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Paperback. Presents the history of the War of 1812. This title offers an account that places the conflict in its strategic context within the Napoleonic wars. It draws on personal letters, diaries, and memoirs. Num Pages: 656 pages, 16 halftones, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJD1; HBJK; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
656
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674034778
ISBN
9780674034778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.18

Hardcover. A powerful history of emancipation that reshapes our understanding of Lincoln, the Civil War, and the end of American slavery. Num Pages: 596 pages, 8 pages illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 170 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393065312
ISBN
9780393065312
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.17

paperback. Offers a comprehensive study of English police constables walking the beat in the early part of the twentieth century. This book explores police relations with the public, the varied arrangements of the Bobby's domestic life, and the vicissitudes of his working life from the moment that he first put his uniform on, to when he finally took it off. Num Pages: 334 pages, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; 1DBKEN; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846312366
ISBN
9781846312366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.40

hardcover. Looks at the surge of Bretons who left their homes in Western France in the latter half of the nineteenth century to live and work in Paris. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822351696
ISBN
9780822351696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.20

paperback. Showing how imported models of tropical medicine - constructed by colonial nations - downplayed the connection between socioeconomic factors and tropical disorders, this study of a neglected episode in Latin American history will interest Brazilianists, as well as scholars of Latin American, medical, and scientific history. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLW; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822323976
ISBN
9780822323976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.05

paperback. Series: Genocide, Political Violence and Human Rights. Num Pages: 162 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; JHMC; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813553498
ISBN
9780813553498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 40.79

hardcover. "Originally published in French in 2012 under the title Les coptes d'Egypte." Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and I. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBTB; JFSL1; JPFN; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804798907
ISBN
9780804798907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.87

hardcover. The Power of Song analyzes the music of Franciscan and Jesuit mission communities in the Spanish-American borderlands. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804770866
ISBN
9780804770866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.49

paperback. A history of the Mixtec Indians of southern Mexico, this book focuses on several dozen Mixtec communities in the region of Oaxaca during the period from about 1540 to 1750. Num Pages: 528 pages, 57 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 28. Weight in Grams: 898.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804751049
ISBN
9780804751049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.74

paperback. Civilization is a constantly invoked term. It is used by both politicians and scholars. How useful, in fact, is this term? Civilization and Its Contents traces the origins of the concept in the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804750837
ISBN
9780804750837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.74

paperback. A portrait and revisionist study of the famous Native leader Powhatan and his realm, which encompassed the Tidewater area of Virginia from the James River to the Potomac River. This work illuminates alternative conceptions of power and cosmology that force reconsideration of important components of Powhatan society. Num Pages: 12 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803260375
ISBN
9780803260375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.80

hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, 69. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; ACVT; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 5. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801444708
ISBN
9780801444708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.45

hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; JFS; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801439667
ISBN
9780801439667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.17

paperback. Andrew Hayes makes available in this book a popular and up-to-date account of the archaeology of Britain an Eire, while skilfully avoiding the danger of over-simplification. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 colour and 30 b&w photographs, 70 line drawings, reading list, gazetteer. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; GBC; HBJD1; HBLA; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 186 x 247. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780713473056
ISBN
9780713473056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.43

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBBNU; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691637129
ISBN
9780691637129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.97

paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016033
ISBN
9780674016033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.05

hardcover. The Rock, the Curse, and the Hub is a collection of original essays about the people and places of Boston sports that live in the minds and memories of Bostonians and all Americans. Each chapter focuses on the games and the athletes, but also on which sports have defined Boston and Bostonians. Editor(s): Roberts, Randy W. Num Pages: 416 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBT; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 167 x 35. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
New
SKU
V9780674015043
ISBN
9780674015043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.07

paperback. Aims to introduce students to the historiography of the later volatile period of southern history, which starts from the racial segregation prevalent after the end of the Civil War and continues through the Civil Rights Movements of the 1950s and 1960s. This collection also features an introduction to the historiography of the New South. Series: Rewriting Histories. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBAH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415957311
ISBN
9780415957311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.09

hardcover. In a series of massive military undertakings that stretched from 1095 to 1291, Christendom's armies won, defended, and lost the sacred sites of the Holy Land. This book recreates the experience of crusading, from the elation of taking up the cross to the difficult adjustments at home when the war was over. Num Pages: 356 pages, 40 black & white illustrations + 20 colour images. BIC Classification: 1QDAL; HBWC; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 167 x 33. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300118889
ISBN
9780300118889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.62

hardcover. Provides fresh perspectives on colonialism, tourism, imagery, and the anthropology of place Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBJM; JHM; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991016
ISBN
9780295991016
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.66

paperback. William Robbins addresses efforts by individuals and groups within and outside the state to resolve inevitable conflicts between those most concerned for growth and perceived economic stability and those most concerned to preserve the quality of the state's natural resources and the environment in which its citizens live. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; 3JJP; HBTB; KCN; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990439
ISBN
9780295990439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.10

paperback. During the 20th century, the Palouse became synonymous with wheat, and the landscape was irrevocably altered with soil erosion problems. This book traces the transformation of the Palouse region of Washington and Idaho from land thought unusable and unproductive to a wealth-generating industrial agricultural paradise. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 272 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990170
ISBN
9780295990170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.10

paperback. Presents the environmental history of the early years of Oregon, a state that has been associated with environmental protection. Covering the period from early human habitation to the end of World War II, this book shows that the reality of Oregon's environmental history involves far more than a discussion of timber cutting and land-use planning. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780295979014
ISBN
9780295979014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.10

paperback. Offers a study of the little-known aspect of Clovis culture - stone blade technology. This book introduces the topic with a close look at the nature of blades and the techniques of their manufacture, followed by a discussion of the full spectrum of Clovis lithic technology and how blade production relates to the production of other stone tools. Editor(s): Hester, Thomas R. Series: Texas Archaeology & Ethnohistory Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 43 halftones, 40 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3D; HBTB; HDD; TGXT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 181 x 15. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780292712355
ISBN
9780292712355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.40

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