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An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness by Clare Clarke
RRP: $41.98$37.15Few works of scholarship have so comprehensively recast an existing debate as Chinua Achebe's essay on Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Achebe - a highly distinguished Nigerian novelist and university teacher - looked with fresh eyes at a novel that... -
The Latin Church in Cyprus, 1195-1312 by Dr Nicholas S. H. Coureas
RRP: $283.50$247.13This is a study of the first century of the Latin Church on Cyprus, following the island's loss to the Byzantine empire and its conquest by Richard the Lionheart in 1195. It covers both secular and regular clergy, and deals with the complex relations... -
Piety and the People: Religious Printing in French, 1511-1551 by Francis M. Higman
RRP: $283.50$247.13Did the 16th-century Reformation influence French language and culture? This book, the fullest available bibliography of religious printing in French during the early Reformation, provides the materials to answer this question. It assembles information... -
Crewe: Railway Town, Company and People 1840-1914 Diane K. Drummond 9781859280201
RRP: $283.50$247.13This is an important contribution to the new urban history, describing and analysing one of the best examples of a company town in nineteenth-century Europe. This archetypal railway town was built on a green-field site by a railway company in 1842-3. ... -
A Breton Landscape: From The Romans To The Second Empire In Eastern Brittany by Grenville Astill
RRP: $71.38$63.84First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781857284522Author Grenville AstillFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 590g -
Ottoman Warfare, 1500-1700 Rhoads Murphey 9781857283884
RRP: $283.50$247.13A study of the Ottoman military machine and its successes in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East in a period when they were feared by western European states and the focus of much military concern. The book is intended for undergraduate courses in... -
Aftermath: Genocide, Memory and History by Karen Auerbach
RRP: $56.68$45.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922235633Author Karen AuerbachFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Monash University PublishingPublisher Monash University PublishingWeight(grams) 367g -
World Civilizations and Cultures, Grades 5 - 8 by Don Blattner
RRP: $29.38$18.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580376341Author Don BlattnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Mark Twain MediaPublisher Mark Twain MediaWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 272mm * 211mm... -
Colonialism and Decolonization in National Historical Cultures and Memory Politics in Europe: Modules for History Lessons by Uta Fenske
RRP: $105.84$92.61Colonialism and decolonization are historical phenomena that are part of the historical experience of many European countries. This volume offers students and teachers a new understanding of how colonialism and decolonization fit into our shared European... -
The Modernization of the Western World: A Society Transformed by John McGrath
$94.08The Modernization of the Western World presents an overview of the history of Western civilization and provides readers with the intellectual tools they need to comprehend how societies function and change. Covering Western history from ancient history... -
The Evolution of the British Welfare State: A History of Social Policy since the Industrial Revolution by Derek Fraser
$233.44An established introductory textbook that provides students with a full overview of British social policy and social ideas since the late eighteenth century. Derek Fraser's authoritative account is the essential starting point for anyone learning about... -
Constitutionalism, Identity, Difference, and Legitimacy: Theoretical Perspectives by Michel Rosenfeld
RRP: $52.48$46.35Interest in constitutionalism and in the relationship among constitutions, national identity, and ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity has soared since the collapse of socialist regimes in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Since World War... -
The Pacific Northwest: An Interpretive History (Revised and Enlarged Edition) by Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes
RRP: $50.38$46.85Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes has revised and expanded the entire work, which is still the most comprehensive and balanced history of the region. This edition contains significant additional material on early mining in the Pacific Northwest, sea routes to... -
