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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. Dr Nwauwa examines the long history of the demand for the establishment of universities in Colonial Africa, to which the authorities finally agreed after World War II. Num Pages: 266 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1H; 1QDB; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; JNM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548. "Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-237) and index. Commissioning organisation: Apollos O. Nwauwa. xix, 245 p. 24 cm. Dust wrapper. A fine copy." Keywords: "History - Political History - Nationalism,History - Social & Economic History - Imperialism,Subjects - Education & Languages - Education"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0016290
ISBN
9780714646688
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 122.61

Hardcover. Drawn from the collections of the National Library of Ireland, and based on their extremely successful exhibition of the same name, Small Lives offers an eclectic survey of Irish childhood as captured by the camera. Editor(s): O'Connor, Aoife. Num Pages: 224 pages, chiefly Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; AJCP; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1212.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Dublin
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780717154623
ISBN
9780717154623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.00

Paperback. Born in a surreal Moscow communal apartment where eighteen families shared one kitchen, the author grew up singing odes to Lenin, black-marketeering Juicy Fruit gum at school, and longing for a taste of the mythical West. It was a life by turns absurd, drab, naively joyous, melancholy and, finally, intolerable. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 28. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552777476
ISBN
9780552777476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.74

Paperback. This book brings into sharp relief the way in which gender, race, slavery, and status shaped the lives of children in the American South before, during, and after the Civil War. She argues that the identities children developed in the antebellum era shaped their responses to the upheavals of the war years and their lives after the war's conclusion. Series: American Childhoods Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442249080
ISBN
9781442249080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.85

Hardback. Antony McCammon recounts his experiences as British Honorary Consul in Zurich, a post he occupied for eleven years. With his background as a banker, he reveals the workings of diplomacy from the perspective in which his proximity to key diplomats and political figures such as Edward Heath gives readers a unique glimpse behind-the-scenes of power. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFH; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; BM; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 222 x 31. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780763026
ISBN
9781780763026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.53
€ 53.95

Hardback. Powerful memoir of the personal and political journey of a leading figure in the UK's Jewish community, from idealistic Zionist to critic of Israel. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR1; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 174 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745332765
ISBN
9780745332765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.93

Paperback. .
Publisher
NMSE - Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905267286
ISBN
9781905267286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.26

This work attempts to theorize the process of the emergence, in 18th-century New Spain, of a position of intellectual subjectivity differentiated from that established by the regime of Spanish imperial authority. It traces how groups of ""criollo"" intellectuals try to construct such discourses. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADSL; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557531988
ISBN
9781557531988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.60

Paperback. Lt Cdr Robert Hichens became a legendary MGB commander and the most highly decorated RNVR officer in the Second World War. His biography provides thrilling first hand accounts of close naval action in the North Sea and English Channel. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16pp B&W Photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473822962
ISBN
9781473822962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.53

Hardcover. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; AFH; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 258 x 45. Weight in Grams: 2968.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714126951
ISBN
9780714126951
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.24
€ 56.98

Hardcover. Over a period of 100 days from July to October 2009, 2,400 people stood on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square for one hour. They were free to do as they chose during this period in the spotlight. This book contains studio portraits of various 'plinthers' prior to their appearance. Num Pages: 700 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JMC; ACXJ; AFK; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 183 x 59. Weight in Grams: 2158.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Slp
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224090780
ISBN
9780224090780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 34.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 60 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750956642
ISBN
9780750956642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.24

Paperback. Reveals one of the most remarkable but unreported facts of the Second World War: that key Wall Street banks and American businesses supported Hitler's rise to power by financing and trading with Nazi Germany. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPFQ; KNST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414. The Astonishing True Story of the American Financiers Who Bankrolled the Nazis. 224 pages, illustrations. Reveals one of the most remarkable but unreported facts of the Second World War: that key Wall Street banks and American businesses supported Hitler's rise to power by financing and trading with Nazi Germany. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPFQ; KNST. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 19. Weight: 406.
Publisher
Clairview Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905570270
ISBN
9781905570270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.12

Hardback. A detailed study of the domestic life of the early modern, non-elite household Series: Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History. Num Pages: 324 pages, 98 black & white illustrations, 40 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 822.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270415
ISBN
9781783270415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 33. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241975152
ISBN
9780241975152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. A magisterial, single-volume history of the greatest conflict the world has ever known by our foremost military historian. Num Pages: 1024 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 61. Weight in Grams: 794.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780225647
ISBN
9781780225647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.30

Paperback. The Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day involved by far the largest invasion fleet ever known. The scale of the undertaking was simply awesome. What followed them was some of the most cunning and ferocious fighting of the war, at times as savage as anything seen on the Eastern Front. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 37. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241968970
ISBN
9780241968970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Lawrence and Wishart Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st THUS
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853153863
ISBN
9780853153863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.39

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Springer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2001st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792367826
ISBN
9780792367826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.18
€ 94.81

Paperback. Series: Routledge Historical Biographies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415471732
ISBN
9780415471732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 48.09

Paperback. Separating myth from the reality of General Francisco Franco's legacy, this compelling new text recounts the vivid memories and traumatic experiences of Spanish citizens who lived, suffered, and died, during the dictatorship. The author rejects traditional explanations of the longevity of Franco's regime as broad oversimplifications. Series: Blackwell Ordinary Lives. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJH; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405133166
ISBN
9781405133166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.18

Hardback. Less Rightly Said is a detailed study of polemical literature in sixteenth-century France that explores the role of offense ("scandal") in a religious and a rhetorical sense and traces the emergence of a new political genre through both canonical polemical works and popular satires and invectives. Num Pages: 304 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; DSBD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804762922
ISBN
9780804762922
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.65

Hardback. Explores the development of health insurance in the United States and Canada. This book shows that Canada's federal structure and its parliamentary institutions encouraged a social-democratic third party that became pivotal in demonstrating the feasibility of universal, public health insurance. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; JKSB; JKSW; JPQB; KFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691057965
ISBN
9780691057965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.70
€ 82.56

Paperback. Antonia Fraser's bestselling account of the lives of women in seventeenth-century England. Series: Women in History. Num Pages: 704 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBG; HBLH; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Edition
Ted Smart edition
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842126356
ISBN
9781842126356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.17

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