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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardcover. Though often portrayed as a Wild West bandit, in this biography Jesse James emerges as a far more significant figure: a ruthless, purposeful and intensely political man who used his crimes and notoriety to promote the Confederate cause during the bitter decade that followed Appomattox. Num Pages: 546 pages, 6 maps, 16photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165. Weight in Grams: 840. Good copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Jonathan Cape London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0009148
ISBN
9780224069250
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 298 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Helion and Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910777060
ISBN
9781910777060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.93

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909384095
ISBN
9781909384095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.89

Paperback. Beyond 1917 explores the consequences of the war for the United States (and the world) and American influence on shaping the legacies of the conflict in the decades after US entry in 1917. Editor(s): Zeiler, Thomas W.; Ekbladh, David K.; Montoya, Benjamin C. Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190604011
ISBN
9780190604011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.70

Hardback. Balochistan remains an intractable problem for Pakistan today yet in the nineteenth century, as this history reveals, the British encountered formidable opposition when trying to bring the region under imperial domination. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 1000.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044790
ISBN
9781849044790
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.64

Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of U.S. Politics and Political Eras. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810858299
ISBN
9780810858299
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.59

Hardback. Considers the misappropriation of African American popular culture through various genres, largely Hip Hop, to argue that while such cultural creations have the potential to be healing agents, they are still exploited -often with the complicity of African Americans- for commercial purposes and to maintain white ruling class hegemony. Series: Contemporary Black History. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230108912
ISBN
9780230108912
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.44

Paperback. Considers the misappropriation of African American popular culture through various genres, largely Hip Hop, to argue that while such cultural creations have the potential to be healing agents, they are still exploited -often with the complicity of African Americans- for commercial purposes and to maintain white ruling class hegemony. Series: Contemporary Black History. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230108974
ISBN
9780230108974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.12
€ 49.22

Paperback. Shakespeare's Political Wisdom offers interpretations of five Shakespearean plays with a view to the enduring guidance those plays can provide to human, political life. The plays have been chosen for their relentless attention to the questions that were once and may sometime become, or be recognized as being, the heart and soul of politics. Series: Recovering Political Philosophy. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSGS; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2nd ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137564320
ISBN
9781137564320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.30

Paperback. In the 1930s and 1940s, the prevalent American view of China was that of a friendly, democratic, and increasingly Christian state, in many ways akin to the United States. This book shows how the notion of the Chinese as aspiring Americans helped shape American opinion and policies toward Asia. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 illustrations, halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736541
ISBN
9780804736541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

hardcover. In the 1930s and 1940s, the prevalent American view of China was that of a friendly, democratic, and increasingly Christian state, in many ways akin to the United States. This is an analysis of how seeing the Chinese as aspiring Americans shaped American attitudes toward Asia. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 illustrations, halftones, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 561.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804725965
ISBN
9780804725965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.93

Paperback. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445635781
ISBN
9781445635781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.00

Paperback. Updated with maps, photographs, and battlefield diagrams, this special fiftieth anniversary edition of the classic history of the Korean War is a dramatic and hard-hitting account of the conflict written from the perspective of those who fought it. Num Pages: 540 pages, 20 b 26 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 36. Weight in Grams: 756.
Publisher
Potomac Books, Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Anniversary edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574883343
ISBN
9781574883343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.16

Hardcover. The Arab-Israeli conflict has been one of the most defining features of recent world history, flaring up into open war fare yet again in Gaza at the end of 2008 and provoking large-scale demonstrations in the streets of cities across the world. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 tables, 2 maps, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905791675
ISBN
9781905791675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. This study examines the evolution and significance of the parading tradition in Ireland. Since 1995, confrontations over parades have existed side by side with the Northern Ireland peace process. The book traces the parading tradition from the 17th century to the present. Editor(s): Fraser, T. G. Series: Ethnic and Intercommunity Conflict Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3J; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2000th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333918364
ISBN
9780333918364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.63

paperback. A definitive new account of the catalytic events of July 1914 that led to the outbreak of the First World War. Num Pages: 558 pages, 32 b/w illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 912.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107695276
ISBN
9781107695276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.38

Paperback. Robert Falcon Scott's 1901-4 expedition to the Antarctic was a landmark event in the history of Antarctic exploration, creating a sensation comparable to the Arctic efforts of the American Robert E Peary. This book studies the purpose, composition, and real accomplishments of the expedition of Robert Falcon Scott. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJC; RGR; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803216396
ISBN
9780803216396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.96

Paperback. The great Tidewater planters of mid-eighteenth-century Virginia were fathers of the American Revolution. This book focuses on how elite planters gave meaning to existence. It examines the value-laden relationships that led from tobacco to politics, and from agrarian experience to political protest. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; KCZ; KNAC; KNDF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691089140
ISBN
9780691089140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.87

Hardback. Re-examining the long-held belief that the Sixties in Britain were dominated mainly by 'youth' and 'protest', the authors in the collection argue that innovation was everywhere shadowed by conservatism. A decade fascinated by itself and, especially, by the future, it also was tormented by self-doubt and accompanied by a fear of losing the past. Editor(s): Harris, Trevor; O'Brien Castro, Monia. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137374097
ISBN
9781137374097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226469706
ISBN
9780226469706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.83

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