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Paperback. Argues that an understanding of clerks and clerking makes sense of the culture of capitalism in 19th Century America Series: American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 287 pages, 20 b&w illustrations, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814753101
ISBN
9780814753101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.27

Paperback. Empire of Law shows how seventeenth-century Indian claimants, by litigating and petitioning before Mexico City tribunals, became full participants in an early modern cosmopolitan legality that gave rise to a colonial politics of justice that struggled, with some success, against the utter degradation of subject peoples. Num Pages: 392 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804776622
ISBN
9780804776622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.71

Shows how Indian litigants and petitioners made sense of Spanish legal principles and processes when the dust of conquest had begun to settle after 1600. This work reveals how Indians saw the law as a practical and moral resource that allowed them to gain a measure of control over their lives and to forge a relationship to a distant king. Num Pages: 392 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758635
ISBN
9780804758635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 166.54

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271027067
ISBN
9780271027067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.72

Hardcover. After overthrowing the Tokugawa government in 1868, the new Meiji leaders devised a plan for a compulsory educational system modelled after those in Europe and America. However, many people resisted this new system and their efforts ultimately led to the growth of a new educational system, one with the imprint of local demands. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages, 4 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674013964
ISBN
9780674013964
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.33

Paperback. In this lively overview of Poland's modern history, Brian Porter-Szucs sets the country in a broader context of Europe, using the events of Poland's past to illustrate and illuminate the global forces that have transformed the world over the last century. Series: New History of Modern Europe. Num Pages: 390 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444332193
ISBN
9781444332193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 28.54

Hardback. In this lively overview of Poland's modern history, Brian Porter-Szucs sets the country in a broader context of Europe, using the events of Poland's past to illustrate and illuminate the global forces that have transformed the world over the last century. Series: New History of Modern Europe. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444332186
ISBN
9781444332186
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 234 pages, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGA; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133. .
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904955016
ISBN
9781904955016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.39

Hardback. Scholarship on the history of West Germany's educational system has traditionally portrayed the postwar period of Allied occupation as a failure and the following decades as a time of pedagogical stagnation. Two decades after World War II, however, the Federal Republic had become a stable democracy, a member of NATO, and a close ally of the West. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455682
ISBN
9781845455682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.63

Hardcover. Shows that postwar homesteading continued to shape the modern West in important ways. This study describes how the Bureau of Reclamation used lotteries to make available free land that had previously been part of Indian reservations, used for Japanese internment, or abandoned by unsuccessful settlers. Num Pages: 304 pages, 24 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBLX; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616572
ISBN
9780700616572
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.61

Paperback. Part of a series of short paperbacks designed to provide A level and undergraduate students with a comprehensive range of material covering British and European history, from the Medieval period through to the 20th century. This book focuses on the times of King Charles I. Series: Seminar Studies in History. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 4KL; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582003545
ISBN
9780582003545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226451640
ISBN
9780226451640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.21

Hardback. Series: The United States in the World. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10, 9 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTM; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801452338
ISBN
9780801452338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.75

Paperback. Indonesian Notebook contains myriad documents by Indonesian writers, intellectuals, and reporters that provide the largely absent Indonesian perspectives of the 1955 Bandung Conference and of Richard Wright's activities there, adding new depths to the understandings of the conference. It also includes a newly discovered lecture by Wright. Editor(s): Roberts, Brian Russell; Foulcher, Keith. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KBB; DS; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 255 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360667
ISBN
9780822360667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.03

Paperback. Presents an overview of the prehistory of the Cuzco region from the arrival of the first hunter-gatherers (ca 7000 BC) to the fall of the Inca Empire in AD 1532. This book addresses both the specific patterns of settlement in the Cuzco Valley and the larger processes of cultural development. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 271 pages, 76 photos, 25 figures, 26 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBLC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 276 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292702790
ISBN
9780292702790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.25

Hardback. This book will appeal not only to historians and geographers, but to many who maintain a deep interest in the British countryside and its past, and to those who continue to share a fascination for the Second World War, in particular the 'home front'. Num Pages: 480 pages, 45 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1218.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843839378
ISBN
9781843839378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.78

Paperback. Using postcards and photographs, this book tells the story of one newspaper editor's vision and the men and women who brought the idea to fruition in Herbert Park. Series: Images of Ireland. Num Pages: 128 pages, 125. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 310.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
The History Press Ltd Dublin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845885809
ISBN
9781845885809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; APFA; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742545267
ISBN
9780742545267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.96

Paperback. Explores the influence of literacy on eleventh and twelfth-century life and though on social organization, on the criticism of ritual and symbol, on the rise of empirical attitudes, on the relationship between language and reality, and on the broad interaction between ideas and society. Num Pages: 616 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 990.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
620
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691102276
ISBN
9780691102276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 110.98

