History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. This text illuminates the forces that drive US global policy, from Vietnam and Colombia to Afghanistan and Iraq. It brings to light the intertwined patterns of drugs, oil politics, and intelligence networks that have been central to the larger workings of US intervention in Third World countries. Series: War and Peace Library. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742525214
- ISBN
- 9780742525214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.81
€ 112.81
Paperback. Provides a thorough history of the nineteenth century material and goes on to examine the theories on its architectural expression, focussing on determining role of the reinforced concrete frame. This title provides the rational and effective expression of classical principles in modern construction. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBT; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 141 x 40. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen´s University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773525641
- ISBN
- 9780773525641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.62
€ 49.62
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252079283
- ISBN
- 9780252079283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.95
€ 41.95
Hardcover. Relating the biographies of four European and two North American rivers, A Story of Six Rivers considers the place of rivers in our world and emphasizes the inextricable links between their history, culture and ecology. Num Pages: 256 pages, 90 black and white. BIC Classification: HBTB; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780231068
- ISBN
- 9781780231068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.62
€ 49.62
Paperback. Examines and explains the waves of urbanization across Europe from the fall of the Roman empire to the dawn of the 21st century, covering the whole of Europe, north and south, east and west, and looking at urban trends, the urban economy, social developments, cultural life, and governance. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198700548
- ISBN
- 9780198700548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.80
€ 65.80
Hardcover. Follow the conflict of the Second World War from 1939 to 1945 in this unique volume, published in association with Imperial War Museums, London, featuring historical maps and photographs from their archives, and fascinating commentary from an expert historian. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTP1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 277 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1544.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008136581
- ISBN
- 9780008136581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.07
€ 23.07
Paperback. Almost 35 years before New York saw the first great battle waged by the new United States of America for its independence, rumours of a slave conspiracy spread in the city, leading to the conviction and execution of over 70 slaves. This text retells the dramatic story of these landmark trials. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- Text is Free of Markings
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612468
- ISBN
- 9780700612468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.51
€ 40.51
SeemanKing Philip's War: Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and the End of Indian Sovereignty by Daniel R. MandellThe Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War by Williamjames Hull HofferBloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations by Tim Lehman Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403113
- ISBN
- 9781421403113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.61
€ 67.61
Paperback. SeemanKing Philip's War: Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and the End of Indian Sovereignty by Daniel R. MandellThe Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War by Williamjames Hull HofferBloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations by Tim Lehman Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403120
- ISBN
- 9781421403120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.19
€ 31.19
Paperback. Aaron Burr was an enigma even in his own day. Founding father and vice president, he engaged in a duel with Alexander Hamilton resulting in a murder indictment that effectively ended his legal career. This book unveils a cast of characters ensnared by politics and law at the highest levels of government. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; LAZ; LNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615926
- ISBN
- 9780700615926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.13
€ 40.13
Paperback. In late 17th-century Salem, Massachusetts, neighbours turned against neighbours and children against parents with accusations of witchcraft. This text examines what created an epidemic of accusations that resulted in the investigation of nearly 200 colonists and, for many, trial and incarceration. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; HRQX5; HRQX9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700608591
- ISBN
- 9780700608591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.97
€ 39.97
Hardcover. The question of what brought about the French Revolution remains the subject of vigorous debate and perennial interest. This clear collection is an excellent introduction to a complex topic, written by ten distinguished American and British historians. Editor(s): Campbell, Peter Robert. Series: Problems in Focus S. Num Pages: 384 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333949702
- ISBN
- 9780333949702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.91€ 114.87
€ 128.91
€ 114.87
Hardcover. The first full-length account of Scotland's major change from burial to cremation Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBZ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 35. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Publisher
- John Donald Short Run Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781906566791
- ISBN
- 9781906566791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
paperback. Over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the technologies began to light up streets, sidewalks, buildings, and public spaces. This book depicts the changing experience of the urban night over this period, visiting a host of actors - scavengers, newsboys, and mashers alike - in the nocturnal city. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 291 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226269542
- ISBN
- 9780226269542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.41
€ 40.41
Paperback. Hugh Everett III's "Many Worlds" theory is now considered a hugely important breakthrough in the history of physics. This book tells the story of the physics establishment's rejection of his theory, his subsequent Pentagon career in nuclear strategy, and his difficult personal life and eventual death from alcoholism. Num Pages: 464 pages, 43 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGT; HBTW; PDX; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199659241
- ISBN
- 9780199659241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.62
€ 36.62
Hardcover. What is the history of knowledge? This engaging and accessible introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of knowledge (or, as some scholars say, knowledges in the plural ) and how it differs from the history of science, intellectual history, the sociology of knowledge or from cultural history. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745669830
- ISBN
- 9780745669830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.25
€ 65.25
Paperback. A work of comparative history which examines the elites or ruling groups of two major cities in early modern Europe. Focusing on the lives of 563 individuals - the procuratori di San Marco in Venice and the aldermen and burgomasters of Amsterdam - the author examines the ways in which the elites recruited themselves, their wealth and their power. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFSC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745613246
- ISBN
- 9780745613246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.74
€ 30.74
Paperback. The money spent by the French government on the public image of Louis XIV was extensive and succeeded in making him into a god like figure. In this book the author gives an account of the contemporary representations of Louis XIV and illustrates the relationship between art and power. Num Pages: 256 pages, 90 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; A; HBJD; HBLH; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300059434
- ISBN
- 9780300059434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.26
€ 24.26
Paperback. What is the history of knowledge? This engaging and accessible introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of knowledge (or, as some scholars say, knowledges in the plural ) and how it differs from the history of science, intellectual history, the sociology of knowledge or from cultural history. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745669847
- ISBN
- 9780745669847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.55
€ 21.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745650432
- ISBN
- 9780745650432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.95
€ 41.95
paperback. In this book Peter Burke adopts a socio-cultural approach to examine the changes in the organization of knowledge in Europe from the invention of printing to the publication of the French Encyclopedie. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745624853
- ISBN
- 9780745624853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.64
€ 32.64
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; GTJ; HBJK; HBTQ; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691649122
- ISBN
- 9780691649122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.15
€ 144.15
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Prospect Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903018873
- ISBN
- 9781903018873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.30
€ 51.99
€ 43.30
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Prospect Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909248328
- ISBN
- 9781909248328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.02
€ 51.99
€ 43.02