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Hardcover. Presents the history of the only African military unit from Zimbabwe to fight in the WWI. This book tells how, although it remained in the field longer than all-white units, its members received some of Britain's highest decorations, the Rhodesia Native Regiment was disbanded after the war and conveniently forgotten by the colonial establishment. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJF; HBJH; HBWN; JWLF; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889204980
ISBN
9780889204980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.35

Hardcover. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. 330 pages, 23, 23 black and white. A look at the ambiguous experience of black security force personnel in white minority ruled colonial Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTQ; JFSL3; JKSW1. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 32. Weight: 638.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463805
ISBN
9781580463805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.71

paperback. A biography of Wilhelm von Habsburg that intends to reconstruct the life of this extraordinary man - a man who remained loyal to his Ukrainian dreams even after the country's dissolution in 1921. It charts the final collapse of the ancient regime in Europe and the rise of a new world order. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9781845951207
ISBN
9781845951207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.37

Paperback. Under Hitler and Stalin the Nazi and Soviet regimes murdered fourteen million people in the bloodlands between Berlin and Moscow. The killing fields extended from central Polads to western Russia. This book gives voice to the testimony of the victims through the letters home, the notes flung from trains, the diaries on corpses. Num Pages: 544 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 42. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099551799
ISBN
9780099551799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.73

paperback. Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of four rival modern nationalist ideologies from common medieval notions of citizenship. Num Pages: 384 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300105865
ISBN
9780300105865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99

Paperback. Shows what happened in eastern Europe between 1933 and 1945, when Nazi and Soviet policy brought death to some 14 million people. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784701482
ISBN
9781784701482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477310632
ISBN
9781477310632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.64

Paperback. A timely examination of African politics during the formative years of Zimbabwean nationalism. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 242 pages, 13, 10 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings, 10 black and white, 3. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJH; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
242
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463638
ISBN
9781580463638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.74

He argues that the human-machine systems used to coordinate forces were as critical to naval successes in World War II as the ships and commanders more familiar to historians. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JWMV2; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421410265
ISBN
9781421410265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.81

Paperback. In a new introduction to this paperback edition, Miller describes the growing scholarship on this subject in recent years. Series: Supplement to the Bulletin of the History of Medicine. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; HBJF; HBLC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801856570
ISBN
9780801856570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.52

Hardcover. This study of Brandenburg directly challenges the "antifascist" paradigm employed by East German historians and the "sovietization" model of Western interpretation. The author argues that denazification was a failure, offering an analysis based on the continual reformulation of policy. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 line illustrations, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674003408
ISBN
9780674003408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.64

Paperback. Traversing a range of discourse and imagery about kitharoidia - poetic and prose texts, iconography, inscriptions - this book offers an account of the aesthetic and socio-cultural complexities of citharodic song and examines the iconic role of the song makers in the popular imagination. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 230 pages, 5 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; AS; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1084.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021389
ISBN
9780674021389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.61

Hardcover. This book examines the historic process traditionally referred to as the fall of Rome and rise of Islam from the perspective of the Red Sea, a strategic waterway linking the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean and a distinct region incorporating Africa with Arabia. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 846.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774165443
ISBN
9789774165443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.97

Hardcover. Num Pages: 536 pages, illus & 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 253 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1188.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845197582
ISBN
9781845197582
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages, illus & 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; HBTQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 173 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1010.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845197858
ISBN
9781845197858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.56

Hardcover. While headline writers in the ETO were naturally focused on events in Normandy and the Bulge in the north, equally ferocious combats were taking place in southern France and Germany during 1944-45, which are now finally getting their due. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16-pg photo section. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWMV1; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Casemate Publishers United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935149446
ISBN
9781935149446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.94

Paperback. Editor(s): Murithi, Timothy. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; HBJH; JFF; JPH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 211 x 13. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781928232223
ISBN
9781928232223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.38

Paperback. Extending deconstructive theory to historical and political analysis, Timothy Mitchell examines the peculiarity of Western conceptions of order and truth through a re-reading of Europe's colonial encounter with nineteenth-century Egypt. Num Pages: 230 pages, Ill.ch. BIC Classification: GTF; HBJH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338. 230 pages, Ill.ch. Extending deconstructive theory to historical and political analysis, Timothy Mitchell examines the peculiarity of Western conceptions of order and truth through a re-reading of Europe's colonial encounter with nineteenth-century Egypt. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: GTF; HBJH; JPS. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 15. Weight: 336.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
230
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520075689
ISBN
9780520075689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.74

