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History: specific events & topics
Hardcover. This title charts the evolution and history of one of Britain's principal commercial vehicle manufacturers. Commer underwent several name changes as it acquired, and was acquired by, several other companies. whilst creating some of the world's most innovative commercial vehicles. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; KNDR; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Publisher
- Crowood
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861264916
- ISBN
- 9781861264916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.00
€ 40.99
€ 33.00
Hardback. This book examines the activities of William Blundell, a seventeenth-century Catholic gentleman, and using the approaches of the history of reading provides a detailed analysis of his mindset. The findings of the study challenge a historical determinism which removes Catholics from the mainstream of early-modern society. Series Editor(s): Lake, Peter; Milton, Anthony; Peacey, Jason; Gajda, Alexandra. Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719080241
- ISBN
- 9780719080241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.19
€ 144.19
Paperback. George Ciccariello-Maher brings the work of Georges Sorel, Frantz Fanon, and Enrique Dussel together with contemporary Venezuelan politics to formulate a decolonized dialectics that is suited to the struggle against the legacies of slavery and colonialism while also breaking the impasse between dialectics and postcolonial theory. Series: Radical Americas. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; 3JM; HBTQ; HBTS; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362432
- ISBN
- 9780822362432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.20
€ 36.99
€ 33.20
Hardcover. Drawing on a variety of sixteenth-century sources, including household inventories, epigrams, dedications, catalogs, travel books, and advice manuals, this book studies how individuals displayed different maps in their homes as deliberate acts of self-fashioning. Num Pages: 240 pages, 19 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226255316
- ISBN
- 9780226255316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.23
€ 63.23
Paperback. Blind Tom was the stage name of Thomas Greene Wiggins, a blind black pianist born into slavery in 1849. In this focused, consequential study, Southall reformulates the debate surrounding Blind Tom and expands its dimensions significantly. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 b&w photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AVH; BGF; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810845459
- ISBN
- 9780810845459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.81
€ 54.81
Hardback. Subway and train enthusiasts, students of New York City history, and specialists in the history of technology will appreciate this updated and authoritative reference work about one of the twentieth century's greatest urban achievements. Num Pages: 528 pages, 509, 336 black & white halftones, 173 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBT; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1997.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Centennial ed
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801879227
- ISBN
- 9780801879227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.46
€ 82.46
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 540 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631097
- ISBN
- 9780691631097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 255.97
€ 255.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820343419
- ISBN
- 9780820343419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.11
€ 51.11
Hardcover. This collection of essays uses the framework of journeys in order to highlight the diverse artistic, cultural, and medical responses to a peculiarly Viennese anxiety about the madness of modern times. The travelers of these journeys vary from patients to doctors, artists to writers, architects to composers, and royalty to tourists.. Editor(s): Blackshaw, Gemma; Wieber, Sabine. Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJC; HBTB; JFC; JKSM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436. Mapping Mental Illness in Austro-Hungary. Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies. 222 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Blackshaw, Gemma; Wieber, Sabine. This collection of essays uses the framework of journeys in order to highlight the diverse artistic, cultural, and medical responses to a peculiarly Viennese anxiety about the madness of modern times. The travelers of these journeys vary from patients to doctors, artists to writers, architects to composers, and royalty to tourists. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJC; HBTB; JFC; JKSM. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 16. Weight: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454584
- ISBN
- 9780857454584
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.88
€ 148.88
Paperback. A study of five remarkable sixteenth-century women. Part of the select group of Tudor women allowed access to formal humanist education, the Cooke sisters were also well-connected through their marriages to influential Elizabethan politicians. Series: Politics, Culture & Society in Early Modern Britain. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719099779
- ISBN
- 9780719099779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.22
€ 37.22
Paperback. When Hitler assumed power in 1933, he and other Nazis had firm ideas on what they called a racially pure "community of the people." This work includes eesays that explore the political strategies used by the Third Reich to gain support for its ideologies and programs, and each following essay concentrates on one group of outsiders. Editor(s): Gellately, Robert; Stoltzfus, Nathan. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691086842
- ISBN
- 9780691086842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.53
€ 72.53
Paperback. Editor(s): Harlaftis, Gelina; Vassallo, Carmel. Series: Research in Maritime History. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- International Maritime Economic History Association Canada
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780973007381
- ISBN
- 9780973007381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.97
€ 44.97
Paperback. A collection of critical essays on "Maus", the searing account of one Holocaust survivor's experiences rendered in comic book form, this title offers the work the critical and artistic scrutiny that it deserves. Editor(s): Geis, Deborah R. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817354350
- ISBN
- 9780817354350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.19
€ 34.19
paperback. Jowert has more in common with an English village than with Amsterdam, and it's moving story of neighbours and their efforts to preserve their long established way of life is relevant to the changing face of the countryside everywhere in Europe. In this title, the author returns returns to the Frisian village of his childhood to tell its story. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDN; HBTB; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099546863
- ISBN
- 9780099546863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.22
€ 21.99
€ 17.22
paperback. In 1960, John Steinbeck and his dog Charley set out in their green pickup truck to rediscover the soul of America, visiting small towns and cities from New York to New Orleans. The trip became Travels With Charley, one of his best-loved books. Half a century on, Geert Mak sets off from Steinbeck's home. Translator(s): Waters, Liz. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 37. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099578734
- ISBN
- 9780099578734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.31
€ 19.99
€ 14.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Inglis, Simon. Series: Played in Britain. Num Pages: 180 pages, approx 200 black & white & colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; HBJD1; HBTB; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Publisher
- Malavan Media United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954744557
- ISBN
- 9780954744557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.25
€ 19.99
€ 19.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 24. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801483189
- ISBN
- 9780801483189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.69
€ 50.69
Paperback. In 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China under the command of Emperor Zhu Di's loyal eunuch admirals. But by the time they returned home, Zhu Di had lost control and China was turning inwards, leaving the records of their discoveries to be forgotten for centuries. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HBTM; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 43. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780553815221
- ISBN
- 9780553815221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.53
€ 17.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. In his bestselling book 1421:The Year China Discovered the World, Gavin Menzies revealed that it was the Chinese that discovered America, not Columbus. Now he presents further astonishing evidence that it was also Chinese advances in science, art, and technology that formed the basis of the European Renaissance and our modern world. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FPC; 3H; HBG; HBLC; HBTM; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007269556
- ISBN
- 9780007269556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.22
€ 14.99
€ 11.22
hardcover. Editor(s): Schaffer, Gavin. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ; HBW; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 20. Weight in Grams: 589.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415626170
- ISBN
- 9780415626170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.63
€ 114.63