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Paperback. The Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Haymarket bombing of 1886, and the making and unmaking of the model town of Pullman are remarkable events. This book explores the imaginative dimensions of these events and traces the evolution of interconnected beliefs and actions that increasingly linked city, disorder, and social reality in minds of Americans. Num Pages: 403 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
403
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226764245
ISBN
9780226764245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. This textbook in urban studies emphasizes links between the late medieval and early modern cities. Adopting an organic, environmental approach, David Nicholas examines the common social, governmental, economic and intellectual roles played by most pre-modern cities. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333949832
ISBN
9780333949832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.74

Hardback. Guerrilla insurgencies rage across the globe, fueled by ethnic and religious conflict and the easy availability of weapons. This title examines eight key examples of urban guerrilla conflict across 4 continents, including Warsaw in 1944, Budapest in 1956, Algiers in 1957, Montevideo and Sao Paulo in the 1960s, and Grozny from 1994 to 1996. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBW; JFSG; JPS; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 256 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484. Very good copy in original cloth covers. Title in gilt to spine, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0016289
ISBN
9780813124377
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3J; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804796118
ISBN
9780804796118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.74

Hardcover. Explores the interplay of formal politics with informal factors such as social prejudice, parochialism and personal rivalries in the cities of northwestern Asia Minor from the first to the fifth centuries AD. This book presents an analysis of the municipal speeches and career of the philosopher-politician Dion Chrysostomos. Num Pages: 211 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
211
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779343504
ISBN
9788779343504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 527 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX4; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 150 x 41. Weight in Grams: 794.
Publisher
IVP Academic
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
59019th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780830838707
ISBN
9780830838707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 33.61

Hardcover. Moore explores Jewish participation in American cities and considers the implications of urban living for American Jews across three centuries. Looking at synagogues, streets, and snapshots, she contends that key features of American Judaism can be understood as an imaginative product grounded in urban potentials. Series: George H. Shriver Lecture Series in Religion in American History. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HRJP; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820346823
ISBN
9780820346823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.41

Paperback. This study describes the development of urban planning ideas since the end of World War II to the 1990s. It outlines the main theories of planning, from the traditional view of urban planning as an exercise in physical design, to more recent views of planning as a form of "communicative action". Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations facsimiles, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; AMVD; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761960935
ISBN
9780761960935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.54

Hardback. This book explores the varied terrain of religious activity in early national Baltimore. It examines the development and consequences of the voluntary church system in one urban center during the ferment and change of the formative age for American religion. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611470758
ISBN
9781611470758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Schowalter, Daniel N.; Friesen, Steven J. Series: Harvard Theological Studies. Num Pages: 486 pages, 108 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 32. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016606
ISBN
9780674016606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.40

Hardcover. Editor(s): Schowalter, Daniel N.; Friesen, Steven J. Series: Harvard Theological Studies. Num Pages: 486 pages, 108 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148. Weight in Grams: 870.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016590
ISBN
9780674016590
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.00
€ 45.30

Hardcover. Offers an overview of the ways in which Middle Eastern cities can be studied. This book includes essays that explore the interconnectedness between religion and its geography. It defines and maps out urban social history in the Middle East from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Sluglett, Peter. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 344 pages, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631941
ISBN
9780815631941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.00

Paperback. The authors effectively define and map out urban social history in the Middle East from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries, affording us a foundational volume that enriches our understanding of society in the late Ottoman and colonial periods. Editor(s): Sluglett, Peter. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632672
ISBN
9780815632672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.19

Paperback. Using stories and images, the authors blend the best of spirituality and psychology to help the reader live in peace with self, others and God. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV9; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 159 x 11. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Paulist Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809136049
ISBN
9780809136049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.80

Paperback. The authors of this text show that the ancient Book of Enoch, rediscovered in the 18th century, describes how Uriel's Machine should be constructed, and how Enoch's secret technology has been preserved since ancient times in Freemasonic lore. Num Pages: 624 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA; HRCA; HRCS1; JFHC; JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 111 x 39. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Arrow
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780099281825
ISBN
9780099281825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. The tumultuous 1960s saw a generation of Latin American youth enter into political life in unprecedented numbers. In this book, the author explores how the Uruguayan student movement of 1968 shaped leftist politics in the country for decades to come. Translator(s): Perez Carrara, Laura. Series: Violence in Latin American History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KLSU; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWF; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520290013
ISBN
9780520290013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.33

Paperback. Provides historical analysis of the origins of the city and of the state in southern Mesopotamia. This book develops an argument that weaves together an amount of information and places it within a context of contemporary scholarly debates on such questions as the ancient economy and world systems. Translator(s): Mieroop, Marc van de; Bahrani, Zainab. Series: Bibleworld. Num Pages: 96 pages, 10 figures. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845531935
ISBN
9781845531935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.95

Paperback. The 10th was the only US mountain division to be raised in World War II, and still has a high profile, being involved in operations from Iraq to Somalia and from Haiti to Afghanistan. Featuring artwork and rare photographs, this title tells the story of the US Army's only mountain division in action during the closing months of World War II. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, 40 b/w; 8 col. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 249 x 7. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849088084
ISBN
9781849088084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.09

Paperback. The first of a two-volume set detailing the flying clothing, equipment and insignia of the US army air force during World War II in every theatre of the war. Illustrator(s): Chin, Francis. Series: Elite. Num Pages: 64 pages, 12 colour plates, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HB; JWG; JWM; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 5. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855322950
ISBN
9781855322950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.37

Hardback. Featuring excerpts and recipes from early 20th-century manuals produced for U.S. Army cooks and an introduction giving historical context, this is an entertaining exploration of just how the U.S. Army was fed. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; JWT; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612004709
ISBN
9781612004709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.82

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