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Regional & national history
Paperback. Antonil's great work, recognized as fundamental for understanding the colonial Brazilian economy, now available in its first English translation Translator(s): Coates, Timothy J. Num Pages: 246 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933227443
- ISBN
- 9781933227443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.21
€ 32.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 225 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSR; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Butler Centre for Arkansas Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935106760
- ISBN
- 9781935106760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.28
€ 21.99
€ 20.28
Paperback. "The election that changed everything: "Craig Shirley s masterful account of the 1980 presidential campaign reveals how a race judged too close to call as late as Election Day became a Reagan landslideand altered the course of history." Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Intercollegiate Studies Institute
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935191933
- ISBN
- 9781935191933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.82
€ 24.82
Paperback. Between 1840 and 1930, approximately 900,000 people left Quebec for the United States and settled in French-Canadian colonies in New England's industrial cities. This work explores the conversion of these immigrants and their descendants from French-Canadian to Franco-American. It aims to raise questions about Franco-Americans. Num Pages: 562 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 1043. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Editions du Septentrion,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 562
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782894484005
- ISBN
- 9782894484005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.45
€ 38.45
Paperback. The World's Fairs staged in the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries showcased world cultures in peaceful competition and cooperation. This title shows that at the same time the fairs played an important role in the growth of nationalism and American exceptionalism, subtly recasting world history. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 140 x 23. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Campus Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783593387901
- ISBN
- 9783593387901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.60
€ 52.60
Paperback. Family is the foundation of society, and debates on family norms have always touched the very heart of America. This volume investigates the negotiations and transformations of family values and gender norms in the twentieth century as they relate to the overarching processes of social change of that period. Editor(s): Heinemann, Isabel. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 25. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Campus Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783593396408
- ISBN
- 9783593396408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.54
€ 71.54
Hardback. The fish hook derives its form from its practical intention - to catch a fish. But in cultures where fishing is and always has been a main livelihood, the crafting of fish hooks becomes an Art. This volume features more than 600 fish hooks used by the people of the Pacific Islands, with life-size illustrations and accompanying texts. Num Pages: 370 pages, 10 fold-outs, 339 colour, 31 black and white. BIC Classification: 1QSP; HBJM; WC; WSXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 260 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2280.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hirmer Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783777449319
- ISBN
- 9783777449319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.93
€ 198.93
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Hirmer Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783777458410
- ISBN
- 9783777458410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.53
€ 33.53
Paperback. A panorama of Switzerland's cantons, their history and culture as represented by one item from each. Editor(s): Swiss National Museum Zurich. Num Pages: 120 pages, 72 colour. BIC Classification: 1DFH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783858817808
- ISBN
- 9783858817808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.53
€ 27.53
Hardcover. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HBJF; JFFE2; JFSJ1; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 150. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Zubaan Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789385932069
- ISBN
- 9789385932069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.20
€ 53.20
Hardcover. This book attempts to explain this aspect of Yuan Shih-k'ai's political power by analysing the relationship between him and Sir John Newell Jordan, British minister at Peking from 1906 to 1920. Editor(s): Kit-Ching, Chan Lau. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 145. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789622090101
- ISBN
- 9789622090101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.60
€ 33.60
Hardcover. The first book in the English language to examine how the Buddha's nirvana was represented and received in the visual culture of China. Mining a selection of well-documented and well-preserved examples from the sixth to twelfth centuries, Lee offers a rea Num Pages: 372 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRAX; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 203 x 27. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789622091252
- ISBN
- 9789622091252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.33
€ 68.33
Hardcover. Recounts how one woman's hope of building a new China gradually turned to disappointment, disillusionment and despair, reflecting the minds of China's intellectuals at the time. Num Pages: 192 pages, plate section of photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789622091719
- ISBN
- 9789622091719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.62
€ 45.62
Paperback. This book looks beyond the articulated goals and accomplishments of the modernization of higher education in China. It delves into the grass roots reality and identifies the true achievements, the unintended outcomes and the major obstacles that still have to be overcome. Editor(s): Agelasto, Michael; Adamson, Bob. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789622094505
- ISBN
- 9789622094505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.81
€ 45.81
Hardback. Daughter of a Manchu aristocrat, granddaughter of a Boston merchant, Princess Der Ling was a fascinating human battleground of warring identities, and a figure whose life provides a glimpse into one Eurasian woman's experience of living not just between two cultures - that of China and the West. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 444 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BG; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789622098817
- ISBN
- 9789622098817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.72
€ 47.72
Hardback. Studies the constructed nature of the history endorsed by Singapore, blurring the distinction between what happened in the past, and how that past is made to be understood. This title also examines the power invested in various aspects of Singapore's history. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMS; HBJF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789622098831
- ISBN
- 9789622098831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.03
€ 75.03
Hardcover. The forts built from the early seventeenth century onwards, the ships that defended Macau's waters, the weapons that armed the facilities and the soldiers and sailors who manned them all are carefully detailed in The Defences of Macau. More than 200 illustrations serve as a visual record of what has survived. Num Pages: 288 pages, 213. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789622099937
- ISBN
- 9789622099937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.92
€ 76.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages, b&w illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1D; AC; AJB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 294 x 210 x 9. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Hong Kong. University Museum and Art Gallery Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881902320
- ISBN
- 9789881902320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.83
€ 40.83
Hardcover. This is the first comprehensive history of Hong Kong's insurance industry, and argues its central importance in the economy. Typhoons, shipwrecks, fires, wars, political turbulence and unexpected events of all kinds provide a dramatic background to a fascinating survey. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789888028702
- ISBN
- 9789888028702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.55
€ 64.55
Hardback. The book contrasts the experiences of the Chinese Educational Mission students with those of other Chinese in the United States during a period of anti-Chinese sentiment, which was to culminate in the enactment of Chinese Exclusion in 1882. Num Pages: 332 pages, 37. BIC Classification: HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789888028863
- ISBN
- 9789888028863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.73
€ 58.73
Paperback. The book contrasts the experiences of the Chinese Educational Mission students with those of other Chinese in the United States during a period of anti-Chinese sentiment, which was to culminate in the enactment of Chinese Exclusion in 1882. Num Pages: 332 pages, 37. BIC Classification: HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789888028870
- ISBN
- 9789888028870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.35
€ 35.35
Paperback. Sheilah E. Hamilton shows the colonial administration introduced harsh legislation to control Chinese watchmen. She examines the growth of a "hybrid" police and argues the existence of such posts within the civil service resulted in greater social control of the local Chinese community. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HBJF; WZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789888028993
- ISBN
- 9789888028993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.62
€ 39.62
Hardcover. Series: Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series. Num Pages: 404 pages, 124. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; AJC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 238 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1040.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789888083091
- ISBN
- 9789888083091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789888083114
- ISBN
- 9789888083114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.49
€ 46.49