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Coolies, Capital and Colonialism: Studies in Indian Labour History by Rana P. Behal
RRP: £31.99£29.16Marriage choice plays a crucial role in the formation and decay of social classes. Endogamy, the custom forbidding marriage outside one's social class, is thus central to social history. The study considers the factors determining who married whom,... -
The Victoria History of the County of Huntingdon - Volume III by William Page 9780712906159
RRP: £75.00£74.33Boydell & Brewer are pleased to announce that as from 1 December 2001 they will be distributing the Victoria County History, which has an international reputation as a work of reference for English local history. Begun in 1899, the publication of about... -
Ancient Egypt: Foundations of a Civilization by Douglas J. Brewer 9780582772533
£36.14'...this is a most welcome book, which will fill a gap in the study of early Egypt... The author...has sprinkled his narrative with anecdotes from his own archaoelogical expeditions make the text lively and entertaining, elevating his book from mere... -
Backlash: Libel, Impeachment, and Populism in the Reign of Queen Anne by Rachel Carnell 9780813944425
RRP: £29.95£18.61A country bitterly divided between two political parties. Populist mobs rising in support of a reactionary rabble-rouser. Foreign interference in the political process. Strained relations between Britain and Europe. These are not recent headlines they... -
History Below the Global: On and Beyond the Coloniality of Power in Historical Research by Lorenzo Kamel 9781032730875
RRP: £36.99£32.53History Below the Global aims to foster an entangled knowledge of global history, and to place "others" at the centre stage, to better understand the fluid world which we inhabit.Relying on primary sources in seven languages and books written by hundreds... -
A History of Charisma by J. Potts 9780230551534
£25.45This book traces the history of the word 'charisma', and the various meanings assigned to it, from its first century origins in Christian theology to its manifestations in twenty-first century politics and culture, while considering how much of the... -
Global Histories of Work by Andreas Eckert 9783110610475
RRP: £29.00£25.70Global Histories of Work is the first title in the new series "Work in Global and Historical Perspective". This collection of selected articles written by leading scholars in different disciplines provides both an introduction and numerous insights into... -
The Power of Populism and People: Resistance and Protest in the Modern World by Professor Nathan Stoltzfus
RRP: £23.99£20.94Recent years have seen a disturbing advance in populist and authoritarian styles of rule and, in response, a rise in popular activism. Strongmen, especially since the advent of fascism, have formed their base of power in popular acclaim. But what power... -
Kotoku Shusui: Portrait of a Japanese Radical by F. G. Notehelfer 9780521131483
RRP: £30.99£19.04This 1971 text was the first Western study of Kotoku Shusui (1871-1911) - Japan's leading left-wing thinker at the turn of the century - whose career and ideas had a decisive influence on subsequent radical movements in Japan and also in China. Kotoku... -
Environmental Imaginaries of the Middle East and North Africa by Diana K. Davis
£30.70The landscapes of the Middle East have captured our imaginations throughout history. Images of endless golden dunes, camel caravans, isolated desert oases, and rivers lined with palm trees have often framed written and visual representations of the... -
Genocide by William D. Rubinstein 9780582506015
RRP: £36.99£36.14Genocide is a topic beset by ambiguities over meaning and double standards. In this stimulating and gripping history, William Rubinstein sets out to clarify the meaning of the term genocide and its historical evolution, and provides a working definition... -
The Real History Of The End Of The World: Apocalyptic Predictions from Revelation and Nostradamus to Y2K and 2012 by Sharan Newman 9780425232538
£14.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425232538Author Sharan NewmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 313Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 276g -
The Routledge History of Terrorism by Randall David Law 9780367867058
RRP: £45.99£40.13Though the history of terrorism stretches back to the ancient world, today it is often understood as a recent development. Comprehensive enough to serve as a survey for students or newcomers to the field, yet with enough depth to engage the specialist,... -
Ripples Of Hope: Great American Civil Rights Speeches by Josh Gottheimer 9780465027538
