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Paperback. aeo This is currently the only book in print that treats the topic of hunger from a long--range historical perspective. aeo The contributors to the book are drawn from a broad array of disciplines; among them are Amartya Sen, David Herlihy, Peter Garnsey, and John Post. Editor(s): Newman, Lucile F. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFFA; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Basil Blackwell Inc, US United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557866288
ISBN
9781557866288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.38

Paperback. This work is a study of history and morality in the 20th century. It examines the psychology which made possible Hiroshima, the Nazi genocide, Rwanda and Bosnia. It draws on accounts of participants, victims and observers and suggests that different atrocities have common patterns. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712665414
ISBN
9780712665414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.25

Hardcover. A pioneering investigation into the practices and methodologies used in the search for and exhumation of dead bodies resulting from mass violence. Editor(s): Anstett, Elisabeth; Dreyfus, Jean-Marc. Series Editor(s): Anstett, Elisabeth. Series: Human Remains and Violence. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HDW; JFFE; JKVF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719097560
ISBN
9780719097560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.09

Paperback. Sweeping through the last thousand years of human development, this book is a treasure chest of the lunar leaps and lightbulb moments that, for better or worse, have sent humanity swerving down a path that no one could ever have predicted. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 195 x 27. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099593386
ISBN
9780099593386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.70

Paperback. Editor(s): Zinn, Howard. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609801328
ISBN
9781609801328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 40 black & white photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 220 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282216
ISBN
9780520282216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.12

Hardback. The book explores how human societies have used, constructed, and interpreted their pasts. It ranges chronologically from the Middle Ages to the 21st century, and in worldwide geographical scope. The book probes the concept of the 'invention of tradition' and moves beyond historical writing to embrace a much wider range of media and genres. Editor(s): Lambert, Peter; Weiler, Bjorn. Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. Num Pages: 450 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197266120
ISBN
9780197266120
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.32

Paperback. An entertaining, impassioned polemic on the retreat of reason in the late 20th century. An intellectual call to arms, Francis Wheen's Sunday Times bestseller is one of 2004's most talked about books. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; HBG; HBLW; HBTB; JFCX; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007140978
ISBN
9780007140978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.08

Hardcover. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 186 x 20. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781621006046
ISBN
9781621006046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 236.54
€ 163.62

Hardback. This book aims to advance our understanding of household and family religion in Mediterranean and West Asian antiquity, as opposed to state-sponsored or civic temple cults. The volume explores the new recognition that religious expression associated with household, family, and domicile is significant and must be investigated in a serious way. Editor(s): Bodel, John; Olyan, Saul M. Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 346 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 169 x 24. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405175791
ISBN
9781405175791
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.64

Paperback. Focusing on the way Jewish history - particularly the Holocaust - and tradition inform postwar Canadian and American Jewish literature, this text highlights their concerns and work in the context of the broader traditions of mulitculturalism, postcolonial writing, and critical theory. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773516656
ISBN
9780773516656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.87

Paperback. This updated edition confirms Solnit's seminal work as a timeless classic on politics and change Series: Canons. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; HBTB; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Canongate Canons
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782119074
ISBN
9781782119074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTD; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 210 x 27. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781565849372
ISBN
9781565849372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.97

Paperback. Tzvetan Todorov's book examines the history of the past century by analyzing its spectacular political conflicts and by offering moving profiles of individuals who, at great personal cost, resisted the strictures of the communist and Nazi regimes. . Translator(s): Bellos, David. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 468. Reflections on the Twentieth Century. 304 pages. Tzvetan Todorov's book examines the history of the past century by analyzing its spectacular political conflicts and by offering moving profiles of individuals who, at great personal cost, resisted the strictures of the communist and Nazi regimes. . Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 28. Weight: 468. Translator(s): Bellos, David.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843543602
ISBN
9781843543602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Granville Island Publishing Canada
Edition
Revised edition
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894694384
ISBN
9781894694384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.48

Hardback. Examines the "home front" war effort from an overall imperial perspective, assessing the contribution of individual imperial territories. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783272259
ISBN
9781783272259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.36

Hardback. The key battles fought over 3000 years of turbulent history in the Holyland, from ancient times to today's Arab-Israeli conflict Today's Arab-Israeli conflict, ever-present in the news, is merely the latest episode in an unending history of violence in the Holyland, a region that is unsurpassed as witness to a kaleidoscopic military history. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 pages of illustrations, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBG; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612000084
ISBN
9781612000084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.31

Paperback. A sustained analysis of the ways in which oral testimonies of survivors contribute to the understanding of the Holocaust. The book also aims to shed light on the forms and functions of memory as victims relive devastating experiences of pain, humiliation and loss. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: HBA; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300052473
ISBN
9780300052473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.17

Paperback. The recording, explanation and the inescapable task of judging great wrongs in the past presents historians with their most difficult assignment. For those who have either lived through such injustice or have been in some way responsible for it the impositions of memory are both painful and unavoidable. Editor(s): Hartman, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 370 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557863676
ISBN
9781557863676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.38

Paperback. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445658834
ISBN
9781445658834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.71

paperback. Num Pages: 652 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 114. Weight in Grams: 806. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Imprint Academic
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034612
ISBN
9780907845607
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Twelve historical articles describe the problems of the Great Depression in town and country, on a scale we can all comprehend. "A real breakthrough in our understanding of the depression." -Alfred B. Rollins, Jr. Editor(s): Sternsher, Bernard. Num Pages: 303 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee United States
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780929587134
ISBN
9780929587134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.96

Paperback. Drawing on interviews with the black survivors of Nazi concentration camps and archival research in North America, Europe and Africa, this book analyses the meaning of Nazism's racial policies towards people of African descent, and the impact of that legacy on race relations in Germany. Series: Crosscurrents in African American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415932950
ISBN
9780415932950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.67

Paperback. Even the demonic Hitler had a comprehensive philosophy, and Jackel probes deeply into the dictator's mind to determine how he viewed the world. Translator(s): Arnold, Herbert. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674404250
ISBN
9780674404250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.77