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Hardcover. Throughout the Great Depression and WWII, Lincoln was invoked as a reminder of America's strength and wisdom. This book reveals that those years represent the apogee of Lincoln's prestige. It documents the decline of Lincoln's public standing, asking throughout whether there is any path back from the post-heroic era. Num Pages: 384 pages, 51 halftones, 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226741888
- ISBN
- 9780226741888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.79
€ 43.79
Paperback. From his memorial in Washington and immortalization on Mount Rushmore, one might assume Abraham Lincoln was a national hero rather than a controversial president. Drawing on an array of material, this is a study of the role Lincoln's reputation and memory has played in American life. Num Pages: 382 pages, 48 halftones, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- University of Chicago Press, 2000
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226741987
- ISBN
- 9780226741987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.21
€ 43.21
Paperback. This account of the PLO's ideology, strategy, tactics, its relationship to other Arab states, and its confrontations with Israel, documents how the PLO was transformed from revolutionary organization into the administrator of its own territory. Series: A selection of the History Book Club. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674768048
- ISBN
- 9780674768048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.58
€ 55.58
Paperback. This work analyzes the Palestinians' travail as they move from revolutionary movement to state. It outlines the problems in the transition arising from history, society and diplomatic agreements and discusses the search for a national identity, economic system and the structure of government. Num Pages: 304 pages, none, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBP; GTB; HBJF1; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674007178
- ISBN
- 9780674007178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.61
€ 50.61
Hardback. This exciting history of male prostitution in New York, the first detailed history of the hustler, draws the reader into the fascinating sexual culture of postwar America. its subject matter and style will appeal to a wide range of readers, especially those interested in the histories of sex, the city, masculinity, and American culture. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Cooter, Roger; Steedman, Carolyn. Series: Encounters: Cultural Histories. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719080074
- ISBN
- 9780719080074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.14
€ 133.14
Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10, 8 black & white tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501700729
- ISBN
- 9781501700729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.20
€ 29.20
Paperback. An intriguing new collection of recently uncovered photographs depicting Manfred von Richthofen as well as a number of his adversaries from the Allied side of the line during World War I. Num Pages: 128 pages, 80 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473833586
- ISBN
- 9781473833586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.17
€ 19.99
€ 19.17
Hardback. The 1970s saw the Aboriginal people of Australia struggle for recognition of their postcolonial rights. Rural communities, where large Aboriginal populations lived, were provoked as a consequence of social fragmentation, unparalleled unemployment, and other major economic and political changes. Num Pages: 216 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJPN; HBJM; HBLW3; HBTR; JPWF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385370
- ISBN
- 9781782385370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.85
€ 148.85
Paperback. Ranging from the birth of town meetings in England to the whipping posts of early Boston to the creation of the Scituate shipbuilding common, Town Born reveals how New England town political economies created the foundation for a relatively egalitarian American society. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 360 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; KCP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222470
- ISBN
- 9780812222470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.06
€ 46.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888646491
- ISBN
- 9780888646491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.44
€ 40.99
€ 28.44
Hardback. From the freezing streets of Moscow to the baking guerrilla training camps of Angola, Gilder's memoir of his years as an underground intelligence operative makes for compelling reading Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; HBTR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 36. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042376
- ISBN
- 9781849042376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.12
€ 49.12
Hardcover. Provocative and spiced with humor, this book uses a cultural studies approach to examine the fraught relationship in German history between material reality and ideology. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139290
- ISBN
- 9781571139290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.75
€ 122.75
Hardcover. The Korean Economy provides an overview of Korean economic experience since the 1950s, with a focus on the period since democratization in 1987. Chapters analyze the Korean experience from a wide range of economic and social perspectives, as well as describing the country's economic challenges going forward and how they can best be met. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 30. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674417182
- ISBN
- 9780674417182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.47
€ 67.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 268 pages, x, 258 p. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Trade Paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226425207
- ISBN
- 9780226425207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.74
€ 44.74
Paperback. The Celts have long been a subject of enormous fascination, speculation, and misunderstanding. This title seeks to reveal this fascinating people, exploring subjects such as trade, migration, and the evolution of Celtic traditions, and examining such characters as St Patrick, Cu Chulainn, and Boudica. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, numerous halftones and maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 114 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780192804181
- ISBN
- 9780192804181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.95
€ 11.99
€ 10.95
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752419022
- ISBN
- 9780752419022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.08
€ 36.99
€ 26.08
Paperback. An extremely well-preserved example of an Iron Age hillfort, Danebury is typical of many in Wessex, but made exceptional by being the most thoroughly excavated and explored hillfort in the whole of Europe. This book gives us insight into the historical monument, the surrounding landscape and farms, and the lives of Danebury's Iron Age inhabitants. Num Pages: 192 pages, 100ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKESH; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA; HDD; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 172 x 14. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 3rd ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752429106
- ISBN
- 9780752429106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.83
€ 26.99
€ 19.83
Paperback. Europe is, in world terms, a relatively minor peninsula attached to the Eurasian land mass, yet it became one of the most innovative regions on the planet. This title sees Europe not in terms of states and shifting land boundaries, but as a geographical niche particularly favoured in facing many seas. Num Pages: 480 pages, 120 black-&-white illustrations + 80 colour images. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTM; HDDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1602.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- unknown
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300170863
- ISBN
- 9780300170863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.81
€ 33.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. This is a comprehensive study of the early history, art and archaeology of Europe, ranging from the coming of Stone Age Man to the fall of the Roman Empire. Containing over 300 plates, maps and drawings, this book is unique in its approach to the history of civilization as a response to the changing European landscape and environment. Editor(s): Cunliffe, Barry. Series: Oxford Illustrated History. Num Pages: 544 pages, 24 pp colour plates, numerous black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLA; HDDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 188 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1250.
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192854414
- ISBN
- 9780192854414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.44
€ 44.99
€ 31.44
Paperback. The story of the origins of the British and the Irish peoples, from the end of the last Ice Age around 10,000BC to the eve of the Norman Conquest - who they were, where they came from, and how they related to one another. Num Pages: 568 pages, 140 halftones, 152 maps and figures. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3B; 3D; 3F; HBJD1; HBLA; HBLC; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 190 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1190.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 568
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199679454
- ISBN
- 9780199679454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.43
€ 37.99
€ 27.43