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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. This revised impression enables another generation of readers to sample what Eric Hobsbawm has referred to as 'that magnificent monument of scholarship and humanity'. Editor(s): Hawkes, J. G. Num Pages: 768 pages, illustrations, tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; KCZ; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 161 x 39. Weight in Grams: 101.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
768
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521316231
ISBN
9780521316231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.02

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBB; DSBD; DSK; HBT; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801441431
ISBN
9780801441431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.68

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; 3JJ; AMX; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 238 x 27. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226417769
ISBN
9780226417769
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.58

Hardback. What makes a place? This title searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. It explores the area thematically - connecting, for example, Eadweard Muybridge's foundation of motion-picture technology with Alfred Hitchcock's filming of "Vertigo". Num Pages: 166 pages, 17 color illustrations, 7 b/w photographs, 22 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520262492
ISBN
9780520262492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Paperback. What makes a place? This title searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. It explores the area thematically - connecting, for example, Eadweard Muybridge's foundation of motion-picture technology with Alfred Hitchcock's filming of "Vertigo". Num Pages: 166 pages, 17 color illustrations, 7 b/w photographs, 22 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 181 x 14. Weight in Grams: 594. A San Francisco Atlas. 166 pages, illustrations. What makes a place? This title searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. It explores the area thematically - connecting, for example, Eadweard Muybridge's foundation of motion-picture technology with Alfred Hitchcock's filming of "Vertigo". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTP1. Dimension: 302 x 181 x 14. Weight: 592.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
166
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520262508
ISBN
9780520262508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.22

Paperback. This updated edition confirms Solnit's seminal work as a timeless classic on politics and change Series: Canons. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; HBTB; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Canongate Canons
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782119074
ISBN
9781782119074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.25

Paperback. Examines the history of the Fante people of southern Ghana during the transatlantic slave trade, 1700 to 1807. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 3J; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464789
ISBN
9781580464789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.04

Hardback. The "cold war university" is the academic component of the military-industrial-academic complex. This work discusses the role played by university administrators in making their universities dependent upon military foundation and industrial patronage. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JNKG; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205413
ISBN
9780520205413
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.79

paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 illustrations/3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSC; JFSJ1; JNLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780271024912
ISBN
9780271024912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JJ; HBTB; RNQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Auckland University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781869407278
ISBN
9781869407278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.70

paperback. McClanahan looks for answers in the history of her family Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 344 pages, 35 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; BM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustriert.
SKU
V9780253008596
ISBN
9780253008596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.52

Paperback. Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
NYU Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479852819
ISBN
9781479852819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 23 x 15 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674975422
ISBN
9780674975422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.69

Paperback. BIC Classification: HBJM; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; RNFD. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Monash University Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925495430
ISBN
9781925495430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.38

Paperback. By the 1940s, the idealization of motherhood had waned, and the American mothers found themselves blamed for a host of societal and psychological ills. This title traces this important shift by exploring the evolution of maternalist politics, changing perceptions of the mother-child bond, and the rise of new approaches to childbirth and suffering. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226670225
ISBN
9780226670225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.58

Hardcover. Exploring such topics as maternal caregiving, childbirth, and women's political roles, this title deals with the groups that challenged older ideals of motherhood, including male critics who railed against female moral authority, psychological experts who hoped to expand their influence, and women who wished to be more than wives and mothers. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226670201
ISBN
9780226670201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBFN; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Monash University Publishing Australia
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781922235701
ISBN
9781922235701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.22

Paperback. Using a rich array of oral histories and archival sources, Tomboys and Bachelor Girls provides the first detailed academic study of lesbian identity and culture in post-war Britain for the scholarly and general reader. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719089923
ISBN
9780719089923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.14

paperback. Argues that the expansion of the Florentine economic market in the fifteenth century helped to undo the development of markets of other economies - especially the rural economy of Tuscany. This title shows how sectoral relations are crucial to transitions to capitalism and how capitalist development can also contract markets. Series: Politics, History, & Social Change. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 tables, 1 map, 3 line art. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781592136193
ISBN
9781592136193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.85

Hardback. Sweet Liberty offers a history of Martinique and its relationship to metropolitan France during the final years of slavery in the French empire. It argues that an Atlantic-world approach reveals how race, slavery, class, and gender shaped what it meant to be French on both sides of the ocean. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812241723
ISBN
9780812241723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 402 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
PM Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629631042
ISBN
9781629631042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.97

Cassidy's investigation reveals the factors-ethical, cultural, political, and economic-that have shaped the racing tradition. Series: Animals, History, Culture. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887031
ISBN
9780801887031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.58

hardcover. Matzke reveals how Britain followed a strategy of deterrence through strengh in three historical case studies. Series: Studies in War, Society, and the Military. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803235144
ISBN
9780803235144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.23

