Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. Revised and updated throughout, this multidisciplinary survey of Latin American history, politics, and society features chapters on individual countries by invited authorities. Editor(s): Black, Jan Knippers. Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPR; 3JMC; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Westview Press
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813344003
- ISBN
- 9780813344003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.84
€ 76.84
Paperback. On 15 November 1959, the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, a wealthy farmer, his wife and their two young children were found brutally murdered. Blood all over the walls, the telephone lines cut, and only a few dollars stolen. Heading up the investigation is Agent Al Dewey, but all he has are two footprints, four bodies, and a whole lot of questions. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JJPG; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241956830
- ISBN
- 9780241956830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Tells the story of the rise of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. The author evokes every aspect of the 'great adventure', ranging from ships and botanical gardens to hill stations and sugar plantations, as she traces the impact of empire on places as diverse as Sierra Leone and Fiji. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571290697
- ISBN
- 9780571290697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.08
€ 17.99
€ 12.08
Hardcover. Series: American Military Experience Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826220271
- ISBN
- 9780826220271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.85
€ 57.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBLL; HBTB; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780486795768
- ISBN
- 9780486795768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.62
€ 19.99
€ 15.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; 3JMC; BGB; TVF; TVG; TVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Chelsea Green Publishing Co
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781603585309
- ISBN
- 9781603585309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.07
€ 26.99
€ 18.07
Paperback. This work looks at the crisis of gender in Weimar Germany through the analysis of selected cultural texts. It traces the crisis of gender identities, both male and female, and reveals how a variety of narratives of the time displaced an assortment of social anxieties onto sexual relations. Num Pages: 250 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 287.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293024
- ISBN
- 9780312293024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.58€ 74.55
€ 76.58
€ 74.55
Paperback. As the dust settled around the devastation of the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon on 11 September 2001, questions emerged surrounding the attacks and the motives behind them. This text examines the causes of what happened and provides a reasoned approach as to what the future may hold. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JM; HBG; HBJK; HBLX; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Saqi Books
- Edition
- First Published 2002/ Third Reprint 2002
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863563829
- ISBN
- 9780863563829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.80
€ 19.99
€ 18.80
Paperback. USAF Skyraider units were originally tasked to serve as quasi-training units for the fledgling VNAF. This arrangement was changed as enough Vietnamese pilots were trained to man their own squadrons, while USAF squadrons were tasked with close support for US ground forces. Illustrator(s): Laurier, Jim. Series: Combat Aircraft. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 7. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780960685
- ISBN
- 9781780960685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.37
€ 23.99
€ 20.37
Paperback. The division of the Italian forces between the Axis and the Allies from 1943 led to a civil war in parallel with the main campaign, and brought into being many interesting units with romantic uniforms and insignia. This title studies organization, uniforms and equipment of the Italian army. Illustrator(s): Andrew, Stephen. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, 40 b&w and 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWDG; JWH; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 183 x 4. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855328662
- ISBN
- 9781855328662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.06
€ 21.99
€ 18.06
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300091052
- ISBN
- 9780300091052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.20
€ 29.99
€ 22.20
Paperback. Maria of Agreda's exceptional attributes spread from her convent in seventeenth-century Agreda (Spain) to the court in Madrid and beyond. Without leaving her village, the abbess impacted the kingdom, her church, and the New World. This biography integrates autobiographical, historical, and literary sources published by and about Maria of Agreda. Num Pages: 359 pages, 37 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JD; BGX; HRCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826346445
- ISBN
- 9780826346445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Hardcover. A mother always knows best. Doesn't she? Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JMG; FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159. Weight in Grams: 270. Minor tear to dustwrapper, else as new.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KTG0014748
- ISBN
- 9780008217129
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Taiwan's relationship with China is one of the most fraught in East Asia, a key issue in the island's domestic politics and a major obstacle in Sino-American relations. This book explores the roots of the conflict in the post-war period and examines how the Nationalists consolidated their rule. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 1FPCW; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744577
- ISBN
- 9780804744577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.61
€ 80.61
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, over 400 color and b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; WCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 238 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764324338
- ISBN
- 9780764324338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.01€ 64.31
€ 86.01
€ 64.31
Paperback. The Holocaust in Hungary 1944. 230 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Cesarani, David. Examines the deportation and murder of 435,000 Hungarian Jews during the last months of World War II, when German military and diplomatic power was on the wane. Drawing on new sources, leading scholars attempt to shed light on a shameful period in history. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 13. Weight: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Berg Publishers
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859731260
- ISBN
- 9781859731260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.82
€ 45.99
€ 45.82
Paperback. The Duke of Wellington's victory over Napoleon in 1815 at Waterloo ensured British dominance for the rest of the nineteenth century. The author has visited the battlefield, travelled the messengers' routes, and traced untapped British, French and Belgian records. This book offers an original perspective on a key moment in British history. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571315260
- ISBN
- 9780571315260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.64
€ 14.99
€ 10.64
Hardback. This book fills a gap in Civil War literature on the strategies employed by the Union and Confederacy in the East, offering a more integrated interpretation of military operations that shows how politics, public perception, geography, and logistics shaped the course of military operations in the East. Series: Reflections on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 162 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275991616
- ISBN
- 9780275991616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.74
€ 55.74
Hardback. This reference discusses the experiences of writers active since 1945 who were shaped by cultures other than their own. Editor(s): Amoia, Alba; Knapp, Bettina L. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; DSBH; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1447.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313306884
- ISBN
- 9780313306884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.20€ 79.57
€ 87.20
€ 79.57
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
€ 56.10
€ 56.10
Hardback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MK; 3JJH; BTM; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 44. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780789208170
- ISBN
- 9780789208170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.65
€ 30.99
€ 29.65
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
€ 52.00
€ 52.00
Paperback. The Cold War dominated international relations for forty-five years and hardly any part of the world escaped its influence. David Painter provides a compact and analytical study that examines its origins, course and end. Series: The Making of the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 144 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBG; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415153164
- ISBN
- 9780415153164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.58
€ 59.58
Paperback. Defeat and death at the Little Bighorn gave General George Custer and his Seventh Cavalry a kind of immortality. This title investigates the body of legend surrounding that battle on a bloody Sunday in 1876. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803265929
- ISBN
- 9780803265929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.05
€ 26.99
€ 25.05