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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardback. By 1945 Washington and London envisioned a new era in which the U.S. shouldered global responsibilities while Britain focused its regional interests narrowly. Mapping the End of Empire reveals how Anglo-American perceptions of geography and perspectives on the Muslim world shaped postcolonial futures from the Middle East to South Asia. Num Pages: 324 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW; JPH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728882
- ISBN
- 9780674728882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.73€ 56.94
€ 61.73
€ 56.94
Hardback. Memoir of the highest-ranking prisoner detained by the Tamil Tigers during Sri Lanka's civil war Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKS; 3JMC; BM; HBJF; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849046404
- ISBN
- 9781849046404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.03
€ 33.99
€ 31.03
paperback. A history of the Habsburg monarchy from the end of the Holy Roman Empire to the monarchy's dissolution in 1918. It offers an insight into the problems inherent in the attempt to give peace, stability and common loyalty to a heterogeneous population. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 1DVH; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232. Good clean copy. Covers showing light age and shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0030917
- ISBN
- 9780140134988
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
Hardback. * Examines the role of Islam in the 21st century and its increasingly forceful presence on the world stage. * Written by a Muslim and leading social scientist (who has worked in the Muslim world but lives in the West), the book explains what is going wrong in society by referring to Islamic history and beliefs. Series: Themes for the 21st Century Series. Num Pages: 228 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; HRAX; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 342. Living Dangerously in a Post-honor World. Series: Themes for the 21st Century Series. 228 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. * Examines the role of Islam in the 21st century and its increasingly forceful presence on the world stage. * Written by a Muslim and leading social scientist (who has worked in the Muslim world but lives in the West), the book explains what is going wrong in society by referring to Islamic history and beliefs. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 3JM; HRAX; HRH; JFSR2. Dimension: 196 x 149 x 21. Weight: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745622095
- ISBN
- 9780745622095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. * Examines the role of Islam in the 21st century and its increasingly forceful presence on the world stage. * Written by a Muslim and leading social scientist (who has worked in the Muslim world but lives in the West), the book explains what is going wrong in society by referring to Islamic history and beliefs. Series: Themes for the 21st Century Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JM; HRAX; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745622101
- ISBN
- 9780745622101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.53
€ 23.53
Hardback. The driving importance of foreign aid shows no sign of abating. This volume provides a treatment of various elements of aid that have yet to be explored in the current literature. It serves as both a reference work as well as a research monograph and is of use for students, as well as for researchers and policy makers. Series: Recent Economic Thought. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402071454
- ISBN
- 9781402071454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.56
€ 129.56
Paperback. The Long Defeat explores war memory in Japan after World War II, showing how and why defeat remains an indelible part of national life. The book shows that assessing the culture of defeat is the key to understanding Japan's "history problem" - the disputes over revising the pacifist constitution, remilitarization, and frictions in East Asia. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190239169
- ISBN
- 9780190239169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.75
€ 54.75
Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 226 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403935748
- ISBN
- 9781403935748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Hardback. Series: Studies in Economic History. Num Pages: 149 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784431551416
- ISBN
- 9784431551416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Paperback. Professor Iriye analyses the origins of the 1941 conflict against the background of international relations in the preceding decade in order to answer the key question: Why did Japan, which had not been able to defeat the isolated and divided forces of China, decide to go to war against so formidable a combination of powers? Series: Origins of Modern War. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSP; 3JJH; HBJM; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582493490
- ISBN
- 9780582493490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.88
€ 94.88
Paperback. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBLL; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2022
- SKU
- V9781780937281
- ISBN
- 9781780937281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.06
€ 34.99
€ 30.06
