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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

This book looks at imperial heroes from behind the legends of a dozen major colonial figures on both sides of the Channel, revisiting the familiar stories from a radically new angle. It demonstrates how their reputations were made over several decades, and depicts the milieus and individuals who supported, and benefited from, these heroic stories. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 304 pages, 27 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1H; 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 678.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719084928
ISBN
9780719084928
Condition: New

€ 152.87

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 54 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300180060
ISBN
9780300180060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750967563
ISBN
9780750967563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Hardback. Heroes of Our Time contains all 239 Medal of Honor citations such as this excerpt: Num Pages: 351 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 800.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887407413
ISBN
9780887407413
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.20

Paperback. A tribute to the pilots and crew who flew from airbases in Suffolk during the last war and whose actions displayed some of the finest examples of courage and devotion to duty. Series: Aviation History. Num Pages: 192 pages, Photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Countryside Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846741036
ISBN
9781846741036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.52

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566397025
ISBN
9781566397025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.81

Paperback. Explores the cultural power of war memorials in 20th-century Romania through two world wars and a succession of radical political changes - from attempts to create pluralist democratic political institutions after World War I to shifts toward authoritarian rule in the 1930s, to military dictatorships and Nazi occupation. Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian & East European Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, 24 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBW; JWTY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221346
ISBN
9780253221346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

This work analyzes by subgenre the ways in which Restoration playwrights attempted to reinscribe feudal aristocratic ideology after the English Civil War. It demonstrates, for example, how heroic romance and romantic tragedy reaffirm the older ideology after it was tested in the fires of conflict. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813121253
ISBN
9780813121253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.72

Hardback. When are people willing to sacrifice for the common good? What are the benefits of friendship? And how do communities deal with betrayal? Using the life histories of more than forty thousand Civil War soldiers, this book reveals the stories, social influences, and crucial networks that influenced soldiers' lives both during and after the war. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftones. 13 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780691137049
ISBN
9780691137049
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.22

Paperback. Michael Korda's Hero is an epic biography of the mysterious,Englishman whose daring exploits made him an object of intense fascination, known the world over as 'Lawrence of Arabia. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGH; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 51. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Quarto Publishing PLC
Number of pages
784
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845137717
ISBN
9781845137717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.81

Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJPL; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150. .
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612347028
ISBN
9781612347028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.29

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821420188
ISBN
9780821420188
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.16

Hardback. Editor(s): Wilson, Douglas L.; Davis, Rodney O. Series: The Knox College Lincoln Studies Center. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 black and white photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252039812
ISBN
9780252039812
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.56

Hardback. Editor(s): Davidson, Professor Scott; Vallee, Marc-Antoine. Series: Contributions to Hermeneutics. Num Pages: 234 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; 3JMC; HPJ; HPK; HRAB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 278 x 2. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319334240
ISBN
9783319334240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.33

Hardback. A biography of Hermann von Helmholtz, a 19th-century scientist renowned for the co-discovery of the second law of thermodynamics and his invention of the ophthalmoscope. It relates how von Helmholtz also made contributions to the fields of physiology, philosophy of science and mathematics. Editor(s): Cahan, David. Series: California Studies in the History of Science. Num Pages: 704 pages, 12 photographs, 19 figures. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 50. Weight in Grams: 962.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520083349
ISBN
9780520083349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09
€ 72.70

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810884182
ISBN
9780810884182
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.11

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 362 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; 3JH; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635095
ISBN
9780691635095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.09

Hardback. Revealed is Goering's role in creating the Luftwaffe and the German prewar economy during 1935-37 that set the stage for the launching of WWII in 1939. Also revealed are his second marriage to a popular stage actress, occupation of the Rhineland, diplomatic missions to Poland and Italy, hunting career, and the top-secret Hossbach war conference. Series: The Personal Photograph Albums of Hermann Goering. Num Pages: 272 pages, 290 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 180 x 24. Weight in Grams: 942.
Publisher
Fonthill Media LLc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625450197
ISBN
9781625450197
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.65

Hardback. Series: The Personal Photograph Albums of Hermann Goering. Num Pages: 224 pages, 300 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; AJC; BGH; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Fonthill Media LLc United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625450333
ISBN
9781625450333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.71

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 400 black and white. BIC Classification: 3JJF; AJC; BGH; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 171 x 17. Weight in Grams: 806.
Publisher
Fonthill Media LLc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625450463
ISBN
9781625450463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.65

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