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paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Condition
New
SKU
9780007150700
ISBN
9780007150700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.05

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 400 pages, 61 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231162180
ISBN
9780231162180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.81

paperback. The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. The impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. This book provides a definitive account. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 map; portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140145151
ISBN
9780140145151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

Hardcover. An investigation of life in the great household of late mediaeval England. Based on household accounts and related primary documents, it looks at the daily routines, weekly and annual patterns, and the life-cycle observances of birth, childhood, marriage, death and burial. Num Pages: 262 pages, 24 colour plates, 54 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 22. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300076875
ISBN
9780300076875
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.21

Hardback. The Civil War revealed what united as well as what divided Americans in the nineteenth century - not only in its deadly military conflict, but also in the broader battle of ideas, dueling moral systems, and competing national visions that preceded and followed. This title reveals a city at the heart of the cultural civil war. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674052888
ISBN
9780674052888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.41

Paperback. The horrors of the Great Famine (1315-1322), one of the severest catastrophes ever to strike northern Europe. This work provides a comprehensive inquiry into the Famine from Ireland to western Poland, from Scandinavia to central France and western Germany. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058917
ISBN
9780691058917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.85

Hardcover. An invaluable compendium of sources relating to the Great Exhibition Series: Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century. Num Pages: 272 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719099120
ISBN
9780719099120
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.44

paperback. This collection of essays exposes how meaning has been produced around the Great Exhibition. Critics and historians of art, culture, design and literature have been brought together to examine the objects, the images, the documents and the fictions of 1851. Editor(s): Purbrick, Louise. Series Editor(s): Wallace, Jeff; Whale, John. Series: Texts in Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBT; KJP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719055928
ISBN
9780719055928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.04

Hardcover. A panoramic, eye-opening history of the vast migration of Eastern Europeans to the West by a recent winner of a MacArthur Fellowship. Num Pages: 400 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393078015
ISBN
9780393078015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.65

Hardback. This book examines how the French Revolutionaries remade the pre-1789 system of property by removing public power from the sphere of property and excising property from the realm of sovereignty. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBTV2; LAZ; LNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199778799
ISBN
9780199778799
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.09

Paperback. Dismissed in early years as a wasteland, the rolling open country that covers the interior parts of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho is today one of the richest farmlands in the nation. This work is the story of its transformation. Meinig traces all of the aspects of its development by combining geographic description with historical narrative.

Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography. Num Pages: 598 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
598
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295974859
ISBN
9780295974859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.58

Hardback. Presents an account about the Cold War. This work provides insights into the mixture of insecurity, ignorance, and ambition that drove the rivalry between the two sides. It concludes that bringing the Cold War to a peaceful end was a far greater challenge than just 'being tough with the Soviets'. Series: Stanford Security Studies. Num Pages: 496 pages, 4 figures, 28 illustrations, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 806.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804760645
ISBN
9780804760645
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.66

Paperback. .
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500292518
ISBN
9780500292518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.99

Paperback. In The Great British Bobby, Clive Emsley traces the development of Britain's forces of law and order from the earliest watchmen and constables of the pre-modern period to the police service of today. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849161978
ISBN
9781849161978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.12

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Edition
Anniversary Edition
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9781451683233
ISBN
9781451683233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.52

Paperback. Britons may very well never be slaves, but British rule certainly meant slavery for others. This book explores the personalities and the issues behind the movement to abolish first the slave trade and later the condition of slavery. It reveals the passionate arguments on both sides of the abolition debate. Num Pages: 252 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750934916
ISBN
9780750934916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.78

Hardback. In this irresistible tour through the grand spas of Central Europe, noted historian David Clay Large traces their history from classical antiquity to the present. He vividly shows that they were not only centers of healing but hotbeds of artistic creation, nests of social intrigue, and gilded venues for high-level politicking. Num Pages: 476 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DF; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 762.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442222366
ISBN
9781442222366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.54

Paperback. .
Publisher
Birlinn Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843410690
ISBN
9781843410690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. A valuable collection of source material which makes this revised edition an essential tool for everyone studying the administration of the Empire. Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World. Num Pages: 308 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBT; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
308
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415232371
ISBN
9780415232371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 51.80

