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Paperback. On May 15, 1916, a crowd of 15,000 witnessed the lynching of an 18-year-old black farm worker named Jesse Washington. Most central Texans of the time failed to call for the punishment of the mob's leaders. This work seeks to explain how a culture of violence that nourished this practice could form and endure for so long among ordinary people. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074301
ISBN
9780252074301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardback. Daniel Siemens here provides a fascinating and gripping account of the background to Horst Wessel's murder and uncovers how and why the Nazis made him a political hero. At the same time it is a portrait of the Nazi propaganda machine at its most effective and most chilling. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 integrated bw illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780760773
ISBN
9781780760773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 49.51

Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies on the Near East. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646954
ISBN
9780691646954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.16

Paperback. Europe's critical infrastructure is a key concern to policymakers, NGOs, companies, and citizens today. This book argues that present-day infrastructure vulnerabilities resulted from choices of infrastructure builders in the past. Editor(s): Hogselius, Per; Hommels, Anique; Kaijser, Arne; Van Der Vleuten, Erik. Num Pages: 322 pages, 13 black & white tables, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
322
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137580986
ISBN
9781137580986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.93

Hardback. This is the first English language source reader that deals with post-war (West) Germany. Over 160 commented sources describe the political, social and economic developments that changed Germany from the abyss of Nazism into a prosperous ally of the West and into one of the driving forces of European integration. Series Editor(s): Bennett, Harry. Series: Documents in Modern History. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Maps. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW3; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719080760
ISBN
9780719080760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.03
€ 111.10

Hardback. Series: Focus on American History Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, 99 duotone photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JMC; AJC; BGH; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7112 x 7747 x 661. Weight in Grams: 1786.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477311677
ISBN
9781477311677
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.69

Paperback. Explores the history of Japanese imperialism in Manchuria from the acquisition of a railway concession following the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5 to the founding of the puppet state of Manchoukuo in 1932. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 544 pages, 11 maps, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674012066
ISBN
9780674012066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; 3JJPN; HBJF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801475733
ISBN
9780801475733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801445668
ISBN
9780801445668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.32

Paperback. Published alongside a landmark BBC2 series, this is the story of Britain from 1900 to the end of the Second World War Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 32. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Pan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330510998
ISBN
9780330510998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.94

Paperback. * Third edition of this insightful survey of changes in British politics. * Now extended to cover the politics of the Second World War and the election of 1945. * Extensively revised in the light of recent research. * Looks at the Labour Partya s evolution into a national rather than sectional party. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631225904
ISBN
9780631225904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.67

Hardback. The Making of Modern Cameroon, Vol. 1 examines the history of present day Cameroon's struggle to create, unite, and integrate their country. The story begins with the colonization of the country by Germany in 1884 and continues with the country's experience under British and French rule from 1914 to 1961. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; 3JJ; GTB; HBTB; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761808961
ISBN
9780761808961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.92

Hardback. A succinct and highly readable overview of one of the most critical periods in IsraelOs short history. Covers from the founding of the State in 1948 to the Six-Day war of 1967: a time within which Israel fought three separate wars and saw its population double due to mass immigration. Num Pages: 340 pages, maps, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 36. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644660
ISBN
9780745644660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 55.55

Paperback. A succinct and highly readable overview of one of the most critical periods in IsraelOs short history. Covers from the founding of the State in 1948 to the Six-Day war of 1967: a time within which Israel fought three separate wars and saw its population double due to mass immigration. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644677
ISBN
9780745644677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.77

Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, 125 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJF; 3JJG; ACX; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 181 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1018.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226893587
ISBN
9780226893587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.49

Hardback. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HRAX; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231175500
ISBN
9780231175500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.81

Paperback. Describes the first Arab-Israeli war of 1948 in different ways. This book integrates archival material with the findings of scholarship to present the reader with a comprehensive and general history of the origins and consequences of the 1948 war. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJPG; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBWS; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780764924
ISBN
9781780764924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.97

Paperback. Tells the story of the rise of behavioral scientists in government and how their potentially dangerous, "American" assumptions about human behavior would shape US views of domestic disturbances and insurgencies in Third World countries. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBT; JMAL; JPS; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691114552
ISBN
9780691114552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.56

Paperback. A century has passed since the assassination of Austria-Hungary's Archduke Ferdinand, yet the repercussions of the devastating global conflict that followed still echo. In this book, the author turns the spotlight on twelve particular events of the First World War that continue to shape the world today. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300206647
ISBN
9780300206647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.95

Hardback. After World War I, over one million Ottoman Greeks were expelled from Turkey, resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths. This study analyzes the fight for international recognition of the Greek genocide narrative, showing how its memory developed as a cultural trauma with both nationalist and cosmopolitan dimensions. Series: War and Genocide. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1DVT; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ; HBWN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785333255
ISBN
9781785333255
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.02

Hardback. This book tells the history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its beginnings in the middle of the nineteenth century to the present. Drawing extensively on archival and other sources, it traces the conception of the idea of the Dictionary in the 1850s right up to the launching of the Dictionary as an online database in 2000 and beyond. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; CFB; CFM; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 171. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199283620
ISBN
9780199283620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.57

Paperback. Tells the story of the epic clash between Senator John F Kennedy and Vice-President Richard M Nixon. This book imbues America's presidential election process. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061900600
ISBN
9780061900600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.93

Paperback. This study examines how views of the so-called Rape of Nanking, or the Nanjing Massacre, have evolved in history writing and public memory in Japan, China, and the United States from 1937 to the present. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195383140
ISBN
9780195383140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.82

Paperback. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HRAX; HRC; JFSC; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081897
ISBN
9780252081897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

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