Books - "history"
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A Kind of Mending: Restorative Justice in the Pacific Islands
with Anita Jowitt and Tess Newton Cain
octavo, illus light card covers, xii + 309pp, VG+ (light wear and creasing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Pandanus Books 2003
KEYWORDS: pacific history sinclair dinnen justice politics
The Ancien Regime: A History of France 1610-1774
translated by Mark Greengrass
super octavo, illus light card covers, vii + 586pp, illus, VG+ (light wear and fading to covers)
PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishers 1998
KEYWORDS: emmanuel le roy ladurie mark greengrass french history france politics the ancien regime
Empire & Emancipation: Power and Liberation on a World Scale
octavo, illus light card covers, xvi + 421pp, VG+ (light wear and rubbing, sticker residue to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Pluto Press 1990
KEYWORDS: jan p. nederveen pieterse empire power politics sociology capitalism economics marxism socialism history imperialism
Building a Modern Financial System: The Indonesian Experience
octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxvii + 379pp, near fine in VG+ d/w (light wear and rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: david c. cole betty f. slade development financial system government politics economics indonesia history
Culture, Kastom, Tradition: Developing Cultural Policy in Melanesia
first edition, octavo, illus light card covers, xx + 297pp, illus, VG (light wear, light soiling to rear cover, v light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of the South Pacific 1994
KEYWORDS: lamont lindstrom geoffrey m. white history cultural policy politics anthropology sociology melanesia pacific islands
Germany Scenery from Drawings made in 1820 by Captain Batty of the Grenadier Guards
volume two only, text in English and French, correction of last plate description (states Vienna from Dobling, changed by hand to Vienna from the Palace of Belvedore), no title page, quarto, brown leather boards with gilt rule and five raised bands to spine, gilt lettering and rule to front board, gilt page edges, marbled eps, frontispiece, unpaginated, illus with 31 lithographic full-page plates, VG (rubbing and bruising to extremities, some small white spots to front board, light scratching to boards, small indentation to rear board, some pencil markings to prelims, some foxing esp. to tissue and page edges, small hole to one layer of tissue), in presentation a tidier copy than our description suggests
PUBLISHER: Rodwell and Martin 1823
KEYWORDS: captain batty of the grenadier guards arts history germany drawing french languages
Martirologio Milanese
introduzione di Gianfranco Ravasi
text in Italian, imperial octavo, maroon heavy card boards with maroon cloth to spine, gilt lettering and decoration to front board and spine, 81pp + unpaginated index, illus, near fine in VG d/w (light wear and soiling)
PUBLISHER: Credito Artigiano 1996
KEYWORDS: marco navoni cesare pasini gianfranco ravasi arts milane martyrdom italian languages history
At the Tail of the Weir
first edition, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine, xii + 277pp, illus, VG- (wear to extremities including small closed tears to head and tail of spine, fraying to corners, water damage to upper edge of boards and four small holes to boards, ink owner's name to fep, light tanning and foxing, upper edges of pages damaged and partially eaten away with no loss to text)
PUBLISHER: Philip Allan 1932
KEYWORDS: patrick r. chalmers sport fishing angling poetry literature history first edition
Guide Book to New Zealand Commercial Fish Species (new revised edition)
octavo, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to front board and spine, silver illus to front board, illus fep, 216pp, illus, near fine in VG+ d/w (light wear and fading)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Fishing Industry Board 1990
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history fish commercial fish species fisheries
The Development of the Modern State: A Sociological Introduction
softcover octavo (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 1978
KEYWORDS: gianfranco poggi sociology politics political philosophy history specials
Custom and Conflict in Africa
softcover octavo (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Basil Blackwell 1982
KEYWORDS: max gluckman social anthropology sociology history africa politics specials
Sumatran Politics and Poetics: Gayo History, 1900-1989
hardcover octavo (VG+) d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1991
KEYWORDS: john r. bowen sumatran politics poetics gayo history sumatra social anthropology sociology linguistics literature poetry languages specials
The City Without Walls: An Anthology setting forth the Drama of Human Life
ex-library, hardcover octavo (VG) lacks d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1933
KEYWORDS: margaret cushing osgood literature short stories religion history anthology specials
Bishop Barlow and Anglican Orders: A Study of the Original Documents
ex-library, hardcover octavo (VG) lacks d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1922
KEYWORDS: arthur stapylton barnes bishop barlow history anglican orders religion specials
Agrarian Transformations: Local Processes and the State in Southeast Asia
with Brian Fegan and Lim Teck Ghee
softcover octavo (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1992
KEYWORDS: gillian hart andrew turton benjamin white brian fegan lim teck ghee agrarian history agriculture south east asia politics economics specials
Regional Integration and the Asia-Pacific
softcover octavo (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1998
KEYWORDS: bijit bora christopher findlay asia-pacific history politics economics regionalism international trade agreements specials
The Archaeology of Mainland Southeast Asia: From 10,000 B.C. to the fall of Angkor
softcover super octavo (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1991
KEYWORDS: charles higham archaeology mainland south east asia history specials
The Rational Peasant: The Political Economy of Rural Society in Vietnam
softcover octavo (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1979
KEYWORDS: samuel l. popkin political economy economics politics history rural society vietnam agriculture specials
Democratizing Development: The Role of Voluntary Organizations
softcover octavo (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Earthscan 1991
KEYWORDS: democracy development politics political philosophy voluntary organisations volunteers aid history third world specials
Peasants and Politics: Grass roots reaction to change in Asia
softcover octavo (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1978
KEYWORDS: d.b. miller politics sociology anthropology history asia specials