History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Focusing on the British empire, this book assesses the extent to which Jews participated in the institution of slavery through investment in slave trading companies, ownership of slave ships, commercial activity as merchants who sold slaves upon their arrival from Africa, and direct ownership of slaves. Series: New Perspectives on Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- V9780814726396
- ISBN
- 9780814726396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.89
€ 44.89
Num Pages: 186 pages, colour photos & fold-out map. BIC Classification: 1DNN; GBGP; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Tapir Academic Press Norway
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788251920117
- ISBN
- 9788251920117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.47
€ 30.99
€ 22.47
Hardcover. A survivor of concentration camps and the Death March, Eli Pfefferkorn looks back on his Holocaust and post-Holocaust experiences to compare patterns of human behavior in extremis with those of ordinary life. Series: Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; HBTZ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936235667
- ISBN
- 9781936235667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.07
€ 122.07
Paperback. Elie Wiesel was fifteen years old when he and his family were deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz. After the war, Wiesel studied in Paris and later became a journalist. During an interview with the distinguished French writer, Francois Mauriac, he was persuaded to write about his experiences in the death camps. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 3. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140189896
- ISBN
- 9780140189896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.85
€ 11.99
€ 9.85
Paperback. Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, as a child, Elie Wiesel was sent to the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. This title presents an account of that atrocity: the ever-increasing horrors he endured, the loss of his family and his struggle to survive in a world that stripped him of humanity, dignity and faith. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGA; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141038995
- ISBN
- 9780141038995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.59
€ 13.99
€ 10.59
Paperback. The Revolution s aspiration was summed up by the phrase life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Yet the American founding was also a bid for inclusion in the community of nations. According to Eliga Gould, America aspired to diplomatic recognition under international law and the authority to become an Atlantic colonizing power itself." Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; JPH; JPS; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416949
- ISBN
- 9780674416949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.37
€ 45.37
Paperback. Examines the impact of devolution on civil society during the Assembly's first term with a particular focus on civil society's contribution to enhancing democracy and the interrelationship between civil society and national identity. This work contributes to bridge the gap between theory and empirically-grounded research on civil society. Series: Politics & Society in Wales. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780708320846
- ISBN
- 9780708320846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.42
€ 16.42
Paperback. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 40. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442613744
- ISBN
- 9781442613744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 43.81
€ 46.99
€ 43.81
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691649634
- ISBN
- 9780691649634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.58
€ 102.58
Paperback. Elinore Pruitt Stewart, a widow and mother who washed clothes for a living in Denver, planned to work as a housekeeper for some rancher while learning all she would need to know about homesteading a place for herself. This title presents letters written from time of her arrival until 1913. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780803251939
- ISBN
- 9780803251939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.93
€ 27.93
Hardcover. A pioneering investigation into the practices and methodologies used in the search for and exhumation of dead bodies resulting from mass violence. Editor(s): Anstett, Elisabeth; Dreyfus, Jean-Marc. Series Editor(s): Anstett, Elisabeth. Series: Human Remains and Violence. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HDW; JFFE; JKVF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719097560
- ISBN
- 9780719097560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.09
€ 154.09
Paperback. A model of clarity.. It provides absolutely essential reference material for the dress historian and archaeologist, for the early textile specialist, and those interested in the tools and equipment used. TOOL AND TRADES HISTORY SOCIETY NEWSLETTER (Linda Woolley, curator of early and medieval textiles and dress, V&A Museum) Series: Medieval Finds from Excavations in London. Num Pages: 252 pages, 239, 16 colour, 132 black and white, 91 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBTB; KCZ; KNDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 184 x 17. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843832393
- ISBN
- 9781843832393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.39
€ 35.99
€ 30.39
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861895189
- ISBN
- 9781861895189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.85
€ 46.85
Hardback. Cultivated Power explores the collection, cultivation, and display of flowers in early modern France at the historical moment when flowering plants piqued the curiosity of European gardeners and botanists, merchants and ministers, and dukes and kings alike. Series: Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 color, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; HBTB; TVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- REV and Illustrated ed.
- SKU
- V9780812238266
- ISBN
- 9780812238266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.99
€ 88.99
Paperback. What does it mean to be Jewish? What is an anti-Semite? Why does the enigmatic identity of the men who founded the first monotheistic religion arouse such passions? We need to return to the Jewish question. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652207
- ISBN
- 9780745652207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.90
€ 28.90
Hardback. What does it mean to be Jewish? What is an anti-Semite? Why does the enigmatic identity of the men who founded the first monotheistic religion arouse such passions? We need to return to the Jewish question. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652191
- ISBN
- 9780745652191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.58
€ 71.58
Hardcover. Featuring beautiful images, and many classic and contemporary recipes, Lobster: A Global History is the first book to describe the social history of lobster consumption around the world. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 144 pages, 40 colour illustrations, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; WBTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 204 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861897947
- ISBN
- 9781861897947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.46
€ 23.46
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBTB; JHM; JWD; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691636412
- ISBN
- 9780691636412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.85
€ 113.85
Paperback. Presents a synthetic history of the family in Germany and northern France during the High Middle Ages. Concentrating on the special roles of mothers and children, this book advances efforts to write a comparative Jewish-Christian social history. It provides an analysis of the history of Jewish families in medieval Ashkenaz. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130293
- ISBN
- 9780691130293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.07
€ 57.07
Hardback. Palaces of Time resurrects the seemingly banal calendar as a means to understand early modern Jewish life. Elisheva Carlebach has unearthed a trove of beautifully illustrated calendars, to show how Jewish men and women both adapted to the Christian world and also forged their own meanings through time. Num Pages: 304 pages, 56 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRJC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 190 x 28. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674052543
- ISBN
- 9780674052543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.95
€ 49.95
Paperback. This book analyzes representations of the places of British slavery - Africa, the Caribbean, and Britain - in writings by planters, slaves and travellers. Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 38.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107438163
- ISBN
- 9781107438163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.63
€ 48.63
Paperback. Describes and analyzes the battles over the powerful medium of radio, which helped spark the massive upsurge of organized labor during the Depression. Organized chronologically, this work explores the advent of local labor radio stations such as WCFL and WEVD, labor's anti-censorship campaigns, and unionist experiments with early FM broadcasting. Series: The History of Communication. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: HBTB; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252073649
- ISBN
- 9780252073649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.59
€ 37.59
Hardcover. Explores the neglected history of corporate cartography during the Dutch Golden Age, from circa 1600 to 1650. The author examines how maps were used as propaganda tools for the Dutch West India Company in order to encourage the commodification of land and an overall capitalist agenda. Num Pages: 208 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226254784
- ISBN
- 9780226254784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.93
€ 70.93
Paperback. An original and sophisticated contribution to understanding the tangled issue of gender in Soviet Russia. Editor(s): Rabinowitch, Alexander; Rosenberg, William G. Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian & East European Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780253214300
- ISBN
- 9780253214300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.20
€ 40.20