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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Politics in My Blood. 352 pages, illustrations. Kader Asmal, lawyer and teacher, South African Cabinet minister, and the driving force behind the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement, has been called many things -- 'small, bustling, curious, courageous, indefatigable' (Irish Times) and 'dapper, combative, witty, cantankerous, sarcastic, urbane, precisely spoken' (Sunday Times). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPR; 3JMC; BM; JPQ. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 28. Weight: 586.
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770099036
- ISBN
- 9781770099036
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.78
€ 34.99
€ 29.78
Hardcover. Deals with the foreign policy of the former Soviet Union, Russia and South Asia. The book is a multi-dimensional analysis of Soviet-American rivalry, and Soviet determination to expand in the direction of South Asia and the Gulf. Num Pages: 393 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FB; 1FKP; 3JJP; HBT; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333482278
- ISBN
- 9780333482278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.80
€ 122.80
Hardcover. This book examines how dependent development and struggles for power within and outside the state apparatus led to formation of alliances with imperial powers and how the latter used these alliances to manipulate political development in Afghanistan to their own advantage. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462. The British, Russian, and American Invasions. 304 pages, illustrations. This book examines how dependent development and struggles for power within and outside the state apparatus led to formation of alliances with imperial powers and how the latter used these alliances to manipulate political development in Afghanistan to their own advantage. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JPS. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 22. Weight: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103894
- ISBN
- 9780230103894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.81
€ 64.81
Paperback. The first general history of the evolution of states and nations in Europe from medieval times to the present. Written by one of the foremost of Germany's youngest generation of historians. Series: Making of Europe. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFCX; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 187 x 20. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631209331
- ISBN
- 9780631209331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.84
€ 45.99
€ 45.84
Paperback. In the 1980s some developing countries adopted orthodox market-oriented policies in response to international economic crises, others experimented with alternative programs, and still others failed to develop coherent adjustment strategies of any sort. This title examines the role of the state in the adjustment process. Editor(s): Haggard, Stephan; Kaufman, Robert R. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; 3JJPR; JPQB; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- n
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691003948
- ISBN
- 9780691003948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.74€ 53.36
€ 68.74
€ 53.36
Sheet map.
- Publisher
- Old House
- Number of pages
- 1
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Map
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908402554
- ISBN
- 9781908402554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.05
€ 10.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199394609
- ISBN
- 9780199394609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.56
€ 28.56
Paperback. In 2005, Iraq drafted its first constitution and held the country's first democratic election in more than fifty years. The author argues that the terms of the Iraqi Constitution are sufficiently capacious to be interpreted in a variety of ways, allowing it to appeal to the country's three main sects despite their deep disagreements. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JM; JPHC; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226068824
- ISBN
- 9780226068824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.45
€ 44.99
€ 34.45
Hardback. Num Pages: 203 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GBC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; LAQG; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611474787
- ISBN
- 9781611474787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.32
€ 120.32
Paperback. Introducing The Holocaust provides an introduction to the holocaust and how we see it. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Icon Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Fourth
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848315143
- ISBN
- 9781848315143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.82
€ 11.99
€ 9.82
Hardback. With a compelling Foreword by Jay Winter, Palestine and World War I augments our existing understanding of the origins of contemporary conflict in the Middle East and provides a valuable new perspective into the ongoing tensions within the Arab World. Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJF; HBJF1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 34. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780763590
- ISBN
- 9781780763590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.25€ 135.76
€ 153.25
€ 135.76
paperback. Features an account of the 19th century conquests of the highest and most imposing of Pacific Northwest mountains, Mt. Rainier. This is the history of organized mountaineering in the Northwest as well as of Mt. Rainier and those who accepted its challenge. It carries those stories when Mt. Rainier achieved the status of a national park. Series: Columbia Northwest Classics. Num Pages: 278 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; WSZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press Washington
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295978475
- ISBN
- 9780295978475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.05
€ 37.05
Hardcover. The Sino-Japanese war was the longest struggle of the Second World War. It started in July 1937 and not getting much help from the outside world, the Chinese soon closed a treaty with the Soviet Union to receive armament including a large number of aircraft. Everything was to change with Pearl Harbor, but the struggle continued until August 1945. Num Pages: 224 pages, 29 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555361
- ISBN
- 9781781555361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.62
€ 33.99
€ 23.62
Hardcover. This insightful analysis looks at the power struggles of 1920-1926, a time during which the Ottoman Empire was replaced by a secular and modernist Turkish nationalist regime. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313379567
- ISBN
- 9780313379567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.70
€ 46.99
€ 38.70
Paperback. For Latin America, the Cold War was anything but cold. Nor was it the so-called "long peace" afforded the world's superpowers by their nuclear standoff. Taking an international perspective on the postwar decades in the region, this book explains what exactly happened in Latin America during the Cold War, and why it was so traumatic. Num Pages: 408 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064270
- ISBN
- 9780674064270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.72
€ 30.99
€ 25.72
Hardback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBG; HBJK; HBLW; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501702723
- ISBN
- 9781501702723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.44
€ 38.44
Containing Communism was the primary goal of American foreign policy for four decades, allowing generations of political leaders to build consensus atop a universally accepted foundation. This title dissects numerous attempts, after Communism's collapse, to devise a strategy that could match containment's moral clarity and political efficacy. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124629
- ISBN
- 9780813124629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.46
€ 59.46
Paperback. With nearly three hundred stunning images, this title provides an illustrated journey through the protest and psychedelic rock posters of the 1960s, the posters of Eugene McCarthy's 1968 presidential campaign, the poster explosion of George McGovern's 1972 campaign, and the best campaign posters from 1976 to 2012. Num Pages: 264 pages, 290 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JPHF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7747 x 5817 x 20. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803278714
- ISBN
- 9780803278714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.91
€ 33.91
Hardcover. Includes the developments in the study and practice of art. With a clear year-by-year structure, this book presents 130 articles, each focusing on a crucial event - such as the creation of a seminal work, the publication of an important text, or the opening of a major exhibition - to tell the myriad stories of art from 1900 to the present. Num Pages: 896 pages, 884 illustrations, 579 in colour. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 291 x 58. Weight in Grams: 3478.
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500239537
- ISBN
- 9780500239537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.04€ 62.00
€ 77.04
€ 62.00
paperback. Among the criminal celebrities of Prohibition-era Chicago, two well-educated Jewish boys from wealthy South Side families were notorious. Revealing secret testimony, this book separates fact from myth as it unravels the crime, the investigation, and the trial, in which they were defended by the era's famous attorney, Clarence Darrow. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 2ABM; 3JJG; BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252068294
- ISBN
- 9780252068294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.95
€ 23.99
€ 21.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 60 black & white illustrations, 32 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 32. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750962254
- ISBN
- 9780750962254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.55
€ 33.99
€ 28.55
Hardback. This study concerns a pivotal but unexamined surge in frontier violence that engulfed the eastern forests of eighteenth-century Brazil. It focuses on social, cultural, and racial relations among settlers, slaves, and native peoples accused of cannibalism. Num Pages: 432 pages, 14 tables, 5 figures, 26 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804751803
- ISBN
- 9780804751803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.27
€ 139.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 853.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bonus Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566251822
- ISBN
- 9781566251822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.98
€ 25.99
€ 25.98
hardcover. An examination of American foreign policy from the beginning of the Truman Administration to the implementation of Containment in 1947. As a case study of the early Cold War efforts, it explores pre-Containment policy in the light of US security concerns vis-a-vis the Pearl Harbour Syndrome. Series: Contributions in Military Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QSP; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313313011
- ISBN
- 9780313313011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.59
€ 90.59