Paperback. The discipline of American studies was established in the early days of World War II and drew on the myth of American exceptionalism. But now that the so-called American Century has come to an end, what would a truly globalized version of American studies look like? The authors offer a new standard for the field's transnational aspiration. Editor(s): Edwards, Brian T.; Gaonkar, Dilip Parameshwar. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226185071
ISBN
9780226185071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Hardback. This fresh look at Canadian women's political engagement during the Cold War reveals that whether they were on the "left" or "right" end of the political spectrum, women were motivated by similar concerns and the desire to forge a new vision for their nation. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774832083
ISBN
9780774832083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.46

Paperback. Presenting an account of bad guys in Washington, this title lets readers to discover about 101 bastards. Num Pages: 256 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Adams Media Corporation United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781440503702
ISBN
9781440503702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.35

Paperback. In A Narrow Vision, Brian Titley chronicles the career of Confederation poets Duncan Campbell Scott in the Department of Indian Affairs between 1880 and 1932. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFF; JFSL1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774804202
ISBN
9780774804202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

Hardback. The Frontier World of Edgar Dewdney is a biography of a man who played a key role in the events which marked the political, social, and economic transformation of western Canada in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFFN; JPHL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774807302
ISBN
9780774807302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.13

Paperback. The story of Liverpool - warts and all - written with warmth and passion from the perspective of the working people of the docks. Num Pages: 376 pages, 50 maps and photographs. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 824.
Publisher
Carnegie Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859361795
ISBN
9781859361795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.33

Paperback. Defeat and death at the Little Bighorn gave General George Custer and his Seventh Cavalry a kind of immortality. This title investigates the body of legend surrounding that battle on a bloody Sunday in 1876. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803265929
ISBN
9780803265929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.55

Paperback. Drawn from a wide range of perspectives and showcasing a variety of primary source materials, this documentary reader includes over 50 primary documents and highlights the most important themes of the era. Editor(s): Ward, Brian. Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History. Num Pages: 256 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405163309
ISBN
9781405163309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 240 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pitkin
Condition
New
SKU
9781841653709
ISBN
9781841653709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.84

Hardcover. A pathbreaking consideration of the intertwined critical responses to Harriet Beecher Stowe and Frederick Douglass, giants of abolitionist literature. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135773
ISBN
9781571135773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.33

Hardcover. Editor(s): Dementi, Patricia A. Num Pages: 200 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 315 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1210.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dementi Milestone Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780990961307
ISBN
9780990961307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 34.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 colour & 92 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; JFC; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271019048
ISBN
9780271019048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.05

Paperback. A hung Parliament, terrorist bombs, sex trafficking and tabloid war .. Welcome to London, 1885. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BTC; HBJD1; HBLL; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330544658
ISBN
9780330544658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783373727
ISBN
9781783373727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.16

Paperback. A history of the spiritual development and religious vision of Dorothy Day, a pioneer of American social Catholicism and co-founder of the "Catholic Worker" and the Catholic Worker Movement. It explores her spiritual roots, her sensibility, and her aesthetic vision. Series: Notre Dame Studies in American Catholicism. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BG; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7; HRCS; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268017705
ISBN
9780268017705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.89

Paperback. Timed to launch before the July 4th holiday, this title in the Politically Incorrect Guide series rescues the Founding Fathers' reputations from the plague of modern political correctness to hold them up for what they truly are: the pillars of American society. Series: The Politically Incorrect Guides. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 185 x 20. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
Regnery Publishing Inc United States
Number of pages
354
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
an exclusive hardcov
Condition
New
SKU
V9781596980921
ISBN
9781596980921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.77

Hardcover. The 1916 Irish Rebellion is the companion book to a three-part documentary series to be broadcast worldwide in 2016. Narrated by Liam Neeson, the documentary, entitled "1916 The Irish Rebellion," and its related seventy-minute version are initiatives of the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Num Pages: 216 pages, highly illustrated in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1234.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781782051916
ISBN
9781782051916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

hardcover. Curiosity about elite military units is greater than ever in today's crisis-ridden world. And while numerous books have examined the various elite forces, Bunker Hill to Bastogne goes much further to show the relationship between these special units and the societies that gave birth to them. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBLH; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Potomac Books United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574887754
ISBN
9781574887754
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.41

Paperback. Series: Europa Militaria Special. Num Pages: 96 pages, 200col.ill. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 174 x 9. Weight in Grams: 360. Series: Europa Militaria Special. 96 pages, 200col.ill. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JW. Dimension: 256 x 174 x 9. Weight: 360.
Publisher
Crowood
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861262899
ISBN
9781861262899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.13

Paperback. Emphasising on the diversity of intellectual discussion taking place in this small country located on the outer edge of Europe, and also the European dimension of this Scottish movement, this book is arranged thematically - Human Nature, Ethics, Aesthetics, Religion, Economics, Social Theory and Politics, Law, Historiography, Language and Science. Editor(s): Broadie, Alexander. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH; HPC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 52. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
Canongate UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862417383
ISBN
9780862417383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.41

Hardcover. Not distributed; available at Arkansas State Library. Num Pages: 275 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSR; HBJK; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557289438
ISBN
9781557289438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.03