History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. Presents in their broad, historical context the major events that took place in Venice in the 1570s, culminating in a severe outbreak of the plague in which one quarter of the Venetian population perished. This work sheds fresh light on the historical machine that produced the distinct civic and cultural ethos of the city. Num Pages: 288 pages, 120 b&w illustrations + 50 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300119374
- ISBN
- 9780300119374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.06
€ 54.99
€ 39.06
Paperback. Illustrated 8vo.Good copy Maritime History.The Sea.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Patrick Stephens Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KEX0254552
- ISBN
- 9781852600020
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
The Changing Face of Death. Historical Accounts of Death and Disposal....
. Ed(S): Howarth, Glennys; Jupp, Peter C.
Hardback. This work argues that attitudes to death and to disposal are formed culturally. It examines the factors in the formation and decline of such attitudes by analyzing specific issues from the 15th to the 20th century. Editor(s): Howarth, Glennys; Jupp, Peter C. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFC; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333638637
- ISBN
- 9780333638637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.47
€ 122.47
The Changing Face of Death. Historical Accounts of Death and Disposal....
. Ed(S): Howarth, Glennys; Jupp, Peter C.
Paperback. Editor(s): Howarth, Glennys; Jupp, Peter C. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFC; JHB; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1997
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349253029
- ISBN
- 9781349253029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 132.15
€ 132.15
Paperback. This text offers a systematic social history of a major American city undergoing industrialization. It examines Detroit's evolution between 1880 and 1920 and discovers the way in which ethnic and class elations profoundly altered its urban scene. Num Pages: 502 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 502
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226994581
- ISBN
- 9780226994581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.34
€ 46.99
€ 36.34
The Changing Faces of Childhood Cancer. Clinical and Cultural Visions ...
Baines, Joanna; Johnstone, Emm Barnes
Paperback. This book traces the development of British answers to the problem of childhood cancer. The establishment of the NHS and better training for paediatricians, meant children were given access to experimental chemotherapy, sending cure rates soaring. Children with cancer were thrust into the spotlight as individuals' stories of hope hit the headlines. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; MBX; MQC; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349541850
- ISBN
- 9781349541850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.44
€ 63.44
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kraenzle, Christina; Mayr, Maria. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBAH; HBJD; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319391519
- ISBN
- 9783319391519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.50
€ 133.50
Paperback. This ground-breaking book explores the experiences of gay men and their understanding of what itmeant to be gay in the20th Century: from when homosexuality was illegal though the less repressed but no less difficult eras of gay liberationand the HIV-AIDS epidemic." Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ; JMU; MMJ; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349364978
- ISBN
- 9781349364978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.86
€ 63.86
hardcover. Printed first in 1666, this source is both an instruction manual and plea for reform, comparing the positive potential of mediation and arbitration with the chicanery of contemporary litigation. It describes in detail some arbitrations of the period. Editor(s): Roebuck, Derek. Num Pages: 450 pages, 6 plates. BIC Classification: HBT; LNAC5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Holo Books; Women's History Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953773022
- ISBN
- 9780953773022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.21
€ 51.99
€ 43.21
Paperback. Menocchio's 500-year-old challenge to authority remains evocative and vital today. Translator(s): Tedeschi, John; Tedeschi, Anne C. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRAM7; LAZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421409887
- ISBN
- 9781421409887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.10
€ 30.99
€ 26.10
Paperback. Illustrated 8vo.Good copy Text complete. Maritime History.The Sea.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Norfolk County Hist. Soc. Chesapeake, Virginia 1968
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1968
- SKU
- KEX0254546
- ISBN
- 9789110013162
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 75.00
€ 75.00
Paperback. Formed in 1689 the Regiment served widely at home and around the world in India, the Far East, the Mediterranean, North America, the Caribbean and Antarctica. This title provides a photographic history of one of England's oldest un-amalgamated Country Regiments. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKENC; HBT; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 166 x 7. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752418803
- ISBN
- 9780752418803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.22
€ 17.99
€ 16.22
Hardcover. This is a history and ethnography of the Cheyenne people, from their prehistoric origins north of the Great Lakes to their present life in the reservations in Oklahoma. It is based on archaeological, material, historical and linguistic evidence, and draws on the oral traditions of the Cheyenne. Series: Peoples of America. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3F; 3H; 3J; HBJK; HBTB; HBTD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Basil Blackwell Inc, US United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557864840
- ISBN
- 9781557864840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.13
€ 174.13
Paperback. George Bird Grinnell was a zoologist by training. He accompanied Custer's Black Hills expedition as a naturalist in 1874 and from that time until his death in 1938 was closely associated with the Cheyennes and other Plains tribes. In this title, he looks at its warmaking and warrior societies, healing practices and responses to European diseases. Num Pages: 478 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803257726
- ISBN
- 9780803257726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.02
€ 29.99
€ 29.02
Paperback. A celebration of the fast, the strong, the agile, and the tricky throughout Chicago's storied sports history Editor(s): Riess, Steven A.; Gems, Gerald R. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 384 pages, 9 photographs; 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBT; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252076152
- ISBN
- 9780252076152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.53
€ 29.99
€ 25.53
Hardcover. Explores the ambitions, tastes, and prejudices of Chicagoans during the 1920s and '30s. This book reproduces various elements of the "Chicagoan": its covers, cartoons, editorials, reviews, and features. Num Pages: 400 pages, 81 colour plates, 301 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJG; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 366 x 290 x 30. Weight in Grams: 3180.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317618
- ISBN
- 9780226317618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.91€ 52.04
€ 64.91
€ 52.04
Paperback. Was there a notion of childhood for the labouring classes, and was it distinctive from that of the elite? Examining pauper childhood, family life and societal reform, Levene asks whether new models of childhood in the eighteenth century affected the treatment of the young poor, and reveals how they and their families were helped through hard times. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346592
- ISBN
- 9781349346592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardback. Was there a notion of childhood for the labouring classes, and was it distinctive from that of the elite? Examining pauper childhood, family life and societal reform, Levene asks whether new models of childhood in the eighteenth century affected the treatment of the young poor, and reveals how they and their families were helped through hard times. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBTB; JFFA; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354807
- ISBN
- 9780230354807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.35
€ 64.35
Paperback. According to one myth, the first Athenian citizen was born from the earth after the sperm of a rejected lover, the god Hephaistos, dripped off the virgin goddess Athena's leg and onto fertile soil. This title explores how Athenians in the fifth century forged and maintained a collective identity. Translator(s): Levine, Caroline. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 line drawings, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691037622
- ISBN
- 9780691037622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.28€ 47.09
€ 60.28
€ 47.09
Paperback. Revealing the stories of a pioneer generation of young Chinese Americans, this book places the children and families of early Chinatown in the middle of efforts to combat American policies of exclusion and segregation. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 illustrations, 10 tables, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807859735
- ISBN
- 9780807859735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.97
€ 45.97
Paperback. This volume explores childhood during the American Civil War. The author describes how the war changed the schoolbooks published for children, how it affected children's relationships with absent fathers and brothers, and how the responsibilities on children shortened their childhoods. Series: Civil War America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 illustrations, bibligraphy, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 557.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807849040
- ISBN
- 9780807849040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.48
€ 38.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349307272
- ISBN
- 9781349307272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.11
€ 63.11
paperback. Editor(s): Cook, Raymond. Num Pages: 400 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714531120
- ISBN
- 9780714531120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.12
€ 12.12
Hardback. Editor(s): Iriye, Akira. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 382 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 2AB; DNF; HBJF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691643175
- ISBN
- 9780691643175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.06
€ 186.06