGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780313398155
- ISBN
- 9780313398155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 53.95
€ 58.80
€ 53.95
Hardcover. An examination of the Russian security service in the titanic struggle between the regime and those dedicated to the defeat of monarchical absolutism. It looks at the years from 1866 through to 1905, tracing the reaction, expansion and evolution of the security police. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; JKSW1; JWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875802435
- ISBN
- 9780875802435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.90
€ 57.90
Hardcover. Num Pages: 1010 pages, 577. BIC Classification: 1KB; GBC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 64. Weight in Grams: 2835.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576070277
- ISBN
- 9781576070277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.29€ 166.15
€ 182.29
€ 166.15
Hardcover. Editor(s): Heidler, Jeanne T.; Heidler, David S. Num Pages: 2733 pages, 500 illustrations, photographs, drawings, 75 maps, bibliographies. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GBC; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 215 x 230. Weight in Grams: 6440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 2733
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781576070666
- ISBN
- 9781576070666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 490.17
€ 490.17
Hardcover. Explores the daily life of ordinary men, women and children of Anglo-Saxon England. This book covers domestic and family life, work and leisure, education, clothing and housing, food, religion, magic and superstition, health and sickness, warfare, crime and punishment, ethnic and national identity, the creation of kingship, and slavery. Series: Daily Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Greenwood
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846450136
- ISBN
- 9781846450136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.51€ 58.01
€ 63.51
€ 58.01
Paperback. Traces the Caribbean from its pre-Columbian state through European contact and colonialism to the rise of US hegemony and the economic turbulence of the twenty-first century. This volume begins with a discussion of the region's diverse geography and challenging ecology and features an in-depth look at the transatlantic slave trade. Editor(s): Palmie, Stephan; Scarano, Francisco A. Num Pages: 624 pages, 71 halftones, 2 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 255 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226645087
- ISBN
- 9780226645087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 37.46
€ 48.99
€ 37.46
Hardcover. Examines events surrounding the Massachusetts witch trials of 1692. Rather than seeing the people of Salem Village as being swept along by the forces of historical change, Gragg argues that the people involved were active participants, making decisions that shaped the outcome of those events. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; HRQX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275941895
- ISBN
- 9780275941895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.03€ 78.31
€ 87.03
€ 78.31
Hardback. Excerpts from Confucius on government, recently found Qin laws written on bamboo strips, and contemporary historical accounts lend depth and immediacy to the work. Brief biographies of key rulers, rebels, and philosophers give readers a look at events through the eyes of participants. Series: Greenwood Guides to Historic Events of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QDA; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313325885
- ISBN
- 9780313325885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.75€ 47.85
€ 51.75
€ 47.85
Hardback. This book offers a concise yet comprehensive history of Puerto Rico, from the reign of Taino Indians through its centuries as a Spanish colony to its present-day standing as a thriving economic force in Latin America with a unique and ever-evolving relationship with the United States. Series: Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations. Num Pages: 155 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KJP; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 155
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313354182
- ISBN
- 9780313354182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.51€ 58.01
€ 63.51
€ 58.01
Hardcover. This comprehensive overview of the history of Bulgaria covers events in this important Balkan nation from its 9th-century origins in the first Bulgarian Empire through the present day. Series: Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations. Num Pages: 210 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1DVWB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313384462
- ISBN
- 9780313384462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.51€ 58.01
€ 63.51
€ 58.01
Hardcover. Editor(s): Alexander, Leslie M.; Rucker, Walter C. Series: American Ethnic Experiences Series. Num Pages: 1136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 279 x 12. Weight in Grams: 4060.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851097692
- ISBN
- 9781851097692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 309.30€ 277.90
€ 309.30
€ 277.90
Hardcover. Editor(s): Fremont-Barnes, Gregory; Ryerson, Richard Alan. Num Pages: 2548 pages, 247. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 190. Weight in Grams: 8165.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 2548
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781851098392
- ISBN
- 9781851098392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 460.69
€ 460.69
Paperback. Defeat and death at the Little Bighorn gave General George Custer and his Seventh Cavalry a kind of immortality. This title investigates the body of legend surrounding that battle on a bloody Sunday in 1876. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803265929
- ISBN
- 9780803265929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.97
€ 26.99
€ 26.97
Hardcover. Editor(s): Van Horn, Carl E.; Schaffner, Herbert A. Num Pages: 741 pages, 100. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JHBL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1715.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 741
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576076767
- ISBN
- 9781576076767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.29€ 160.58
€ 182.29
€ 160.58
Paperback. Meet the girl from MI5 who had the gravy browning licked from her legs by Dylan Thomas; the barman who was appointed the keeper of Winston Churchill's private bottle of whisky; the East End Communist who marched with his comrades into the air-raid shelter of the Savoy; the throneless prince born in a suite at Claridge's declared.. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571234783
- ISBN
- 9780571234783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 6.23
€ 12.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. How did Britain so lose the plot that today there is not a single aircraft manufacturer of any significance in the country? The author captures that season of glory in a book that fuses his own memories of being a schoolboy plane spotter with a ruefully realistic history of British decline. It is the story of machines and men who flew them. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBTK; KNDV; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571247950
- ISBN
- 9780571247950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 4.99
€ 12.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Drawing on the rich historical collections of the British Library - including two original copies of Magna Carta from 1215 - the catalogue brings to life the history and contemporary resonance of this globally important document and features treasured artefacts inspired by the rich legacy of Magna Carta Editor(s): Breay, Claire; Harrison, Julian. Num Pages: 272 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; AGC; HBJD1; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 221 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The British Library Publishing Division
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712357630
- ISBN
- 9780712357630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.68
€ 33.99
€ 22.68
Paperback. Cromwell spent only nine months of his eventful life in Ireland, yet he stands accused there of war crimes, religious persecution and ethnic cleansing. In a century of unrelenting, bloody warfare and religious persecution throughout Europe, Cromwell was, in many ways, a product of his times. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571218462
- ISBN
- 9780571218462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 11.87
€ 16.99
€ 11.87
Hardcover. KERRY Editor(s): O'Sullivan, Anne; Sheehan, John. Series: Archaeology/medieval studies. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 294 x 206 x 0. Weight in Grams: 2060. 461pp
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780902561847
- ISBN
- 9780902561847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.00€ 45.48
€ 59.00
€ 45.48
Paperback. An accessible history of Ireland from the earliest records. Lydon recounts, in colourful detail, the waves of settlers, missionaries and invaders which have gone to Ireland since pre-history and offers a perspective on Irish history up to present. Num Pages: 436 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 794. Very good copy. Press reviews pasted to inside front cover and end paper. Some pen scoring, text not affected, remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0028524
- ISBN
- 9780415013482
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. This book explains how and why Belgium, a small but influential European country, was affected by its colonial activities in the Congo. Num Pages: 300 pages, 2 b/w illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 1HFJZ; 3JJ; 3JM; HB; HBJD; HBJH; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 624. 300 pages, 2 b/w illus. 4 tables. This book explains how and why Belgium, a small but influential European country, was affected by its colonial activities in the Congo. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DDB; 1HFJZ; 3JJ; 3JM; HB; HBJD; HBJH; HBTQ. Dimension: 232 x 164 x 26. Weight: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521194211
- ISBN
- 9780521194211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.21
€ 122.21
Hardback. A collection of ten seminal essays by Tim Mason on the history of National Socialism in Germany. Editor(s): Caplan, Jane. Num Pages: 372 pages, bibliographies, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 371
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521432122
- ISBN
- 9780521432122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.96€ 83.38
€ 99.96
€ 83.38