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History: specific events & topics

Hardcover. Hardcover, black spine. Foxing on page edges and some pages, coffee stain on ffep. 163pp
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Thomas Nelson And Sons Ltd London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1959
SKU
KON0819570
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 20.99
€ 5.49

Hardback. Offers a perspective on the history of food, looking at writings about cuisine, diet, and food chemistry as a key to larger debates over the state of the nation in Old Regime France. This title demonstrates how public discussions of eating and drinking were used to articulate concerns about the state of civilization versus that of nature and more. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBTB; JFCV; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226768861
ISBN
9780226768861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.96
€ 76.88

Paperback. This work traces the scientific, administrative, and political strategies that enabled the foundation of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. It argues that agriculture and animal breeding rank alongside classification and collections in explaining why natural history was important for French rulers. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 halftones, 3 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226768632
ISBN
9780226768632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.34

Hardcover. An account of the political, social, and educational transformations, emphasizing the effect of Wisconsin's partisan politics on the University, the growth of the faculty's role in institutional governance, the development of student communities and the enhancement of its academic reputation. Num Pages: 800 pages, halftones, line drawings, cartoons. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBTB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299144302
ISBN
9780299144302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 40.47

Paperback. Offering the history of skiing from its earliest origins to the outbreak of World War II, this book places emphasis on the impact of culture on the development of skiing, from the influence of Norwegian nationalism to the role of the military in countries as far removed as Austria, India, and Japan. Num Pages: 384 pages, 57 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; WSWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558496019
ISBN
9781558496019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.88

Hardback. This book, the first to study women's historical involvement in postwar reconciliation, examines how patriarchy and the international relations system operated simultaneously to ensure postwar male privilege. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2008th Edition
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230602816
ISBN
9780230602816
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 27 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; HBJK; HBTB; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493028740
ISBN
9781493028740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.04

Paperback. More than Petticoats: Remarkable Florida Women, 2nd Edition celebrates the women who shaped the Sunshine State. Short, illuminating biographies and archival photographs and paintings tell the stories of women from across the state who served as teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists. Series: More Than Petticoats Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 14.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762758654
ISBN
9780762758654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.12

Paperback. Tells the story of how Americans came to drink milk. This title lets us: learn how cow's milk, which was associated with bacteria and disease became a staple of the American diet, and encounter 19th century evangelists who were convinced that cow's milk was the perfect food with divine properties. Num Pages: 310 pages, 32 b&w illustrations, 12 pages of halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814719381
ISBN
9780814719381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.18

Paperback. Offers an account of working-class society in its formative years, 1780 to 1832. This English social history shows how the working class took part in its own making and re-creates the whole-life experience of people who suffered loss of status and freedom, and who underwent degradation. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 976 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSC; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 43. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141976952
ISBN
9780141976952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 14.93

Paperback. No Tea, No Shade brings together nineteen essays from the next generation of black queer studies scholars, activists, and community leaders who build on the foundational work of black queer studies, pushing the field in new and exciting directions. Editor(s): Johnson, E. Patrick. Num Pages: 440 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SG; 5SL; HBTB; JFSK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362425
ISBN
9780822362425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.76

Hardback. No Tea, No Shade brings together nineteen essays from the next generation of black queer studies scholars, activists, and community leaders who build on the foundational work of black queer studies, pushing the field in new and exciting directions. Editor(s): Johnson, E. Patrick. Num Pages: 440 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SG; 5SL; HBTB; JFSK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822362227
ISBN
9780822362227
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.00
€ 109.98

Hardback. Irish culture is obsessed with the past, and this book asks why and how. In an innovative reading of Irish culture since 1980, Emilie Pine provides a new analysis of theatre, film, television, memoir and art, and interrogates the anti-nostalgia that characterizes so much of contemporary Irish culture. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB; JFCA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382. 8vo.Very good copy. First edition. Irish Politics and Politicans. 20th Century Ireland.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0310259
ISBN
9780230247413
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Paperback. Medieval robots took such forms as talking statues, mechanical animals, or silent metal guardians; some served to entertain or instruct while others performed surveillance or discipline. Medieval Robots explores the forgotten history of real and imagined machines that captivated Europe from the ninth through the fourteenth centuries. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 36 color illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; TBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223576
ISBN
9780812223576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The Merlin Press London
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850364392
ISBN
9780850364392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.10

Paperback. Paperback, white spine. Cover is slightly stained. 190pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The Royal Institute of Navigation/ Cambridge UniversityPress London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
SKU
KON0819298
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 5.49

Paperback. A new investigation into the 1641 Irish rebellion, contrasting its myth with the reality. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History. Num Pages: 226 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 269 x 551 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Royal Historical Society
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861933365
ISBN
9780861933365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.12

Hardcover. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series. 226 pages, 1, 1 black and white. A new investigation into the 1641 Irish rebellion, contrasting its myth with the reality. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTV. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 22. Weight: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861933204
ISBN
9780861933204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.03

paperback. In the 50 years between 1530 and 1580, England moved from being a lavishly Catholic country to a Protestant nation. Exploring Morebath, a remote and tiny sheep-farming village on the edge of Exmoor, this work offers a window into a rural world in crisis as the Reformation progressed. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 col pls, b/w figs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWD; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HRCC2; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300098259
ISBN
9780300098259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.66

Hardback. This book of essays will appeal to anyone interested in the dismantling of Ireland's cultural attachment to Catholicism over the past four decades. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB; HRAX; HRCC7; HRLM; JFSR; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526101068
ISBN
9781526101068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.58

Paperback. Eamonn Wall arrived in the US in the 1980s as part of a wave of young, educated immigrants who became known as the "New Irish". In this book he wrestles with his own identity, and comments on the poetry, fiction, essays, and memories of both the New Irish and Americans of Irish heritage. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 2AB; BG; DNF; DSB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Wisconsin Pres
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299167240
ISBN
9780299167240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.66

Hardback. Concentrating on ideology and cultural values, this text explores the motivations that caused Northerners to fight America's Civil War. The book addresses the intellectual and social elites of Northern society, but also assesses the opinions of the common man on the subject and ideology of war. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 154 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 16. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823217984
ISBN
9780823217984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.83

Hardcover. By presenting a picture of the pro-Southern justices on the Court, this work offers readers an understanding of how they came to their opinions, even as they failed to anticipate the impact their decision would have - a miscalculation that to some degree undermined the Court's power and authority within the American political system. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS; LAZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615025
ISBN
9780700615025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.01

Paperback. By presenting a picture of the pro-Southern justices on the Court, this work offers readers an understanding of how they came to their opinions, even as they failed to anticipate the impact their decision would have - a miscalculation that to some degree undermined the Court's power and authority within the American political system. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS; LAZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615032
ISBN
9780700615032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.88

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