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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Chronicles the first four decades of Mahattan, Kansas, as it grew from tent to town. Captures the origins and early life of this quintessential Kansas city in an engaging and informative history. Num Pages: 284 pages, 45 Photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700621408
ISBN
9780700621408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.44

hardcover. Xiaoyuan Liu shows how the history of the Chinese Communist Party was, from the Yan'an period onward, intertwined with the ethnopolitics of the Chinese "periphery." As a Han-dominated party, the CCP had to adapt to an inhospitable political environment, particularly among the Hui (Muslims) of northwest China and the Mongols of Inner Mongolia. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBT; JPFC; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749602
ISBN
9780804749602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.84

Hardcover. Detroit's industrial health has long been crucial to the American economy. Today's troubles not withstanding, Detroit has experienced multiple periods of prosperity, particularly in the second half of the 18th century, when the city was the center of the thriving fur trade. This book details this seldom-discussed chapter of Detroit's history. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 halftones, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226096704
ISBN
9780226096704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 42.95

Hardcover. A collection of essays that explores the self-expression of travel writers like Isabella Bird by giving geographic context to their work. It examines relationships among nineteenth-century American expansionism, discourses about gender, and writings of women who traveled and lived in the American West in the late nineteenth century. Series: Space, Place, and Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 black-&-white illustrations, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTP; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631675
ISBN
9780815631675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.29

Paperback. Scrutinizes the fundamental myths that have guided the formulation of science policy for half a century myths that serve the professional and political interests of the scientific community, but often fail to advance the interests of society as a whole. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; JPQB; PDR; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566394161
ISBN
9781566394161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.49

Paperback. Offers a comprehensive history of the achievements and failures of the United States Regular and Volunteer Armies that confronted the Indian tribes of the West in the two decades between the Mexican War and the close of the Civil War. The author describes many of these skirmishes in consummate detail, including descriptions of garrison life. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 176 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803295506
ISBN
9780803295506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.43

Paperback. Editor(s): Robertshaw, Andrew. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752476650
ISBN
9780752476650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. The Spanish Civil War still captures the popular imagination, but this is the first guidebook to put the conflict at the centre of its guide to Madrid Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909930094
ISBN
9781909930094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.59

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784530648
ISBN
9781784530648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813109435
ISBN
9780813109435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.27

Paperback. A supplement for Frostgrave, in which, players can lead their warbands into the vast network of catacombs, sewers, and dungeons that run underneath the Frozen City. Illustrator(s): Burmak, Dmitry. Series: Frostgrave. Num Pages: 64 pages, 30 col. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; WDHW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 293 x 8. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472815743
ISBN
9781472815743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.25

Hardback. For the most part, Brazil's forests were not harvested, but annihilated, and relatively little was extracted for the benefit of Brazilians. This text aims to make sense of what at first glance appears to be the senseless destruction of Brazil's incomparable timber. Num Pages: 344 pages, 6 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3J; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804733960
ISBN
9780804733960
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.02

Hardback. A dominant force in the stele school of caligraphy was the eminent calligrapher and art theorist Fu Shan (1607-1685). Because his work spans the late Ming-early Qing divide, the author of this work examines his influence as an ideal prism through which to view the transformation in calligraphy. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, 161 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; WFU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 225 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1186.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674010925
ISBN
9780674010925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.34
€ 55.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816644544
ISBN
9780816644544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.33

Hardback. Tells the stories of three of the most dramatic fugitive slave trials of the 1850s, presenting the determination of the fugitives, the radical tactics of their rescuers, the brutal doggedness of the slavehunters, and the tortuous response of the federal courts. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 241 x 32. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047044
ISBN
9780674047044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

Hardback. "Also available as an ebook"--Title page verso. Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; DS; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479885688
ISBN
9781479885688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.50

Paperback. "Also available as an ebook"--Title page verso. Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; DS; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479847662
ISBN
9781479847662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.15

Paperback. Chronicles the case of a runaway slave who was tracked to Boston by his owner. Compellingly details the struggle over his fate and how that became a focal point for national controversy. Reveals how the case became one of the most dramatic and widely publicized events in the long-running conflict over the issue of fugitive slaves. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700617364
ISBN
9780700617364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.48

Hardcover. This text explores why and how democracy broke down in Peru in 1992. The author's argument is that institutional factors - especially the absence of a legislative majority - were crucial to the collapse of democracy in Peru during and before this period and throughout Latin America since the 1960s. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 408 pages, 25 tables, 11 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JPHV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268031718
ISBN
9780268031718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.73

Hardback. Editor(s): Sutou, Shizuyo. Num Pages: 267 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JMG; KNBN; RNQ; RNR; RNT; THK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 183 x 19. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634637480
ISBN
9781634637480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 253.11
€ 187.72

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