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Regional & national history
Paperback. Brings to life the stories of legendary 'public enemies' for whom America's first supermax prison was created. This book contains answers to questions that have swirled about the prison: How did prisoners cope psychologically with the harsh regime? and What provoked the protests and strikes? Num Pages: 584 pages, 72 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 38. Weight in Grams: 850. The Gangster Years. 584 pages, Illustrations. Brings to life the stories of legendary 'public enemies' for whom America's first supermax prison was created. This book contains answers to questions that have swirled about the prison: How did prisoners cope psychologically with the harsh regime? and What provoked the protests and strikes?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JKVP1. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 38. Weight: 796.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265967
- ISBN
- 9780520265967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.10
€ 35.99
€ 26.10
Hardback. Presents the history of the railroad in North America, from its origins in Britain in the 1820s and short lines connecting Eastern Seaboard rivers in the 1830s to Amtrak and the modern intermodal freights driving railroad revival. This book covers a range of topics and offers different types of railroad maps. Num Pages: 224 pages, 157 color illustrations, 396 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 307 x 249 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266162
- ISBN
- 9780520266162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.93
€ 46.99
€ 32.93
Paperback. Focuses on the origins of the names currently used for the cities, towns, settlements, mountains, and streams of California, with accounts of the history of their usage. This dictionary includes a glossary and a bibliography. Editor(s): Bright, William. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 40 Enl Rev
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266193
- ISBN
- 9780520266193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.19
€ 36.99
€ 27.19
Hardback. 'To the barricades!' - The cry conjures images of angry citizens, turmoil in the streets, and skirmishes fought behind hastily improvised cover. This title presents the history of the barricade that charts the origins, development, and diffusion of a European revolutionary tradition. It traces the barricade from its beginnings onwards. Num Pages: 454 pages, 34 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations, 5 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266322
- ISBN
- 9780520266322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.50€ 63.50
€ 83.50
€ 63.50
Hardback. Beginning in 1947, when 'India and Pakistan were born to conflict', this title presents an account of what is potentially the world's most dangerous crisis. It distills sixty-three years of complex history, tracing the roots of the relationship between these two antagonists, and explaining the various attempts to resolve their disputes. Num Pages: 144 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266773
- ISBN
- 9780520266773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 45.72
€ 58.80
€ 45.72
Hardback. Presents a study that explores the emergence and growth of a remarkable global trade network operated by Armenian silk merchants from a small outpost in the Persian Empire. This book discusses the trans-imperial cosmopolitan world of the New Julfans. It also explores the effects of long distance trade on the organization of community life. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 392 pages, 14 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 4 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 668. The Global Trade Networks of Armenian Merchants from New Julfa. Series: California World History Library. 392 pages, Illustrations, maps. Presents a study that explores the emergence and growth of a remarkable global trade network operated by Armenian silk merchants from a small outpost in the Persian Empire. This book discusses the trans-imperial cosmopolitan world of the New Julfans. It also explores the effects of long distance trade on the organization of community life. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; KCLT; KCZ. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 30. Weight: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266872
- ISBN
- 9780520266872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.50€ 63.58
€ 83.50
€ 63.58
Paperback. Why has the West developed and modernized, while the Muslim world has lagged behind? Why has democracy not found a hospitable home in much of the Muslim world? And why have the opponents of innovation found their message so resonant with ordinary Muslims? This volume offers analyses of the history, causes, and consequences to innovation in Islam. Editor(s): Kamrava, Mehran. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266957
- ISBN
- 9780520266957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Follows one family through six hundred years of Chinese history and brings to life the epic narrative of the nation, from the fourteenth century through the Cultural Revolution. The author draws from rare manuscripts and archival and oral history sources to provide an uncommonly personal and intimate glimpse into Chinese family history. Num Pages: 392 pages, 17 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267008
- ISBN
- 9780520267008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.51
€ 33.99
€ 24.51
Paperback. Provides a fresh interpretation of Latin American history and the region's place in the changing global political economy, from the discovery of America into the twenty-first century. This title shows how the Iberian populations and cultures - both European and American - merged and evolved. Translator(s): Giammanco Frongia, Rosanna M. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267497
- ISBN
- 9780520267497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.68
€ 40.99
€ 28.68
Paperback. Among the conflicts to break out during the Cultural Revolution in Tibet, the most famous took place in the summer of 1969 in Nyemo, a county to the south and west of Lhasa. This book revisits the Nyemo Incident, which has long been romanticized as the epitome of Tibetan nationalist resistance against China. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267909
- ISBN
- 9780520267909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.24
€ 26.99
€ 20.24