Hardback. The volume is divided into three parts, corresponding to the three main phases in Gothic history: their early history down to the fourth century, the revolution in Gothic society set in motion by the arrival of the Huns, and the history of the Gothic successor states to the western Roman Empire. Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3D; 3F; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631165361
ISBN
9780631165361
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.01

Paperback. There are many interpretations of the word 'Gothic'. Nick Groom explores the rich history and chronology of the term, bringing together various underlying and disparate elements to clarify its meaning. By examining its history, he argues that we can better interpret and understand society today. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, Approx 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 175 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199586790
ISBN
9780199586790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.49

Hardback. THE GOSPEL OF KINDNESS explores the historical significance of the American animal welfare movement at home and overseas from the Second Great Awakening to the Second World War. Focused on laboring animals at its inception, the movement evolved into an expansive "gospel of kindness," transforming animal mercy into a signature American value. Num Pages: 320 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFFZ; WNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 601.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199733156
ISBN
9780199733156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.98

Paperback. Exploring the modern disease consciousness, Nancy Tomes shows how advances in bacteriology in the late-19th century showed people they could prevent disease by taking precautions. The work looks at the history and culture of a long-standing obsession with germs, and its relevance to our own lives. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; MJCJ; MMFM; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674357082
ISBN
9780674357082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.95

Hardcover. A new and holistic interpretation of one of the non-fiction sensations of the nineteenth century, Ernest Renan's Life of Jesus, this volume demonstrates how Renan's controversial work intervened in a remarkable range of debates in nineteenth-century French cultural life: not merely religious, but also social, intellectual, and cultural. Series: Oxford Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198728757
ISBN
9780198728757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 3H; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801474743
ISBN
9780801474743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.09

paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJG; BG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871551549
ISBN
9781871551549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBZ; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Beacon Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807076996
ISBN
9780807076996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.80

Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30 color photos. BIC Classification: HBT; WBTH; WBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632205865
ISBN
9781632205865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.85

perfect. .
Publisher
Stenlake Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840335293
ISBN
9781840335293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.35

Paperback. An authoritative and accessible history of the cultural miracle that is the written word. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848873636
ISBN
9781848873636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.25

Hardcover. This volume concerns the role of families and their members in the processes of a liberal and democratic civil society, the question of boundaries and intersections of the private and public domains, and the interventions of state institutions. The family has the potential to be an important source of energy for civil society activity.. Editor(s): Nautz, Jurgen; Ginsborg, Paul; Nijhuis, Ton. Series: European Civil Society. Num Pages: 324 pages, 20 figs and tables. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857454706
ISBN
9780857454706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.56

Paperback. A comparative study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; HRAX; JFHF; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 39. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
944
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Abridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140189315
ISBN
9780140189315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 50 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; HBJD; HBTB; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691168517
ISBN
9780691168517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.31

Paperback. Fetherling argues that the gold rushes in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa shared the same causes and results, the same characters and characteristics. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTB; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 355.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802080462
ISBN
9780802080462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.20

Paperback. In The Gods of Revolution, Christopher Dawson brought to bear, as Glanmor Williams said, his brilliantly perceptive powers of analysis on the French Revolution. . . . In so doing he reversed the trends of recent historiography which has concentrated primarily on examining the social and economic context of that great upheaval. Series: Works of Christopher Dawson. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813227092
ISBN
9780813227092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.03

Paperback. Editor(s): Broeze, Frank. Series: Research in Maritime History. Num Pages: 285 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
International Maritime Economic History Association Canada
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780973007336
ISBN
9780973007336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
Routledge
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138709485
ISBN
9781138709485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.54

Hardcover. At the end of the nineteenth century, Pittsburgh was leading the nation in glass production, and glass bottle plants in particular relied heavily on adolescent (and younger) males for their manufacturing process. This title presents an examination of legislative clashes over the singular issue of the glass house boys. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; HBJK; HBTB; JKSB1; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822943778
ISBN
9780822943778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.03

Hardcover. The story of Toledo glass past, present, and future" Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN REGIONAL
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472119455
ISBN
9780472119455
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.14

Paperback. As he stepped into the massive, roaring space of the Coliseum, he would have been aware of two things: first the bodies of those who had fought and fallen, their blood mingling with the hot dust of the arena floor; second, a sound as ominous as the scenes before him - that of swords being sharpened. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ASZ; HBJD; HBLA; HBTS; WST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160. Fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ebury Press
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSS0001040
ISBN
9780091886547
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99