History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. A fascinating look at the symbiotic relationships between the US security state and the US culture industry, and their drive to promote the US Empire as a way of life through the production, packaging, and selling of cultural commodities in world markets. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFD; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774830157
- ISBN
- 9780774830157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.14
€ 49.14
Paperback. The poorest men and women in colonial NSW are no longer marginalised, but front and centre in a book that reveals what life was like for them. In this rich and revealing book, Tanya Evans collaborates with family historians - many writing about their own ancestors - to present the everyday lives of these people. Num Pages: 336 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBFN; 3JH; HBJM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742232577
- ISBN
- 9781742232577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.58
€ 32.58
Paperback. Editor(s): Bergholm, Tapio; Fischer, Lewis R.; Tonizzi, M. Elisabetta. Series: Research in Maritime History. Num Pages: 194 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150. .
- Publisher
- International Maritime Economic History Association Canada
- Number of pages
- 194
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780973893458
- ISBN
- 9780973893458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.61
€ 45.61
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 integrated b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848859494
- ISBN
- 9781848859494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.87€ 134.32
€ 151.87
€ 134.32
Paperback. From shopping malls to Hollywood film, Christmas no longer solely celebrates the birth of Christ. Christmas: The Sacred to Santa considers Christmas in its global context: from its historical origins to its modern incarnation as a global commercial event, stopping along the way to look at the controversies and traditions of the celebratory day. Num Pages: 224 pages, 85 illustrations, 50 in colour. BIC Classification: 5HC; HBG; HBTB; HRCR; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780235141
- ISBN
- 9781780235141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.79
€ 28.79
Hardcover. A panoramic, eye-opening history of the vast migration of Eastern Europeans to the West by a recent winner of a MacArthur Fellowship. Num Pages: 400 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393078015
- ISBN
- 9780393078015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.65
€ 29.99
€ 26.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB; HBTW; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554586233
- ISBN
- 9781554586233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.41
€ 50.41
Paperback. This book is a history of Asian slaves in colonial Mexico and their journey from bondage to freedom. Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages, 9 b/w illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 44.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781107635777
- ISBN
- 9781107635777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.98
€ 41.98
Hardcover. In the mid- to late 1940s, a group of young men rattled the psychiatric establishment by beaming a public spotlight on the squalid conditions and brutality in our nation's mental hospitals and training schools for people with psychiatric and intellectual disabilities. This book presents the extraordinary efforts of these courageous men. Series: Critical Perspectives on Disability. Num Pages: 584 pages, 50 black-&-white illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBTB; HBWQ; JKSM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609155
- ISBN
- 9780815609155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 42.24
€ 44.99
€ 42.24
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Pool of London Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910860144
- ISBN
- 9781910860144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.80
€ 26.99
€ 19.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 278
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897126820
- ISBN
- 9781897126820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.45
€ 21.99
€ 16.45
Hardback. Looks at the sexy, humorous, violent, and tragic history of the mob in Hollywood from the 1920s, when Joe Kennedy decided to buy a motion picture company, to the 1980s when the last vestiges of mob influence were revealed through investigations of former Screen Actors Guild President Ronald Reagan and his union backers. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; APF; HBTB; JKVM; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589793200
- ISBN
- 9781589793200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.86
€ 25.99
€ 23.86
Paperback. Translator(s): Chandler, Robert; Jackson, Anne Marie; Steinberg, Irina. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; BM; DSK; HBTV4; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782272991
- ISBN
- 9781782272991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.92
€ 17.99
€ 12.92
Paperback. This is the story of Pierre-Charles Toureille, a French Protestant pastor of Huguenot heritage whose efforts resulted in the rescue of hundreds of refugees during World War II, most of them Jewish. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGH; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299175047
- ISBN
- 9780299175047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.26
€ 26.99
€ 24.26
Hardcover. From its early days as a struggling offshoot of the capstone campus in Tuscaloosa, University of Alabama's (UAB) journey to its status as a major medical complex and urban research university has been a bumpy but interesting one. This work explains why, despite various hurdles and distractions, UAB has arisen to be Alabama's largest employer. Num Pages: 568 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; HBT; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1057.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817315467
- ISBN
- 9780817315467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.87
€ 60.87
Paperback. After the American Civil War, southern black women, such as household labourers and washerwomen, constructed their own world of work, play, negotiation, resistance and community organization. This book traces their struggles as they resisted efforts to keep them economically depressed. Num Pages: 322 pages, 15 halftones; 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HBTS; JFSJ1; JFSL3; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Presumed to be 1st as edition is unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674893085
- ISBN
- 9780674893085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.94
€ 42.94
Hardcover. Presents four extant manuscripts of the Viandier de Taillevent. This title includes the commentary and notes that trace the significance of these modifications and indicate the influence the Viandier exercised on cookery books throughout Europe. It also includes a glossary and a bibliography. Editor(s): Seully, Terence. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 673.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Ottawa Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780776601748
- ISBN
- 9780776601748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.93
€ 31.93
Paperback. A history of the first 400 years of Catholic life in Canada. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773523142
- ISBN
- 9780773523142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.00
€ 41.00
Paperback. Focusing on the evolutions and revolutions of six key changes in the history of communication - becoming human; creating writing; developing print; capturing the image; harnessing electricity; and exploring cybernetics, this book reveals how communication was generated, stored, and shared. Num Pages: 382 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; HBAH; HBTB; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Publishing Inc.
- Edition
- First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433104121
- ISBN
- 9781433104121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.30
€ 70.30
Paperback. Discusses about medieval kitchen - facilities, seasonal foods, strictures of the church, and the interweaving of foodstuffs with medical theory. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; WBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 440. 286 pages, black & white illustrations. Discusses about medieval kitchen - facilities, seasonal foods, strictures of the church, and the interweaving of foodstuffs with medical theory. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; WBA. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13. Weight: 410.
- Publisher
- Boydell Press
- Number of pages
- 286
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851154305
- ISBN
- 9780851154305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.31
€ 36.31