A History of Portuguese Overseas Expansion 1400-1668 by Professor Malyn Newitt
RRP: $283.50$247.13A History of Portuguese Overseas Expansion 1400-1668 provides an accessible survey of how the Portuguese became so influential during this period and how Portuguese settlements were founded in areas as far flung as Asia, Africa and South America. Malyn... -
Premodern Travel in World History by Stephen Gosch
RRP: $283.50$246.29This book features some of the greatest travellers in human history - people who undertook long journeys to places they knew little or nothing about. From Roman tourists, to the establishment of the Silk Road; an epic trek round China and India in the... -
Peripheral Memories: Public and Private Forms of Experiencing and Narrating the Past by Elisabeth Boesen
RRP: $79.78$65.48After a period of intense work on national memory cultures, we are observing a growing interest in memory both as a social and an individual practice. Memory studies tend to focus on a particular field of memory processes, namely those connected with... -
The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives by Robert Houghton
RRP: $41.98$37.15For many centuries, the history of the crusades, as written by Western historians, was based solidly on Western sources. Evidence from the Islamic societies that the crusaders attacked was used only sparingly - in part because it was hard for most... -
The War for Independence and the Transformation of American Society: War and Society in the United States, 1775-83 by Harry M. Ward
RRP: $283.50$247.13The War fo Independence had a substantial impact on the lives of all Americans, establishing a nation and confirming American identity. The War for Independence and the Transformation of American Society focuses on a conflict which was both civil war and... -
Ellen N. La Motte: Nurse, Writer, Activist by Lea Williams
RRP: $178.50$156.47Ellen La Motte: nurse, writer, activist, is a biography of La Motte that traces the arc of her life, from her birth in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1873 to her death in Washington, D.C. in 1961. It integrates original unexamined sources such as diaries,... -
Imperium of the Soul: The Political and Aesthetic Imagination of Edwardian Imperialists by Norman Etherington
RRP: $178.50$157.31Some of the most compelling and enduring creative work of the late Victorian and Edwardian Era came from committed imperialists and conservatives. Their continuing popularity owes a great deal to the way their guiding ideas resonated with modernism in... -
Baldwin I of Jerusalem, 1100-1118 Susan Edgington 9781472433565
RRP: $283.50$246.29Baldwin of Boulogne was born the youngest of three sons and marked out for a clerical career, yet in turn he became a First Crusader, first Latin count of Edessa and the founder of the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem. Nevertheless, remarkably, he has never... -
The Modern Idea of History and its Value: An Introduction Chiel van den Akker 9789463728331
RRP: $31.48$31.19This is an original and accessible introduction to the modern idea of history and its value, and an indispensable companion to the study of history and its philosophical underpinnings. The book answers two basic questions: What is history? And what is... -
Life Changers: Dreamers and Doers by Robert H. Schuller
$26.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788122206234Author Robert H. SchullerFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Orient PaperbacksPublisher Orient PaperbacksDimensions(mm) 250mm * 200mm * 50mm -
Indigenous Knowledge and the Environment in Africa and North America by David M. Gordon
$152.40Indigenous knowledge has become a catchphrase in global struggles for environmental justice. Yet indigenous knowledges are often viewed, incorrectly, as pure and primordial cultural artifacts. This collection draws from African and North American cases... -
Heterosexual Africa?: The History of an Idea from the Age of Exploration to the Age of AIDS by Marc Epprecht
RRP: $138.60$119.55Heterosexual Africa? The History of an Idea from the Age of Exploration to the Age of AIDS builds from Marc Epprecht's previous book, Hungochani (which focuses explicitly on same-sex desire in southern Africa), to explore the historical processes by... -
Indentured Labour in the British Empire, 1834-1920 by Kay Saunders
$244.84First published in 1984. Indentured labour migration in the nineteenth century intersects many of the most serious issues of our own time - racism, Third World poverty, and the arrogance of a great world powers. Indenture suggests lack of freedom and the... -
Repertoire, Authenticity and Introduction: The Presentation of American Indian Music in Oklahoma's Elementary Schools by Robert J. Damm
