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Hardback. The region of Alsace, located between the hereditary enemies of France and Germany, served as a trophy of war four times between 1870-1945. With each shift, French and German officials sought to win the allegiance of the local populace. In response to these pressures, Alsatians invoked regionalism-articulated as a political language.. Series: Contemporary European History. Num Pages: 254 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JPSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845457242
ISBN
9781845457242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.29

Hardback. An illuminating study tracing the evolution of drone technology and counterterrorism policy from the Reagan to the Obama administrations Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBW; JPV; JWM; TTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300218541
ISBN
9780300218541
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554589005
ISBN
9781554589005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.50

Hardcover. An era of sweeping cultural change in America, the postwar years saw the rise of beatniks and hippies, the birth of feminism, and the release of the first video game. This book examines the rise and fall of the new math as a marker of the period's political and social ferment. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226184968
ISBN
9780226184968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.49

Hardback. Christopher J Walker here explores the tensions between the forces of reason and revelation within English religion in the volatile period following the end of the Civil War. Ranging widely across the ideas of the period the author shows that the thinking of the radical figures of the era were not antipathetic to Christian faith but integral to it. Series: International Library of Historical Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HRCC2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780762920
ISBN
9781780762920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.19
€ 125.02

paperback. Presenting the picture of running a superstate, this book portrays a complex system of government regulated by networks of personal influence and the payment of money. Focusing on the Roman Empire after Constantine's conversion to Christianity, it talks about a period of increasingly centralized rule through an ever more intrusive bureaucracy. Series: Revealing Antiquity. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Belknap Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022447
ISBN
9780674022447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.05

Hardback. Series: Global Flashpoints: A Series. Num Pages: 254 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFG; HBJH; JFFS; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810883109
ISBN
9780810883109
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.85

Hardcover. Christopher Pastore traces how Narragansett Bay's ecology shaped the contours of European habitation, trade, and resource use, and how littoral settlers in turn, over two centuries, transformed a marshy fractal of water and earth into a clearly defined coastline, which proved less able to absorb the blows of human initiative and natural variation. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; RGBP; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674281417
ISBN
9780674281417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.66

Hardback. The dramatic, untold story of how Norman Vincent Peale and a handful of conservative allies fueled the massive rise of religiosity in the United States during the 1950s Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; HRAX; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 220 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300203738
ISBN
9780300203738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.81

hardcover. In The Lost Opportunity, Lazarski explores these facets of the anti-Bolshevik struggle, which have been almost entirely ignored by historical scholarship. Christopher Lazarski is Professor of History and Politics at Lazarski School of Commerce and Law in Warsaw, Poland. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761841197
ISBN
9780761841197
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.10

Paperback. Fully updated volume charting 2000 years of British history from best-selling author Christopher Lee Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 732. 592 pages. What is Britishness? What makes Americans admire the guts, traditions and loyalties of these island Anglo-Saxon and Celtic peoples? This volume brings to life the character and frustrations so carefully studied by allies and enemies for twenty-one centuries - from Romans to al-Qaeda. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBJD1. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 40. Weight: 728.
Publisher
Constable
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845299941
ISBN
9781845299941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.25

CD-Audio. Tells the story of Britain from the Romans to the death of Victoria. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
CD
Publication date
2015
Publisher
BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
Condition
New
SKU
9781785291845
ISBN
9781785291845
CD
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 33.78

Hardback. During the Chinese Qin-Han period, there arose a regime of textual authority - overlapping but not coinciding with imperial authority. Drawing on research, this work analyzes the early elite culture, particularly in literature and in linguistic, intellectual and institutional history. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSB; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847687381
ISBN
9780847687381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 177.39

Paperback. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 339 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
339
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226378084
ISBN
9780226378084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.16

Hardcover. Liberalism in San Francisco in the years right after World War II was mostly confined to notions of state welfare and business regulation. It wasn't until the 1950s and 1960s, when new peoples and cultures poured into the city, that San Francisco produced a new liberal politics. The author details this fascinating transition. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 14 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JKV; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226122281
ISBN
9780226122281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.06

Paperback. Abu Dhabi has pumped huge amounts of money into culture, sport and infrastructural development. This book demonstrates the resilience of a traditional monarchy in the twenty-first century and its efforts to create a system of tribal capitalism that incorporates old political allegiances into modern engines of growth. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXU; HBJF1; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849041539
ISBN
9781849041539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.61

Hardback. * Offers for the first time an accessible survey of the main debates, tensions and contradictions within Nazi race theory. * Nazism is central to discussions of race and identity within anthropology, sociology, history, linguistics and cultural studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745631769
ISBN
9780745631769
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.95

Hardback. This study seeks to lay bare the relationship between the sociopolitical structures that shaped peasant lives in Manchuria (northeast China) during the Qing dynasty and the development of that region's economy. Num Pages: 440 pages, 13 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752718
ISBN
9780804752718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.71

