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Results 1921 - 1940 of 2167

c 1700 to c 1800

Hardcover. Shows how Quakers forged a paradoxical sense of their place in the world as militant warriors fighting for peace. The author argues that during the turbulent Age of Revolution and Reaction, the Religious Society of Friends forged a "holy nation," a transnational community of like-minded believers committed to divine law and to one another. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HRCC97. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226255767
ISBN
9780226255767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 39.41

Paperback. Fans of C.J. Sansom must read this Saltire Society Literary Awards Scottish First Book of the Year - a great non-fiction adventure about Scotland's most notorious clan chief. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007229505
ISBN
9780007229505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.72

Hardback. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403903235
ISBN
9781403903235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.41

paperback. Between 1660 and 1815 British supremacy on foreign soil was near total. Central to this success was the humble redcoat soldier who showed heroism in battle and stoicism in peace, despite appalling treatment. This book tells their story: of brutal discipline and inedible food, of loyalty and low pay, and of barracks and battlefield. Num Pages: 608 pages, 16 pages colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141027937
ISBN
9780141027937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 11.60

Hardcover. Through a close analysis of key texts and the larger historical contexts within which they were composed, this study explores George Berkeley's engagement with the social and economic threats facing Ireland and Britain, highlighting his belief that virtue and religion could play crucial roles in alleviating these problems. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; HBTB; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230102804
ISBN
9780230102804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.29

Hardcover. Edition, with full notes and apparatus, of a text which sheds much light on university affairs at the time. Series: Oxford Historical Society New Series. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 28. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford Historical Society United Kingdom
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9780904107265
ISBN
9780904107265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 43.77

Hardback. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; DSA; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403974440
ISBN
9781403974440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.58

Hardback. Mount Vesuvius has been famous ever since its eruption in 79 CE, when it destroyed and buried the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. In this title, the author argues that this investigation and engagement with Vesuvius was paramount to the development of modern volcanology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; 3JF; PDX; RBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226923710
ISBN
9780226923710
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.47
€ 44.93

Paperback. A masterful telling of a complicated story, Shays's Rebellion is aimed at scholars and students of American history. Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 176 pages, 6, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBTB; HBTV; HBWF; JWLF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417431
ISBN
9781421417431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.79

Hardback. A masterful telling of a complicated story, Shays's Rebellion is aimed at scholars and students of American history. Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 176 pages, 6, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBTB; HBTV; HBWF; JWLF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417424
ISBN
9781421417424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.57

Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442225626
ISBN
9781442225626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.74

Paperback. The first five decades of the United States of America was a particularly rich time in the development of American politics, society, and culture. This reader includes over 50 documentary sources that highlight key topics during this period. Editor(s): Adams, Sean Patrick. Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405160988
ISBN
9781405160988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.51

Hardback. Academics and students alike will enjoy this fascinating study of the invention of the professional chef, of how ordinary workers influenced emerging trends of scientific knowledge, culture-creation, and taste in eighteenth-century France. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 216 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402833
ISBN
9781421402833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.54
€ 57.45

Hardcover. This is a revisionist study of the literary and visual representation of the nation in the century following the formation of the British state. It argues that the most engaging accounts of Great Britain subject their imagery to sustained artistic pressure, threatening to dismantle the national vision at the moment of its construction. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137290106
ISBN
9781137290106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.61

Hardcover. Traces the Islamic healing tradition's interaction with Indian society and politics as these evolved in tandem from 1600 to 1900, and demonstrates how an in-house struggle for hegemony can be as potent as external power in defining medical, social and national modernity. A pioneering work on the social and medical history of Indian Islam. Num Pages: 397 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSR2; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 223 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230554382
ISBN
9780230554382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.91

Paperback. Explores the changing forms of colonial domination and peasant politics in the Andean highlands from the 1740s (the starting point of large political and economic transformations) through the early 1780s, when a massive insurrection of the highland communities shook the foundations of Spanish rule. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822331469
ISBN
9780822331469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.25

hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; 3JD; 3JF; DSB; HBJD; HBLL; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226278285
ISBN
9780226278285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 35.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 56. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFCK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 30. Weight in Grams: 502.
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801482830
ISBN
9780801482830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.81

Paperback. Presents the history of New Orleans' early years, tracing the town's development from its origins in 1718 to its revolt against Spanish rule in 1768. This book presents an account of New Orleans' wild youth. It features a cast of strong-willed captives, thin-skinned nobles, sharp-tongued women, and carousing travelers. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 colour plates, 8 halftones, 5 maps, 1 figure, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226138428
ISBN
9780226138428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.44

Hardback. Illustrated with images and photographs, this book traces the architecture of the synagogue in Britain and Ireland from its discreet Georgian- and Regency-era beginnings to the golden age of the grand 'cathedral synagogues' of the High Victorian period. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 398 pages, 80 colour images + 170 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; AMN; HBTB; HRJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 227 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1970.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
398
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300170511
ISBN
9780300170511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.47
€ 45.00

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