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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
paperback. What drove Russia to its disastrous war with Japan in 1904? This book attempts to find the answer in Russia's erratic and confused diplomacy. It explains how the key to understanding tsarist involvement in East Asia lies in the ideologies of the Russians who competed to impose their visions of imperial destiny on the East. Num Pages: 345 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPJ; 3JJC; HBG; HBLW; HBTQ; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 345
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806129
- ISBN
- 9780875806129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.20
€ 40.20
paperback. A veteran writer on Russia and the Soviet Union explains why Russia refuses to draw the lessons of its past and what this portends for the future Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300192377
- ISBN
- 9780300192377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.85
€ 37.85
Paperback. Analyzes the various ways in which the nation's newspaper editors, reporters, and war correspondents covered the biggest story of their lives - the Civil War - and in doing so both reflected and shaped the responses of their readers. This book contains sections including Fighting Words, Confederates and Copperheads, and The Union Forever. Editor(s): Sachsman, David B.; Rushing, S. Kittrell; Morris, Roy. Num Pages: 377 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBWJ; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534941
- ISBN
- 9781557534941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.59
€ 30.99
€ 28.59
Hardcover. As the US went to war in 1941, "Time" magazine founder Henry Luce coined a term for what was rapidly becoming the establishment view of America's role in the world: the twentieth century, he argued, was the American Century. But an important concentration of Midwestern historians actively dissented. This book tells their story of opposition. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226076515
- ISBN
- 9780226076515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.80
€ 45.80
Paperback. Richard Hofstadter (1916-70) was America's most distinguished historian of the twentieth century. The author of several books, including The American Political Tradition, he was a champion of the liberal politics that emerged from the New Deal. This biography explores his life within the context of the rise and fall of American liberalism. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BG; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226076416
- ISBN
- 9780226076416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.73
€ 29.73
Hardback. * An insightful new political biography of one of the most influential figures in contemporary French and European politics. * Explores the development of Mitterrand's career against the backdrop of post-war French politics and society. Series: Political Profiles S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JJP; BGH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745631042
- ISBN
- 9780745631042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.08
€ 89.08
Hardcover. John Quincy Adams warned Americans not to search abroad for monsters to destroy, yet such figures have frequently habituated the discourses of U.S. foreign policy. This collection of essays focuses on counter-identities in American consciousness to explain how foreign policies and the discourse surrounding them develop. Editor(s): Cullinane, Michael Patrick; Ryan, David. Series: Transatlantic Perspectives. Num Pages: 276 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384397
- ISBN
- 9781782384397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.88
€ 149.88
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Merrion
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908928016
- ISBN
- 9781908928016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.60
€ 16.99
€ 15.60
Paperback. Editor(s): Rudrum, David; Stavris, Nicholas. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501306860
- ISBN
- 9781501306860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.28
€ 47.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; WNGD; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751553529
- ISBN
- 9780751553529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.39
€ 24.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, Photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907869181
- ISBN
- 9781907869181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.38
€ 17.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. A straightforward, blow-by-blow account of the Allied effort to eject Axis forces from North Africa with discussion of both the Montgomery-led British drive against Rommel out of Egypt and the Eisenhower-led drive with Allied forces from the west. The focus is primarily on the 'what', 'when' and 'where'. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 pages of b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JJH; HBJH; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Frontline Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848327832
- ISBN
- 9781848327832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.34
€ 24.99
€ 23.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 colour ills, 39 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- Helion & Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911512080
- ISBN
- 9781911512080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.75
€ 26.99
€ 19.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages, 30-40 ills & diags, approx 15-25 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Helion & Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911096313
- ISBN
- 9781911096313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.99
€ 26.99
€ 19.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 172 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJPL; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBWS; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845198329
- ISBN
- 9781845198329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.75
€ 159.75
Hardback. An examination of the formation of Argentina's formidable nation-state in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. It studies three political movements: "Mitrismo", led by Bartolome Mitre; "Roquismo", under General Julio A. Roca; and "Radicalismo", led by Leandro N. Alem and Hipolito Irogoyen. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744669
- ISBN
- 9780804744669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.91
€ 107.91
Hardback. Answers some important questions about Geoffrey Bawa, Sri Lanka's pre-eminent architect, and his legacy. This book offers a site-by-site tour of 45 of his buildings scatterd throughout Sri Lanka, many are considered "pilgrimage sites" by up-and-coming architects, designers and lay people interested in his extraordinary and enduring talent. Num Pages: 144 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKS; 3JJ; 3JMC; AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Publisher
- Laurence King Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780679136
- ISBN
- 9781780679136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.62
€ 21.99
€ 17.62
Paperback. Robinson chronicles the early use of film as vaudeville sideshow; as sheer spectacle of moving images precluding any notion of plot development or drama; and as a fledgling dramatic effort, ranging from prizefights to Passion plays. Num Pages: 248 pages, 158 photos, 16 in co. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231103398
- ISBN
- 9780231103398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.36
€ 49.36
Hardcover. Relates to one of Wales' most important institutions of higher education, covering its history from its creation in 1884 as the University College of North Wales, its incarnation as the University of Wales, Bangor and to its 125th anniversary in 2009. Num Pages: 160 pages, 60 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBKWN; 3JJ; HBJD1; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189 x 15. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780708322260
- ISBN
- 9780708322260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.02
€ 15.02
Paperback. Strategies of interpretation implicit in antique poetry to the visual art of the Renaissance, concentrating on Raphael's Roman works and their cultural context Num Pages: 520 pages, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; AFC; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 171 x 31. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 520
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089643421
- ISBN
- 9789089643421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.64
€ 75.64