History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardcover. In the second half of the nineteenth century, American cities began to go dark. As hulking new buildings overspread blocks and glass and smog screened out the health-giving rays of the sun, and doctors began to note a resurgence of diseases of darkness like rickets and tuberculosis. This book tracks the American obsession with sunlight. Num Pages: 240 pages, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFSG; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226262819
- ISBN
- 9780226262819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.44
€ 69.44
Paperback. A concise history of slavery in America, including the daily life of American slaves, the laws that sought to legitimize white supremacy, the anti-slavery movement, and the abolition of slavery Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 177 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199922680
- ISBN
- 9780199922680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.90
€ 14.99
€ 10.90
Paperback. Beginning with the Colonial period, progressing through the Revolution and the Antebellum period, this book chronologically documents the historical evolution of slavery in the USA. Num Pages: 320 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140241501
- ISBN
- 9780140241501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.81
€ 17.99
€ 12.81
Paperback. "Thoughtful, suggestive and highly readable."-New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBLH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 234 x 31. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393324945
- ISBN
- 9780393324945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.44
€ 19.44
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 410 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; BGH; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691639635
- ISBN
- 9780691639635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.60
€ 194.60
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTK; KCF; KND; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1114.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633817
- ISBN
- 9780691633817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.04
€ 175.04
Paperback. Attempts to chronicle every visit to the UK by American (and Canadian!) rock 'n' roll artists, and includes full tour itineraries, support acts, show reports, and TV appearances. This work features illustrations of programmes, tickets, vintage ads and atmospheric live shots. Num Pages: 422 pages, tables & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVGP; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Music Mentor Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780951988862
- ISBN
- 9780951988862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 25.38
€ 38.99
€ 25.38
Num Pages: 2 pages, over 700 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1572. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF. Dimension: 305 x 236 x 24. Weight: 1574.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764339486
- ISBN
- 9780764339486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.19€ 53.26
€ 75.19
€ 53.26
Paperback. Scholars in the history of medicine, nursing, and public policy, those interested in the intersections of identity, work, gender, education, and race, and nurses will find this a provocative book. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSJ1; MQCW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801895654
- ISBN
- 9780801895654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.92
€ 40.92
Hardcover. For more than a century Friedrich Nietzsche has been a hugely popular - and surprisingly influential - figure in American high and popular culture alike. This title delves into Nietzsche's thought, and America's reception of it, to tell the story of his curious appeal. Num Pages: 448 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226705811
- ISBN
- 9780226705811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.83
€ 40.83
Hardback. Originally printed in 1988 by the University Press of America as "Selected and Annotated Bibliography American History". This edition has been modernized by listing titles about the last years of the Reagan presidency, Bush's presidency, and the first two years of Clinton's presidency. The list of periodicals have been expanded and revised. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Ancient Civilizations & Historical Eras. Num Pages: 960 pages, maps, diagrams, illustrations, glossaries, appendices. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1171.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 960
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810833029
- ISBN
- 9780810833029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 319.39
€ 319.39
Paperback. Spanning the arrival of white settlers in the Americas through the twentieth century, this title gives an account that includes more than twenty new maps and illustrations, as well as a bibliographic essay that surveys the research in Indian-white relations. It is suitable for those in the field of Native American history. Series: The Chicago History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226312392
- ISBN
- 9780226312392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.26
€ 39.26
Paperback. Here Thomas Vennum brings this world to life. Num Pages: 378 pages, 77, 77 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9; WSJJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887642
- ISBN
- 9780801887642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.23
€ 42.23
Paperback. American Indian History , which covers the fifteenth century through the present day, illuminates the richness of American Indian historical traditions. Townsend devotes nearly a third of the volume to the ancient world through the eighteenth century and then moves on to extensive coverage of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Townsend, Camilla. Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159081
- ISBN
- 9781405159081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.64
€ 49.64
Hardback. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 1 graph, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KJH; DSK; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938936
- ISBN
- 9780813938936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.09
€ 109.09
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; 3JJ; AMX; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 238 x 27. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226417769
- ISBN
- 9780226417769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.58
€ 63.58
Paperback. Arguing that the European and white American destruction of the native American people was the most massive act of genocide in the history of the world, Stannard attempts to set the records straight on what befell American Indians over the last five centuries. Num Pages: 416 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBTZ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195085570
- ISBN
- 9780195085570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.92
€ 35.92
Hardcover. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 280 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632511
- ISBN
- 9780815632511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.21
€ 48.21
paperback. A product of newly created mass consumerism, the soldier of 1940 had expectations of material comfort, even while at war. Historian James J. Cooke presents the first comprehensive look at how General George C. Marshall's efforts to cheer soldiers far from home resulted in the enduring morale services that the Army still provides today. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Missouri Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826221117
- ISBN
- 9780826221117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.14
€ 30.99
€ 26.14
Paperback. The history of masonry in america through gorgeous illustrations and rich prose. Num Pages: 262 pages, 180 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JFSV1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 208 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814783023
- ISBN
- 9780814783023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.37
€ 46.37
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, over 1,000 color and b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBT; JWG; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 314 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1912. A History of US Flyers' Jackets from World War I to Desert Storm. 256 pages, colour and b&w photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBT; JWG; JWTU. Dimension: 314 x 238 x 26. Weight: 1908.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764310652
- ISBN
- 9780764310652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.19€ 54.44
€ 75.19
€ 54.44
Americans have been celebrating themselves in portraits since the arrival of the first itinerant portrait painters to the colonies. This title explores our collective understanding of portraiture, its history in America, how it shapes our individual and national identity, and why we make portraits and more. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AGHF; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 288 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1318.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611688924
- ISBN
- 9781611688924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.08
€ 69.08
Hardcover. Editor(s): Dochuk, Darren; Kidd, Thomas S.; Peterson, Kurt W. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HRAX; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038427
- ISBN
- 9780268038427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.35
€ 197.35
Paperback. A thematic introduction to American ethnic history which provides an overview of key historiographical debates. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748616343
- ISBN
- 9780748616343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.86
€ 38.99
€ 34.86