Paperback. After the WWII, the need for reconstruction influenced the architectural style in Europe. This volume illustrates that the debate on the humanization of the built environment was carried out with great intensity in the East as well as in the West, irrespective of their political system, that led to similar concepts. Editor(s): Moravanszky, Akos; Lange, Torsten; Hopfengartner, Judith; Kegler, Karl. Num Pages: 376 pages, 170 colour illustrations, 3 black & white tables, 170 farb. Abb., 3 schw.-w. Tab. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 248 x 26. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Publisher
- Birkhauser
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783035610154
- ISBN
- 9783035610154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.38
€ 44.38
Paperback. Between 1890 and 1920 over one-third of the peasants of Mount Lebanon left their villages and traveled to the Americas. This book traces the journeys of these villagers from the ranks of the peasantry into a middle class of their own making. Num Pages: 271 pages, 2 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 1KB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520227408
- ISBN
- 9780520227408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
€ 38.99
€ 28.56
Hardcover. They were in a two-man race to break the sound barrier. It was October 1947, a time before high-speed digital computers, when predictions of what would happen to fighter planes at such speeds were nebulous. Num Pages: 282 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH; TBX; TGMF1; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027328
- ISBN
- 9780842027328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.00
€ 77.00
Paperback. At the time George W Bush ordered forces to invade Iraq, 70 per cent of Americans believed Saddam Hussein was linked to 9/11. When asked to list what stuck in their minds about the campaign, voters most frequently named two Bush TV ads that played to fears of terrorism. How did the US get here? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Printing
- SKU
- KNW0005915
- ISBN
- 9780747593348
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 7.13
€ 7.13
Hardback. A former South African Air Force pilot who saw action from the 1970s, Neall Ellis is the best-known mercenary combat aviator alive. This book describes his full career, from the bush and jungles of Africa to the forests of the Balkans and the merciless mountains of Afghanistan. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; HBWS; JWG; JWXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 167 x 29. Weight in Grams: 772. The Wars of Neall Ellis, Gunship Pilot and Mercenary. 432 pages, illustrated throughout. A former South African Air Force pilot who saw action from the 1970s, Neall Ellis is the best-known mercenary combat aviator alive. This book describes his full career, from the bush and jungles of Africa to the forests of the Balkans and the merciless mountains of Afghanistan. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; HBWS; JWG; JWXN. Dimension: 236 x 167 x 29. Weight: 764.
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612000701
- ISBN
- 9781612000701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.67
€ 48.99
€ 41.67
An Arab's Journey to Colonial Spanish America. The Travels of Elias al...
Al-Musili, Elias; Farah, Caesar E.. Ed(S): Fa...
Rediscovered in Syria in the late 19th century, this account relates the experiences of Reverend Elias al-Musili, a priest of the Chaldean Church and the first known visitor to the Americas from the Middle East. Supported by Spain and the pope, he offers a unique perspective on the New World. Editor(s): Farah, Caesar E. (Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic History, University of Minnesota, USA). Translator(s): Farah, Caesar E. (Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic History, University of Minnesota, USA). Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 144 pages, 1 map, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 117
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607908
- ISBN
- 9780815607908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.94
€ 29.94
Paperback. This book, now in paperback, takes a novel look at the modern Middle East through the prisms of six cascading negative critical turning points. It identifies the seeds of a potential seventh in the collective dignity deficits generated by poor governance paradigms and exacerbated by geopolitical competition for the region's natural resources. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW; HBLX; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311917
- ISBN
- 9781137311917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.30
€ 66.30
Hardcover. Presents the authors columns from the period, a comprehensive account of the turmoil of the post-revolutionary years, and a portrait of a country and a people in flux. This book features columns, that are presented along with an introduction, notes and a glossary, all designed to give non-Egyptian readers the background they need to understand. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JMG; HBJF1; HBLX; HBTV; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 46. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Publisher
- Gingko Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909942714
- ISBN
- 9781909942714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.39
€ 41.39
Paperback. As Mubarak's regimenearing its end becomes a strong possibility, many pressures, both foreign and domestic, are coming to bear on Egypt to bring democratic reforms to this struggling country. In The Mubarak Leadership and Future of Democracy in Egypt, Alaa Al-Din Arafat studies this new era and the obstacles that must be overcome. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JMG; JPHC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338135
- ISBN
- 9780230338135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.41
€ 61.41