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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. At the periphery of the Chinese empire, a group of innovative entrepreneurs built companies that dominated the Chinese salt trade and created thousands of jobs in the Sichuan region. This book challenges long-held beliefs that social structure, absence of modern banking, and cultural bias against business precluded industrial development in China. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 432 pages, 9 halftones, 10 line drawings, 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231135979
- ISBN
- 9780231135979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.76
€ 36.99
€ 26.76
hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801449024
- ISBN
- 9780801449024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.30
€ 159.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801476099
- ISBN
- 9780801476099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.89
€ 45.99
€ 40.89
hardcover. Examines the renewal of interest in British national identity at a popular, political and academic level. This volume demonstrates that far from being idiosyncratic or self-involved, the question of Englishness and its relationship to British national identity offers an important avenue for thinking about the politics of national identity. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453206
- ISBN
- 9781845453206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.34
€ 158.34
Paperback. Nine writers record two centuries worth of human history, tracing the evolution of trading routes into the Rockies' largest park. Series: Mountain Cairns: A Series on the History and Culture of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Num Pages: 400 pages, colour photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 190 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888644831
- ISBN
- 9780888644831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.19
€ 50.99
€ 36.19
Num Pages: 240 pages, 400+ b/w & colour photos. BIC Classification: 1D; HBT; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1524.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764325885
- ISBN
- 9780764325885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.76€ 45.50
€ 63.76
€ 45.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 487 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; JFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 487
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801485084
- ISBN
- 9780801485084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.68
€ 44.99
€ 39.68
Sheet map. Depicts the Royal Mail steamship routes that carried the majority of the UK's international mail during the 1930s, framed by some illustrations of the transport links through which the post would pass. Series: Old House. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTM; KNTT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 900 x 28 x 1. Weight in Grams: 80. New.
- Publisher
- Old House Books
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908402264
- ISBN
- 9781908402264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 5.28
€ 20.99
€ 5.28
Sheet map. New.
- Publisher
- Old House Books
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908402417
- ISBN
- 9781908402417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 5.28
€ 20.99
€ 5.28
Paperback. Contains essays and articles from seventeen noted film studies experts. Chapters provide the reader with a well-rounded view of the societal influences that inspired the films and the techniques that directors, filmmakers, and actors used to portray the world around them. Editor(s): MacCann, Richard Dyer. Series: American Movies: The First Thirty Years S. Num Pages: 144 pages, 8 b&w photographs, illustrations, plans, transparencies, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APF; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810832565
- ISBN
- 9780810832565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.64
€ 93.64
Paperback. Contains essays including theoretical reflections, literary criticism, and historical and ethnographic case studies focused on Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Brazil, the Andes, and the Caribbean. This book highlights the relation of Marxist thought, dependency theory, and liberation theology to Latin Americans' experience of coloniality. Editor(s): Morana, Mabel; Dussel, Enrique; Jauregui, Carlos A. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 640 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 38. Weight in Grams: 924.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 664
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341697
- ISBN
- 9780822341697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.49
€ 42.99
€ 37.49
Hardcover. What have medieval nuns, parrot shooting, Freemasonry, and Shetland revelry got in common? This study of monastic orders, guilds, Freemasonry and friendly societies over centuries and across frontiers provides new insights into their contribution to the gendering of public space and the evolution of 'separate spheres' in Europe. Num Pages: 283 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272576
- ISBN
- 9780230272576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.55
€ 64.55
Paperback. Celebrates the South's literary culture and recognizes the evolution of the southern literary canon. This volume includes 31 thematic essays addressing major genres of literature; theoretical categories, such as regionalism, the southern gothic, and agrarianism; and themes in southern writing, such as food, religion, and sexuality. Editor(s): Inge, M. Thomas. Num Pages: 528 pages, 25 illustrations, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; GBC; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 753.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807858752
- ISBN
- 9780807858752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.12
€ 42.12
Spiral bound. Paperback, red spiral binder. 40pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Thomas Reed Publications London
- Format
- Spiralbound
- Publication date
- 1983
- SKU
- KON0819351
- ISBN
- 9780900335846
Spiralbound
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 71.71€ 5.49
€ 71.71
€ 5.49
Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; LAB; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403915757
- ISBN
- 9781403915757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.41
€ 122.41
paperback. Chronicles 700 of the most outlandish commanders, battles, and accomplishments in military history. Its seventy lists include warfare's top ten winners, losers, traitors, entertainers, war novels, and movies. Military historians, buffs, and enthusiasts will enjoy this often irreverent and controversial look at the profession of arms. Series: Most Wanted. Num Pages: 288 pages, facsimiles, , portraits. BIC Classification: HBT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 204 x 33. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- SKU
- V9781574885095
- ISBN
- 9781574885095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.66
€ 16.66
The Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology: The First ...
M.d. (Ed.) Walter H. Abelmann
Hardcover. This volume describes, analyzes, and evaluates the first 25 years of the collaboration between Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Editor(s): Abelmann, W.H. Num Pages: 346 pages, 18pp illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBT; JNMN; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674014589
- ISBN
- 9780674014589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.08
€ 31.99
€ 27.08
Paperback. A study of women in vaudeville. It reveals how female performers, patrons and workers shaped the rise and fall of the most popular live entertainment at the turn of the century. Once a sign of vaudeville's refinement, Kibler says, women became associated with the decay of vaudeville. Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807848128
- ISBN
- 9780807848128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.54
€ 51.54
Paperback. This text studies the structures of a bastard feudal society in the context of aristocratic power and domination as it was exercised over a period of five centuries or more. A range of specialist studies are brought into focus and their general significance is evaluated. Series: The Medieval World. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBLC; HBTB; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582060920
- ISBN
- 9780582060920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.76€ 58.48
€ 63.76
€ 58.48
Hardback. A Victorian parsonage was a 'religious family enterprise', a showcase of ruling ideas, the headquarters of parish charities and a point of connection for multilayered networks in and outside the parish. This book focuses on the lives of women brought up in this setting, as the Church of England steered its way through the secularisation of society. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 344 pages, 9 figures, 30 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBTB; HRCC91; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354074
- ISBN
- 9780230354074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.90
€ 133.90
Paperback. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346189
- ISBN
- 9781349346189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.24
€ 122.24
Paperback. Rabies was a constant threat in Victorian Britain and gripped popular imagination, not least because its human form, hydrophobia, produced a vile death with the mind and body out of control. This book explores the changing understanding of rabies amongst veterinarians, animal welfare campaigners, state officials, politicians and the public. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349359981
- ISBN
- 9781349359981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.54
€ 63.54
Hardback. Interpreting the German-Polish relationship according to a paradigm of 'synthesis' between nations, this book examines the process and socio-political effects of how conflict and contradiction between Germans and Poles gave rise to mentalities and behaviours that were 'transnational'; representing the harmonization of the national dichotomy. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 maps, 21 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284166
- ISBN
- 9780230284166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.03
€ 65.03
Paperback. The third edition of From Memory to Written Record is a thorough update of this scholarly classic. Written for students and scholars of medieval history, it traces the development of literacy in England and serves as an introduction to medieval books and documents for graduate students around the world. Num Pages: 418 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 418
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405157919
- ISBN
- 9781405157919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 37.39
€ 37.99
€ 37.39