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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardcover. The Japanese delegation at the Paris Peace Conference did not have the Japanese prime or foreign ministers. They were led by Prince Saionji Kinmochi (1849-1940), the 'kingmaker' of early 20th-century Japanese politics whose life spanned the arrival of Commodore Perry, the Japanese civil war, the Meiji Restoration, the Sino-Japanese War and WW I. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 tables, 3 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905791682
- ISBN
- 9781905791682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
paperback. In 1638, the ruler of Japan ordered a crusade against his own subjects, a holocaust upon the men, women and children of a doomsday cult. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; HBJF; HBLH; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781472137418
- ISBN
- 9781472137418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
€ 19.99
€ 14.82
Hardcover. This major new book traces the architectural and engineering works in the Royal Navy's shore bases at home and overseas and the politics and technologies that shaped them. Copiously illustrated with maps, plans and photographs, this important and lively work will appeal to naval historians, industrial archaeologists and students of British history. Num Pages: 464 pages, 482. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 212 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2206.
- Publisher
- English Heritage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848020559
- ISBN
- 9781848020559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.24
€ 130.24
Paperback. Lyndon B Johnson's presidency was characterised by domestic successes and vilified international policies. He presided over the advancement of civil rights and educational reform while escalating the disastrous war in Vietnam. This title offers a balanced overview of Johnson's policies across a range of theatres and issues. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370. The United States and the World, 1963-69. 240 pages. Lyndon B Johnson's presidency was characterised by domestic successes and vilified international policies. He presided over the advancement of civil rights and educational reform while escalating the disastrous war in Vietnam. This title offers a balanced overview of Johnson's policies across a range of theatres and issues. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JPS. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 13. Weight: 370.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748649013
- ISBN
- 9780748649013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.25
€ 36.99
€ 33.25
unknown_binding. October 1962, The Cuban Missile Crisis: the confrontation that brought the world closer to nuclear catastrophe than ever before or since. Drawing on an extensive body of research, including primary sources released only in the last few years, this work places the crisis in a broader international and chronological context than previously possible. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black and white, 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBTW; HBWS; JWMN. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780748696307
- ISBN
- 9780748696307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 29.39
€ 39.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. Former Guardian and Observer journalist explores the real reasons behind the Gaza pullout -- arguing demography is the heart of the issue. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; JPS; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745325552
- ISBN
- 9780745325552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 24.66
€ 36.99
€ 24.66
Hardcover. The papers presented in this collection offer a wide range of cases, from Asia, Africa and the Americas, and broadly cover the last two centuries, in which commodities have led to the consolidation of a globalised economy and society - forging this out of distinctive local experiences of cultivation and production, and regional circuits of trade. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1K; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBJH; HBJK; HBTQ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137283597
- ISBN
- 9781137283597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.18
€ 66.18
Hardback. The composers represented in this work include Bela Bartok, Leonard Bernstein, Ernest Bloch, Maurice Durufle, Hans Werner Henze, Paul Hindemith, Arthur Honegger, Leo? Janacek, Gyorgy Ligeti, Gustav Mahler, Carl Orff, Krzysztof Penderecki, Francis Poulenc, Igor Stravinsky, Anton Webern, and Kurt Weill. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliographies. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVGC6; AVGC8; AVRB; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810833760
- ISBN
- 9780810833760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.28
€ 130.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBTB; KNXB1; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801485541
- ISBN
- 9780801485541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. An original interpretation of the wars that ravaged Russia for decades after the toppling of the Romanovs. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBTV4; HBWN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 215 x 29. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849047210
- ISBN
- 9781849047210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.45
€ 26.99
€ 25.45
Hardcover. An examination of the Russian security service in the titanic struggle between the regime and those dedicated to the defeat of monarchical absolutism. It looks at the years from 1866 through to 1905, tracing the reaction, expansion and evolution of the security police. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; JKSW1; JWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875802435
- ISBN
- 9780875802435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.85
€ 52.85
Hardcover. Why did the imperial Russian government fail to prevent revolution in 1917? Were its security policies flawed? This broadly researched study of Russia's security police investigates the government's efforts to maintain order against political opposition and threats of violence during the decade before the Revolution. Num Pages: 310 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; JKSW1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875803319
- ISBN
- 9780875803319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.85
€ 52.85
Paperback. Jonathan Daniel Wells contests the popular idea that the Old South was a region of essentially two classes (planters and slaves) until after the Civil War. He argues that, in fact, the region had a burgeoning white middle class that had a profound impact on southern culture, the debate over slavery, and the coming of the Civil War. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illustrations, 9 tables, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JH; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807855539
- ISBN
- 9780807855539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.96
€ 58.96
Paperback. Recounts the opposition to British and French rule practised both by Africans living on the continent and by European anticolonialists and members of the Black Diaspora. This book covers campaigns waged by an early incarnation of the ANC and other groups in South Africa who fought against legal and other aspects of white minority rule. Num Pages: 494 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1H; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- Hurst & Co.