Paperback. Using court records, letters, and pamphlets, Goetz suggests new ways of approaching and understanding the deeply entwined relationship between Christianity and race in early America. Series: Early America: History, Context, Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; HRA; JFFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421419817
ISBN
9781421419817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFD; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625340702
ISBN
9781625340702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.85

Paperback. Today, cohabiting relationships account for most births outside marriage. But what was the situation in earlier centuries? Bringing together leading historians, demographers and lawyers, this interdisciplinary collection draws on a wide range of sources to examine the changing context of non-marital child-bearing in England and Wales since 1600. Editor(s): Probert, Rebecca. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349484553
ISBN
9781349484553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.91

Paperback. Presents a guide to the Antietam battlefield with comprehensive maps and descriptions of the action, narratives about key figures and events, and a variety of contemporary and postwar source materials offering stories and interpretations. Num Pages: 336 pages, Colour and black & white photographs, 31 full-colour maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469630205
ISBN
9781469630205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.77

Hardback. A history of the assault of the Hungarian state during World War II against the multi-ethnic and multi-religious society in the Carpathian borderland with the aim of transforming the region into an integral part of a "Greater Hungary" dominated by ethnic Hungarians. Series: Stanford Studies on Central and Eastern. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804796668
ISBN
9780804796668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.87

Hardback. Game Changer will change the way you look at sports-and the outsized impact technoscience has on them. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12, 8 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBTB; KNSP; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421797
ISBN
9781421421797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.23

Hardcover. For years Raymond-Raoul Lambert's Diary has been among the important untranslated records of the experience of French Jews in the Holocaust. Lambert's Diary survived the war and was published in France in 1985. This book reveals Lambert's efforts to save at least a remnant of the Jews in France. It is illustrated with maps and photographs. Translator(s): Best, Isabel. Series: Published in Association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781566637404
ISBN
9781566637404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.24

Hardback. The first authorized copy of this mysterious, much-speculated-upon, one-of-a-kind, centuries-old puzzle. The Voynich Manuscript is produced from new photographs of the entire original and accompanied by expert essays that invite anyone to understand and explore the enigma. Editor(s): Clemens, Raymond. Num Pages: 304 pages, 268 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 317 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1780.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300217230
ISBN
9780300217230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Clay, Catherine; Ewins, Kristin. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DS; HBTB; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Raymond Williams Society United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953150366
ISBN
9780953150366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.62

Hardcover. Tells the story of the intercollegiate gridiron sport in the years immediately after World War I when the game underwent monumental changes that transformed it into one of America's fundamental sporting attractions and a commercial entity that would be recognizable to any twenty-first century fan. Series: Sports and Entertainment. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBTB; JNM; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608868
ISBN
9780815608868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 76 pages. BIC Classification: HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 6. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
76
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606928097
ISBN
9781606928097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.12
€ 43.78

Paperback. Drawing on a plethora of sources, including decades of contact with senior Soviet figures, Raymond Garthoff offers the most authoritative assessment to date of how Soviet leaders and intelligence chiefs understood -- and misunderstood -- the United States during the Cold War. Num Pages: 160 pages, 5 tables, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; HBTW; JPHL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 242 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626162297
ISBN
9781626162297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.29

Paperback. Until the close of the nineteenth century, French colonial theory was based on the idea of assimilation, which gave France the responsibility for "civilizing" its colonies by absorbing them administratively and culturally. This book examines the shift in colonial theory within the metropole, and its intellectual origins. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBG; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 13. Weight in Grams: 273.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803262478
ISBN
9780803262478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.56

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Golden Dog Press Canada
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9780919614833
ISBN
9780919614833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.62

Paperback. Raymond Durgnat'sclassic study of how themiddle-class view of life as expressed in British cinema transformed our understanding of British films and also opened some disturbing new insights into a national character by whose enigmas and contradictions we have so long been fascinated. Includes a newforeword by Kevin Gough-Yates. Series: BFI Silver. Num Pages: 416 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; APF; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 135 x 33. Weight in Grams: 650. British Movies from Austerity to Affluence. Series: BFI Silver. 416 pages, 79 black & white halftones. Raymond Durgnat'sclassic study of how themiddle-class view of life as expressed in British cinema transformed our understanding of British films and also opened some disturbing new insights into a national character by whose enigmas and contradictions we have so long been fascinated. Includes a newforeword by Kevin Gough-Yates. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; APF; HBTB. Dimension: 190 x 135 x 33. Weight: 650.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844574537
ISBN
9781844574537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.41

hardcover. Rather than envision themselves as agents of state-sponsored repression, the royal book censors of eighteenth-century France wished, through their reports and decisions, to guide the literary traffic of the Enlightenment and expand public awareness of progressive thought. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804763592
ISBN
9780804763592
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.45

Paperback. Charts the history behind the development of the Irish Jewish community. Humorous and insightful portrait of real lives. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845887087
ISBN
9781845887087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.51