Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. Dien Bien Phu, in 1954, was the great climactic battle in French Indochina that led to the defeat of the French colonial regime by the Viet Minh nationalists. This book is an account of that great battle, by a leading defence analyst who was himself an eye-witness. Series: History of War S. Num Pages: 238 pages, 2 maps, 28 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBJF; HBLW3; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc.
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9781574888409
- ISBN
- 9781574888409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.77
€ 18.77
Paperback. An examination of the changes in American racial attitudes over the last 50 years. The book explores racial attitudes in principles of equality, government implementation of those principles and social distance, and deals with the impact of income, education and gender. Num Pages: 274 pages, 15 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 608. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0004238
- ISBN
- 9780674745698
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. The history of a city and the evolution of a nation Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 b&w illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HBJF; JHBL; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253355874
- ISBN
- 9780253355874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. Conveying through 16 essays the continuing importance of American Studies and the excitement to be gained from its study, this book provides an evaluation of America's place in the world and the often tangled paths that led her there. It also examines ideals such as the commitment to liberty, equality and material progress. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582894372
- ISBN
- 9780582894372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.11
€ 65.11
Paperback. A memoir written at 95, by America's oldest living conscientious objector. It tells of the harsh treatment meted out to conscientious objectors during World War I, his upbringing in rural upstate New York, and the impact on his thinking by socialist leaders such as Eugene Dobs and Norman Thomas. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBJK; HBWN; JPWF; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815602767
- ISBN
- 9780815602767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.20
€ 19.99
€ 19.20
Paperback. Editor(s): Arnove, Anthony; Zinn, Howard. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 143 x 45. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 10th ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609805920
- ISBN
- 9781609805920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.17
€ 30.99
€ 26.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608463039
- ISBN
- 9781608463039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.11
€ 14.99
€ 14.11
hardcover. Num Pages: 744 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1156.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 744
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138133969
- ISBN
- 9781138133969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 260.67
€ 260.67
Culture, Environment, and Conservation in the Appalachian South
Howell, Benita J.. Ed(S): Howell, Benita J.
Paperback. Focusing on the mountainous area from northern Alabama to West Virginia, this title explores the historic and contemporary interrelations between culture and environment in a region that has been plagued by land misuse and damaging stereotypes of its people. This collection contributes to debates over land use and conservation. Editor(s): Howell, Benita J. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GB; HBJK; HBTB; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252070228
- ISBN
- 9780252070228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.86
€ 29.86
Paperback. This volume brings together 29 new essays by leading international scholars, to provide an inclusive overview of recent work in Reformation history. * Presents Catholic Renewal as a continuum of the Protestant Reformation. * Examines Reformation in Eastern and Western Europe, Asia and the Americas. Editor(s): Hsia, R. Po-chia. Series: Blackwell Companions to European History. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1110.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405149624
- ISBN
- 9781405149624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.03
€ 76.03
Hardcover. Defeated by Mao Zedong, Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists fled to Taiwan to establish a rival state, thereby creating the Two Chinas dilemma that vexes international diplomacy to this day. Hsiao-ting Lin challenges this conventional narrative, showing the many ways the ad hoc creation of this not fully sovereign state was accidental and serendipitous. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674659810
- ISBN
- 9780674659810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.95
€ 63.95
Hardback. Translator(s): Wang, Yi-T'ung. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; HBJF; HBLC; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640655
- ISBN
- 9780691640655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.46
€ 158.46
Hardback. Drawing on the original documents from local agricultural collectives, newly accessible government archives, and the author's fieldwork in Qin village of the Jiangsu province, this book examines the experiences of Chinese villagers during the collective and reform periods. Num Pages: 424 pages, 9 tables, 3 figures, 10 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804759748
- ISBN
- 9780804759748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.45
€ 155.45
Hardcover. Offers the first systematic analysis of writings on modern Chinese history by historians in China from the early twentieth century to the present. It traces the construction of major interpretive schemes, the evolution of dominant historical narratives, and the unfolding of debates on the most controversial issues in different periods. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824836085
- ISBN
- 9780824836085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.90
€ 69.90
hardcover. In 1938, with the Japanese army approaching from Nanking, Huan Hsu's great-great grandfather, Liu, and his five granddaughters, were forced to flee their hometown on the banks of the Yangtze River. But before they left a hole was dug as deep as a man, and as wide as a bedroom, in which was stowed the family heirlooms. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 col plates (8pp). BIC Classification: BM; HBJF; HBLW; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 224 x 39. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007479436
- ISBN
- 9780007479436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 8.02
€ 29.99
€ 8.02
paperback. Num Pages: 293 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 293
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300028843
- ISBN
- 9780300028843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.07
€ 38.07
Paperback. Collects the primary texts on homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome that are translated into modern English. Covering a period - from the earliest Greek texts in the late seventh century bce to Greco-Roman texts of the third and fourth centuries ce - this title includes well-known writings by Plato, Sappho, Aeschines, Catullus, and Juvenal. Editor(s): Hubbard, Thomas K. Num Pages: 575 pages, 35 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 922. A Sourcebook of Basic Documents. 558 pages, b/w illus. Editor(s): Hubbard, Thomas K. Collects the primary texts on homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome that are translated into modern English. Covering a period - from the earliest Greek texts in the late seventh century bce to Greco-Roman texts of the third and fourth centuries ce - this title includes well-known writings by Plato, Sappho, Aeschines, Catullus, and Juvenal. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; JFSK2. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 36. Weight: 832.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 558
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- First Printing Writing In Book
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234307
- ISBN
- 9780520234307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 41.40
€ 47.99
€ 41.40
paperback. A portrait and revisionist study of the famous Native leader Powhatan and his realm, which encompassed the Tidewater area of Virginia from the James River to the Potomac River. This work illuminates alternative conceptions of power and cosmology that force reconsideration of important components of Powhatan society. Num Pages: 12 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803260375
- ISBN
- 9780803260375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.80
€ 33.80
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 322 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691639109
- ISBN
- 9780691639109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.19
€ 156.19
paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816618972
- ISBN
- 9780816618972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.74
€ 35.74
Paperback. In 1815, the young Dublin doctor Barry O'Meara accepted the opportunity of a lifetime to look after Napoleon Bonaparte in his banishment on St Helena. In one of the most isolated places on earth, doctor and patient became intimate friends. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTASH; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155. .
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847178916
- ISBN
- 9781847178916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.51
€ 16.99
€ 14.51
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198732198
- ISBN
- 9780198732198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.58
€ 30.99
€ 22.58
Paperback. Explains why a philo-Semitic association was dissolved even as anti-Semitism was condemned, how the Vatican concluded a concordat with the Third Reich in 1933, why Hitler's "Mein Kampf" was never proscribed by the Church, and what factors surrounded the Pope's silence on the persecution of the Jews. Translator(s): Kronenberg, Kenneth. Num Pages: 336 pages, 28 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064263
- ISBN
- 9780674064263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.47
€ 44.47
Hardback. Wiesel called the genocide of the Armenians during the First World War 'the Holocaust before the Holocaust'. Around one and a half million Armenians - men, women and children - were slaughtered at the time of the First World War. This book outlines some of the historical facts and consequences of the massacres. Editor(s): Voss, Huberta von. Num Pages: 50 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUR; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452575
- ISBN
- 9781845452575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.02
€ 164.02