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Paperback. Editor(s): Ward, J. T. Series: Problems in Focus. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278. Ex Libris with usual markings. Clean copy with some minor shelf wear, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0013118
ISBN
9780333111376
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. In this accessible volume, Thomas Martin compares the writings of Herodotus in ancient Greece with those of Sima Qian in ancient China to demonstrate the hallmarks of early history writing. Martin shows the similar struggles that each grappled with and how their efforts helped invent modern notions of history writing and the job of the historian. Num Pages: 208 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bedford/St. Martin's
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312416492
ISBN
9780312416492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.69

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bedford/St. Martin's
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312458867
ISBN
9780312458867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.41

Paperback. Long before television beamed daily images of combat into our living rooms, the author's on-the-spot reporting gave the American public a firsthand view of what war was like for the boys on the front. In this title, he follows the soldiers into the trenches, battlefields, field hospitals, and beleaguered cities of Europe. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; DN; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 27. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803287686
ISBN
9780803287686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.37

Hardback. In the years of revolution between 1776 and 1848, stress and transition produced some fundamental reflections on politics and society. This introductory text considers how a cluster of key European thinkers, including Burke, Hegel, Tocqueville and Marx, viewed the global political upheavals and social changes of their times. Series: European Culture & Society Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; HBTV; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230272101
ISBN
9780230272101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.83

Hardback. A pioneering study of the social aspects of industrialisation in a developing country in tropical Africa. Series: African Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HBG; HBJH; HBTK; JHBL. Weight in Grams: 553. Ex Libris with usual markings. Fine copy in dustwrapper, DW with some minor nicks and bumps but remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0013801
ISBN
9780521082969
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Placing eighteenth-century warfare in a truly global context, Jeremy Black challenges conventional accounts and offers a reappraisal of debates in Western and Asian history. This concise, up-to-date survey assumes little prior knowledge and provides cutting-edge historical insights into a crucial period of world history. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230370012
ISBN
9780230370012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 37.71

Paperback. An account of the five dramatic counterrevolutions that occurred in 1979, showing how the combined forces unleashed by Deng Xiaopeng, Margaret Thatcher, the Pope, the Iranian Ayatollah, and the Afghan mujahedin set the stage for the 21st century. It offers a new argument about the hinge on which the twentieth century turned. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465065677
ISBN
9780465065677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.98

Paperback. The national government that ran Britain during the 1930s has always received a very bad press. The author of this text argues that the national government has been woefully misunderstood by historians who have allowed themselves to be too influenced by its collapse. Series: British Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333691311
ISBN
9780333691311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 40.71

Paperback. The Tunisian Campaign, 1942-43. Series: Stackpole Military History S. 221 pages, 15 b/w photos & 10 maps. In the sands of North Africa during the early years of WWII, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel burnished his reputation as the Desert Fox. After a string of successes, Rommel's fortunes began to sour with the battles of El Alamein, where the British under Bernard Montgomery halted Axis expansion. This book deals with the exit of Rommel. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 5. Weight: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811733816
ISBN
9780811733816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. The M4 Sherman tank was the mainstay of the Western allies between 1942 and 1945. This title examines developments such as the HVSS suspension. It uses rare archive material. Illustrator(s): Laurier, Jim. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 46 b&w and 7 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWD; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 249 x 7. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841765426
ISBN
9781841765426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.11

Paperback. How the division of the Americas from the rest of the world affected human history. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 39. Weight in Grams: 844.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753828458
ISBN
9780753828458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.96

Paperback. An attempt to investigate the comparative development of the main forms of mass media in three societies - the US, Great Britain and Germany - between 1890 and 1970. The emphasis is on the political frameworks in which the media developed and their influence on society. Series: Themes in Comparative History S. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; KNT. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333372630
ISBN
9780333372630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 42.74

Hardback. The development of nationalism, movement of peoples, imperialism, industrialization, environmental change and the struggle for equality are all key themes in the study of both US history and world history. In this revised and updated new edition, Tyrrell explores the relationship between events and movements in the US and wider world. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137338532
ISBN
9781137338532
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803248328
ISBN
9780803248328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.99

Paperback. State and Society under Riza Shah 19211941. Editor(s): Cronin, Stephanie. Series: Routledge/BIPS Persian Studies Series. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 521.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415450959
ISBN
9780415450959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.12

Paperback. "The best balanced one-volume history of the Second World War in its coverage of all the major themes and all the fronts. Willmott's fresh insights into the war on the Eastern Front are an outstanding feature." Num Pages: 520 pages, 35 black and white photographs, 29 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 34. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
Revised edition
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597971911
ISBN
9781597971911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.82

Paperback. A treasure trove of history's interesting bits, from one of the writers of QI Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Murray Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848541009
ISBN
9781848541009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. "Dwight D. Eisenhower once remarked that "the history of alliances is a history of failure." This provocative, absorbing work, based on a study by the General and written by his son, is a history of on" Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 477. Clean copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Hachette Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0215145
ISBN
9780306809415
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Perfectly timed to explore society's changing sensibility about patriotism, "Hardball" host and Washington insider Matthews gives Bill O'Reilly a run for his money with this straight-up account of what it really means to be an American. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBG; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304. Clean copy with some light shelfwear.Good to very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Free Press
Edition
1st Touchstone Ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF0000133
ISBN
9780684862354
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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