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Paperback. Chronicles the long and bloody history of Western intervention in Arab lands. This book examines the major events that have shaped the region - ranging from the French in Algeria and the British in Egypt in the nineteenth century to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and to the war in Iraq. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520261709
- ISBN
- 9780520261709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.12
€ 38.99
€ 28.12
paperback. A study of food culture and colonialism that explores how colonial rule intimately shaped African life and how African townspeople developed creative ways of coping with colonialism as European expansion threatened African self-sufficiency. It engages an avenue of historical inquiry in examining the culture of food as part of colonial experience. Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HFD; GTB; HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803224971
- ISBN
- 9780803224971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.93
€ 31.93
Paperback. The General Resettlement of Indians in the Colonial Andes. 312 pages, 8 photographs, 3 maps, 3 figures. Shows how the General Resettlement in the Andes added another layer to a complex web of settlement rather than displacing or destroying it. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; JFSL9. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 19. Weight: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353102
- ISBN
- 9780822353102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.02
€ 32.99
€ 30.02
Hardback. Includes: "Alcman's Nightscapes (Frs 89 and 90 PMGF)"; "Epicharmus, Tisias, and the Early History of Rhetoric"; "The Literary and Stylistic Qualities of a Plinian Letter"; and other essays. Series: Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 217 x 27. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- Harvard Department of the Classics United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674726772
- ISBN
- 9780674726772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.09
€ 53.99
€ 45.09
Hardback. Exploring complex webs of local consumer demands that affected patterns of exchange and production as far away as India and the United States, this book challenges presumptions that Africa's global relationships have always been dictated by outsiders. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 3JH; HBTB; JFFS; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254244
- ISBN
- 9780520254244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.42€ 56.38
€ 72.42
€ 56.38
Paperback. Exploring complex webs of local consumer demands that affected patterns of exchange and production as far away as India and the United States, this book challenges presumptions that Africa's global relationships have always been dictated by outsiders. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 3JH; GTF; HBTB; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254237
- ISBN
- 9780520254237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.52
€ 38.99
€ 28.52
Paperback. Examines the way press reporting affected Revolutionary crises Series: Bicentennial Reflections on the French Revolution. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JFD; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822309970
- ISBN
- 9780822309970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.93
€ 30.99
€ 27.93
Paperback. Life in Britain during the First World War was far stranger than many of us realize. The author tells the story of the war through the experience of those who lived it - nurses, soldiers, politicians, factory-workers, journalists and children - explaining why we fought it so willingly, how we endured it so long, and how it transformed us all. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 x b/w integrated. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 204 x 27. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Viking
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780670919635
- ISBN
- 9780670919635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.60
€ 14.99
€ 11.60
Paperback. A portrait of the Victorian world that takes readers on a journey through the birth of modern Britain. Using the paintings of the era as a starting point, it tells us stories of urban life, family, faith, industry and empire that helped define the Victorian spirit and imagination. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- BBC Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846077449
- ISBN
- 9781846077449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.21
€ 26.99
€ 18.21
Paperback. What is the point of Kings and Queens? What do they do all day? And what does it mean to be one of them? This title looks at our present incumbents to find out just what makes them tick. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- PENGUIN
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141012223
- ISBN
- 9780141012223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. A title, in which, the author sets out to find about the English. Not the British overall, not the Scots, not the Irish or Welsh, but the English. Why do they seem so unsure of who they are? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141032955
- ISBN
- 9780141032955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.13
€ 16.99
€ 13.13
Paperback. A history that brings to life the real country house servants Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719597305
- ISBN
- 9780719597305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in dust jacket. DJ has minor wear to edges but remains very good in mylar. Ex-libris with book plate on endpaper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOG0007694
- ISBN
- 9780049600089
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. A Companion to Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean presents a comprehensive collection of essays contributed by Classical Studies scholars that explore questions relating to ethnicity in the ancient Mediterranean world. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 600 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJM; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 171 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1068.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444337341
- ISBN
- 9781444337341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 212.18
€ 212.18
Hardback. Though Greece is traditionally seen as an agrarian society, cattle were essential to Greek communal life. This title explores why these animals mattered to the Greeks, how they came to be a key element in Greek thought and behavior, and how the Greeks exploited the symbolic value of cattle as a way of structuring social and economic relations. Num Pages: 360 pages, 10 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 26. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140070
- ISBN
- 9780691140070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.67€ 52.16
€ 66.67
€ 52.16
Paperback. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 19 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 19 illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JHMC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995298
- ISBN
- 9780295995298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.24
€ 36.99
€ 33.24
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801450600
- ISBN
- 9780801450600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.18
€ 96.18
Paperback. Tells the story of both German and Czech-speaking Budweis/Budajovice, which belonged to the Habsburg Monarchy until 1918, and then to Czechoslovakia, Hitler's Third Reich, and Czechoslovakia again. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122342
- ISBN
- 9780691122342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.98
€ 50.99
€ 36.98
Paperback. This book is a cultural history, offering an historical account of the formation of a distinctive Omani culture; arguing that it is in this unique culture that a specific conception and practice of diplomacy has been developed. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXM; HBJF1; JPSD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468. 304 pages, 2 maps. This book is a cultural history, offering an historical account of the formation of a distinctive Omani culture; arguing that it is in this unique culture that a specific conception and practice of diplomacy has been developed. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FBXM; HBJF1; JPSD. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 17. Weight: 460.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748677337
- ISBN
- 9780748677337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.92
€ 37.99
€ 34.92
Paperback. Jeremy Johns provides a pictorial history of smuggling in Cornwall. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BTC; HBJD1; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Ill
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445651682
- ISBN
- 9781445651682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.81
€ 27.81