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Regional & national history
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. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 512 pages, 4. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HPS; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 36. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231163408
- ISBN
- 9780231163408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.40
€ 97.40
Paperback. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 512 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JMC; HBJF1; HPS; JPA; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 39. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231163415
- ISBN
- 9780231163415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.72
€ 49.72
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691172743
- ISBN
- 9780691172743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.73
€ 67.73
The Emperor's Old Clothes: Constitutional History and the Symbolic Lan...
Barabara Stollberg-Rilinger
Hardcover. For many years, scholars struggled to write the history of the constitution and political structure of the Holy Roman Empire. This book argues that this was because the political and social order could not be understood without considering the rituals and symbols that held the Empire together. Translator(s): Dunlap, Thomas. Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association. Num Pages: 396 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3H; 3J; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782388050
- ISBN
- 9781782388050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.03
€ 150.03
paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 192 x 21. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470190630
- ISBN
- 9780470190630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.98
€ 26.99
€ 25.98
Hardback. Representing Imperial Rivalry in the Early Modern Mediterranean explores representations of national, racial, and religious identities within a region dominated by the clash of empires. Series: UCLA Clark Memorial Library Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1DS; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442649026
- ISBN
- 9781442649026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.72
€ 87.72
Paperback. In this work, Barbara Rosen has gathered and edited a collection of documents - pamphlets, reports, trial accounts and other material - that describes the experiences, interpretation and punishment of witchcraft in England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Editor(s): Rosen, Barbara. Num Pages: 424 pages, illustrations, glossary, bibliography, indices. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HRQX5; HRQX9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 222 x 27. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- With a New Pref
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870237539
- ISBN
- 9780870237539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.01
€ 46.01
Paperback. This book presents investigations of several constructed floors, built during the 600 to 800 years of site formation in the Archaic period (ca. 8000u2000 BCE), the crucial timespan in Mesoamerican prehistory when people were transitioning from full-blown dependency on wild resources to the use of domesticated crops. Editor(s): Voorhies, Barbara. Series: Monograph. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781938770029
- ISBN
- 9781938770029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.17
€ 57.17
Paperback. Examines the lives of those who lived on the margins of medieval and early modern European society. This book explores obvious marginalized classes, such as criminals, gypsies, and prostitutes. It also challenges traditional understandings of the margin by showing that female mystics could fall into the margins. Editor(s): Hanawalt, Barbara A.; Grotans, Anna. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268030827
- ISBN
- 9780268030827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.03
€ 36.03
Paperback. "An insightful portrait of this paradoxical woman."-People Num Pages: 432 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 201 x 26. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393349467
- ISBN
- 9780393349467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.81
€ 16.81
Hardcover. An unprecedented look at the life of Rose Kennedy reveals the private woman who became a political legend. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 33. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Co.
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393068955
- ISBN
- 9780393068955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.59
€ 37.59
Paperback. The Revolutionary War is ordinarily presented as a conflict exclusively between colonists and the British, fought along the northern Atlantic seacoast. This book recounts the tragic events on the forgotten western front of the American Revolution - a war fought against and ultimately won by Native America. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBWF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Pbk. Ed
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803216358
- ISBN
- 9780803216358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.11
€ 28.11
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801449512
- ISBN
- 9780801449512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.89
€ 79.89
Paperback. A lively introduction to Russia's dramatic history from its origins to the present, this volume concisely describes how its peoples overcame constant challenges, including devastating foreign invasions, to become an ethnically and religiously diverse land empire, the first communist society, and a major world power. Series: New Oxford World History. Num Pages: 176 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199947898
- ISBN
- 9780199947898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.35
€ 43.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 22, 22 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479090
- ISBN
- 9780801479090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.73
€ 40.73
Paperback. A psychosocial study of the female intelligentsia in Russia which seeks to show how and why women radicals of the 19th century diverged from their male counterparts and to describe the forces that led women to rebel. It also discusses their legacy to future generations. Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810117402
- ISBN
- 9780810117402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.14
€ 26.14
Paperback. Presents an overview of how the politics and policy decisions in the Islamic Republic of Iran have developed since the 1979 revolution and how they are likely to evolve in the near future. This title is suitable for undergraduates and the general public seeking to understand a country and regime that has mystified many outsiders for decades. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 figure, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589019782
- ISBN
- 9781589019782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.72
€ 69.72
Paperback. A Brief History with Documents. Series: The Bedford Series in History and Culture. 192 pages, Illustrations. This volume begins with an overview of the context, course and aftermath of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. The documents in Part Two include 'official' sources such as royal edits and magistrates' reports, but also popular songs, polemics, and selections from memoirs and other eye-witness accounts and visual documents. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 8. Weight: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bedford/St. Martin's
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312413606
- ISBN
- 9780312413606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.59
€ 24.99
€ 22.59
Hardcover. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594542305
- ISBN
- 9781594542305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.62€ 68.31
€ 99.62
€ 68.31