Hardcover. This work chronicles intentional communities in the 20th century. The chronological account first studies the older groups that were operating until 1900, it then explores the impact of the early 19th-century art colonies, before discussing decade-by-decade the new groups formed up to 1960. Num Pages: 350 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815627753
ISBN
9780815627753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.07

Paperback. A bold reconsideration of the roots and realities of American anarchism Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078606
ISBN
9780252078606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.70

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861898678
ISBN
9781861898678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.08

Hardcover. When the 1848 revolutions failed to create stable democratic governments in Europe, many Americans declared that their own revolutionary tradition was superior. This is a study of American politics, culture, and foreign relations in the mid-nineteenth century, illuminated through the reactions of Americans to the European revolutions of 1848. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927992
ISBN
9780813927992
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.13

paperback. Through most of its long history, Japan had no concept of what we call "religion." In this book, the author reveals how Japanese officials invented religion in Japan and traces the sweeping intellectual, legal, and cultural changes that followed. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HRAX; HRKN3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0036756
ISBN
9780226412344
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Offers an account of the IRA bomb that killed the author's 14-year-old twin brother, his grandparents and a family friend, published on the 30th anniversary of the atrocity. This title reveals a story of courage and fortitude as he, his family, and their English and Irish friends dealt with the shocking assassinations and their aftermath. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPL; BGA; HBJD1; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099543589
ISBN
9780099543589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; GTJ; HBJD1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299297046
ISBN
9780299297046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.23

Hardcover. Timothy J. Van Compernolle reconsiders the rise of the modern novel in Japan by connecting the genre to new discourses on ambition and social mobility, arguing that social mobility is the privileged lens through which Meiji novelists explored abstract concepts of national belonging, social hierarchy, and the new space of an industrializing nation. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DS; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674659797
ISBN
9780674659797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.20

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 34, 12 colour illustrations, 3 maps, 19 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; RNK; RNP; TQK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501700606
ISBN
9781501700606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 364 pages, 34, 12 colour illustrations, 3 maps, 19 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; RNK; RNP; TQK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801456879
ISBN
9780801456879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 maps, 12 b&w photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801488184
ISBN
9780801488184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.08

hardcover. An analysis of the Irish community of city of Worcester, Massachusetts around the turn of the 20th century. The author reveals how an ethnic group can endure and yet change when its first American-born generation takes control of its destiny. Series: Irish in America S. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFFN; JFSL; JHM; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 989.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780268031534
ISBN
9780268031534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.42

Paperback. Beyond Borders: A History of Mexican Migration to the United States details the origins and evolution of the movement of people from Mexico into the United States from the first significant flow across the border at the turn of the twentieth century up to the present day. Series: Viewpoints/Puntos de Vista. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW; HBLX; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405194303
ISBN
9781405194303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.21

Hardback. Beyond Borders: A History of Mexican Migration to the United States details the origins and evolution of the movement of people from Mexico into the United States from the first significant flow across the border at the turn of the twentieth century up to the present day. Series: Viewpoints/Puntos de Vista. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW; HBLX; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405194297
ISBN
9781405194297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.52

Paperback. A thorough exploration of Russia's rich history and an extensive account of the far-reaching changes surging through the country today. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBJF; JP; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199917792
ISBN
9780199917792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.31

Paperback. .
Publisher
Prospect Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903018965
ISBN
9781903018965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.42

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838241
ISBN
9781843838241
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.91

Paperback. A fresh perspective on the Crusade shows its ideal and practice flourishing in the fourteenth century. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBWC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270910
ISBN
9781783270910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.74

Paperback. A novel study of the complex connections between Nelson Mandela and the nationalist leadership in the ANC with their kinsmen inside the Transkei Bantustan state, that reveals the significance of ethnic belonging, so important in African history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; JPFN; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
James Currey
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011565
ISBN
9781847011565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.41

Paperback. On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the national forests of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, whipping the hundreds of small blazes burning across the forest floor into a roaring inferno. Forest rangers assembled nearly ten thousand men to fight the fire. The author narrates the struggles of the rangers. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 pages b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780547394602
ISBN
9780547394602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.22

Paperback. An historical study of the polarity between the centripetal power in the capital and the centrifugal federalism of the Mexican states. It examines the crucial post-independence period of 1821-35 to understand both the theoretical and the practical causes of the development of this polarity. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPH; JPQ; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
330
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259416
ISBN
9780803259416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.20

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Frontline Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848325890
ISBN
9781848325890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.47