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c 1700 to c 1800

Hardcover. This comprehensive study examines Polish demonology in relation to witchcraft trials in Wielkopolska, revealing the witch as a force for both good and evil. It explores the use of witchcraft, the nature of accusations and the role of gender. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230005211
ISBN
9780230005211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.18

Hardback. This study seeks to lay bare the relationship between the sociopolitical structures that shaped peasant lives in Manchuria (northeast China) during the Qing dynasty and the development of that region's economy. Num Pages: 440 pages, 13 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752718
ISBN
9780804752718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.45

Paperback. Provides an alternative overview of the 18th-century British economy. Recent macroeconomic history has presented a male industrial revolution as the general experience, but new textiles and metal industries were primarily employers of women. This edition covers these industries. Num Pages: 352 pages, 17 line drawings, 18 figures, 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; KCB; KCZ; KND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415069359
ISBN
9780415069359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.62

paperback. Drawing on research, this volume covers the history of England between the accession of George II and the loss of the American colonies. It reveals simmering discontent in which evangelical enthusiasm clashed with scientific rationalism, aristocratic government with popular insubordination, industrial and imperial expansion with plebian poverty. Series: New Oxford History of England. Num Pages: 840 pages, line drawings, tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
840
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192852533
ISBN
9780192852533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.00

hardcover. Offers a reassessment of the haphazard and regionally diverse process of state formation and market integration in early modern Spain, showing how local and regional agency paradoxically led to legitimate governance but economic backwardness. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 line illus. 16 tables. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JD; 3JF; KCG; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 175 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691144849
ISBN
9780691144849
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.99
€ 19.95

hardcover. Offering an approach to the history of the modern state, this text concentrates on the 18th century and on two cases, those of Britain and Germany. Using a comparative study, it deconstructs certain cliches about the two states and forces one to rethink how to study states in the early modern era. Editor(s): Brewer, John; Hellmuth, Eckhart. Series: Studies of the German Historical Institute, London. Num Pages: 412 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JF; JFCX; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 30. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199201891
ISBN
9780199201891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.82

paperback. "Ultimately, the story of Nova Scotia's violent integration into the British system offers a case study in the limits of voluntarism in the ramshackle empire that preceded the Seven Years' War."-William and Mary Quarterly Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBCV; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812218695
ISBN
9780812218695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Through data gathered on thousands of people, as well as hundreds of memoirs and autobiographies, this volume tells myriad intersecting stories of how Americans born between 1776 and 1830 reinvented themselves and their society in politics, economics, reform, religion, and culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674006638
ISBN
9780674006638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.06

paperback. Born into a free black family in 1766, James Forten served in the Revolutionary War and later went on to become vice-president of the American Anti-Slavery Society and more, taking his place as one of the African Americans who helped to shape America. Num Pages: 528 pages, 16pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3; YNH; YQH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 739.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195163407
ISBN
9780195163407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.77

Paperback. Part of a trilogy "The Problem of Slavery in World History", this is the second book in the series. It features a preface exploring the anti-slavery debate among American historians, between the 1970s and 1990s, started by the original publication of this book in the 1970s. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 860.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195126716
ISBN
9780195126716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.03

paperback. This is the first major study of Irish antiquarian and historical writing during the politically turbulent second half of the eighteenth century. It charts the impact of contemporary politics on such writing, as well as the influence of European Enlightenment cultural trends. Series: Critical Conditions: Field Day Essays & Monographs S. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781859183748
ISBN
9781859183748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.00
€ 24.15

Paperback. Four independent but interlocking essays revolving around the 1790s, arguably the pivotal decade in the evolution of modern Ireland. Series: Critical Conditions: Field Day Essays. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362. 18th Century Ireland. 236pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781859180600
ISBN
9781859180600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.00
€ 24.15

hardcover. This is a fresh and original account of the most telling era in Dublin's development. Diarmuid O Grada depicts the Georgian city as a place of conflict where sharp divisions arose between the haves and have-nots. His work reveals the causes of this upheaval and its impact on ordinary Dubliners. Num Pages: 404 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 207 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781782051473
ISBN
9781782051473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 29.13

paperback. From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize-shortlisted 'Return of a King', the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time. Num Pages: 640 pages, 24 b/w, 24 col illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 41. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Condition
New
SKU
9780006550969
ISBN
9780006550969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. This work is a comprehensive history of Ireland between 1780 and 1939. It is intended for scholars and students of modern Irish history, especially social and economic historians. Num Pages: 552 pages, 3 plates, line figures, tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 854.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198205982
ISBN
9780198205982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 92.31

hardcover. Reluctant Pioneers describes the migration of Chinese to Manchuria, their settlement there, and the incorporation of Manchuria into an expanding China, from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 312 pages, 14 tables, 2 figures, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804751674
ISBN
9780804751674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.36

hardcover. In what is today Malaysia, the British established George Town on Penang Island in 1786 and encouraged Chinese merchants and laborers to settle there. This book analyzes the relations between the Chinese and British and between the Chinese and Malays, focusing on the role of temples and religion in organizing Chinese social life. Num Pages: 336 pages, 26 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744867
ISBN
9780804744867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.25

paperback. The story of what happened at the colonial fortified town of Louisbourg between 1749 and 1758 is one of the great dramas of the history of Canada, indeed North America. This book presents the dramatic military and social history of this short-lived and significant fortress, seaport, and community, and the citizens who made it their home. Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series. Num Pages: 382 pages, 13 photos, 3 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803260092
ISBN
9780803260092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99

Hardcover. A landmark book that will be vital to historians of Oman and analysts of the geopolitics of the Persian Gulf. Num Pages: 350 pages, Photographic plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FBXM; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJF1; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Gilgamesh Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908531070
ISBN
9781908531070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Hardcover. William Hyde Wollaston made an astonishing number of discoveries in an astonishingly varied number of fields. This book features length study of Wollaston, his science, and the environment in which he thrived. It will help to reinstate Wollaston in the history of science and the pantheon of its great innovators. Series: Synthesis. Num Pages: 424 pages, 37 halftones, 32 line drawings, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 37. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226245737
ISBN
9780226245737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.78

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