RRP: $283.50$246.29This study provides new information regarding the instruction of American Indian music in Oklahoma, and shows the effect of demographic variables of teachers and students on pedagogical context and practice.Book InformationISBN 9780815338147Author Robert... -
Kit Carson Days, 1809-1868, Vol 1: Adventures in the Path of Empire, Volume 1 (Revised Edition) by Edwin L. Sabin
RRP: $39.88$37.25Volume 1 of Kit Carson Days shows Carson running away from his Missouri home at age fifteen in 1826. He joins a caravan headed toward Santa Fe and in the coming years shuttles between poverty and prosperity as a wrangler, teamster, and trapper. He lives... -
Renewing Feminisms: Radical Narratives, Fantasies and Futures in Media Studies by Helen Thornham
$250.87The feminist movement, we have been told, is history. This lively book reveals that on the contrary the feminist movement is alive and kicking, still as engaged with the concerns and ways of seeing as it was in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, still demanding its... -
Sir Robert Peel: Statesmanship, Power and Party by Eric J. Evans
RRP: $77.68$68.31Sir Robert Peel provides an accessible and concise introduction to the life and career of one of the most political leaders of the nineteenth century. Perhaps best known for seeing through the Repeal of the Corn Laws, Peel had an enormous impact on... -
The Crisis of Conservatism: The Politics, Economics and Ideology of the Conservative Party, 1880-1914 by E. H. H. Green
RRP: $88.18$78.02The Crisis of Conservatism 1880-1914 offers a new interpretation of Conservative politics in the period 1880-1914 and comes to the startling conclusion that, but for the intervention of the First World War, there may well have been a 'Strange Death of... -
Hatfield at War: The story of life in a small town in 1938-45 by Brian G Lawrence 9780992841669
RRP: $16.80$15.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992841669Author Brian G LawrenceFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Hatfield Local History SocietyPublisher Hatfield Local History Society -
Enchanted Creatures: Our Monsters and Their Meanings Natalie Lawrence 9781474619028
RRP: $33.58$25.43The hydra rears its many heads in a flurry of teeth and poisonous fumes. The cyborg lays waste to humanity with a ruthless, expressionless stare.From ancient mythology to modern science fiction, we have had to confront the monsters that lurk in the... -
Medieval Scandinavia: From Conversion to Reformation, circa 800-1500 by Birgit Sawyer 9780816617395
RRP: $44.08$39.19The study of Scandinavia has been, and still is, deeply influenced by the interpretation of its earliest history that was developed in the 19th century by political, legal, and literary historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists. Scandinavia figured... -
Louis XIV by Peter Robert Campbell 9780582017702 [USED COPY]
RRP: $92.38$4.60`The Sun King has always been over-exposed -- a habit he started himself. Here is the student's antidote to boredom. Campbell has produced the best short guide available and a vigorous synthesis of the latest research, complete with extensive... -
Louis XIV by Peter Robert Campbell 9780582017702
RRP: $92.38$88.75`The Sun King has always been over-exposed -- a habit he started himself. Here is the student's antidote to boredom. Campbell has produced the best short guide available and a vigorous synthesis of the latest research, complete with extensive... -
Settler Colonialism in the Twentieth Century: Projects, Practices, Legacies by Caroline Elkins
RRP: $77.68$68.31Postcolonial states and metropolitan societies still grapple today with the divisive and difficult legacies unleashed by settler colonialism.Whether they were settled for trade or geopolitical reasons, these settler communities had in common their... -
Rigger by Jack Williams
RRP: $27.28$19.30A graphic personal account, The Rigger exposes the extreme risks undertaken by specialist operators in order to provide and maintain first-class communications in Northern Ireland. The author, who served alongside the SAS and other covert military... -
Dictatorship: It's Easier Than You Think! by Sarah Kendzior
RRP: $52.48$33.33Do you crave the power to shape the world in your image? Can you tell lies without blinking an eye? Do you see enemies all around you? If you answered yes to all of the above, then this is the job for you! And if becoming a dictator sounds... -
Greenock Then and Now Bill Clark 9781840339659
RRP: $27.20$24.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840339659Author Bill ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing