History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Drawing on three detailed case studies the sewing machine, a glass bottle blowing factory, and the cyanide process for gold and silver refining, this book explores a central paradox of economic growth in nineteenth-century Mexico. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 line drawings, 18 b/w images, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTK; KCZ; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284906
- ISBN
- 9780520284906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.50
€ 38.99
€ 28.50
Hardcover. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTM; JPS; KNDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403936875
- ISBN
- 9781403936875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.69
€ 122.69
Tells the story of the evolution of American technology since World War II. This book links pop culture icons with landmarks in technological innovation and shows how postwar politics left their mark on everything from television, automobiles, and genetically engineered crops to contraceptives, Tupperware, and the Veg-O-Matic. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTK; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123044
- ISBN
- 9780231123044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.39
€ 78.39
Paperback. Through a wide spectrum of horror sub-genres, this book examines how the current state of horror reflects the anxieties in Western culture. Horror films bring them to a mass audience and offer new figures for the nameless faceless 'antagonist' that plagues us and provides material with which to build a different understanding of ourselves. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; HBTB; JFC; JFD; JFSR; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349472208
- ISBN
- 9781349472208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardback. This innovative book explores the role of cast steel in instruments for refining the body in the eighteenth century, amidst the changing climate of ideas surrounding 'polite' bodily form and appearance. Num Pages: 140 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137467478
- ISBN
- 9781137467478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.10
€ 69.10
Paperback. This study examines a critical point in US broadcasting, when a strong opposition emerged to challenge network-dominated, advertising-supported media such as radio. Num Pages: 416 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBTB; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195093940
- ISBN
- 9780195093940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.43
€ 56.43
Paperback. The first electronic communication network transformed language, distance, and time. This book researches the telegraph system of the British Indian Empire, c.1850 to 1920, exploring one of the most significant transnational phenomena of the imperial world, and the link between communication, Empire, and social change. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJF; HBTQ; KCZ; PDX; UT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349301713
- ISBN
- 9781349301713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. This book is the first to deal with the world composition of television ratings. It focuses on the peoplemeter, a 25 year old technology which succeeds in homogenizing very different populations and television practices. It provides a fascinating account of the production of figures on which the whole world of popular culture depends. Editor(s): Bourdon, J. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AP; HBTB; JFC; JFD; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349466337
- ISBN
- 9781349466337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.94
€ 63.94
Hardback. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APT; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 143 x 37. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 1947-1959
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810813304
- ISBN
- 9780810813304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 216.20
€ 216.20
Hardback. Num Pages: 471 pages, plans, transparencies, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; APT; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 30. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 471
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810814387
- ISBN
- 9780810814387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 215.26
€ 215.26
Hardback. Num Pages: 838 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; APT; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1098.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 838
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810818767
- ISBN
- 9780810818767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 217.92
€ 217.92
Hardcover. Reminding us that most of the images on early TV were decidedly Caucasian and directed at predominantly white audiences, this book revisits a time and space that some might miss for its simplicity and innocence. The author entreats us to look beyond such nostalgia, to see how, even in its earliest days, television had become a powerful mediator. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 216 pages, 26 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFD; JFSL1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700613984
- ISBN
- 9780700613984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.04
€ 53.04
Hardback. Integrating three major concerns - television as an industry, a technology, and an art - this book is a basic primer on the complex, and often overlooked story of television and its impact on American life. It also includes interview segments with industry insiders, pictures, and sidebars to illustrate important figures, trends, and events. Num Pages: 152 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HBT; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631215431
- ISBN
- 9780631215431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.74
€ 124.74
Paperback. Integrating three major concerns - television as an industry, a technology, and an art - this book is a basic primer on the complex, and often overlooked story of television and its impact on American life. It also includes interview segments with industry insiders, pictures, and sidebars to illustrate important figures, trends, and events. Num Pages: 152 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HBT; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631215448
- ISBN
- 9780631215448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.65
€ 43.99
€ 43.65
Paperback. Barbadians were among the thousands of British West Indians who migrated to Cuba in the early twentieth century in search of work. They were drawn there by employment opportunities fuelled largely by US investment in Cuban sugar plantations. Tell My Mother I Gone to Cuba: Stories of Early Twentieth-Century Migration from Barbados is their story. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBTD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of the West Indies Press Jamaica
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789766405946
- ISBN
- 9789766405946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.13
€ 37.13
paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 35. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press Distributed for Arl
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780905223872
- ISBN
- 9780905223872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 20.30
€ 25.00
€ 20.30
Paperback. These two memoirs provide windows into the Sumatran past, in particular, and the early 20th-century history of south-east Asia, in general. In reconstructing their own passage into adulthood, the writers tell the story of their country's turbulent journey to independence. Editor(s): Rodgers, Susan. Num Pages: 348 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; BGHA; HBAH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520085473
- ISBN
- 9780520085473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. Explores some of the ways in which conscientious objectors to compulsory military service were viewed and treated in England during the First World War. This book considers these men's experiences, their beliefs, perceptions and actions. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLW; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719069222
- ISBN
- 9780719069222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.87
€ 152.87
Paperback. Explores some of the ways in which conscientious objectors to compulsory military service were viewed and treated in England during the First World War. In doing so it considers these men's experiences, their beliefs, perceptions and actions. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLW; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 147 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719069239
- ISBN
- 9780719069239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.66
€ 35.66
Paperback. In this text, Stuart Sherman argues that innovations in prose emerged simultaneously with the 17th-century revolution in clock technology, enabling authors to recount the new kind of time by which England was learning to live and work. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; PGZ; TDPB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226752778
- ISBN
- 9780226752778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.81
€ 38.99
€ 30.81
Hardcover. Telling West Indian Lives: Life Narrative and the Reform of Plantation Slavery Cultures 1804-1834 draws historical and literary attention to life story and narration in the late plantation slavery period. Drawing on new archival research, it highlights the ways written narrative shaped evangelical, philanthropic, and antislavery reform projects. Series: New Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJW; DS; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441027
- ISBN
- 9781137441027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; BM; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619027305
- ISBN
- 9781619027305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.41
€ 18.99
€ 18.41
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293420
- ISBN
- 9780312293420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.98
€ 64.98
Paperback. This study shows how the "rewriting" of Shakespeare's plays serves as an interpretative grid through which to read three movements - postcoloniality, postpatriarchy and postmodernism - via the "Tempest" characters of Caliban, Miranda/Sycorax and Prospero. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3J; DSB; DSGS; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312295486
- ISBN
- 9780312295486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.23
€ 64.23