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Hardcover. Assembled by Pierre Nora during the Mitterand years, the multi-volume series "Les Lieux ds Memoire" covers the history and culture of the French nation. This first volume in the translation brings together works addressing the omnipresent role of the state in French life. Editor(s): Nora, Pierre. Translator(s): Jordan, David P. (Professor and Chair, Department of History, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA); Trouille, Mary. Num Pages: 508 pages, 76 halftones, 10 maps. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 174 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1250.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226591322
- ISBN
- 9780226591322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.21€ 60.49
€ 71.21
€ 60.49
Paperback. A psychological portrait of the twenty-sixth president of the United States, a man whose personal obsession with masculinity profoundly influenced the fate of a nation. This book argues that Theodore Roosevelt struggled, like many of his contemporaries, with what it meant to be a man in the modern era. Num Pages: 299 pages, 57 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 185 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226876092
- ISBN
- 9780226876092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. Untangling the ongoing consequences of Guatemala's 1954 coup d'etat Editor(s): Smith, Timothy J.; Adams, Abigail E. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1 black and white photograph. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252077845
- ISBN
- 9780252077845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.39
€ 25.99
€ 24.39
Paperback. Editor(s): Noegel, Scott B. Series: Magin in History Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBG; HBLA; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271022581
- ISBN
- 9780271022581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.64
€ 44.99
€ 34.64
Hardback. Ferdinand Alvarez de Toledo, the third duke of Alba, is remembered as a fanatical monster who laid waste much of the Netherlands rather than surrender it to Protestant heretics. Kamen attempts a re-evaluation of the duke, assessing this complex figure in the context of his times and personal faith. Num Pages: 204 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300102833
- ISBN
- 9780300102833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.25
€ 36.99
€ 27.25
Paperback. The story of Reconstruction is about how a middle class formed in America and how its members defined what the nation would stand for, both at home and abroad. Presenting the history of the United States from the era of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, this book provides an understanding of the Reconstruction. Num Pages: 416 pages, 23 b&w illustrations + 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300136302
- ISBN
- 9780300136302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. A unique account of the lives and raids of British bomber crews during the Second World War, based on original research and written by the bestselling author of THE DAMBUSTERS. Num Pages: 288 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349117966
- ISBN
- 9780349117966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.71
€ 16.99
€ 12.71
Paperback. Grounding their analysis in a deep understanding of the country's past, this title features scholars of Afghan history, politics, society, and culture who show how the Taliban was less an attempt to revive a medieval theocracy than a complex, and adaptive force rooted in the history of Afghanistan and shaped by modern international politics. Editor(s): Crews, Robert D.; Tarzi, Amin. Num Pages: 448 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW3; HRAM2; HRAM6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032248
- ISBN
- 9780674032248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.32
€ 45.99
€ 38.32
Paperback. This definitive biography of Subhas Chandra Bose, the revered and controversial Indian nationalist who struggled to liberate his country from British rule before and during World War II, moves beyond the legend to reveal the impassioned life and times of the private and public man. Num Pages: 448 pages, 68 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBTR; JPFN; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 228 x 319. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065963
- ISBN
- 9780674065963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.06
€ 35.99
€ 31.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 215 x 147. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674951907
- ISBN
- 9780674951907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.27
€ 44.99
€ 37.27
Paperback. This book provides an introduction to the work of Norbert Elias. It is the first systematic appraisal of two central themes of his thought -- violence and civilization. Although Elias is best known for his theory of civilizing processes, this study highlights the crucial importance of the concept of decivilizing processes. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745618791
- ISBN
- 9780745618791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.14
€ 26.14
Paperback. The search for gold and for the mythical El Dorado gripped the imagination of the conquistadors from the beginning of the sixteenth century. Crossing over the Andes, they explored the unknown eastern forests and jungles, launching expeditions that were often disastrous and always disappointing. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 1KLSX; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645537
- ISBN
- 9780745645537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.88
€ 24.88
Paperback. Minois concludes with comments on the most recent turn in this long and complex history-the emotional debate over euthanasia, assisted suicide, and the right to die. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Series: Medicine and Culture. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801866470
- ISBN
- 9780801866470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.69
€ 35.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. What he describes is, in fact, a drawn-out period of acculturation, characterized more by continuity than by change and conflict and leading to the creation of a new Romano-barbarian hybrid society and culture that anticipated the values and traditions of medieval civilization. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 480 pages, 18, 6 maps, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801892707
- ISBN
- 9780801892707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.71
€ 46.71
Paperback. This work shows how immigrants in the USA responded to the Civil War. It stresses the social and political situation in the US from which the phenomonon of the ethnic regiments emerged, the relationships the groups had within larger society, and the impact the war had on the ethnics. Series: North's Civil War. Num Pages: 282 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBW; JFFN; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823218288
- ISBN
- 9780823218288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.83
€ 41.99
€ 37.83
Paperback. Provides a poignant glimpse into the world of boys torn from their comfortable childhoods and separated from their families, ultimately to perish in the Nazi death machine Editor(s): Wilson, Paul R. Num Pages: 208 pages, 123 color illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 211 x 16. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Jewish Publication Society United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780827609440
- ISBN
- 9780827609440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898713
- ISBN
- 9780859898713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.11
€ 143.11
Paperback. This third volume of the Excavation of the Abri Pataud rock shelter in southern France focuses on the occupation that began about 27,000 years ago and compares the materials with artifacts from more than 50 sites in Italy, Spain, and France. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: HDA; HDW. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873655378
- ISBN
- 9780873655378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.27
€ 40.99
€ 34.27
Hardcover. From 1505 to 1689, Russia's Tsars chose their wives through an elaborate ritual: the bride-show. Alongside accounts of sordid boyar plots against brides and the multiple marriages of Ivan the Terrible, this book offers an analysis of the show's role in the complex politics of royal marriage in early modern Russia. Num Pages: 396 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804484
- ISBN
- 9780875804484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Paperback. This volume intends to contribute to the nascent discourse on Judaism and ecology by clarifying diverse conceptions of nature in Jewish thought and by using the insights of Judaism to formulate a constructive Jewish theology of nature. Series: Religions of the World and Ecology. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Center for the Study of World Religions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780945454366
- ISBN
- 9780945454366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.10
€ 37.99
€ 32.10