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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. This title details the epic four-month siege of the city of Constantinople, last vestige of the once mighty Roman and Byzantine Empires. It illustrates the battle which saw Constantine's men outnumber eight-to-one before being overcome by the Sultan Mehmet. Illustrator(s): Hook, Christa. Series: Osprey Military Campaign S. Num Pages: 96 pages, 75 b&w and 13 colour illustrations, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDAZ; HBJD; HBLC; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 185 x 8. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841760919
ISBN
9781841760919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.97

Hardback. An indepth examination of the presentation of Constantinople and its complex relationship with the west in medieval French texts. Series: Gallica. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6, 5 black and white, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 2ADF; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843023
ISBN
9781843843023
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.01

paperback. The nexus of Byzantine and Latin cultural and ecclesiastical relations in the Renaissance and Medieval periods is the underlying theme of the essays in this volume. Num Pages: 326 pages, 8 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1DVG; 1DVT; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; HRCC2; HRCC7; HRCC8. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299118846
ISBN
9780299118846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.74

Paperback. 'Without question one of the best books ever written by an Englishman on the Turks' William Dalrymple Num Pages: 560 pages, 16pp b/w integrated onto text paper. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBLC; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719568800
ISBN
9780719568800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.00
€ 16.43

Paperback. This work addresses the central constitutional issues that divided the American colonists from their English legislators: the authority to tax, the authority to legislate, the security of rights, the nature of law, and the foundation of constitutional government in custom and contractarian theory. Num Pages: 508 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299130749
ISBN
9780299130749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.38

Paperback. This work addresses the central constitutional issues that divided the American colonists from their English legislators: the authority to tax, the authority to legislate, the security of rights, the nature of law, and the foundation of constitutional government in custom and contractarian theory. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299139841
ISBN
9780299139841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.70

paperback. This work addresses the central constitutional issues that divided the American colonists from their English legislators: the authority to tax, the authority to legislate, the security of rights, the nature of law, and the foundation of constitutional government in custom and contractarian theory. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299108748
ISBN
9780299108748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.19

paperback. This work addresses the central constitutional issues that divided the American colonists from their English legislators: the authority to tax, the authority to legislate, the security of rights, the nature of law, and the foundation of constitutional government in custom and contractarian theory. Num Pages: 430 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299112943
ISBN
9780299112943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.36

Paperback. A history of the period of constitutional monarchy in France from 1814 to 1848. The text reveals that, although the French experimented with two Monarchies and a Republic during this period, there was substantial stability. It contains extracts from diaries, memoirs, novels and cartoons. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Routledge
Number of pages
154
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582312104
ISBN
9780582312104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.89

Hardback. Nine essays which examine constitutional issues at different points in American political history to explain how the constitutional issues resulting in the Civil War were central to politics for a long time before and after the actual conflict. Treats the period from the 1780s through the 1920s. Editor(s): Moreno, Paul D. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 28. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823251940
ISBN
9780823251940
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.24

Paperback. America and Russia were both willing to live with the status quo in Europe. What then could have generated the kind of conflict that might have led to a nuclear holocaust? This book focuses on the central question of how a stable international system came into being during the Cold War period. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 table, 4 maps, 2 line illus., 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; GTJ; HBG; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691002736
ISBN
9780691002736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691171418
ISBN
9780691171418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.72

Hardcover. For more than a century, Alsace was the most contested region in western Europe, This analysis of working-class politics and nationality explains the successive attempts of French and German authorities to impose one national identity on the region and shows how workers responded. Num Pages: 261 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875802718
ISBN
9780875802718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.70

Hardback. Through an analysis of public discourse, national policies, and large-scale infrastructure projects, this book examines how Japanese intellectuals, bureaucrats, and engineers created a "technological imaginary" during the wartime era (1931-1945) to mobilize people for war and empire. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804785396
ISBN
9780804785396
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.60

Hardcover. This book examines the relationship between the Capetian monarchs of France and the Crusades, and considers the challenge to political authority that confronted them following their failure to join the early crusades, and their less-than-impressive involvement in later ones. Series Editor(s): Rigby, Steve. Series: Manchester Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090974
ISBN
9780719090974
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.64

Paperback. Editor(s): Lochrie, Karma; McCraken, Peggy; Schultz, James A. Series: Mediaeval Cultures S. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBTB; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816628292
ISBN
9780816628292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.56

Hardback. As the cold war took shape during the late 1940s, policymakers in the United States and Great Britain displayed a marked tendency to regard international communism as a 'monolithic' conspiratorial movement. This book explains the cold war mindset that determined global policy for much of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBG; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 692.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674031791
ISBN
9780674031791
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.51

Hardcover. Tappings on tables, questionable curatives, old wives' tales and whispers from beyond the grave - Victorians were fascinated by the supernatural. This title offers a layman's guide to 'matters magical and mysterious', and today is a quirky glimpse of a supernatural age now lost, by turns haunting and hilarious. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Old House
Number of pages
168
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402738
ISBN
9781908402738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 8.97

Hardcover. Tappings on tables, questionable curatives, old wives' tales and whispers from beyond the grave - Victorians were fascinated by the supernatural. This title offers a layman's guide to 'matters magical and mysterious', and today is a quirky glimpse of a supernatural age now lost, by turns haunting and hilarious. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298. Large format, illustrated. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Old House
Number of pages
168
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KEX0236063
ISBN
9781908402738
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 8.97

Europe endured such incessant political discord throughout the 20th century that some historians refer to the period's conflicts as the Long War. This book illuminates the complex diplomatic and military struggles of a region whose instability, rooted in a 19th-century nationalistic fervor, provided a catalyst for the political events that ensued. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813125589
ISBN
9780813125589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFCA; JFD; JHB; WCC; WCW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231167598
ISBN
9780231167598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.69

Publisher
United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812243956
ISBN
9780812243956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.08

Hardback. A detailed study of changing patterns of consumption, showing how these related to wider political, social and economic developments. Series: Irish Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 319 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 22 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843839507
ISBN
9781843839507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.14

Paperback. Using new research and considering a multidisciplinary set of factors, Contemporary China offers a comprehensive exploration of the making of contemporary China. * Provides a unique perspective on China, incorporating newly published materials from within and outside China, in English and Chinese. Editor(s): Zheng, Yongnian. Series: Blackwell History of the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470655801
ISBN
9780470655801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.79