Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Hardcover. Across eighteenth-century China a wide range of common people forged government documents or pretended to be officials or other agents of the state. This examination of case records and law codes traces the legal meanings and social and political contexts of small-time swindles that were punished as grave political transgressions. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 maps, 3 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables, 3 b&w illus., 1 map, 3 tab. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295995090
- ISBN
- 9780295995090
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.45
€ 129.45
Hardback. In 1949 Bavaria was not only the largest and best known, but also the poorest, most agricultural, and most industrially backward region of Germany. It was further its most politically conservative region. The largest political party in Bavaria was the Christian Social Union (CSU), an extremely conservative, even reactionary, regional party. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451233
- ISBN
- 9781845451233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.52
€ 148.52
Hardcover. Interweaving cartographic history with tales of politics and power, this work is located within the struggles of mapmakers to create an orderly process for naming that avoids confusion, preserves history, and serves different political aims. It reveals the map's role as a mediated portrait of the cultural landscape. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 halftones, 17 line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 184 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226534657
- ISBN
- 9780226534657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.13
€ 40.13
Paperback. Drawing on declassified documents and interviews with more than one hundred US, South Vietnamese, and North Vietnamese sources, this book dissects the various attempts to eradicate the Viet Cong infrastructure and analyzes the effectiveness of each. Num Pages: 496 pages, 36 photos, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBWS2; JPS; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803216020
- ISBN
- 9780803216020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.51
€ 37.51
Paperback. Anyone concerned with the future of the War on Terror will find Katz's argument highly thought provoking. Num Pages: 164 pages, 2, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJF1; HBJK; HBWS4; HBWS5; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411835
- ISBN
- 9781421411835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.09
€ 33.09
Paperback. The origins and impact of America's black Left Num Pages: 378 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072710
- ISBN
- 9780252072710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.42
€ 45.42
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811731027
- ISBN
- 9780811731027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.98
€ 17.99
€ 14.98
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBL; WSSN5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 271 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816681174
- ISBN
- 9780816681174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.69
€ 40.99
€ 39.69
Paperback. The National Council of Churches established the Delta Ministry in 1964 to further the cause of civil rights in Mississippi. This work is a full-length history of one of the largest and most enduring civil rights organizations in the Mississippi movement. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1 map, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC99; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325323
- ISBN
- 9780820325323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.12
€ 48.12
Hardback. * A lively reassessment of England and Scotland under the Tudors and Stuarts* Examines the relationship with Ireland throughout the sixteenth-century* Covers politics and religion as well as economic, social and cultural change. . Series: History of the Modern British Isles. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKS; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 31. Weight in Grams: 874.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631193333
- ISBN
- 9780631193333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.90
€ 172.90
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFHC; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626361225
- ISBN
- 9781626361225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.37
€ 17.99
€ 16.37
Paperback. A Journey of Discovery. Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785350597
- ISBN
- 9781785350597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.58
€ 18.58
Paperback. This provocative and wide-ranging study revises and refreshes our understanding of noir's characters, themes, and cultural significance. Num Pages: 338 pages, 21, 21 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413884
- ISBN
- 9781421413884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.78
€ 41.78
paperback. Offers an analysis of how Mexicans living in Oaxaca City experienced "modernity" during the lengthy "Order and Progress" dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz. This book describes how Oaxacans, both elites and commoners, crafted and manipulated practices of tradition and modernity to define themselves and their city as integral parts of a modern Mexico. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 b&w photos, 3 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822337904
- ISBN
- 9780822337904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.39
€ 42.39
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762069
- ISBN
- 9780804762069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.07
€ 169.07
Hardcover. Social workers produced thousands of case files about the poor during the interwar years. Analyzing almost two thousand such case files and traveling from Boston, Minneapolis, and Portland to London and Melbourne, this study examines how these stories of poverty were narrated and reshaped by ethnic diversity, economic crisis, and war. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1MBF; HBJD1; HBJK; HBJM; HBTB; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226653631
- ISBN
- 9780226653631
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.10
€ 84.10
Paperback. Ranging from medieval times to the collapse of Yugoslavia in 1992, this volume concentrates on the internal development of the Muslim community in Bosnia-Herzegovina and its relations with various suzerains. Editor(s): Pinson, Mark. Series: Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3ill. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780932885128
- ISBN
- 9780932885128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.81
€ 24.81
Hardcover. A groundbreaking study of the complexities of the Hungarian working class, its relationship to the Communist Party, and its major political role during the foundational period of socialism (1944 1958)." Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944201
- ISBN
- 9780822944201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.69
€ 71.69
Paperback. Offers a new perspective on contemporary debates over how we understand and represent our own society and its class divisions Series: Culture, Labor, History. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814767412
- ISBN
- 9780814767412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.19
€ 51.19
An unparalleled look at America's Revolutionary War invasion of Canada Num Pages: 460 pages, 21 illus., 10 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 807.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611684971
- ISBN
- 9781611684971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.11
€ 47.11
Paperback. Mark R. Baker focuses on Ukrainian-speaking peasants during the 1914-1921 revolutionary period. Arguing that the peasants of Kharkiv province thought of themselves primarily as members of their particular village communities, and not as members of any nation or class, he advances the historiography beyond the ideologized categories of the Cold War. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HBTV4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932650150
- ISBN
- 9781932650150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.58
€ 55.58
Hardcover. For the 160 national guardsmen from America's heartland, Baghdad was more than just a long way from home. It also confronted the 233rd Military Police Company with America's most difficult challenge in Iraq. This work features the horrors of firefights and summary executions and the drama of the UN bombing. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 34 photographs, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; BTM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBW; JWLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614981
- ISBN
- 9780700614981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.31
€ 78.31
Paperback. This work details the organization, uniforms, equipment and campaigns of the US Army in World War I. It describes the most decisive years in the history of the US Army, as it evolved from a tiny volunteer frontier garrison force into a two-and-a-half million strong conscript army. Illustrator(s): Walsh, Steve. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, 40 b&w and 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBJK; HBWN; HBWQ; JWD; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 183 x 4. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841764863
- ISBN
- 9781841764863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.90
€ 19.99
€ 16.90
Hardback. Offering a groundbreaking account of the inner workings of the "arsenal of democracy," Destructive Creation suggests how the struggle to define its heroes and villains has continued to shape economic and political development to the present day. Series: American Business, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 392 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWQ; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248333
- ISBN
- 9780812248333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.23
€ 119.23