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Paperback. This volume of readings examines the revolutions, civil wars, guerrilla struggles, insurgencies, counter-insurgencies, and interventions of this period. Offering a solid perspective on the Independence period, The Wars of Independence is an excellent text for Latin American survey courses and courses focusing on the colonial era. Editor(s): Archer, Christon. Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842024693
ISBN
9780842024693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.11

Hardback. Bela Kiraly recounts his personal experiences of war, revolution, and regime change during a volatile century. Forced to become a professional officer, he rose to the position of commander in chief of Hungary's National Guard in the 1956 revolution and emigrated to the United States following Soviet suppression. Num Pages: 568 pages, ports., maps. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; HBW; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 34. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335799
ISBN
9780880335799
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.92

Paperback. The first dedicated study of the treaty process that dominated inter-war navies. A readable summary of the political, economic and strategic background with detailed analysis of warship design in all major navies. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: HBTM; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 768.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473852730
ISBN
9781473852730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.33

Paperback. The definitive account of life on the Home Front during the Second World War, which was published in 2004 to universal critical acclaim. Num Pages: 800 pages, 16pp b/w, 8pp colour, 24 integrated chapter-opener illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 51. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
REVIEW (HEADLINE)
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755310289
ISBN
9780755310289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.58

hardcover. * Shuns the heroics portrayed by Hollywood * Fussell concentrates on the human factor in World War II * Examines the everyday life British and American people experienced on the home and battle fronts Num Pages: 350 pages, halftones throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBJD1; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 650. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing v. light shelf wear, otherwise very good-like new
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032031
ISBN
9780195037975
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.23

Paperback. Telling the history of the development of scientific racism, white nationalism, and segregationist philanthropy in the US and South Africa in the early twentieth century, this book focuses on the American Carnegie Corporation's study of race in South Africa, the Poor White Study, and its influence on the creation of apartheid. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280878
ISBN
9780520280878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.78

Hardcover. A comprehensive study of Iceland's social and historical development, from tiny fishing settlements to a global economic power. It is of interest to those studying this most enigmatic of islands, and also to those interested in cultural and social history as a whole. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNC; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861896612
ISBN
9781861896612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 436 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837635096
ISBN
9783837635096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.17
€ 41.09

Paperback. The era of the American Revolution was one of violent and unpredictable social, economic, and political change, and the dislocations of the period were most severely felt in the South. This title contends that the military struggle there involved a triangle - two sets of white belligerents and approximately 400,000 slaves. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; JFSL3; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691006260
ISBN
9780691006260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WBXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 193 x 28. Weight in Grams: 616. A History of Wine-distilling and Spirits from 500 BC to AD 2000. 300 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. A history of distilling in the Middle East and Europe from the earliest experiments by the Pythagorean alchemists of Ptolomaic Egypt to the commercial production of spirits in the British Isles. This work includes the manufacture of spiritous liquors such as whisky, gin, and others. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBT; WBXD. Dimension: 229 x 193 x 28. Weight: 604.
Publisher
Prospect Books (UK)
Number of pages
300
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903018460
ISBN
9781903018460
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.75

Paperback. The third book from Waterford Whispers News, Ireland's leading satirical newspaper, Waterford Whispers News brings you brand new stories as well as all WWN's best bits. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTB; WHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 245 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Blackstaff Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0000528
ISBN
9780856409882
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Its clear and instructional discussions of hydraulic technology and engineering principles make it a useful resource for a range of courses, including the history of technology, urban history, and American business history. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 39, 7 black & white line drawings, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KNDD; TBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801893056
ISBN
9780801893056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.17

paperback. Its clear and instructional discussions of hydraulic technology and engineering principles make it a useful resource for a range of courses, including the history of technology, urban history, and American business history. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 39, 7 black & white line drawings, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KNDD; TBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 214 x 18. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801893063
ISBN
9780801893063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.39

Hardback. Series: International Library of Human Geography. Num Pages: 392 pages, 52 bw integrated, 14 colour in 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FBQ; HBJF1; HBTP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 38. Weight in Grams: 953.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780764719
ISBN
9781780764719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.74
€ 133.60

Paperback. Karin Amimoto Ingersoll uses her concept of seascape epistemology to articulate an indigenous Hawaiian way of knowing founded on a sensorial, intellectual, and embodied literacy of the ocean that can provide the means for generating an alternative indigenous politics and ethics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; HBTB; HPK; JFSL4; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362340
ISBN
9780822362340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.89

