History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
paperback. An account of the most powerful of the American Indian tribes. It traces the Comanches' rise to power, from their prehistoric origins to their domination of the high plains for more than a century until their demise in the face of Anglo-American expansion. Num Pages: 592 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 32. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099520559
- ISBN
- 9780099520559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.76
€ 19.99
€ 14.76
Paperback. In 1968, Mexico prepared to host the Olympic games amid growing civil unrest. In this study of the afterlives of the '68 Movement, the author explores how urban spaces - material but also literary, photographic, and cinematic - became an archive of 1968, providing a framework for de facto modes of justice for years to come. Num Pages: 336 pages, 28 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBTV; JPWQ; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520291072
- ISBN
- 9780520291072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.40
€ 49.40
Paperback. Here is a complete introduction to the history of museums, types of museums, and the key functions museums play in the 21st century. This new edition features "Museums in Motion Today" where museum professionals provide their perspectives on where museums are and where they are going. Each chapter is amply illustrated. Series: American Association for State & Local History. Num Pages: 390 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 136 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: GM; HBT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442278806
- ISBN
- 9781442278806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.92
€ 59.92
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 28, 8 colour plates, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453526
- ISBN
- 9780801453526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.79
€ 33.99
€ 30.79
Paperback. Comic Book Nation is at once a serious study of popular culture and an entertaining look at an enduring American art form. Num Pages: 360 pages, 53, 53 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLC; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 177 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801874505
- ISBN
- 9780801874505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.49
€ 37.49
Paperback. The bestselling social history of Victorian domestic life, told through the letters, diaries, journals and novels of 19th-century men and women. Num Pages: 528 pages, 40 b/w illus, (3 x 8pp colour plate sections), With index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007131891
- ISBN
- 9780007131891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.43
€ 21.99
€ 15.43
Paperback. Offers an insight into the Standard-type classes of US battleships. This book provides an investigation into the histories of each of the warships in the Standard-type battleship classes, the first three of which, the Nevada, Pennsylvania and New Mexico, formed the US Navy's main force in the inter-war period. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 186 x 6. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472806963
- ISBN
- 9781472806963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.16
€ 15.99
€ 13.16
Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JF; HBJK; HBTM; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 237 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1196.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764350337
- ISBN
- 9780764350337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 27.68
€ 42.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. Explores the unknown world of ordinary people in the Ottoman Empire, filled with vivid detail of everyday life in a now-vanished world. A new look at Turkish cultural and social history from the world's leading authority. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850437604
- ISBN
- 9781850437604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.03
€ 38.03
Hardback. Shows how the image of Cornish wreckers as villains deliberately luring ships on to the rocks is a myth. Num Pages: 278 pages, 13, 13 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HBTM; JKV; KNGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843835554
- ISBN
- 9781843835554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.99€ 28.19
€ 28.99
€ 28.19
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Verso
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781689172
- ISBN
- 9781781689172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.69
€ 26.99
€ 23.69
Paperback. Provides an account of the origins of coffee drinking and coffeehouse society, and in so doing the author reshapes our understanding of the commercial and consumer revolutions in Britain during the long Stuart century. Num Pages: 378 pages, 43 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300171228
- ISBN
- 9780300171228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.26
€ 53.26
Hardback. Martin Winstone provides a unique insight into the occupation regime which dominated much of Poland during World War II. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30 bw integrated, 5 line. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780764771
- ISBN
- 9781780764771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.18€ 48.31
€ 52.18
€ 48.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 314 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 2AB; 2ADP; DSB; HBTB; JFFN; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 308 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477311486
- ISBN
- 9781477311486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.93
€ 39.93
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107649712
- ISBN
- 9781107649712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.84
€ 48.84
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138817739
- ISBN
- 9781138817739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.28
€ 74.28
Paperback. Editor(s): Haggard, Lilias Rider. Num Pages: 199 pages, Black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; 3JJC; BM; HBTB; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526. Being the Philosophy of the King of the Norfolk Poachers, Written by Himself. 199 pages, Black and white illustrations. Editor(s): Haggard, Lilias Rider. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; 3JJC; BM; HBTB; WSXH. Dimension: 233 x 168 x 15. Weight: 526.
