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Paperback. Norbert Elias has been described as among the great sociologists of the 20th century. A collection of his most important writings, this book sets out Elias' thinking during the course of his long career, with a discussion of how his work relates to that of other sociologists. Editor(s): Mennell, Stephen (Professor of Sociology, University College, Dublin); Goudsblom, Johan (Professor of Sociology, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands). Series: Heritage of Sociology Series. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HBG; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226204321
ISBN
9780226204321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.61

Paperback. These essays, which make the science of economics intelligible to a general audience, are grouped into six areas: the relevance of economics; the "Keynesian revolution"; economics and the university; economics and contemporary problems; world inflation, money, trade, growth, and investment; and economics and the environment. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 537.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226401638
ISBN
9780226401638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.28

Hardcover. In his 1840 lectures on heroes, Thomas Carlyle, Victorian essayist and social critic, championed the importance of the individual in history. Eventually translated into fifteen languages, this work of history, comparative religion, and literature is the one of the influential statement of a man who came to be thought of as a secular prophet. Series: Norman & Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle. Num Pages: 622 pages, ports., facsims. BIC Classification: DNF; HBA; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 962.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
622
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520075153
ISBN
9780520075153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.90
€ 59.37

Hardcover. On Human Bondage a critical reexamination of Orlando Patterson s groundbreaking Slavery and Social Death assesses how his theories have stood the test of time and applies them to new case studies. Editor(s): Bodel, John; Scheidel, Walter. Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781119162483
ISBN
9781119162483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.99

Hardcover. This study looks at the question: "Why do liberal states make war?". Case studies of major conflicts of this century are used, including World War I, the Suez war and the Vietnam war. The author attempts to explain the contradiction between liberalism and statism/nationalism. Series: Library of International Relations. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBG; HBLW; JPHV; JPS; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 517.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860640100
ISBN
9781860640100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.46
€ 133.93

Paperback. Deals with the answers that historians, philosophers, theologians, practising politicians and would-be revolutionaries have given to one question: how should human beings best govern themselves? Num Pages: 1152 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 122 x 51. Weight in Grams: 788.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
1152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140285185
ISBN
9780140285185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.86

paperback. This collection is the first forum in which the merits and pitfalls of the case-file approach are debated. A timely contribution to current scholarship and debate in social history and related fields. Editor(s): Iacovetta, Franca; Mitchinson, Wendy. Num Pages: 432 pages, 10ill.8tabs. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802081292
ISBN
9780802081292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 43.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, 18 photographs, 2 maps, notes, glossary, index. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259959
ISBN
9780803259959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.01

Paperback. Offers a collection of some of the finest correspondence from the Second World War, this book includes author's original introduction and recounts the courage of the bomber crews, the tragic air-raids and the strangeness of the British, before being sent to Africa and joining a special operations unit off the coast of Italy. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HBG; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186320
ISBN
9780141186320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

Hardback. At a time when the technologies of globalization are eroding barriers to communication, transportation, and trade, Charles Maier explores the fitful evolution of territories politically bounded regions whose borders define the jurisdiction of laws and the movement of peoples as a worldwide practice of human societies. Num Pages: 340 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JPSL; RGCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 245 x 33. Weight in Grams: 782.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674059788
ISBN
9780674059788
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.07

The memoir of a woman who served not only in the Women's Army A uxiliary Corps but the American Red Cross as well during both World War II and the ensuing occupation. Num Pages: 211 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JFSJ1; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813118666
ISBN
9780813118666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.66

Paperback. The second half of the twentieth century was dominated by the unfolding drama of the Cold War, from the Berlin blockade to the fall of the Berlin Wall. This book is an account of both an overview of the trends underlying this variety, and an insight into the lives led in its midst. Num Pages: 928 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 53. Weight in Grams: 674. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001427
ISBN
9780140295108
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. This book includes the design, testing and use of Opel cars, trucks and special vehicles of the period from 1931 to 1945. The paramilitary reliability trials, the NSKK competitions and the increasing military modifications of the Opel Blitz commercial vehicles are also shown. Num Pages: 176 pages, over 250 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 880.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764302671
ISBN
9780764302671
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.84

Hardcover. In October 1917, an invasion force of some 25,000 German soldiers, accompanied by a flotilla of 10 dreadnoughts, 350 other vessels, a half-dozen zeppelins, and 80 aircraft, attacked the Baltic islands at the head of the Gulf of Riga. This work presents an account of a little-known but dramatic World War I battle for control of the Baltic Islands. Series: Twentieth-Century Battles. Num Pages: 312 pages, 28 b&w photos, 9 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTM; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 30. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253349699
ISBN
9780253349699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.27

paperback. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2006
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349517183
ISBN
9781349517183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBG; HBJD1; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 246 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Monash University Australia
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780980361667
ISBN
9780980361667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.26

Translator(s): Edwards, Graham Robert. Series: Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; HRCC7; HRH; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 246 x 38. Weight in Grams: 886.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801437083
ISBN
9780801437083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 120.93

Hardback. Editor(s): Te Velde, Henk; Janse, Maartje. Series: Palgrave Studies in Political History. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBJK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319500195
ISBN
9783319500195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.65

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752489254
ISBN
9780752489254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.27

Hardback. The idea of an Aryan race became an important feature of imperial culture in the 19th century, feeding into debates in Britain, Ireland, India, and the Pacific. This study traces the emergence and dissemination of Aryanism within the British Empire. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJD1; HBJF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333963609
ISBN
9780333963609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.94

Paperback. The idea of an Aryan race became an important feature of imperial culture in the nineteenth century, feeding into debates in Britain, Ireland, India, and the Pacific. This work traces the emergence and dissemination of Aryanism within the British Empire. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJD1; HBJF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230507036
ISBN
9780230507036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 10. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780738509105
ISBN
9780738509105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.11

Paperback. Translator(s): Bell, M. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3M. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804708272
ISBN
9780804708272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.13

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138928657
ISBN
9781138928657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99

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