Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. One hundred years on from the Rising that set Ireland free, Ireland's leaders in politics and letters are running scared from their history. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782798873
- ISBN
- 9781782798873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.20
€ 15.20
Paperback. Since the publication of the first edition of Why Air Forces Fail, the debate over airpower's role in military operations has only intensified. Historians Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris assemble a team of experts to add essential new details to their cautionary tale for current practitioners of aerial warfare. Editor(s): Higham, Robin; Harris, Stephen J. Num Pages: 450 pages, 27 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; HBG; HBLW; HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813167510
- ISBN
- 9780813167510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.53
€ 43.53
mass_market. Gives an account of why Britain went to war with Germany. In simple terms, this book describes the stages of Adolf Hitler's ruthless pursuit for power, identifies his methods of deception and false diplomacy, and details his terrifying use of force that rendered peaceful negotiation increasingly difficult, and finally impossible. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 111 x 12. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141048963
- ISBN
- 9780141048963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 8.96
€ 12.99
€ 8.96
Paperback. Examines the pitched battles over busing at a national scale, focusing on cities such as Boston, Chicago, New York, and Pontiac, Michigan. This book shows how school officials, politicians, the courts, and the media gave precedence to the desires of white parents who opposed school desegregation over the civil rights of black students. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 260 pages, 35 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSL3; JNFR; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284258
- ISBN
- 9780520284258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.51
€ 33.99
€ 24.51
Paperback. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 halftones. 6 line illus. 15 tables. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBG; HBJD; HBTQ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691175843
- ISBN
- 9780691175843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.61
€ 24.99
€ 18.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Cramer, Jane K.; Thrall, A. Trevor. Series: Routledge Global Security Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBJK; HBWS5; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 172 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415782135
- ISBN
- 9780415782135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.78
€ 50.78
Paperback. A striking new answer to the classic question of why Europe industrialised and Asia did not. Num Pages: 380 pages, 6 b/w illus. 4 maps 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3J; HBJD; HBJF; HBTK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 614. Global Economic Divergence, 1600-1850. 384 pages, 6 b/w illus. 4 maps 7 tables. A striking new answer to the classic question of why Europe industrialised and Asia did not. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3J; HBJD; HBJF; HBTK; KCZ. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight: 604.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521168243
- ISBN
- 9780521168243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.87
€ 35.99
€ 34.87
Paperback. Given the economic alternatives available, why do some groups choose to maintain their hunting and gathering lifeways? Through a series of detailed case studies, the contributors to this volume examine the decisions made by modern-day foragers to sustain a predominantly hunting and gathering way of life. Editor(s): Codding, Brian F.; Kramer, Karen L. Series: Advanced Seminar Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11 halftones, 2 maps, 6 charts, 31 tables. BIC Classification: 3JM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826356963
- ISBN
- 9780826356963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.27
€ 64.27
Paperback. "This work was first published by Oxford University Press in 2005 as Why Geography Matters: Three Challenges Facing America." Num Pages: 368 pages, 47 maps & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199913749
- ISBN
- 9780199913749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.18
€ 28.18
Paperback. If Barack Obama had not won in Iowa, most commentators believe that he would not have been able to go on to capture the Democratic nomination for president. This title offers an account of those early weeks of the campaign season: from how the Iowa caucuses work to the lingering effects that the campaigning had on Iowa voters. Num Pages: 296 pages, 53 line drawings, 40 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JPHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226706962
- ISBN
- 9780226706962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.98
€ 40.99
€ 30.98
Paperback. An eyewitness account of the exceptional, non-sovereign, politics that developed during the occupation of Tahrir Square Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JMG; HBJH; HBLX; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 213 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042659
- ISBN
- 9781849042659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.98
€ 40.99
€ 35.98
Paperback. Provides a reinterpretation of the war through an account of the decisive military campaigns that created the astonishing revival in Allied fortunes. This title explores the factors that determined success and failure: industrial stength, fighting ability, the skills of leaders and the moral contrasts between the two sides. Num Pages: 512 pages, 16pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845950651
- ISBN
- 9781845950651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.42
€ 21.99
€ 16.42
Paperback. Exploring the struggles of the American elites as they tried to maintain a democratic, modern mass society, this text reveals the limits of a system ultimately benefiting an abstract "average" consumer. It exposes the internal contradictions that would undermine Americans' belief in their ideology. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 270
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226994628
- ISBN
- 9780226994628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.49
€ 30.99
€ 24.49
Paperback. In December 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a brilliant French artillery officer and a Jew of Alsatian descent, was court-martialed for selling secrets to the German military attache in Paris based on perjured testimony and trumped-up evidence. This title presents an account of the famously complex case. Series: Why X Matters Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBT; JPZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300168143
- ISBN
- 9780300168143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.25
€ 34.99
€ 25.25
Paperback. Four historians consider the popularly held explanations for Southern defeat in the US Civil War - state-rights disputes, inadequate military supply and strategy, and the Union blockade - supporting their discussion with a chronological account of the war's progress. Num Pages: 608 pages, 2 maps, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 40. Weight in Grams: 767.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820313962
- ISBN
- 9780820313962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.56
€ 52.56
Paperback. The execution of Charles I in 1649, followed by the proclamation of a Commonwealth, was an extraordinary political event. It followed a bitter Civil War between parliament and the king. This book answers to eight key questions about the period, from why the king had to summon the Parliament to whether there was really an English Revolution at all. Num Pages: 262 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847250247
- ISBN
- 9781847250247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 41.86
€ 43.99
€ 41.86
Hardcover. A study of Congress at the crossroads between the New Deal and the postwar era, showing that the wartime political dynamic established the dominant patterns for national politics through the remainder of the century. Reveals that moderates, not conservatives, determined the outcomes in key policy debates and examines how compromises were reached. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBWQ; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619177
- ISBN
- 9780700619177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.89
€ 73.89
Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; JPA; JPFK; JPHL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 270 x 30. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691171678
- ISBN
- 9780691171678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.90
€ 45.99
€ 32.90
Paperback. Find out all the really important things about the Second World War with this brilliant book of questions and answers in association with Imperial War Museums. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 5AK; YNH; YNJ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 131 x 196 x 10. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447226185
- ISBN
- 9781447226185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.76
€ 7.76
paperback. Revelatory investigation into the police handling of the Yorkshire Ripper Case which spanned over 14 years. Newly updated to include Sutcliffe's bid for freedom in 2008, and the verdict from court in 2010. Num Pages: 382 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JJPN; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 54. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- William Collins
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007450732
- ISBN
- 9780007450732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.17
€ 12.99
€ 10.17
Paperback. Dazzling recreation of the world of radical free-thinkers in 18th-century France. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 215 x 29. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780220109
- ISBN
- 9781780220109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Hardcover. In late seventeenth-century London, the most provocative images were produced not by artists, but by scientists. This book reveals that these natural philosophers shaped Restoration London's emergent artistic cultures by forging collaborations with court painters, penning art theory, and designing triumphs of baroque architecture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 colour plates, 66 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JD; ACQ; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 261 x 189 x 25. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226017297
- ISBN
- 9780226017297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.57€ 50.51
€ 59.57
€ 50.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- RANDOM HOUSE INTERNATIONAL
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307473578
- ISBN
- 9780307473578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.74
€ 18.99
€ 16.74
Paperback. The history of the Tudors and Stewarts interpreted and illustrated in an exciting way for children. Illustrator(s): Howells, Graham. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; YNH. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Gomer Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848511682
- ISBN
- 9781848511682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.66
€ 10.66