- Publisher
- Non Basic Stock Line
- Number of pages
- 199
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904784227
- ISBN
- 9781904784227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.19
€ 29.19
Paperback. A thoroughly revised, greatly expanded edition of the most important documentary history of European witchcraft ever published. Editor(s): Kors, Alan Charles; Peters, Edward. Num Pages: 480 pages, 44 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3D; 3JD; HBT; HRQX5; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812217513
- ISBN
- 9780812217513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.98
€ 46.99
€ 41.98
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: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 210 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Folklore Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894864039
- ISBN
- 9781894864039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.34
€ 15.99
€ 12.34
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138709485
- ISBN
- 9781138709485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.54
€ 52.54
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House Israel
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652296429
- ISBN
- 9789652296429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.42
€ 20.99
€ 15.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBTB; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922235275
- ISBN
- 9781922235275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.49
€ 21.99
€ 17.49
Paperback. The metropolis is a site of endless making and unmaking. From the attempt to imagine a city-symphony to the cinematic tradition that runs from Walter Ruttmann to Terence Davies, this book traces the idiosyncratic character of the metropolitan city from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first-century megalopolis. Editor(s): Beaumont, Matthew; Dart, Gregory. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844674053
- ISBN
- 9781844674053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.26
€ 30.26
Hardcover. This poignant memoir tells the story of a young Jewish refugee and his long-distance love interest, both caught in the grip of WWII. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889774438
- ISBN
- 9780889774438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.09
€ 26.99
€ 23.09
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Prospect Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909248328
- ISBN
- 9781909248328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.02
€ 51.99
€ 43.02
Paperback. Women in Victorian England wore jewelry made from each other's hair and wrote poems celebrating decades of friendship. They pored over magazines that described the dangerous pleasures of corporal punishment. This book offers a paradigm for theorizing gender and sexuality - not just in the Victorian period, but in our own. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128351
- ISBN
- 9780691128351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.05
€ 37.05
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2ADF; DSB; HBJF1; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 25. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784537050
- ISBN
- 9781784537050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.26
€ 42.99
€ 35.26
Hardback. A history of an Oxford College founded in the Renaissance just before the English Reformation, providing a window on the intellectual and religious history of England from that day to this. Num Pages: 488 pages, colour plate section and 70 black and white images. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; HBJD1; HBTB; JNB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198792475
- ISBN
- 9780198792475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.71
€ 129.71
Hardback. what did late ancient people know about them, and how was that knowledge expressed in people's actions? This book explores the activity of knowing in late antiquity by focusing on thirteen major concepts from the intellectual, social, political, and cultural history of the period. Editor(s): Chin, Catherine M.; Vidas, Moulie. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520277175
- ISBN
- 9780520277175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.79
€ 124.79
Paperback. A portrait of a civilisation which flourished within living memory and left an indelible mark on history Num Pages: 368 pages, 16, 5 maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753819036
- ISBN
- 9780753819036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.12
€ 17.99
€ 13.12
Paperback. Arranged chronologically and thematically, the book highlights how ideas about the appropriate relationships among science, scientists, and the state changed over time. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science. Num Pages: 176 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTW; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407715
- ISBN
- 9781421407715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.21
€ 33.21
Paperback. An exciting factual romp through sexual desire, practises and deviance in the Victorian era. This book will be set out as a how-to guide of advice and ideas on sexuality from the Victorian period. Drawing on both satirical and real life events from the period, it explores every facet of sexuality that the Victorians encountered. Num Pages: 176 pages, 50 b/w integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 231 x 10. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781592861
- ISBN
- 9781781592861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.91
€ 17.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. In the eyes of many, Magda Goebbels was the "First Lady" of the Reich. How did this devoted mother of six, the poster-child of family values during the Third Reich, turn into Medea and poison these same children? Anja Klabunde's biography examines her complex life. Num Pages: 384 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751534481
- ISBN
- 9780751534481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.88
€ 18.99
€ 13.88
Paperback. The Hanseatic League was a commercial and defensive federation of merchant guilds based in harbour towns along the North Sea and Baltic coasts of what are now Germany and her neighbours, which eventually dominated maritime trade in Northern Europe and spread its influence much further afield. This title deals with this topic. Illustrator(s): Embleton, Gerry. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DF; 3H; HBTK; HBTM; JWF; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 179 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782007791
- ISBN
- 9781782007791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 742
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415707336
- ISBN
- 9780415707336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.90
€ 64.90
Paperback. Cows and Catastrophes includes tales of the author's 40 years of farming on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, where he has lived and worked for all his life. Including 32 specially commissioned illustrations by Rory Walker, this book will bring a wry smile to the faces of other farmers who will recognise situations that they too have been in. Illustrator(s): Walker, Rory. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BM; HBTB; KNAC; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Fox Chapel Publishers International
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910456484
- ISBN
- 9781910456484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.17
€ 13.99
€ 11.17
Paperback. Containing over one hundred selections ranging from songs, artwork, and poetry, to journalism, oral history, and scholarship-most published in English for the first time-The Colombia Reader presents a rich and multi-layered account of this complex nation from the colonial era to the present. Editor(s): Farnsworth-Alvear, Ann; Palacios, Marco; Gomez Lopez, Ana Maria. Series: The Latin America Readers. Num Pages: 648 pages, 103 illustrations (incl. 8 page color insert). BIC Classification: 1KLSC; HBJK; HBTB; WTH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 36. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362289
- ISBN
- 9780822362289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.20
€ 40.20
Hardcover. A revisionist history of the modernist architectural movement, which encapsulated internationalist politics and ideals in the inter-war years and beyond. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 black and white integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AMX; HBTB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784537128
- ISBN
- 9781784537128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.18€ 48.31
€ 52.18
€ 48.31
Hardback. This volume compares films from the late Cold War era with films of the same genre, or of similar themes, from the post-Cold War era, paying particular attention to shifts in narrative that reflect changes in American culture, attitudes, and ideas. It explains how the absence of the Cold War has changed the way we understand and interpret film. Series: Film and History. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; HBJK; HBTW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442237933
- ISBN
- 9781442237933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.41
€ 122.41