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Hardback. Eric Fish provides compelling portraits of young Chinese as they struggle to cope with their country's wrenching socioeconomic and demographic transition after years of lofty expectations. He deftly captures their hopes, disillusionment, and rebellion in a system that is scrambling to keep them in line as they increasingly refuse to conform. Num Pages: 268 pages, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; JFSP2; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442248830
- ISBN
- 9781442248830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.94
€ 95.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 752 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062354518
- ISBN
- 9780062354518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.01
€ 27.01
Paperback. "A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era."-Boston Globe Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations; 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 209 x 28. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393340662
- ISBN
- 9780393340662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.63
€ 19.99
€ 19.63
Paperback. A new generation of scholars addresses the current themes and questions in interpreting American history Editor(s): Foner, Eric; McGirr, Lisa; American Historical Association. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439902448
- ISBN
- 9781439902448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.19
€ 40.99
€ 36.19
Paperback. A stirring history of America focused on its animating impulse: freedom. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393319620
- ISBN
- 9780393319620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.36
€ 21.99
€ 21.36
Paperback. Foner's famous book has been one of the most influential and successful works dealing with the factors that brought the North to fight the Civil War. Foner has now written a new introduction that puts his argument in the book into the context of contemporary scholarship. Num Pages: 400 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195094978
- ISBN
- 9780195094978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.24
€ 33.24
Paperback. "Exhilarating .. strikes a balance between the personal and the abstract."-Edward Rothstein, New York Times Editor(s): Foner, Eric. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393337051
- ISBN
- 9780393337051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.64
€ 27.99
€ 24.64
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Underlining and Notation
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780227678763
- ISBN
- 9780227678763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.88
€ 32.88
Hardback. The 1962 Cuban missile crisis had many possible outcomes. Positing an alternate history helps us better appreciate the dangers of that tense time. Such counterfactual speculation shows what the Cuban missile crisis could have wrought and how it was truly one of the most important moments of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 316 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597975179
- ISBN
- 9781597975179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.78
€ 42.78
Hardback. This book demonstrates the indispensability of the "scenic imagination" to human self-understanding by examining hypothetical scenes of origin in the writings of two dozen thinkers from Hobbes to the present day. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; HPM; JMR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 585. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804757003
- ISBN
- 9780804757003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.60
€ 81.60
Paperback. The description for this book, Greek Papyri: An Introduction, will be forthcoming. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691622828
- ISBN
- 9780691622828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.85
€ 42.99
€ 30.85
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691649559
- ISBN
- 9780691649559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.81
€ 133.81
Paperback. From Rumi's whirling dervishes in Turkey over 700 years ago, to circles of silent mystics in the West today, this book reveals the history and practices of Sufism, the ancient but still active system of Islamic mysticism which has long been the spiritual current in Islam that counterbalances fundamentalism. Translator(s): Gaetani, Roger. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HRHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- World Wisdom Books United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935493105
- ISBN
- 9781935493105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.56
€ 20.99
€ 19.56
Paperback. Augustine - for all of his influence on Western culture and politics - was hardly a liberal. Drawing from theology, feminist theory, and political philosophy, this title offers a liberal ethics of citizenship, one less susceptible to anti-liberal critics because it is informed by the Augustinian tradition. Num Pages: 434 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM1; HRC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 434
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226307527
- ISBN
- 9780226307527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.68
€ 42.99
€ 33.68
Hardcover. Augustine - for all of his influence on Western culture and politics - was hardly a liberal. Drawing from theology, feminist theory, and political philosophy, this title offers a liberal ethics of citizenship, one less susceptible to anti-liberal critics because it is informed by the Augustinian tradition. Num Pages: 434 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM1; HRC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 33. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226307510
- ISBN
- 9780226307510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.58€ 79.61
€ 93.58
€ 79.61
Paperback. Shaping the New World introduces students to the origins, growth, and consolidation of African slavery in the Americas and race-based slavery's impact on the economic, social, and cultural development of the New World. Series: International Themes & Issues. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1K; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442605558
- ISBN
- 9781442605558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.34
€ 30.99
€ 28.34
paperback. "This smart, knowing book examines the evolution of early America in terms of region. I know of no better way to come to terms with the development of the British colonies." - Alan Gallay, The Ohio State University Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442601406
- ISBN
- 9781442601406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.95
€ 43.99
€ 39.95
Paperback. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: HDDH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195342635
- ISBN
- 9780195342635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
€ 13.99
€ 11.73
Hardback. This is compelling reading for British historians, environmental scholars, historians of technology, and anyone interested in state formation in early modern Europe. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 416 pages, 25, 17 black & white halftones, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKEA; 3JD; HBJD1; RGBF; TBX; TNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421422008
- ISBN
- 9781421422008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.47€ 51.74
€ 55.47
€ 51.74
Paperback. Using a combination of archaeological data, textual analysis, and ancient documents, this Very Short Introduction to the Trojan War investigates whether or not the war actually took place, whether archaeologists have correctly identified and been excavating the ancient site of Troy, and what has been found there. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 8 b/w halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBW; HRKP3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 174 x 8. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199760275
- ISBN
- 9780199760275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
€ 13.99
€ 11.73