History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Food and cuisine are important subjects for historians across many areas of study. Food, after all, is one of the most basic human needs and a foundational part of social and cultural histories. This book delivers an unprecedented review of the state of historical research on food, endorsed by the American Historical Association. Editor(s): Freedman, Paul; Chaplin, Joyce E.; Albala, Ken. Num Pages: 424 pages, 3 charts, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCV; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283589
- ISBN
- 9780520283589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.64
€ 53.99
€ 38.64
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Otago University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877578595
- ISBN
- 9781877578595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.05
€ 50.05
Paperback. The international group of scholars brought together in this volume explain Spain's role as a colonial pioneer in the Atlantic world and its latecomer status as a slave-trading, plantation-based empire. Editor(s): Fradera, Josep M.; Schmidt-Nowara, Christopher. Series: European Expansion & Global Interaction. Num Pages: 340 pages, 18 figures & tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1K; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 340
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785330261
- ISBN
- 9781785330261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.90
€ 44.90
Hardcover. Seeks to define exactly what it is that makes Britain's capital the international urban HQ for creativity and innovation. Why and how has the city become a creative universe of its own making? This book unlocks the secret passions, undress social mundanities and address outrageous profanities. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJP; 3JM; AJCR; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 332 x 319. Weight in Grams: 4674.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500970713
- ISBN
- 9780500970713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.67€ 54.95
€ 66.67
€ 54.95
Hardback. Drawing on a selection of recently available documents from the International Tracing Service, one of the largest Holocaust-related archival repositories in the world,, this compelling volume provides new insights into human decision-making in genocidal settings, the factors that drive it, and its far-reaching consequences. Series: Documenting Life and Destruction: Holocaust Sources in Context. Num Pages: 306 pages, 64 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; HBG; HBTZ1; HBW; HBWQ; JFSR1; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442251731
- ISBN
- 9781442251731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.16
€ 60.16
Paperback. Altera Roma explores the confrontation of two cultures, European and Amerindian, and two empires, Spanish and Aztec. Editor(s): Pohl, John M.D.; Lyons, Claire L. Num Pages: 368 pages, 129 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLCM; 1QDAR; HBG; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 177 x 29. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781938770012
- ISBN
- 9781938770012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.03
€ 78.03
Paperback. Children of the 1950s have much to look back on with fondness: Muffin the Mule, Andy Pandy, and Dennis the Menace became part of the family for many, while for others the freedom of the riverbank or railway platform was a haven away from the watchful eyes of parents. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747812357
- ISBN
- 9780747812357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.16
€ 10.99
€ 9.16
Paperback. What is intellectual history? Those who practice intellectual history have described themselves as eavesdroppers upon the conversations of the past, explorers of alien ideological worlds, and translators between historic societies and our own, while their critics have often derided them as narrow-mindedly studying the ideas of dead white men. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644936
- ISBN
- 9780745644936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.89
€ 20.89
Hardcover. Originally published under the title ha-Boleshet ohookeret: ha-C.I.D. be-Erets-Yiasrael, 1920-1948, copyright 2011, by Porat, Tsur Yigal. Num Pages: 400 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 255 x 24. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845198091
- ISBN
- 9781845198091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.75
€ 125.75
Paperback. With first-hand testimonies from those involved in Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain, Black Saturday on 7th September 1940 when the Luftwaffe began the Blitz, to its climax on the 10th May 1941, this work present the oral history of a period when Britain came closer to being overwhelmed by the enemy than at any other time in modern history. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 36. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091910044
- ISBN
- 9780091910044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.17
€ 21.99
€ 16.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; HPS; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 232 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691176116
- ISBN
- 9780691176116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 20.05
€ 22.99
€ 20.05
Paperback. This is the diary of Lady Murasaki, the Japanese prose writer. It describes the Heian court at its apogee and offers an intimate picture of the author's life as tutor and companion to the timid Empress Shoshi. It reveals the underside of imperial splendour from a female point of view. Translator(s): Bowring, Richard John. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations, geneal. table,map,plans. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; BGA; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435764
- ISBN
- 9780140435764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.06
€ 11.99
€ 10.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, approx 130 mostly colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Lasse Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993306914
- ISBN
- 9780993306914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.14
€ 24.99
€ 22.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 40 pages, 60ill. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBT; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 126 x 4. Weight in Grams: 128. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 40
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747805915
- ISBN
- 9780747805915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.59
€ 7.59
Hardcover. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of social welfare and social policy in Britain before the modern welfare state. It examines the role played by voluntary social provision (including self-help and mutual aid), as well as the growth of state intervention, in meeting welfare needs. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 753. "Includes bibliographical references (p. 376-382) and index. Commissioning organisation: Bernard Harris. xii, 402 p. ill. 24 cm. Paperback. As new." Keywords: "Business, Finance & Law - Careers - Community Services,History - Other Historical Subjects - General,His"
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- SKU
- KEX0166456
- ISBN
- 9780333649978
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 60.75
€ 60.75
Paperback. This generously illustrated book is the first history of the garden and arboretum for more than a century and provides an essential introduction to one of Oxford's much-loved haunts. Num Pages: 144 pages, 66 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; HBTB; WMB; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 173. .
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851244652
- ISBN
- 9781851244652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.58
€ 19.99
€ 15.58
Paperback. The first history of black slavery in the Maritimes, North to Bondage is a startling corrective to the enduring myth of Canada as a land of freedom at the end of the Underground Railroad. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 325 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774832298
- ISBN
- 9780774832298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.25
€ 36.99
€ 33.25
Hardcover. An examination of how women's writings, over two hundred centuries, shaped public opinion and morality. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History. Num Pages: 300 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Royal Historical Society
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861933433
- ISBN
- 9780861933433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.08
€ 101.08
Hardback. Together, the essays collected here explore themes such as work, unions, politics and migration in the Nordic states from the early modern period to the twenty-first century. Editor(s): Hilson, Mary; Neunsinger, Silke; Vyff, Iben. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 366 pages, 11 illustrations, 1 map, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785334962
- ISBN
- 9781785334962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.86
€ 167.86
Paperback. A guided tour of Blyth, showing how the areas people know and love have changed over the past century and more. Series: History Tour. Num Pages: 96 pages, 50. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYN; HBTB; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445664279
- ISBN
- 9781445664279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.98
€ 16.98