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Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 13 black & white halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589799240
ISBN
9781589799240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.01

Hardcover. A riveting history of the month that transformed the world's greatest nations as Russia faced revolution and America entered the First World War. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 243 x 39. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393292084
ISBN
9780393292084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.79

Hardback. This work presents a biography of the artist Marc Chagall in dialogue with events and ideologies of his time. It encompasses different aspects of his life (1889-1985) including his roots in folk culture, his personal relationships and his inerests. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 166 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AGB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 266 x 201 x 65. Weight in Grams: 2132.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742139
ISBN
9780804742139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.08

Hardcover. Follow the conflict of the Second World War from 1939 to 1945 in this unique volume, published in association with Imperial War Museums, London, featuring historical maps and photographs from their archives, and fascinating commentary from an expert historian. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTP1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 277 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1544.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008136581
ISBN
9780008136581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.73

Hardback. By 1945 Washington and London envisioned a new era in which the U.S. shouldered global responsibilities while Britain focused its regional interests narrowly. Mapping the End of Empire reveals how Anglo-American perceptions of geography and perspectives on the Muslim world shaped postcolonial futures from the Middle East to South Asia. Num Pages: 324 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW; JPH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674728882
ISBN
9780674728882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.79
€ 56.79

Hardcover. In 2001 the Chinese government announced that the precise location of Shangrila - a place that previously had existed only in fiction - had been identified in Zhongdian County, Yunnan. This book advances a view of landscapes as media of governance, representation, resistance, and examining how they are reshaping cultural economies. Editor(s): Yeh, Emily T.; Coggins, Chris. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 348 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993577
ISBN
9780295993577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.46

Sheet map.
Publisher
Old House
Number of pages
1
Publication date
2013
Edition
Map
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402554
ISBN
9781908402554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.05

Paperback. Translator(s): Joudah, Fady; Mattawa, Khaled. Series: Curbstone. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; 3JJP; 3JM; DSBH5; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810133655
ISBN
9780810133655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.55

Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 66. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801449345
ISBN
9780801449345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.94

Paperback. Explains why Mao launched the Cultural Revolution, and shows his Machiavellian role in masterminding it. This book documents the Hobbesian state that ensued. Power struggles raged among Lin Biao, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and Jiang Qing - Mao's wife and leader of the Gang of Four - while Mao often played one against the other. Num Pages: 752 pages, 57 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 948.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Later Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674027480
ISBN
9780674027480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.95

Paperback. Written by the author who was raised in a desperately poor village during the height of China's Cultural Revolution, this book tells the story of how he came to be Mao's last dancer. Num Pages: 448 pages, Black and white inset. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPL; ASD; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141040226
ISBN
9780141040226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. An unprecedented, groundbreaking history of China's Great Famine Winner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize 2011 Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408886366
ISBN
9781408886366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.38

Paperback. Mao Zedong was a giant of 20th century history. In this Very Short Introduction, Delia Davin provides an account of Mao the man. From his childhood as a peasant to ruler of the most populous nation on Earth, she considers the major events in his life, his revolutionary writing, and his utopian dreams that culminated in the Cultural Revolution. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 10 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 117 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199588664
ISBN
9780199588664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

Hardcover. This is the first English-language military history of what the People's Republic of China called the "War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea". Based on a vast array of recently available Chinese sources, it provides a revealing new look at the far-reaching influence of Mao Zedong's political and military thought on China's conduct of the war. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; 3JJPG; BG; HBJF; JPQB; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700607235
ISBN
9780700607235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.46

Paperback. This comprehensive study of China's Cold War experience reveals the crucial role Beijing played in shaping the orientation of the global Cold War and the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. It is based on sources that include recently declassified Chinese documents. Series: New Cold War History. Num Pages: 456 pages, 17 illustrations, 4 maps, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBG; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807849323
ISBN
9780807849323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.00

Paperback. Describes Mao Zedong s life and thought in relation to the Chinese revolution and twentieth-century history. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347958
ISBN
9780822347958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.61

Paperback. This is the first history of the cult of Mao that was used to ensure the loyalty of the people. Num Pages: 324 pages, 15 b/w illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
324
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521152228
ISBN
9780521152228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.31

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white halftones, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442213425
ISBN
9781442213425
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.61

Paperback. Between 1960 and 1965, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) created some of the civil rights movement's boldest experiments in freedom. This book explores how the organization fostered so much social change in such a short time. Num Pages: 480 pages, 15 illustrations, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFJ; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807859599
ISBN
9780807859599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.50

Paperback. The McCarthy era was a bad time for freedom in America. Encompassing far more than the brief career of Senator Joseph McCarthy, it was the most widespread episode of political repression in the history of the United States. This title gives us the complete post-Cold War account of McCarthyism. Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 38. Weight in Grams: 928.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
602
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691048703
ISBN
9780691048703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.20

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