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Family Mourning after War and Disaster in Twentieth-Century Britain Ann-Marie Foster 9780192872005
RRP: $159.60$135.66Across the twentieth century, the families of people who died in war and disaster were left to make sense of their sudden loss and navigate newfound grief. This book focuses the families of people who died in the First World War and in mining disasters... -
The Confederate Resurgence of 1864 William Marvel 9780807182437
RRP: $90.20$76.67William Marvel's The Confederate Resurgence of 1864 examines a dozen understudied Confederate and Union military operations carried out during the spring of 1864 that, taken cumulatively, greatly revived white southerners' hopes for independence. Among... -
Society and Culture in Bengal: Essays in Memory of Bhaskar Chattopadhyay Achintya Kumar Dutta 9781032522043
RRP: $283.50$240.98This book examines the social and cultural history of Bengal through two major themes — the intellectual and cultural dimension, and the socio-economic changes from the ancient to the postcolonial. Essays by major scholars highlight and analyse major... -
Trans-Generational Trauma After the Chinese Cultural Revolution: Transforming Wounds into Work Across Three Generations Yao Lin 9781032224282
RRP: $52.48$44.60Based on interviews with three generations of three families, this book clarifies why the Cultural Revolution in China (1966-1976) had a uniquely traumatic impact on those affected, and shows the forms this trauma has taken in the lives of their second... -
William III Tony Claydon 9781032212784
RRP: $75.58$64.24This is a political biography of William III (1650–1702): prince of Orange; stadhouder in the Netherlands from 1672; and (in a novel joint monarchy with his wife, Mary), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland after the revolution of 1688–9. William III... -
Plagues of the Heart: Crisis and Covenanting in a Seventeenth-Century Scottish Town Michelle D. Brock 9781526160904
RRP: $178.50$151.73Using a wide range of archival material and a microhistorical approach, Plagues of the heart explores the formation, practice and performance of protestant identity amid the interlocking crises of the seventeenth century. Taking the southwestern port... -
The American Art-Union: Utopia and Skepticism in the Antebellum Era Kimberly A. Orcutt 9781531506988
RRP: $262.50$223.13The first comprehensive treatment in seventy years of the American Art-Union’s remarkable rise and fall For over a decade, the New York–based American Art-Union shaped art creation, display, and patronage nationwide. Boasting as many as 19,000 members... -
British Colonial Policy in the Age of Peel and Russell W.P. Morrell 9781032457239
RRP: $86.08$73.16British Colonial Policy in the Age of Peel and Russell (1930) examines British colonial administration during the administrations of Sir Robert Peel and Lord John Russell. In this period, 1815–41, new ideas were adopted and colonial policy was... -
Harrier Boys: Volume Two: New Threats, New Technology, New Tactics, 1990-2010 Bob Marston 9781911714132
RRP: $31.48$26.75In the second volume of Harrier Boys, as with the first, the history of this remarkable aircraft in service with UK armed forces is illustrated through personal reminiscences of the people who worked with it. The book begins with explanations of the... -
The Laurinburg Institute: The Historic Black Prep School, 1904 to Today Elizabeth Munroe Jones 9781476694160
RRP: $60.88$51.74For the white man it is almost impossible to comprehend what it took to lift the black man from the state of brutal slavery to his rightful place in society. Indeed, we are still grappling with that problem today. Starting from scratch has new meaning... -
Hunter, Peasant, Rebel: Colonialism and the British Assam Frontier Manjeet Baruah 9781032832302
RRP: $77.68$66.02British Assam holds an important place in the history of the British Empire in South Asia. This is especially so in the context of colonial frontier-making. It is in this regard that the book examines what it culturally meant to be a hunter, peasant or... -
How the World Made the West: A 4,000-Year History Josephine Quinn 9781526605221
RRP: $27.28$23.18A Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman, The Rest is Politics and Waterstones Highlight for 2024 'Quinn has done a lot more than reinvent the wheel. What we have here is a truly encyclopaedic and monumental account of the ancient world' THE TIMES 'A... -
Policy of Deceit: Britain and Palestine, 1914-1939 Peter Shambrook 9780861549498
RRP: $31.48$26.75‘Policy of Deceit is the work of a lifetime, a forensic, fair-minded examination of the Hussein–McMahon correspondence that exposes how the British government broke its promises to the people of Palestine.’ The Times Literary Supplement, Books of the... -