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783831104
ISBN
9781783831104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.91

paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; VFMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846684579
ISBN
9781846684579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of New England
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611684025
ISBN
9781611684025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.43

Hardback. A chronicle of poet and critic Christopher Merill's ten war-time journeys to the Balkans from the years 1992 through 1996. At once a travelogue, book of war reportage, and a biography of the imagination under siege, this narrative takes the reader along on the author's journey. Num Pages: 424 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVW; 3JJPR; BG; HBJD; JW; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847698202
ISBN
9780847698202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.40

Paperback. At once a travelogue, a book of war reportage and a biography of the imagination under siege, this personal narrative takes the reader along on the author's journeys to all the provinces and republics of the former Yugoslavia. Num Pages: 416 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVW; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 29. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742516861
ISBN
9780742516861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.12

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474284660
ISBN
9781474284660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.74

Paperback. This exploration of kings and kingship has been completely revised, including a new chapter on English queens, and a new bibliography. Written from original sources, it encourages readers to engage in a series of inquiries into issues of the time, such as the meaning of the Bayeux tapestry. Series: Blackwell Classic Histories of England. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631231318
ISBN
9780631231318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.47

Hardback. Rigorous archival research, careful readings, and long chronologies of genre define this magisterial work, making it an invaluable resource for scholars of American studies, American poetry, and literary history. Num Pages: 376 pages, 20, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 29. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421404899
ISBN
9781421404899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.97

Hardback. For over two millennia, the "Cyropaedia", an imaginative biography of the Persian king Cyrus the Great, was Xenophon's most popular work. This study examines the work, demonstrating its overall coherence and unity and focusing, in particular, on the notoriously difficult ending. Num Pages: 211 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; 2AHA; DSBB; DSK; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520224049
ISBN
9780520224049
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.63

Hardback. A Companion to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era presents a collection of new historiographic essays covering the years between 1877 and 1920, a period which saw the U.S. emerge from the ashes of Reconstruction to become a world power. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 218 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781118913963
ISBN
9781118913963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 206.67

Hardback. The strange, untold story of the Nazis and adventurers who fought for Ethiopia against Mussolini's invaders. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; HBW; JWXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445659831
ISBN
9781445659831
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.39

Paperback. The amazing, often bizarre, story of Franco's fellow travellers in the war against Republican Spain Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042475
ISBN
9781849042475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.02

Hardback. Examines three Korean authors of the 1930s - Pak T'aewon, Kim Yujong, and Yi T'aejun - whose works critique competing modes of literary representation in the period of Japanese colonial rule. This title focuses on the relationship between political discourse and aesthetics. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2GK; DSBH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
300
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073265
ISBN
9780674073265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.20

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198768036
ISBN
9780198768036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.83

Paperback. Literary Texts and the Greek Historian provides a comprehensive and well documented survey of the ways in which non-historical texts, as well as historical ones, can be used to construct Greek history. Series: Approaching the Ancient World. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415073516
ISBN
9780415073516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.45

Hardback. Twelve of the greatest voices from ancient Greece and Rome - and why they still inspire and affect us in the 21st century. A book for all readers who want to know more about the literature that underpins Western civilization. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199597369
ISBN
9780199597369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.23

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
493
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905125531
ISBN
9781905125531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.91

Hardcover. Pidcock's was just one of a number of commercial menagerists who plied their trade in London in this period the predecessors to the zoological societies of the Victorian era. This book introduces the tales of exotic animals in London. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 bw integrated, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784530846
ISBN
9781784530846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.95

Paperback. Takes as its basis the detailed records of one squad from the Nazis' extermination groups and explores in its composition, its actions, and the methods by which it was trained to perform acts of genocide on an industrial scale. This book introduces us to men who killed without hesitation or apparent remorse for years on end. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 maps, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141000428
ISBN
9780141000428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. This work argues that the formation of the Campesino as both a political category and a cultural identity in Mexico was one of the most enduring legacies of the great revolutionary upheavals that began in 1910. It provides information through oral histories, archival documents, and newspapers. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804743563
ISBN
9780804743563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.61

hardcover. This work argues that the formation of the Campesino as both a political category and a cultural identity in Mexico was one of the most enduring legacies of the great revolutionary upheavals that began in 1910. It provides information through oral histories, archival documents, and newspapers. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804743525
ISBN
9780804743525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.81

paperback. Offers an analysis of the descent of the Nazi persecution of the Jews into mass murder. Arguing that genocide was not a preconceived plan, this book explains how the decision to murder the Jews en masse emerged in stages and by a process of elimination that gradually foreclosed plans for their expulsion from Europe. Num Pages: 640 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099454823
ISBN
9780099454823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81