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Hardcover. In this operational history of a significant period for the Royal Navy, the author presents the story of the battles, blockades, great fleet cruises, and the failures and lost opportunities. He argues that the British government underestimated the American maritime strength. Series: Studies in Maritime History. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps, 1 plan. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; HBTM; JWF; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570032387
- ISBN
- 9781570032387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.29
€ 43.29
Paperback. Among the most important slave revolts in colonial America, the Stono Rebellion also ranks as South Carolina's largest slave insurrection and one of the bloodiest uprisings in American history. This study introduces readers to the documents needed to understand both the revolt and the discussion among scholars about the legacy of the insurrection. Editor(s): Smith, Mark M. Num Pages: 152 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University South Carolina Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570036057
- ISBN
- 9781570036057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.48
€ 32.48
Paperback. Examines major Southern battles and tactics in the war for independence. This book suggests that the paradox of the British defeat in 1781 - after Crown armies had crushed all organized resistance in South Carolina and Georgia - makes sense only if one understands the fundamental flaws in what modern historians label Britain's 'Southern Strategy.' Num Pages: 360 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 1KBBFS; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press South Carolina
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570037979
- ISBN
- 9781570037979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.11
€ 37.11
hardcover. Rusnock shows how vital accounts became the measure of public health and welfare. Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine. Num Pages: 270 pages, 53 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3JF; HBTB; MBNS; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 528. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0036072
- ISBN
- 9780521803748
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
The Book That Changed Europe: Picart and Bernard´s Religious Ceremoni...
Hunt, Lynn; Jacob, Margaret C.; Mijnhardt, Wi...
hardcover. Takes us to the vibrant Dutch Republic and its book trade to explore the work that sowed the radical idea that religions could be considered on equal terms. This title explores "The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World", which appeared in 1723. Num Pages: 400 pages, 76 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HRAB; HRAC; HRAM2; HRLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 748. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0036074
- ISBN
- 9780674049284
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe: Studies in Culture and Belief
Marianne Hester And Gareth Roberts) (Edited B...
paperback. An up-to-date account of the present state of scholarship on early modern European witchcraft. Editor(s): Barry, Jonathan; Hester, Marianne; Roberts, Gareth. Series Editor(s): Roper, Lyndal. Series: Past and Present Publications. Num Pages: 388 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLH; HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0036556
- ISBN
- 9780521638753
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. Examines the role and impact of warfare in west Africa during the period of the slave trade and the founding of the Empire. The book is intended for undergraduate courses in European expansion, slavery and slave trade, African history, colonial history, and for military historians. Series: Warfare and History. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857283938
- ISBN
- 9781857283938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.75
€ 68.75
hardcover. Presents an account of the reconstruction of prehuman history of the earth. This title takes readers from the post-Napoleonic Restoration in Europe to the early years of Britain's Victorian age, chronicling the staggering discoveries geologists made during the period. Num Pages: 648 pages, 125 halftones, 40 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; PDX; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 70 x 100 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1936.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTS0036563
- ISBN
- 9780226731285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Scripture Politics examines the role played by Ulster Presbyterians in the birth of Irish republicanism. Ian McBride restores the United Irishmen to their eighteenth-century social context, restructuring a world where religious doctrine, political theory, and social antagonisms remained inextricably linked. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HRCC93; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037058
- ISBN
- 9780198206422
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. This collection of essays pays tribute to the Victorian intellectual, William Whewell, whose influence can be traced in fields as diverse as moral philosophy, mineralogy, architecture, the politics of education, physics and engineering. Editor(s): Fisch, Menachem; Schaffer, Simon. Num Pages: 418 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HPCD; JFCX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 800. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037373
- ISBN
- 9780198249009
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
A comprehensive, illustrated history of African Americans from 1502 to 1880. From Chapter 5 of To Make Our World, this is a single volume edition. Series: Oxford History of the United States. Num Pages: 760 pages, 20 maps, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 158 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1204.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 760
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195162479
- ISBN
- 9780195162479
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.70
€ 69.70
Paperback. Part of the "Men-At-Arms" series, this book looks at Napoleon's Guard Cavalry, the "Garde Imperiale", illustrating weapons, equipment and uniforms. Illustrator(s): McBride, Angus. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; JWD; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 187 x 3. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850452884
- ISBN
- 9780850452884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.04
€ 17.99
€ 13.04
Paperback. Explores the origins of American warships, primarily light and medium frigates, built for the Continental Navy during the years 1776-1783. Looking at how these ships performed in key battles, this title presents an overview of the ships' service and development until France's entry into the war and its subsequent decline in importance. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBLL; HBWF; JWF; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 184 x 13. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846034459
- ISBN
- 9781846034459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.93
€ 19.99
€ 16.93
hardcover. The first volume of a two-volume intellectual biography of Auguste Comte, the founder of modern sociology and positivism. Series: Auguste Comte Intellectual Biography. Num Pages: 792 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 159 x 41. Weight in Grams: 115. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ price clipped & has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAM0001102
- ISBN
- 9780521434058
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. This work provides a commentary on the landmarks of Irish agrarian history in the modern period. Editor(s): Clark, Samuel; Donnelly, James S. Num Pages: 468 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSC; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299093747
- ISBN
- 9780299093747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.19
€ 34.19
paperback. This work addresses the central constitutional issues that divided the American colonists from their English legislators: the authority to tax, the authority to legislate, the security of rights, the nature of law, and the foundation of constitutional government in custom and contractarian theory. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299108748
- ISBN
- 9780299108748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.19
€ 34.19
paperback. Questions the assumption that "clans" are static structures that hamper political centralization. By reconstructing the history of kings and clans in the Kivu Rift Valley at a time of social change, this book enlarges our understanding of social process and the growth of state power in Africa. Num Pages: 392 pages, 14 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; JFC; JFSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299128944
- ISBN
- 9780299128944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.19
€ 34.19
paperback. The author of this text explores notions of authenticity in German and American folklore studies from the 18th century to the present. She demonstrates how "authenticity" was used to foster national causes and uphold a belief in "cultural essence" against feelings of loss inherent in modernization. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; JFCX; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299155445
- ISBN
- 9780299155445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.19
€ 34.19
paperback. Mozart's operas where perfectly matched for the libretti of Da Ponte. Da Ponte's own long life (1749-1838), however, was more fantastic than any opera plot. A poor Jew who became a Catholic priest; a priest who became a young rake; and a teacher, poet and librettist who became a greengrocer. Num Pages: 288 pages, 18 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; AVGC4; AVGC9; AVH; BGF; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299178741
- ISBN
- 9780299178741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.19
€ 34.19
Paperback. Series: History of Ireland & the Irish Diaspora. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; CFB; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299302740
- ISBN
- 9780299302740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.61
€ 46.61