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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Biography of the anti-imperialist fighter and slave liberator Toussaint Louverture, explored through the prism of his radical politics. Series: Revolutionary Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745335148
ISBN
9780745335148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.66

Paperback. Containing a wealth of new scholarship and rare primary documents, The Black Jacobins Reader provides a comprehensive analysis of C. L. R. James's classic history of the Haitian Revolution. Editor(s): Forsdick, Charles; Hogsbjerg, Christian. Series: The C. L. R. James Archives. Num Pages: 464 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KJH; 3JF; 3JH; DSR; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 231 x 32. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362012
ISBN
9780822362012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.81

Paperback. Shows how the Indian peasants played a crucial role in the battle against colonialism and in the political clashes of the early republican period. With its focus on Cuzco, the former capital of the Inca Empire, this book highlights the promises and frustrations of a critical period whose long shadow remains cast on modern Peru. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLSR; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822322931
ISBN
9780822322931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.67

Paperback. A social history of the earthquake-tsunami that struck Lima in October 1746, looking at how people in and beyond Lima understood and reacted to the natural disaster. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 illustrations, 4 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JF; HBJK; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341895
ISBN
9780822341895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.32

Paperback. Attempts to reframe our understanding of Napoleon. This book creates a different context for Napoleon's career. It sees the battles as almost side-effects, the consequences of rulers being willing to take the immense risks of fighting or supporting Napoleon - risks that could result in the extinction of entire countries and regimes. Num Pages: 656 pages, col. Illustrations, maps, col. ports. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Penguin Books Dublin
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141014203
ISBN
9780141014203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.80

Paperback. For centuries Spain had been the most feared and predatory power in Europe - it had one of the world's great navies to defend it. Trafalgar destroyed its navy and French and British armies marching across it at will. The result was a war which killed over a million Spaniards and ended its empire. This book presents this terrible conflict. Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DSE; 1DSP; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWD; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140273700
ISBN
9780140273700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.05

Paperback. Forever in the shadow of the war which followed, 1913 is usually seen as little more than the antechamber to apocalypse. This title proposes a strikingly different portrait, returning the world in that year to its contemporary freshness, its future still undecided, its outlook still open. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJC; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 40. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099575788
ISBN
9780099575788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. McNamara, aware of the magnitude of his errors and burdened by the war's destructiveness, draws lessons from his experience with the aim of preventing wars in the future. Editor(s): Neu, Charles E. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Maryland
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801863325
ISBN
9780801863325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 18 B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; BGH; HBWN; JWF; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 171.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781510708679
ISBN
9781510708679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.07

Hardcover. As a composite portrait of this complex, paradoxically private figure, 'John S. Beckett' is a fascinating record of an era seen through the character and achievements of a singular individual whose varied career touched many lives. Num Pages: 567 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; 3JMC; AVGC; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 169 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843516651
ISBN
9781843516651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.00
€ 30.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Naval & Military Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New ed of 1929 ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843421290
ISBN
9781843421290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 11.60

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 220 pages, 22 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; AVGC9; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633336
ISBN
9780691633336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.32

Paperback. A Christmas Carol has gripped the public imagination since it was first published in 1843, and it is now as much a part of Christmas as mistletoe or plum pudding. This edition reprints the story alongside Dickens's four other Christmas Books: The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, and The Haunted Man. Editor(s): Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536306
ISBN
9780199536306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. A scathing portrait of Victorian industrial society and its misapplied utilitarian philosophy, "Hard Times" is a daring novel of ideas--and ultimately a celebration of love, hope, and limitless possibilities of the imagination. Revised reissue. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 195 x 59. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536276
ISBN
9780199536276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.18

Paperback. Against a background of government incompetence and financial scandal, Arthur Clennam searches for the key to the affairs of the Dorrit family, prisoners for debt in the Marshalsea. Mixing humour and pathos, irony and satire, Little Dorrit reveals a master of fiction in top form. This new edition includes all of Phiz's original illustrations. Editor(s): Sucksmith, Harvey Peter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 912 pages, 41 black and white. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 42. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
912
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199596485
ISBN
9780199596485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.77

Paperback. When Charles Dickens set out for America in 1842 he was the most famous man of his day to travel there - curious about the revolutionary new civilization that had captured the English imagination. Num Pages: 352 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140436495
ISBN
9780140436495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 992 pages, frontispiece, original illustrations by 'Phiz', 2 maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 46. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
992
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536313
ISBN
9780199536313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. When HMS Beagle sailed out of Devonport on 27 December 1831, Charles Darwin was twenty-two and setting off on the voyage of a lifetime. This title reprints his journal, in a shortened form, that shows a naturalist making patient observations concerning geology, natural history, people, places and events. Editor(s): Browne, Janet; Neve, Michael. Num Pages: 448 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3JH; WN; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
Abridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140432688
ISBN
9780140432688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Provides a glimpse into the mind of one of the world's intellectual giants - Charles Darwin . Honest and illuminating, these memoirs reveal a man who was isolated by his controversial beliefs and whose towering achievements were attained by a life-long passion for the discoveries of science. Editor(s): Neve, Michael. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140433906
ISBN
9780140433906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. This journal takes the reader from the coasts and interiors of South America to the South Sea Islands. It displays Darwin's speculative mind at work, posing searching questions about the complex relations between the Earth's structure, animal forms, anthropology and the origins of life itself. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; P; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Wordsworth Classics of World Literature Ware, Hertfordshire
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853264764
ISBN
9781853264764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.45

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