Hardback. Karin Amimoto Ingersoll uses her concept of seascape epistemology to articulate an indigenous Hawaiian way of knowing founded on a sensorial, intellectual, and embodied literacy of the ocean that can provide the means for generating an alternative indigenous politics and ethics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; HBTB; HPK; JFSL4; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362128
ISBN
9780822362128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.00

Paperback. Describes and analyzes the battles over the powerful medium of radio, which helped spark the massive upsurge of organized labor during the Depression. Organized chronologically, this work explores the advent of local labor radio stations such as WCFL and WEVD, labor's anti-censorship campaigns, and unionist experiments with early FM broadcasting. Series: The History of Communication. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: HBTB; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252073649
ISBN
9780252073649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.87

Paperback. A history of the rise and fall of the world's riches nations from China in the days of Marco Polo to the fortunes of the Vanderbilts, Astors and the contemporary world of Sony, Intel and modern China. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; 1QFH; HBTB; KCL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 35. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472139009
ISBN
9781472139009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824835477
ISBN
9780824835477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742552746
ISBN
9780742552746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.49

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
AK Press United Kingdom
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
355
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849351164
ISBN
9781849351164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.60

Paperback. Traces the trajectory of African American social movements from the time Booker T Washington to the present, providing an integrated discussion of class. This title addresses questions crucial to any understanding of Black politics. Num Pages: 315 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780814713181
ISBN
9780814713181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 180 colour photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL9; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 266 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1098.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873518871
ISBN
9780873518871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.16

Hardback. A timely account of workers taking back their union Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 1KBBWS; HBTK; KNDV; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252036378
ISBN
9780252036378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.27

paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477311134
ISBN
9781477311134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.61

Paperback. Bounded by the Great War on one side and by the looming shadow of the Second World War on the other, the inter-war period has characteristically been portrayed as a time of unremitting poverty, rising crime and mass unemployment. This work shows how the British people reacted to the privations of wartime by indulging in leisure activities. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844139231
ISBN
9781844139231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House Israel
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652297433
ISBN
9789652297433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HBTV; JPFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
AK Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849352116
ISBN
9781849352116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.59

Hardcover. Draws readers into the lives of the author's subjects, showing the passion and naivete of the volunteers, the bravery of the civil rights leaders, and the candid, sometimes troubling reactions of the black and white Mississippi Delta residents. Num Pages: 320 pages, 64 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JJPK; BM; HBTB; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609384
ISBN
9780815609384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.65

Paperback. During Kaiser Wilhelm II's reign, nature gained a role of central importance to the German national experience. Using interpretive methods drawn from the history of science and science studies, the author shows how popular health and hygiene movements shaped German ideas about progress and modernity, nature, health, and the body. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; MBP; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875807041
ISBN
9780875807041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 37.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813226163
ISBN
9780813226163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.82

Paperback. A major re-examination of postwar American Jewry that debunks the assumption of silence Series: The Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History. Num Pages: 540 pages, 26 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 32. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814721223
ISBN
9780814721223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.02

Paperback. Presents a study grounded in the transnational geography and political economy of the coca-leaf and coca-derived commodities market stretching from Peru and Bolivia into the United States. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map, 12 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; JKVG; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280786
ISBN
9780520280786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.70

Hardback. Presents a study grounded in the transnational geography and political economy of the coca-leaf and coca-derived commodities market stretching from Peru and Bolivia into the United States. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map, 12 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; JKVG; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280779
ISBN
9780520280779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822312949
ISBN
9780822312949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.69

Paperback. Editor(s): Berman, Garry. Num Pages: 312 pages, 36. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; AVGP; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Santa Monica Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595800329
ISBN
9781595800329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1932
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
Edition
New impression
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853451341
ISBN
9780853451341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.42

hardcover. Analyzes the processes of nation-building in nineteenth and early-twentieth-century Southeastern Europe. This work represents a coordinated interpretation based on ten varied academic cultures and traditions. Editor(s): Mishkova, Diana. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVW; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9789639776289
ISBN
9789639776289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 222.60

Hardcover. Wealth in the Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Balkans demonstrates the economic and social transformations wrought by wars, state centralization, European expansion and the gradual Ottoman withdrawal from the Balkans. Editor(s): Davidova, Evguenia. Series: Library of Ottoman Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVW; HBJD; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 34. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784534394
ISBN
9781784534394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.74
€ 131.63

Paperback. This book presents the results of new research on the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow and their churches. The authors examine the effect of their buildings and estates on the surrounding region from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day. They trace these relationships back through time with new studies of the changing landscape. Num Pages: 320 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1DBKEY; HBTP; HDL; HRCC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 189 x 15. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909291133
ISBN
9781909291133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.09

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