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Hardback. An illuminating account of the management of the end of a global empire and preparation for self-government - a drama no less striking for being couched in form of Parliamentary debate, and state papers. Num Pages: 304 pages, map,. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJD1; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848855144
- ISBN
- 9781848855144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.28
€ 59.28
Paperback. In 1940, against the backdrop of the Battle of Britain, 66 Squadron's commanding officer, Squadron Leader Athol Forbes, asked ten of his pilots to record their experiences of flying one of the greatest aerial battles ever waged. This title presents the accounts of pilot officers and sergeant pilots from various walks of life. Num Pages: 252 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 116 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752456430
- ISBN
- 9780752456430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.31
€ 13.31
Paperback. This is the story of the sexual revolution in a small university town in Kansas. Bypassing the tales of radicals on either coast, the author argues that the revolution was forged in both towns and cities, as "ordinary" people struggled over the boundaries of sexual behaviour in postwar America. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 halftones, 6 cartoons. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JJP; HBJK; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009745
- ISBN
- 9780674009745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.56
€ 38.99
€ 33.56
Hardback. Rebecca E. Karl interrogates the concept and practice of "the economic" as it was understood in China in the 1930s and the 1980s and 90s, showing how the use of Eurocentric philosophies, narratives, and conceptions of the economic that exist outside lived experiences fail to capture modern China's complex history. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBAH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363101
- ISBN
- 9780822363101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.36
€ 114.36
Hardcover. BIC Classification: HBW; JPSF; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 239 x 20. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748683970
- ISBN
- 9780748683970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.73
€ 100.73
Hardcover. The story of Kerslake's experience of the Colonial Service in Nigeria from 1937 to 1946. This was the time of the watershed between the policy of trusteeship (the guiding principle of the Colonial Service before World War II), and the constitutional changes leading to independence after the war. Num Pages: 256 pages, halftones, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JJ; BGHA; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 27. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860641541
- ISBN
- 9781860641541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 53.93
€ 54.99
€ 53.93
Hardcover. Based on original Ottoman and German sources, "The Birth of Modern Turkey" shows how military thinking and policy contributed to the triumph of Ataturk and the founding of the modern Turkish state. Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850437970
- ISBN
- 9781850437970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.25
€ 135.25
Hardback. Tells the story of Victoria's Colonial Campaigns through the letters and diaries of those who served. This book examines the soldiers' experiences from when they left their barracks to go on campaign, the journey at sea aboard transport ships and various aspects of colonial service, including conflict itself. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBW; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752449845
- ISBN
- 9780752449845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.46
€ 23.46
Paperback. "A consistently engrossing, occasionally irreverent, always smoothly written history of America's painful entry into the modern age."-Kirkus Reviews Num Pages: 448 pages, 45 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 218 x 31. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393331929
- ISBN
- 9780393331929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.43
€ 20.99
€ 20.43
Paperback. Through a series of regional case studies, this book presents the Holocaust not as a single monolithic or one-dimensional event, but as a complex process with many human actors and local contexts. Editor(s): Blatmann, Daniel; Verbeeck, Georgi; Dieckmann, Christoph; Kosmala, Beate; Poznanski, Renee. Series: Occupation in Europe. Num Pages: 276 pages, 20 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845208257
- ISBN
- 9781845208257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 38.69
€ 38.99
€ 38.69
Hardcover. This work traces the interaction between Arab nationalism and Lebanese local sentiments between 1936 and 1945, a period characterized by significant change at the international and local levels. It highlights the developments which affected the official position of Lebanese towards Arabism. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBTQ; HBTR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 187 x 37. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 316
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860640513
- ISBN
- 9781860640513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.80
€ 135.80
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916194
- ISBN
- 9780813916194
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.70€ 71.11
€ 112.70
€ 71.11
Paperback. Using real-life courtroom dramas from centuries past, the authors describe 18th century London in fascinating and often lurid detail Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340913758
- ISBN
- 9780340913758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.97€ 53.76
€ 59.97
€ 53.76
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752439099
- ISBN
- 9780752439099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.43
€ 20.43
Paperback. Presents the story of American art through the many voices of its contemporary practitioners, consumers, and commentators. This book highlights such themes as women artists, African American representation and expression, regional and itinerant artists, Native Americans and the frontier, and popular culture and vernacular imagery. Editor(s): Burns, Sarah; Davis, John. Num Pages: 1104 pages, 14 b/w scattered. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 179 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1632.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1104
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257566
- ISBN
- 9780520257566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 33.08
€ 45.99
€ 33.08
Paperback. Featuring such examples as film noir and Thomas Mann's "Doctor Faustus", this book shows how a community of exiles reconstituted modernism in the face of the traumatic political and historical changes they were living through. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 382 pages, 28 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257955
- ISBN
- 9780520257955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 28.10
€ 37.99
€ 28.10
Paperback. The role of massacre in history has been given little focused attention either by historians or academics in related fields. This is surprising as its prevalence and persistence surely demands that it should be a subject of serious and systematic exploration. What exactly is a massacre? When - and why - does it happen? Editor(s): Levene, Mark; Roberts, Penny. Series: War and Genocide. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 half-tones, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBTB; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819352
- ISBN
- 9781571819352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.89
€ 35.99
€ 33.89
Hardcover. The foundations for the modern textile industry were laid by the technical developments of the 18th century. These volumes contain a selection of more than 100 articles that identify the key historical developments and which reveal the complex issues within the textile industry today. Editor(s): Chapman, S.D. Series: Tauris Industrial Histories. Num Pages: 1800 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 168. Weight in Grams: 2481.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 1800
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860640575
- ISBN
- 9781860640575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 967.65
€ 967.65
Paperback. Greenwich and Woolwich have long been associated with the great national monuments. Since the seventeenth century Greenwich has been associated with 'time'. The time-ball at the Old Royal Observatory still falls daily at one o'clock, just as it has done since 1833. Series: Images of England. Num Pages: 128 pages, 250ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 168 x 11. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752400457
- ISBN
- 9780752400457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.35
€ 16.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESX; HBWQ; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860777165
- ISBN
- 9781860777165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.42
€ 21.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations maps. BIC Classification: 1DSM; 3JJH; BGH; BTM; HBG; HBJD; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 244. Ground and Air Heroes of the George Cross Island. 176 pages, Illustrations maps. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DSM; 3JJH; BGH; BTM; HBJD; HBWQ. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight: 244.
- Publisher
- Crecy Publishing
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907579588
- ISBN
- 9780907579588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.70
€ 10.99
€ 9.70
Paperback. Coronations are very public occasions, typically seen as meticulously planned formal ceremonies where everything runs smoothly. But behind the scenes at Westminster Abbey lie extraordinary but true stories of mayhem, confusion and merriment. This book presents thousand years of England's history and reveals the character of its kings and queens. Num Pages: 276 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752451985
- ISBN
- 9780752451985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.37
€ 16.37
Paperback. A discursive look at the key debates that evolved from this period of the Roman Empire. Series: Debates and Documents in Ancient History. Num Pages: 208 pages, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748623044
- ISBN
- 9780748623044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.95
€ 35.95
Paperback. Stevenage in old photographs Num Pages: 185 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBTM; HDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 174 x 12. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750939157
- ISBN
- 9780750939157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.46
€ 22.46