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Hardcover. Wai-yee Li examines the discursive space of women in seventeenth-century China. Using texts written by women or by men writing in a feminine voice, as well as writings that turn women into signifiers of lamentation or nostalgia, Li probes the emotional and psychological turmoil of the Ming-Qing transition and subsequent moments of national trauma. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 625 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBJF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674492042
- ISBN
- 9780674492042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.25€ 62.02
€ 68.25
€ 62.02
Paperback. An historical account of the significant roles of feminists and female philanthropists in the emergence of the Argentine welfare state between 1880 and 1955. Num Pages: 264 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLS; HB; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822343301
- ISBN
- 9780822343301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.16
€ 31.99
€ 29.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 50 b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 113 x 24. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873515146
- ISBN
- 9780873515146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.67
€ 15.99
€ 15.67
Paperback. Providing an account of his travels, the author describes landscapes, fish, birds and animals. He recounts the history of Ireland's rulers, and tells stories of magic wells and deadly whirlpools, strange creatures and evil spirits. This work is written from the point of view of an invader and reformer. Translator(s): O'Meara, John. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- 9780140444230
- ISBN
- 9780140444230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.74
€ 11.99
€ 9.74
hardcover. Examines the evolution of 'great man theory' in classical Greece, not only in historical writing, but also in popular thought. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107037342
- ISBN
- 9781107037342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.95
€ 125.95
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Pocket Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780684826806
- ISBN
- 9780684826806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.47
€ 17.99
€ 15.47
Hardcover. Reveals the history of the anti-war movement in the UK from the outbreak of the First World War to present-day conflicts in the Middle East. This is a story of conscientious objectors and others who have been engaged in protest over the past century. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 170. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500519158
- ISBN
- 9780500519158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 4.99
€ 29.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This volume, covering the reigns of Edward I and Edward II, examines the key events and institutions of the period, explaining how we know about them and reviewing important debates among historians. Series: History of Medieval Britain. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631223207
- ISBN
- 9780631223207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.85
€ 60.85
In recent decades the Internet has played what may seem to be a unique role in international crises. This book reveals an interesting parallel in the late nineteenth century, when a new communications system based on advances in submarine cable technology and newspaper printing brought information to an excitable mass audience. Num Pages: 472 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JPSD; JPSL; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 46. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826353979
- ISBN
- 9780826353979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.75
€ 78.75
Paperback. Selected papers presented at a conference held May 2007, hosted by the Faculty of Humanities and Education of the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill. Editor(s): Cobley, Alan; Simpson, Victor C. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJQ; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of the West Indies Press Jamaica
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789766404116
- ISBN
- 9789766404116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.87
€ 46.87
Paperback. In this synthesis, Wasserman shows the link between ordinary Mexican men and women from Independence to the Revolution, combining explanations of social history, political and economic change, and gender relations. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 248 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826321718
- ISBN
- 9780826321718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.55
€ 40.55
paperback. Features entries that cover ancient, medieval, and modern antisemitism; pagan, Christian, and Muslim antisemitism; religious, economic, psychosocial, racial, cultural, and political antisemitism. This book provides an introduction that discusses the definitions, causes, and varieties of antisemitism. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 144 x 31. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810858688
- ISBN
- 9780810858688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 112.13
€ 112.13
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772897202
- ISBN
- 9788772897202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.06€ 51.43
€ 66.06
€ 51.43
Paperback. Analyzes the differences in the approach to Soviet trade between the US and Germany since 1917. It provides an historical perpective to the use of Western economic power as an instrument with which to change Soviet policy. The book relates economic policy to political strategy. Num Pages: 363 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBL; JPS; KCL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 363
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349126040
- ISBN
- 9781349126040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.38
€ 64.38
Paperback. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 475 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 475
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401035729
- ISBN
- 9789401035729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.14
€ 124.14
Paperback. Fredrick Douglass (1818-1895), a fugitive slave who became the best-known black abolitionist orator and autobiographer, and Herman Melville (1819-1891), a fiction writer recognized for the elusiveness of his meanings, both composed stories about slave revolts at sea. Editor(s): Hendrick, George; Hendrick, Willene. Num Pages: 152 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781881089452
- ISBN
- 9781881089452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.81
€ 33.81
Paperback. This book is a full translation of the Gongyang Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals, a history of the Chinese state of Lu from 722 to 481 BCE, annotated so as to highlight the moral philosophy of its supposed writer, Confucius. Editor(s): Miller, Harry. Num Pages: 319 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349505142
- ISBN
- 9781349505142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 175.09
€ 175.09
Paperback. Siegi Moos, an anti-Nazi and active member of the German Communist Party, escaped Germany in 1933 and, exiled in Britain, sought another route to the transformation of capitalism. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Chronos Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782796770
- ISBN
- 9781782796770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.84
€ 31.99
€ 27.84
Paperback. Offering a comprehensive overview of Puerto Rico's history and evolution since the installation of US rule, this book connects the island's economic, political, cultural, and social past. It explores the history of Puerto Ricans in the diaspora as well as the island residents. Num Pages: 448 pages, 35 illustrations, 5 maps, 3 tables, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KJP; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807859544
- ISBN
- 9780807859544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.62
€ 49.62
Paperback. Joseph O'Callaghan offers the first full and authoritative history of the epic battle for control of the Strait of Gibraltar waged by Castile, Morocco, and Granada in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries-a major, but often overlooked chapter in the Christian reconquest of Spain. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 392 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSG; 1HBM; 3H; HBLC1; HBWC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223026
- ISBN
- 9780812223026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.98
€ 46.99
€ 41.98
Chronicles the settlement and development of Jewish communities along the river. This work discusses the associations among the towns and the big cities of the region, especially Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. It also demonstrates how the circumstances of a specific region influenced the evolution of American Jewish life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124308
- ISBN
- 9780813124308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.53
€ 43.53
Hardback. Editor(s): Hinkle, George Henry; Hinkle, Bliss McGlashan. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1940
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804703666
- ISBN
- 9780804703666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.80
€ 130.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: AMK; AMX; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- TouchWood Editions Canada
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927129272
- ISBN
- 9781927129272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.41
€ 27.99
€ 19.41
Hardcover. Johnson provides an historically rich examination of the intersection of early twentieth-century imperial culture, imperial politics, and imperial economics as reflected in the colonial built environment at New Delhi, a remarkably ambitious imperial capital built by the British between 1911 and 1931. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 colour tables, 3 maps, 5 black & white halftones, 2 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137469861
- ISBN
- 9781137469861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46