Paperback. Over 12,000 years ago, in one of the greatest triumphs of prehistory, humans colonized North America. This title tells the scientific story of the first Americans: where they came from, when they arrived, and how they met the challenges of moving across the vast, unknown landscapes of Ice Age North America. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 color illustrations, 64 b/w illustrations, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLC; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1016.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267992
- ISBN
- 9780520267992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.74
€ 31.99
€ 22.74
Paperback. Cesar Chavez is the most prominent Latino in United States history books, and much has been written about Chavez and the United Farm Worker's heyday in the 1960s and '70s. This book describes how Chavez and the UFW's imprint can be found in the modern reshaping of the American labor movement, and the building of Latino political power. Num Pages: 368 pages, 19 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 315 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268043
- ISBN
- 9780520268043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.19
€ 26.99
€ 20.19
Paperback. Features essays and articles by Japanese visitors to the United States from many walks of life: writers and academics, bureaucrats and priests, politicians and journalists, businessmen, philanthropists, artists. Covering the period from 1878 to 1989, this title offers these visitors' perspectives on Americans and American society. Editor(s): Duus, Peter; Hasegawa, Kenji. Series: Twentieth-century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power S. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268456
- ISBN
- 9780520268456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.91
€ 40.99
€ 28.91
Hardback. What was it like to grow up German during Hitler's Third Reich? This book interviews average Germans who came of age between 1933 and 1945. It provides insights into Germany's tragic years, offering a nuanced response to the abiding question of how a nation made the quantum leap from anti-Semitism to systematic genocide. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269644
- ISBN
- 9780520269644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.15
€ 36.99
€ 27.15
Paperback. Tells how a few men set off a war that would lead to tragedy for millions. Taking us from the antechambers of policymakers in Paris to the docksides of Haiphong and the streets of Hanoi, this title provides an account of the series of events that would make Vietnam the most embattled area in the world during the Cold War period. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. Num Pages: 388 pages, 9 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269934
- ISBN
- 9780520269934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Hardback. Details the construction of Berlin, and explores homes and workplaces, circulation, commerce, and leisure in the German metropolis as seen through the eyes of all social classes, from the humblest inhabitants of the city slums, to the great visionaries of the modern city, and the demented dictator resolved to remodel Berlin as Germania. Editor(s): Whyte, Iain Boyd; Frisby, David. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 632 pages, 50 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1002. 1880-1940. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. 632 pages, Illustrationsstrations. Editor(s): Whyte, Iain Boyd; Frisby, David. Details the construction of Berlin, and explores homes and workplaces, circulation, commerce, and leisure in the German metropolis as seen through the eyes of all social classes, from the humblest inhabitants of the city slums, to the great visionaries of the modern city, and the demented dictator resolved to remodel Berlin as Germania. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; RPC. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 45. Weight: 1002.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270374
- ISBN
- 9780520270374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.50€ 63.42
€ 83.50
€ 63.42
Hardback. After living in San Francisco for 15 years, the author found himself yearning for his Rust Belt hometown: Flint, Michigan, the birthplace of General Motors and "star" of the Michael Moore documentary "Roger & Me". This book reminds us that cities are defined by people, not politics or economics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270527
- ISBN
- 9780520270527
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Hardback. Combining personal memories with political information about Hawai'i's crucial Territorial era, this title discovers the central role played by the author's great-great-grandfather in the politics of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Hawai'i. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; BM; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270664
- ISBN
- 9780520270664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.50€ 63.58
€ 83.50
€ 63.58
Hardback. Traces the social history of early modern Japan's sex trade, from its beginnings in seventeenth-century cities to its apotheosis in the nineteenth-century countryside. Drawing on legal codes, diaries, town registers, petitions, and criminal records, this title describes how the work of selling women transformed communities across the archipelago. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 282 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB; JFMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534. Prostitution, Markets, and the Household in Early Modern Japan. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 282 pages, Illustrations. Traces the social history of early modern Japan's sex trade, from its beginnings in seventeenth-century cities to its apotheosis in the nineteenth-century countryside. Drawing on legal codes, diaries, town registers, petitions, and criminal records, this title describes how the work of selling women transformed communities across the archipelago. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB; JFMX. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 22. Weight: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270909
- ISBN
- 9780520270909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.50€ 64.09
€ 83.50
€ 64.09
Hardback. The construction of the transcontinental railroad (1865-1869) marked a milestone in United States history, symbolizing both the joining of the country's two coasts and the taming of its frontier wilderness by modern technology. This book provides a look at the production, distribution, and publication of images of the transcontinental railroad. Num Pages: 254 pages, 8 color photos, 88 b/w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; HBJK; WGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270947
- ISBN
- 9780520270947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.50
€ 49.99
€ 35.50