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Regional & national history
Men and the Emergence of Polite Society, Britain 1660-1800
Carter, Philip (Research Editor, New Dictiona...
paperback. A vivid account of the changing status of men and masculinity as Britain moved into the modern period reveals the significance of social over sexual conduct for eighteenth century definitions of masculinity, using personal stories and diverse public statements drawn from conduct books, magazines, sermons and novels. Series: Women & Men in History. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780582319875
- ISBN
- 9780582319875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.76
€ 73.76
paperback. This historical survey of Central Europe covers a region that encompasses contemporary Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, and Croatia. Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends contains a new epilogue-updated to cover events since 1995-and several redesigned or updated maps. Num Pages: 400 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; HBTP; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195386646
- ISBN
- 9780195386646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
paperback. Ireland in the twentieth century has had a very different history from that of most other western European countries. This book covers the whole of Ireland, north and south, from the origins of Sinn Fein at the beginning of the century to the Stormont agreement at the end. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780340663356
- ISBN
- 9780340663356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.87
€ 42.99
€ 36.87
hardcover. Soon after the disparate states of the Italian peninsula unified in the 1860s to create a single nation, the nationalist Massimo D'Azeglio is said to have remarked, "We have made Italy, now we have to make Italians." This work draws on a broad array of sources to trace this making of a modern national identity in Italy. Num Pages: 400 pages, 74 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSB; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 936.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226774480
- ISBN
- 9780226774480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.87
€ 42.99
€ 36.87
paperback. Understanding the history of Athens in the second half of the fifth century BC is largely dependent on the legacy of the historian Thucydides. Previous scholarship has tended to view Thucydides' account as infallible. This book challenges that received wisdom, advancing several controversial views. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415165525
- ISBN
- 9780415165525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.02
€ 59.02
Paperback. Explores the wide-ranging impact of 1968 and its aftermath in politics, theory, the arts, and international relations Editor(s): Sherman, Daniel J.; Dijk, Ruud van; Alinder, Jasmine; Aneesh, A. Series: 21st Century Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, 31 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253009104
- ISBN
- 9780253009104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.95
€ 41.95
paperback. This title presents an inclusive survey of Irish thought and the history of Irish ideas against the backdrop of current political and social change in Ireland. It should be of great value to anyone interested in Irish culture and its intellectual history. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HPC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415206938
- ISBN
- 9780415206938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.71
€ 56.71
Paperback. The contributors to Braudel Revisited assess the impact of Braudel's work on today's academic world, in light of subsequent methodological shifts. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3JD; 3JF; HBAH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487520373
- ISBN
- 9781487520373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.28
€ 54.28
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010918
- ISBN
- 9780674010918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.19
€ 68.19
Paperback. This book tells the story of the Hakka Chinese in Sarawak, Malaysia, who were targeted as communists or communist sympathizers because of their Chinese ethnicity the 1960s and 1970s. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442615465
- ISBN
- 9781442615465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.50
€ 46.50
Paperback. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442614215
- ISBN
- 9781442614215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.89
€ 57.89
Paperback. Editor(s): Kubish, Shelagh. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBJQ; JFHF. Dimension: 174 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Ghost House Publishing
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894877145
- ISBN
- 9781894877145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.52
€ 16.99
€ 12.52
Good-Bye to Old Peking: The Wartime Letters Of U.S. Marine Captain Joh...
Letcher, John Seymour; Jeans, Roger B.; Lyle,...
hardcover. Num Pages: 262 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; BGA; HBJF; HBWQ; JWT; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821412282
- ISBN
- 9780821412282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.45
€ 60.45
paperback. In addition to Cartier's Voyages, a slightly amended version of H.P. Biggar's 1924 text, the volume includes a series of letters relating to Cartier and the Sieur de Roberval, who was in command of cartier on the last voyage. Many of these letters appear for the first time in English. Editor(s): Cook, Ramsay. Num Pages: 177 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim., maps, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLH; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Nachdruck
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802060006
- ISBN
- 9780802060006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.15
€ 51.15
paperback. A survey of the medieval tradition of exploration, its roots in the classical ideas of the world and its role in fostering the voyages of the Renaissance. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 239. Signed by the author with an inscription to the previous owner. Lightly scored copy showing some age and shelf wear. Remains a good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0022856
- ISBN
- 9780192891235
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power was neither inevitable nor smooth; it was full of mistakes, wrong turns and pitfalls. This book examines the evolution of Napoleon's character and the means by which at the age of thirty he became head of the most powerful country in Europe and skilfully fashioned the image of himself. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 137 x 43. Weight in Grams: 534. Clean copy with light reading wear. Newspaper clippings pasted to inside front cover and half-title page by previous owner. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Paperbacks
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0022766
- ISBN
- 9780747566779
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. From the number one bestselling, multi-award-winning author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; BJ; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0022694
- ISBN
- 9781408831243
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.47
€ 5.47
hardcover. The sequel to "Aristocrats", this tells the story of the Irish revolutionary, Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Son of a duke, heir to estates and influence, Lord Edward died in a Dublin gaol, a rebel and a traitor. The book looks at how this happened, and explores the hidden relationships in his life. Num Pages: 350 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165. Weight in Grams: 732. Signed by the author. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0022545
- ISBN
- 9780701165383
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
Paperback. Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim nation, is now in the midst of dramatic upheaval. This history of Indonesia provides an overview from the prehistoric period to the present and explores the connections between the nation's many communities and the differences that propel contemporary breakaway movements. Num Pages: 448 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300105186
- ISBN
- 9780300105186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.96
€ 41.96
The Next Moon. the Remarkable True Story of a British Agent Behind the...
Southby-Tailyour, Ewen; Hue, Andre
Paperback. Andre Hue was a daredevil. By the age of twenty the Anglo-Frenchman had survived shipwreck and years undercover in France, sabotaging German supply lines. Returning to Britain, he was recruited by SOE to parachute behind enemy lines on 5 June 1944, to unite resistance forces in Brittany and paralyze local German troops during the Allied invasion. Series: Penguin World War II Collection. Num Pages: 368 pages, B&W. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141042800
- ISBN
- 9780141042800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.65
€ 20.99
€ 16.65
paperback. Series: Palgrave Essential Histories Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Red Globe Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781403948304
- ISBN
- 9781403948304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 30.94
€ 46.99
€ 30.94
paperback. This collection of essays brings together the main historians of the Irish Revolution, 1913-1923. Through detailed research and wide ranging analysis of key themes, they provide answers to, and debate on, the fundamental questions concerning this period Editor(s): Augusteijn, Joost. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780333982266
- ISBN
- 9780333982266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.99€ 43.61
€ 56.99
€ 43.61
paperback. The Irish famine of 1845-51 was a pivotal event in the development of modern Ireland. This work explores aspects of it, including the rise in crime, the food export controversy, the role of religion, the growth of the Orange Order, and the impact of the uprising in 1848. Series: British History in Perspective. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780333677735
- ISBN
- 9780333677735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.34
€ 46.99
€ 39.34
paperback. The problems of modern Ireland - notably the political divisions within Ireland and between Ireland and Great Britain - have attracted the attention of British leaders from Gladstone to Major. This analysis places the "Irish question" in the wider context of the history of the British Isles. Series: British History in Perspective. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JPH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780333665305
- ISBN
- 9780333665305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.34
€ 46.99
€ 39.34