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Hardback. This is a study of the rise of two-party competition in South Carolina. During the two decades covered, the interplay between two clear factions shaped the growth of the party. In this text, the author demonstrates the implications of these developments for the rightward shift in national politics. Series: Studies in Modern American History. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739102428
- ISBN
- 9780739102428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.39
€ 138.39
Paperback. A comprehensive study of the period and debates surrounding the European origins of the Second World War. This book describes the various explanations that have been offered for the war and the historiographical debates that have arisen from them; and analyses the ideological, economic and strategic forces at work in Europe during the 1930s. Series: Origins of Modern War. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405840286
- ISBN
- 9781405840286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 52.84
€ 52.99
€ 52.84
Paperback. Professor Iriye analyses the origins of the 1941 conflict against the background of international relations in the preceding decade in order to answer the key question: Why did Japan, which had not been able to defeat the isolated and divided forces of China, decide to go to war against so formidable a combination of powers? Series: Origins of Modern War. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSP; 3JJH; HBJM; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582493490
- ISBN
- 9780582493490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.40
€ 93.40
Paperback. This text looks at the roots of the struggle in Northern Ireland and of British intervention, setting both in the longer perspective of the Anglo-Irish troubles. The book seeks to place the use of the army within the wider British context of dealing with political violence. Series: Origins of Modern War. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPQB; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276. 8vo.Standard paperback edition.
. Northern Ireland, Ulster. First edition.
. Northern Ireland, Ulster. First edition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0296675
- ISBN
- 9780582100732
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
hardcover. Presents a narrative on the origins of the Lebanese national idea. This title reconsiders conventional accounts that locate the origins of Lebanese nationalism in a distant legendary past and then trace its evolution in a linear and gradual manner. It is suitable for those interested in the evolution of nationalism in the Middle East and beyond. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJF1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520273412
- ISBN
- 9780520273412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.99€ 60.41
€ 79.99
€ 60.41
Paperback. The origins of the First World War have always been difficult to establish and have aroused deep controversy. Tracking the debates as they developed at critical points through the twentieth century this book focuses on the controversy itself, rather than the specific events leading up to the war. Series: Making History. Num Pages: 266 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582418721
- ISBN
- 9780582418721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.30
€ 58.30
Paperback. A concise introduction to one of the major historical controversies, brought right up-to-date for this 3rd edition. Series: Lancaster Pamphlets. Num Pages: 96 pages, chronology. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; HBG; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 139 x 2. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415261852
- ISBN
- 9780415261852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.44
€ 49.44
Hardcover. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of social welfare and social policy in Britain before the modern welfare state. It examines the role played by voluntary social provision (including self-help and mutual aid), as well as the growth of state intervention, in meeting welfare needs. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 753. "Includes bibliographical references (p. 376-382) and index. Commissioning organisation: Bernard Harris. xii, 402 p. ill. 24 cm. Paperback. As new." Keywords: "Business, Finance & Law - Careers - Community Services,History - Other Historical Subjects - General,His"
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- SKU
- KEX0166456
- ISBN
- 9780333649978
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 60.75
€ 60.75
Paperback. Focuses on a talented, brave, but tiny minority of whites - liberals, radicals, communists, Trotskyists, humanists, Christians, idealists - who rejected the growing racism of post-war South Africa and worked to breach the dividing line between black and white. Num Pages: 240 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145003
- ISBN
- 9781868145003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.95
€ 36.99
€ 35.95
Paperback. The Origins of Italian Fashion examines the history of Italian fashion from the beginning of the twentieth century, when the Lombard tailor Rosa Genoni created the first Italian fashion house independent from the prevailing French style, to World War II, when the Fascist regime co-opted fashion as a propaganda tool. Num Pages: 112 pages, 80 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; AKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- V & A Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851777914
- ISBN
- 9781851777914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 29.44
€ 35.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DVWB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFSR2; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801441325
- ISBN
- 9780801441325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.00
€ 89.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DVWB; 3JJ; HBJD; JFSL1; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801477201
- ISBN
- 9780801477201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.59
