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Regional & national history
Hardback. A geo-political manifesto which questions the idea of Latinity as a sole name for the South American subcontinent. Charts the history of the concept of Latinity from its emergence in Europe under France's leadership through to the present day. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405100854
- ISBN
- 9781405100854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.82
€ 109.82
Hardback. Taiwan's relationship with China is one of the most fraught in East Asia, a key issue in the island's domestic politics and a major obstacle in Sino-American relations. This book explores the roots of the conflict in the post-war period and examines how the Nationalists consolidated their rule. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 1FPCW; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744577
- ISBN
- 9780804744577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.89
€ 81.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA; HDDH; HRCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition, New of the House of the Messiah ed.
- SKU
- V9781591430278
- ISBN
- 9781591430278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.26
€ 25.99
€ 24.26
Paperback. The Holocaust in Hungary 1944. 230 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Cesarani, David. Examines the deportation and murder of 435,000 Hungarian Jews during the last months of World War II, when German military and diplomatic power was on the wane. Drawing on new sources, leading scholars attempt to shed light on a shameful period in history. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 13. Weight: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Berg Publishers
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859731260
- ISBN
- 9781859731260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.00
€ 46.00
Paperback. The Duke of Wellington's victory over Napoleon in 1815 at Waterloo ensured British dominance for the rest of the nineteenth century. The author has visited the battlefield, travelled the messengers' routes, and traced untapped British, French and Belgian records. This book offers an original perspective on a key moment in British history. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571315260
- ISBN
- 9780571315260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.64
€ 14.99
€ 10.64
Paperback. Translator(s): Holoch, George. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 171 x 27. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268042233
- ISBN
- 9780268042233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Paperback. Independent Wales was defined in the centuries after the Romans withdrew from Britain in AD 410. The wars of Welsh independence encompassed centuries of raids, expeditions, battles and sieges, but they were more than a series of military encounters: they were a political process. Num Pages: 306 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; HBJD1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 121 x 17. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752441283
- ISBN
- 9780752441283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.62
€ 19.99
€ 18.62
Paperback. Ida Pruitt, born of American missionaries and raised in a rural Chinese village at the end of the nineteenth century, witnessed almost a century of China's revolutionary upheavals. This work tells the story of this remarkable woman, and brings a different perspective to the study of modern Chinese history. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629962210
- ISBN
- 9789629962210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.96
€ 39.96
Hardback. The first joint biography of President and Mrs. Hoover by scholars who have conducted extensive research into their lives. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275979966
- ISBN
- 9780275979966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.01€ 90.71
€ 101.01
€ 90.71
Hardback. This book fills a gap in Civil War literature on the strategies employed by the Union and Confederacy in the East, offering a more integrated interpretation of military operations that shows how politics, public perception, geography, and logistics shaped the course of military operations in the East. Series: Reflections on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 162 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275991616
- ISBN
- 9780275991616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.60
€ 54.60
Hardback. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313269561
- ISBN
- 9780313269561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.92€ 62.90
€ 68.92
€ 62.90
Hardcover. This insightful analysis looks at the power struggles of 1920-1926, a time during which the Ottoman Empire was replaced by a secular and modernist Turkish nationalist regime. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313379567
- ISBN
- 9780313379567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.84
€ 53.84
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
€ 52.32
€ 52.32
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€ 38.09
€ 48.99
€ 38.09
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€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
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
Britain and the World in the Twentieth Century: Ever Decreasing Circle...
Professor Michael J Turner
Paperback. A comprehensive analysis of Britain's changing position in the world during the twentieth century. It places British policy making in the appropriate domestic and international contexts, offers an alternative to the more negative, 'decline'-obsessed assessments of Britain's role and influence in global affairs. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441111579
- ISBN
- 9781441111579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.08
€ 46.99
€ 39.08
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€ 22.86
€ 33.99
€ 22.86
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
€ 122.88
€ 122.88
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
€ 110.28
€ 110.28