- Number of pages
- 494
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850659365
- ISBN
- 9781850659365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.53
€ 40.99
€ 36.53
Paperback. A unique single-volume history of the road to El Alamein - 'the end of the beginning' - and the bloody battle that followed .. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJH; HBJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846684456
- ISBN
- 9781846684456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719081392
- ISBN
- 9780719081392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.34
€ 157.34
Hardcover. The story of how African farmers, African-American scientists, and British businessmen struggled to turn colonial Africa into a major cotton exporter. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1H; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJH; HBLW; KNAC; KNDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465670
- ISBN
- 9781580465670
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.64
€ 116.64
Paperback. Is Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution under Hugo Chavez truly revolutionary? Some see the president as a shining knight of socialism, while others see him as an avenging Stalinist strongman. But the Chavez government does not fall easily into a seamless fable of emancipatory or authoritarian history, as these distinguished essays make clear. Editor(s): Eastwood, Jonathan; Ponniah, Thomas. Series: Series on Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JPF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674061385
- ISBN
- 9780674061385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.85
€ 27.99
€ 24.85
Paperback. A selection of Jonathan Edward's sermons, which seeks to recognise their crucial role in his life and art. The 15 sermons reflect a life dedicated to experiencing and understanding spiritual truth, and address a wide range of occasions, situations and states. Editor(s): Kimnach, Wilson H.; Minkema, Kenneth P.; Sweeney, Professor Douglas A. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; DNF; HRCM; HRCX4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 334
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300077681
- ISBN
- 9780300077681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641683
- ISBN
- 9780691641683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.68
€ 140.68
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 220 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1438. 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. Unique single-source reference to all frontline RAF airfields in the UK 1939-45 - Fighter, Bomber, Coastal and Transport Command. Includes full details of airfield locations and user squadrons and units and first-hand accounts from veterans. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Dimension: 288 x 220 x 23. Weight: 1416.
- Publisher
- Ian Allan Publishing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857803495
- ISBN
- 9781857803495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 44.59
€ 46.99
€ 44.59
Paperback. How did Japan and the United States end up at war on December 7, 1941? What American decisions might have provoked the Japanese decision to attack Pearl Harbor? In this classic study of the run up to World War II, Utley examines the ways domestic politics shaped America's response to Japanese moves in the Pacific. Series: World War II: The Global, Human and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Fordham University Press Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823224722
- ISBN
- 9780823224722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.45
€ 37.99
€ 34.45
Paperback. This work is a study of history and morality in the 20th century. It examines the psychology which made possible Hiroshima, the Nazi genocide, Rwanda and Bosnia. It draws on accounts of participants, victims and observers and suggests that different atrocities have common patterns. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712665414
- ISBN
- 9780712665414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.75
€ 32.99
€ 23.75
Hardback. In readings ranging from early-16th- through late-17th-century texts, this book aims to resituate women's writing in the English Renaissance by studying the possibilities available to these writers by virtue of their positions in society and by their articulation of the desire to write. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729826
- ISBN
- 9780804729826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.14
€ 145.14