History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Originally published under the title: Servants: a downstairs view of twentieth-century Britain. Num Pages: 416 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393349801
- ISBN
- 9780393349801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.70
€ 16.99
€ 16.70
Paperback. An original, authoritative look at the social history of the 20th century, brilliantly retold through the eyes of the household servants. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408842706
- ISBN
- 9781408842706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.99
€ 21.99
€ 15.99
Hardcover. Presents facsimile samples of 275 of the most sumptuous wallpaper designs ever created by designers and printers of the age, including Christopher Dresser and Morris & Co. In this title, interleaved with the wallpaper sections is a commentary that guides you through the story of the manufacture, uses and effects of arsenic. Num Pages: 256 pages, 350 illustrations, 250 in colour. BIC Classification: 3JH; AKP; AMR; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 259 x 29. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500518380
- ISBN
- 9780500518380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.59
€ 40.99
€ 28.59
paperback. Translator(s): Gottlieb, B. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; HBG; HBLH; HBTB; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674708266
- ISBN
- 9780674708266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.82
€ 71.82
Hardcover. Hardcover, white spine. Ex-Libris, sticker on inside front cover, card and date on ffep. 127pp
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Silvio Mursia Milan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- SKU
- KON0819669
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 5.49
€ 20.99
€ 5.49
Paperback. This text offers a wide-ranging survey of the notion of longevity. Lucian Boia looks at the many manifestations of one of humanity's most powerful dreams - the prolongation of life and youth with immortality as a final objective. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861891549
- ISBN
- 9781861891549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.60
€ 33.60
Paperback. Romania occupies a unique position on the map of Eastern Europe. It is a country that presents many paradoxes. This book examines this land's development from the Middle Ages to modern times, delineating its culture, history, language, politics and ethnic identity. Translator(s): Brown, James. Series: Topographics. Num Pages: 328 pages, 68 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; HBJD; HBTB; JFSL1; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861891037
- ISBN
- 9781861891037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.12
€ 34.12
Paperback. A collection of lectures delivered by the author throughout Canada and Europe. Irigaray covers major issues in religion, the law, psychoanalysis and literature, analyzing sexual difference according to what she terms the double dimension of gender and ideology. Translator(s): Gill, Gillian C. Num Pages: 192 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBTG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 221 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231070331
- ISBN
- 9780231070331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.22
€ 42.22
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 maps, 21 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 21 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4; JPVH4; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995168
- ISBN
- 9780295995168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.36
€ 129.36
Paperback. This eye-opening exploration of the aesthetic and legal innovations of home video revisits four decades of frequently overlooked histories of video recording. Num Pages: 352 pages, 54 illustrations. BIC Classification: AJRH; HBTB; JFDT; LNRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822343769
- ISBN
- 9780822343769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.28
€ 53.28
hardcover. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 254 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1293.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813034997
- ISBN
- 9780813034997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.04
€ 36.04
Hardback. This book, originally published just after World War I, is the definitive reference to United States Naval aviators in World War I. Also included: a history of naval aviation operations in World War I. Num Pages: 304 pages, over 2000 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTM; JWF; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1724. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. In Mylar. DW has light shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0016593
- ISBN
- 9780764302190
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Millions of immigrants entered America's "golden door" in the years after 1880. This book offers a guide to the USA, including everything from the pay-rates of various trades to statistics about what Americans ate, drank, and manufactured. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 190 x 13. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Old House
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908402646
- ISBN
- 9781908402646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.55
€ 8.55
Paperback. Offers the clearest explanation of the process by which the Communist party directs scholarly activity that has appeared to date. Tillett has plunged into the brambles of Soviet historiography, has found his way skilfully through them, and has emerged with a study that will be an important addition to the growing literature on the Soviet Union. Series: Enduring Editions. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807836750
- ISBN
- 9780807836750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.07
€ 78.07
Paperback. Despite the immense body of literature about the American Civil War and its causes, the nation's western involvement in the approaching conflict often gets short shrift. Busy in the Cause explores the role of the Midwest in shaping US politics concerning slavery in the years leading up to the Civil War. Num Pages: 306 pages, 22 illustrations, 1 map, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803271890
- ISBN
- 9780803271890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.73
€ 40.73
Paperback. This volume focuses on two main antislavery movements that emerged in Kentucky during the early years of opposition: emancipation - a gradual end to slavery with compensation to owners, and abolition - an immediate and uncompensated end to the institution. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190839
- ISBN
- 9780813190839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.20
€ 32.20
Paperback. Essays recovering the forgotten and downplayed histories of blacks in Central America, demonstrating the centrality of African Americans to the region s history from the earliest colonial times to the present. Editor(s): Gudmundson, Lowell; Wolfe, Justin. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21 photographs, 14 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822348030
- ISBN
- 9780822348030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.02
€ 51.02
Hardback. In Japan, as elsewhere, cities became the staging ground for wide ranging social, cultural, economic, and political transformations. This title looks at the emergence of urbanism in the interwar period, a global moment when the material and ideological structures that constitute "the city" took their characteristic modern shape. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 326 pages, 4 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 227 x 30. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520275201
- ISBN
- 9780520275201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.51
€ 112.51
Hardcover. In this landmark biography, Jane Addams becomes America's most admired and most hated woman-and wins the Nobel Peace Prize. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBTB; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 280 x 29. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393071658
- ISBN
- 9780393071658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.73
€ 40.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 19. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press Ithaca
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487682
- ISBN
- 9780801487682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.23
€ 43.23