99 Questions About: The Maya Annabel Stones 9781445186979
RRP: $27.28$23.18Discover the fascinating world of the Maya through 99 questions and answersWhere did the Maya live? Who was Pakal the Great? And just why were the Maya so crazy for corn? Find out the answers to all these questions and many, many more in this... -
The Road to Empire: The Political Education of Khalsa Sikhs in the Late 1600s Satnam Singh 9780520399372
RRP: $168.00$142.80From the late seventeenth century to the late eighteenth century, the Sikh community transformed from a relatively insignificant religious minority to an elevated position of kingship and empire. Under the leadership of Guru Gobind Singh (1661–1708),... -
The Art of Michael Fell Andrew Wilton 9781739164058
RRP: $63.00$53.55From the human truths, brutalist architecture and packed tube trains of 1970s London to the vineyards, Renaissance châteaux and riotous festivals of Gascon France, Michael Fell (1939 – 2023) chronicled the world he saw. His exuberant paintings and prints... -
Creating the Desired Citizen: Ideology, State and Islam in Turkey Ihsan Yilmaz 9781108959506
RRP: $62.98$53.53For decades after the declaration of the Republic of Turkey in 1923, the Turkish state promoted the idea of a desired citizen. The Kemalist state treated these citizens as superior, with full rights; but the 'others', those outside this desired...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $62.98$53.53Subtotal: -
History of the Conquest of Peru: With a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas William Prescott 9781032438832
RRP: $86.08$73.16History of the Conquest of Peru (1959) contains a detailed analysis of the political, religious and social organisation of the Incas prior to the arrival of the Spanish colonisers, and then moves on to look at the story of the conquest and subjugation of... -
To Boldly Go: Leadership, Strategy, and Conflict in the 21st Century and Beyond Jonathan Klug 9781636244549
RRP: $33.50$28.48A multi-author exploration of leadership and strategy through the lens of classic science fiction. The literature of ideas. When author Pamela Sargent used those words to describe science fiction in 1975, the genre had exploded into the literary... -
Gerhard Richter and the Technological Condition of Painting Aline Guillermet 9781399525213
RRP: $189.00$160.65Aline Guillermet uncovers Gerhard Richter's appropriation of science and technology from 1960 to the present and shows how this has shaped the artist's well-documented engagement with the canon of Western painting. Through a study of Richter's portraits,... -
Red Earth Nation Volume 10: A History of the Meskwaki Settlement Eric Steven Zimmer 9780806193878
RRP: $54.50$46.33In 1857, the Meskwaki (“Red Earth People”) Nation purchased an eighty-acre parcel of land along the Iowa River. With that modest plot secured as a place to rest and rebuild after centuries of devastation and dispossession, the Red Earth People began to... -
Rethinking Socialist Space in the Twentieth Century Marcus Colla 9783031545801
RRP: $251.98$214.18This edited collection explores the problem of space under socialist regimes in the twentieth century. Bringing together contributions from international scholars with expertise in the architectural, urban, social, and cultural history of... -
Abandon Ship!: The True World War II Story about the Sinking of the Laconia Alison O'Leary 9780316401470
RRP: $16.78$14.26A remarkable World War II account of a maritime attack off the West African coast, for fans of Steven Sheinkin and Deborah Heiligman. At the height of World War II, the RMS Laconia was torpedoed by a German submarine five hundred miles off the coast of... -
A Contested Terrain: Freedpeople's Education in North Carolina During the Civil War and Reconstruction AnneMarie Brosnan 9781531509286
RRP: $197.40$167.79A testament to the resilience and determination of Black North Carolinians to achieve educational equality. This book examines the educational experiences of Black North Carolinians during the American Civil War and Reconstruction period, 1861-1877. By... -
The Damietta Crusade, 1217-1221 Prof Laurence W. Marvin 9780198916178
RRP: $159.60$135.66The Damietta Crusade, which is often referred to as the 'Fifth Crusade', was the first of the numbered crusades to be targeted against Egypt. Rather than directly targeting Jerusalem, its architects believed that by threatening the economic hub of Cairo... -
Red Earth Nation Volume 10: A History of the Meskwaki Settlement Eric Steven Zimmer 9780806193861
RRP: $170.10$144.59In 1857, the Meskwaki (“Red Earth People”) Nation purchased an eighty-acre parcel of land along the Iowa River. With that modest plot secured as a place to rest and rebuild after centuries of devastation and dispossession, the Red Earth People began to... -