£20.63Including a never-before published speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., this is the first compilation of its kind, bringing together the most influential and important voices from two hundred years of America's struggle for civil rights, including... -
Bodies in Contact: Rethinking Colonial Encounters in World History by Antoinette Burton 9780822334675
RRP: £25.99£22.89From portrayals of African women's bodies in early modern European travel accounts to the relation between celibacy and Indian nationalism to the fate of the Korean "comfort women" forced into prostitution by the occupying Japanese army during the Second... -
Tears Before The Rain by Larry Engelmann 9780306807893
£21.30In this stunning history, soldiers and civilians, both American and Vietnamese, tell what it was like in the spring of 1975 as Hanoi carried out its final, successful offensive against the Republic of Vietnam. Generals, ambassadors, pilots, marines,... -
The Pre-occupation of Postcolonial Studies by Fawzia Afzal-Khan 9780822325215
RRP: £24.99£22.41The Pre-Occupation of Postcolonial Studies contains essays by both leading figures and younger scholars engaged in the field of postcolonial studies. In this state-of-the-field reader, editors Fawzia Afzal-Khan and Kalpana Seshadri-Crooks have created a... -
Family Trees and the Roots of Politics - The Prosopography of Britain and France from the Tenth to the Twelfth Century by K. S. B. Keats-Rohan
RRP: £110.00£90.28Articles on the significance of genealogy and kinship ties in determining political events in the middle ages. In recent decades historians have become increasingly aware of the value of prosopography as an auxiliary science standing at the crossroads... -
Tolerance and Coercion in Islam: Interfaith Relations in the Muslim Tradition by Yohanan Friedmann
RRP: £44.99£38.14Since the beginning of its history, Islam has encountered other religious communities both in Arabia and in the territories conquered during its expansion. Muslims faced other religions from the position of a ruling power and were therefore able to... -
The Fear of Chinese Power: An International History by Jeffrey Crean 9781350233942
RRP: £21.99£19.28The real and potential power of China, the world's most populous nation, has long been seen as a threat by its smaller neighbors and global powers alike. The Fear of Chinese Power provides a history of this perceived threat from the 1880s to the present... -
A Brief History of History by Professor Jeremy Black 9780253066091
RRP: £18.99£16.20In A Brief History of History, acclaimed historian Jeremy Black seeks to reinvigorate and redefine our ideas about history. The stories we tell about the past are a crucial aspect of all cultures. However, while the traditional storytelling process-what... -
A World Divided: The Global Struggle for Human Rights in the Age of Nation-States by Eric D. Weitz 9780691205144
RRP: £18.99£15.35A global history of human rights in a world of nations that grant rights to some while denying them to othersOnce dominated by vast empires, the world is now divided into some 200 independent countries that proclaim human rights-a transformation that... -
Great Leaders, Great Tyrants?: Contemporary Views of World Rulers Who Made History by Arnold Blumberg 9780313287510
£71.46Can a political leader be effective without being tyrannical? Most biographies tend to treat the tyrannical aspect of a great leader's career as a contradiction to be minimized. This book examines both the creative and tyrannical aspects as the... -
Indian Cotton Textiles in West Africa: African Agency, Consumer Demand and the Making of the Global Economy, 1750-1850 Kazuo Kobayashi 9783030186746
RRP: £74.99£67.73This book focuses on the significant role of West African consumers in the development of the global economy. It explores their demand for Indian cotton textiles and how their consumption shaped patterns of global trade, influencing economies and... -
Lost Countries: Exotic Tales from an Old Stamp Album by Stuart Laycock 9780750979498 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£5.78Pick up an old stamp album and flick through it. You'll find a host of exotic and unfamiliar names: Cyrenaica, Fernando Poo, Fiume, North Ingria, Obock, Priamur, Stellaland, Tuva, Wenden - distant lands, vanished territories, lost countries. Do they... -
History of the World in Maps: The rise and fall of Empires, Countries and Cities by The Times 9780008147792 [USED COPY]
RRP: £30.00£24.27From Babylonian tablets to Google Maps, the world has evolved rapidly, along with the ways in which we see it. In this time, cartography has not only kept pace with these changes, but has often driven them. In this beautiful book, over 70 maps give a... -