€ 34.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. Looks at the concentration camp from the inside as a laboratory of cruelty and a system of absolute power built on extreme violence, starvation, "terror labor," and the business-like extermination of human beings. Based on historical documents and the reports of survivors, this book details how the resistance of prisoners was broken down. Translator(s): Templer, William. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554. The Concentration Camp. 370 pages, black & white illustrations. Looks at the concentration camp from the inside as a laboratory of cruelty and a system of absolute power built on extreme violence, starvation, "terror labor," and the business-like extermination of human beings. Based on historical documents and the reports of survivors, this book details how the resistance of prisoners was broken down. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight: 530. Translator(s): Templer, William.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 370
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691006857
- ISBN
- 9780691006857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.05
€ 46.99
€ 33.05
Hardcover. The commercial success and formal perfection of melodrama is central to the re-establishment of the post-war Italian film industry, ensuring cinema's position at the forefront of 20th century mass culture. This title provides an analysis of cineopera or opera film. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJP; APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 237 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748656424
- ISBN
- 9780748656424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 100.60
€ 105.84
€ 100.60
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 941 color photos. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JJPR; WCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 41.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764315930
- ISBN
- 9780764315930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.60€ 67.37
€ 71.60
€ 67.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 405 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JMR; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226361901
- ISBN
- 9780226361901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.52
€ 32.99
€ 25.52
Hardcover. A compelling acount of Rita Lankin's time working in Hollywood during the male dominated industry of the early 1960s Num Pages: 304 pages, Two 8-page photo inserts. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; APT; BGF; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781495014055
- ISBN
- 9781495014055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.20
€ 30.99
€ 28.20
Paperback. Beate Sirota Gordon was born in Vienna, but in 1929 her family moved to Japan so that her father, a noted pianist, could teach, and she grew up speaking German, English, and Japanese. In 1946, at age twenty-two, she helped to draft the new postwar Japanese constitution. This title chronicles the unlikely string of events that led her to that role. Num Pages: 176 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; BM; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226132518
- ISBN
- 9780226132518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.92
€ 18.92
Paperback. Provides an account of life of the author's first tour of duty in Vietnam - the blood, fear, camaraderie, and tedium of combat and maneuver. First published in 1987, this book shows an eager young recruit growing before the reader's eyes into a proud but bloodied combat veteran. Series: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; BGHA; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585446049
- ISBN
- 9781585446049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.29
€ 31.29
Paperback. During the Gulf War in 1991, Chris Ryan became separated from the other members of the SAS patrol, Bravo Two Zero. Alone, he beat off an Iraqi attack and set out for Syria. Over the next seven days he walked almost 200 miles. Of the eight SAS members involved in this famous mission, only one escaped capture. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJPR; 5AK; YFY; YNJ. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Children´s UK
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Junior Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849413466
- ISBN
- 9781849413466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.09
€ 11.99
€ 10.09
Paperback. Late on the evening of 24 January 1991 the patrol was compromised deep behind enemy lines in Iraq. A fierce fire-fight left the eight men unscathed, but they were forced to run for their lives. This title tells the story of courage under fire, of hairbreadth escapes, of the trained soldiers in the world fighting against adverse conditions. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJPR; BTM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBWS3; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099556671
- ISBN
- 9780099556671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226412306
- ISBN
- 9780226412306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.14
€ 19.99
€ 17.14
Hardback. The Old Vic, one of the world's great theatres, opened in 1818 with rowdy melodrama and continued with Edmund Kean in Richard III howled down by the audience. One impresario, among the first of thirteen to go bankrupt there, fled to Milan and ran La Scala. In 1848 a chorus girl tried to murder the leading lady. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; AN; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571311255
- ISBN
- 9780571311255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 21.79
€ 33.99
€ 21.79
Paperback. Tells of the author's journey down the length of North and South America. Beginning on Boston's subway, this work depicts a voyage from ice-bound Massachusetts to the arid plateau of Argentina's most southerly tip, via pretty Central American towns and the ancient Incan city of Macchu Pichu. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JJPL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189154
- ISBN
- 9780141189154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65