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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. The New Deal placed security at the center of American political and economic life by establishing an explicit partnership between the state, economy, and citizens. This history of the American reliance on employment-based benefits examines the interwoven politics of social provision and labor relations from the 1910s to the 1960s. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 10 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126050
ISBN
9780691126050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.76

Hardback. This book argues that labour patriotism characterised the left's stance on the First World War, the anti-war stance was marginalised, and this patriotism both held the labour movement together and ensured greater electoral success after 1918. Series: Studies in Labour History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786940025
ISBN
9781786940025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.70

Paperback. Tells the story of Frenchmen, who motivated by their hatred of Communism, chose to fight for the Third Reich in World War-II, first in the regular army and then as part of the Waffen-SS. Num Pages: 512 pages, 17 b/w photos & 6 maps. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 870. The French Volunteers of the Waffen-SS. 512 pages, 17 b/w photos & 6 maps. Tells the story of Frenchmen, who motivated by their hatred of Communism, chose to fight for the Third Reich in World War-II, first in the regular army and then as part of the Waffen-SS. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBLW; HBWQ; JW. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 34. Weight: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811735810
ISBN
9780811735810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781501705595
ISBN
9781501705595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.42

Paperback. Tells the story of how British and American Intelligence thwarted a wartime plan for a daring mass break-out of German prisoners-of-war from the PoW camp at Devizes in Wiltshire, led by a hard core of SS troops. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752453767
ISBN
9780752453767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.17

Paperback. Work has always been central to the African American experience. Whether as slaves or freedmen, African Americans have struggled to gain economic opportunity. This title analyzes the position of African American workers in the US economy and social order over the past century and a half. Series: African American Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813192598
ISBN
9780813192598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408880111
ISBN
9781408880111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. "Gaines has a deft understanding of the Washington-Lafayette relationship .. [and] a knack for wielding substantial research with aplomb."-San Francisco Chronicle Num Pages: 512 pages, 16 pages of illustrations; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st PAPERBACK
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393333510
ISBN
9780393333510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.11

Hardcover. Presents a study that offers a historical overview of humble individuals who wished for independence from an oppressive government but had more immediate individual and familial concerns. This book explores their impact on both national and local levels and compares the education, work, and home environments of two different generations. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335874
ISBN
9780880335874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.73

Paperback. Series: Reason to Revolution. Num Pages: 104 pages, 50 ills. BIC Classification: HBLL; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Publisher
Helion & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911512158
ISBN
9781911512158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.90

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762794683
ISBN
9780762794683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.29

Paperback. Series: Stackpole Military History Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 27 b/w photos & 11 maps. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811735827
ISBN
9780811735827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.33

Paperback. A study of the colonial state's imposition of regimes of sexuality, as seen through archives of law, literature and pornography. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; HBG; HBLL; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345336
ISBN
9780822345336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.87

Paperback. In this book R.W. Scribner provides the first detailed analysis of the forms of popular propaganda which were aimed at the illiterate and semi-literate during the Reformation in Germany. Hailed as a pioneering study of great importance on its original publication in 1981, For the Sake of Simple Folk is now available in paperback for the first time. Series: Clarendon Paperbacks. Num Pages: 360 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198203261
ISBN
9780198203261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 112.37

Paperback. This volume explores the dramatic struggle between Nazism and the German Confessing Church - a group of outraged Christians who sought to establish a church untainted by Nazi ideology. The author's research included interviews with more than 60 Germans who were active in the Confessing Church. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW3; HRCC99; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195121186
ISBN
9780195121186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 116.20

paperback. This volume brings together essays by 14 accomplished Lincoln scholars. They provide an insight into how Lincoln's administration dealt with the issues of war and slavery. The work covers facets of three general themes, the problems of emancipation, presidential politics, and the Lincoln legacy. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 267 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 221 x 14. Weight in Grams: 383.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823219605
ISBN
9780823219605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.43

Paperback. A biography of Patience Darton that tells the story of this young, upper middle-class nurse in the 1930s who becomes dramatically caught up in Spain's civil war and the passionate political issues of her times, but whose intimate writings reveal emotions and attitudes that strike a chord with most self-aware and determined women. Num Pages: 256 pages, 140 illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195151
ISBN
9781845195151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.02

Hardcover. A biography of Patience Darton that tells the story of this young, upper middle-class nurse in the 1930s who becomes dramatically caught up in Spain's civil war and the passionate political issues of her times, but whose intimate writings reveal emotions and attitudes that strike a chord with most self-aware and determined women. Num Pages: 256 pages, 140 illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195144
ISBN
9781845195144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.74

Paperback. In 1432, the Office of the Night was created specifically to police sodomy in Florence. Seventy years of denunciations, accusations and sentencings left an extraordinarily detailed record, which the author uses in this portrait, calling into question modern conceptions of sexuality and gender. Series: Studies in the History of Sexuality. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 halftone, line figures, tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
382
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195122923
ISBN
9780195122923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.15

Paperback. This text explores American culture from the mid-19th century to 1920 through the lens of one episode: the campaign led by Alexander Graham Bell and other prominent Americans to suppress the use of sign language amongst deaf people. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFZ; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 12. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226039640
ISBN
9780226039640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8 page b&w insets. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444785142
ISBN
9781444785142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. A fascinating book celebrating the 'the most important body formed during the twentieth century' - the Women's Institute Num Pages: 304 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844086603
ISBN
9781844086603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.48

Paperback.
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork, Ireland
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859183793
ISBN
9781859183793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.00
€ 24.15

Paperback. 'Difficult to put down .. irresistible' Daily Telegraph Num Pages: 272 pages, 8pp black and white. BIC Classification: 1FP; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719564482
ISBN
9780719564482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.60

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