Murders, Plots and Mysteries by Brian Williams 9781841651828 [USED COPY]
RRP: £4.99£1.92From royal assassinations to ill-planned treason, from medieval trials and harsh punishment to latter-day mysteries and mass terror, this book leads the reader into a world of conspiracies and dark deeds, with a text supported by artworks and photographs... -
Barmy British Empire by Terry Deary 9781407104218 [USED COPY]
RRP: £5.99£1.78Readers can discover all the foul facts about the Barmy British Empire, including how a war started when a Brit was sitting on a stool, who wore a necklace made of 50 human skulls and why a British soldier used his own coffin as a... -
The No-nonsense Guide to World History by Chris Brazier 9781859843550 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.00£1.78When it comes to world history, battles in tiny corners of Europe and the love affairs of kings often obscure the big picture. "The No-Nonsense Guide to World History" integrates concisely the conventional narratives of dynastic politics and... -
The life of Joseph Hodges Choate as gathered chiefly from his letters (Volume II) by Edward Sandford Martin 9789354000102 [USED COPY]
£13.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789354000102Author Edward Sandford MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 468Imprint Alpha EditionPublisher Alpha EditionWeight(grams) 590g -
A Left-Handed History of the World by Ed Wright 9781740458108 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£2.80About 10 per cent of the general population is left-handed. However 16 per cent of American presidents have been lefties and a disproportionately high number of left-handers feature in influential moments through history, from Julius Caesar to Bill Gates... -
Tank Warfare: Strategy and Tactics: The Illustrated History of the Tank at War 1914-20 by Christer Jorgensen 9781862271357 [USED COPY]
RRP: £18.99£2.69This military history provides the reader with a guide to tank warfare, including the development of tank tactics and strategy. Also included are details of great tank battles such as Cambrai, Kursk, Chinese Farm and the Gulf War.Book InformationISBN... -
War Behind the Wire by Patrick Wilson 9780850527452 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.95£2.37Published to coincide with the major 2 part BBC1 series (Autumn 2000) of the same name, War Behind the Wire focuses on the capture, interrogation, the comradeship of camp life, escape planning and forgery techniques, tunnelling, the thrill of life on the... -
Battle for the Falklands (2): Naval Forces by Adrian English 9780850454925 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£4.13In the early hours of the chilly late-autumn morning, April 2 1982, substantial forces of Argentine Marines, with heavy naval and air support, had invaded the Falkland islands, quickly and almost bloodlessly overwhelming a token garrison of Royal Marines... -
Cox's Fragmenta: An Historical Miscellany by Simon Murphy 9780752463292 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.99£1.88Erotic misdemeanours in an Irish bean-field, the recipe for a frog barometer fresh from the French court, a parrot convicted of heresy and burnt at the stake in Spain and a Dutch stage effect for ejecting a wig (by means of a spring) during Hamlet’s... -
Monsters by Simon Sebag Montefiore 9781847245014 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.80Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Readings in Western Civilization: v.9: Twentieth-century Europe by John W. Boyer 9780226069548 [USED COPY]
RRP: £33.00£5.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226069548Author John W. BoyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago Press -
Tragic Journeys by Tim Coates 9780117024656 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£2.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780117024656Author Tim CoatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 349Imprint Tim CoatesPublisher Tim CoatesWeight(grams) 584g -
Histories of the Unexpected: How Everything Has a History by Dr Sam Willis 9781786499974 [USED COPY]
RRP: £18.99£2.65'History as you've never seen it before.' Dan Snow 'A wonderful, eclectic and entertaining history of everything, full of fascinating, surprising stories.' Suzannah Lipscomb Did you know that the history of the beard is connected to the Crimean War; that... -
Speeches That Changed the World Quercus 9781529443141
RRP: £20.00£17.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781529443141Author QuercusFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint GreenfinchPublisher Quercus Publishing