The Katyn Massacre 1940: History of a Crime Thomas Urban 9781526797087
RRP: $35.68$30.32A harrowing chronicle about the murder of thousands of Polish officers in 1940, based on the accounts of perpetrators and witnesses. -
The Roman Provinces, 300 BCE–300 CE: Using Coins as Sources Andrew Burnett 9781009420105
RRP: $62.98$53.53Provincial coinage gives us a unique insight into the Roman world, reflecting the values and concerns of the elites of the many hundreds of cities in the Roman empire. Coins offer a very different perspective from written history, which usually...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $62.98$53.53Subtotal: -
Walking Into Hell: The Somme Through British and German Eyes Edward G D Liveing 9781399024426
RRP: $27.28$23.18Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
A Contested Terrain: Freedpeople's Education in North Carolina During the Civil War and Reconstruction AnneMarie Brosnan 9781531509293
RRP: $54.58$46.39A testament to the resilience and determination of Black North Carolinians to achieve educational equality. This book examines the educational experiences of Black North Carolinians during the American Civil War and Reconstruction period, 1861-1877. By... -
The World War II Bond Campaign Lawrence R. Samuel 9781531509255
RRP: $62.98$53.53World War II issues relating to race, ethnicity, and class make the work timely and relevant The World War II Bond Campaign is a history of the World War II bond drive led by the federal government, an effort called the most successful marketing... -
Baden Powell’s Fighting Police – The SAC: The Boer War unit that inspired the Scouts Hamish Ross 9781399083669
RRP: $33.58$28.54This work begins in August 1900 during the war in South Africa, when mounted Boer commandos ranging across the veldt superseded pitched battles of massed armies and heavy weaponry. Thanks to his flair for organisation, Baden-Powell is asked to create a... -
The Lion and the Dragon: Britain and China: A History of Conflict Lawrence James 9781474610209
RRP: $27.28$23.18Napoleon warned 'Let China sleep; when she wakes, she will shake the world'. Lawrence James's magisterial history analyses the relationship between Britain and China between the beginning of the Opium Wars in 1839 and the transfer of power in Hong Kong... -
Humanitarianism, Empire and Transnationalism, 1760-1995: Selective Humanity in the Anglophone World Joy Damousi 9781526182418
RRP: $63.00$53.55This is the first book to examine the shifting relationship between humanitarianism and the expansion, consolidation and postcolonial transformation of the Anglophone world across three centuries, from the antislavery campaign of the late eighteenth... -
Recipes and Book Culture in England, 1350–1600 Carrie Griffin 9781802074635
RRP: $205.80$174.93Recipes are not just instructions. They also embody culture, class, belief, linguistic and literary form, and even include celebrity endorsement. Medieval and early modern recipes can be short and simple but sometimes are not – sometimes they work, and... -
Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction Jerry Brotton 9780241556870
RRP: $42.00$35.70North, south, east and west: almost all societies use the four cardinal directions to orientate themselves, to understand who they are by projecting where they are. For millennia, these four directions have been foundational to our travel, navigation and... -
Patriarchy and Gender Stereotypes in the Contemporary World Naznin Tabassum 9781032754710
RRP: $273.00$232.05Patriarchy and Gender Stereotypes in the Contemporary World offers a thorough analysis of the stereotyping of women, particularly in organisations and higher education. The book considers both theoretical and empirical evidence and articulates the... -
The Rising Generation: Gradual Abolition, Black Legal Culture, and the Making of National Freedom Sarah L. H. Gronningsater 9781512826319
RRP: $84.00$71.40Chronicles the history of emancipation through the cradle-to-grave experiences of a remarkable generation of black northerners The Rising Generation chronicles the long history of emancipation in the United States through the cradle-to-grave experiences... -
Latin American Economic History: An Introduction to Daily Life, Debt, and Development Molly C. Ball 9781032255460
RRP: $283.50$240.98Latin American Economic History: An Introduction to Daily Life, Debt, and Development guides readers through significant features and developments in the region’s economic history from independence through 2022.In approachable language, the book... -
Sharpshooters at War: Preparing for Battle Daniel Taylor 9781036103484
RRP: $52.50$44.63Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.