History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Investigates the pervasive and persistent commitment to "rough justice" that characterized rural and working class areas of most of the United States in the late nineteenth century. This work examines the influence of race, gender, and class on understandings of criminal justice and shows how they varied across regions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074059
- ISBN
- 9780252074059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.34
€ 31.34
paperback. * Uniquely complete account of the British Empire - Jan Morris' great Penguin trilogy PAX BRITANNICA only starts from 1837, rather than the 16th Century. * A modern classic of narrative history, updated to include the 1997 handover of Hong Kong. Num Pages: 736 pages, Section: 24, B&W. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 48. Weight in Grams: 514. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0039278
- ISBN
- 9780349106670
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. Presents stories which are based on the author's own experiences surviving Auschwitz and Dachau. This title describes a world where the will to survive overrides compassion and prisoners eat, work and sleep a few yards from where others are murdered; and, where the difference between human beings is reduced to a second bowl of soup. Translator(s): Kandel, Michael; Vedder, Barbara. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 156. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0039249
- ISBN
- 9780140186246
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1HF; 3JF; BTP; HBJH; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 310. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0038821
- ISBN
- 9780571210725
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Tomas O'Crohan was born on the Great Blasket Island in 1856 and died there in 1937, a great master of his native Irish. He shared to the full the perilous life of a primitive community, yet possessed a shrewd and humorous detachment that enabled him to observe and describe the world. Translator(s): Flower, Robin. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0038813
- ISBN
- 9780192812339
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.47
€ 5.47
paperback. Reveals that traditional societies around the world offer an extraordinary window into how our ancestors lived for the majority of human history in evolutionary terms. This book explores how tribal people approach essential human problems, from health and diet to conflict resolution and language. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 400. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Notes by previous owner inside back page and cover otherwise clean, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0038793
- ISBN
- 9780141024486
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. The perfect holiday read (pre, post or during) Num Pages: 454 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 380. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0038756
- ISBN
- 9780330427616
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 7.43
€ 7.43
paperback. A remarkable true story of bravery and sanctuary during World War II - for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and The Postmistress. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 124 x 24. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Headline
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAM0001568
- ISBN
- 9780755365036
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 8.02
€ 8.02
hardcover. Takes a comparative perspective on family life and childhood in the past half century in Russia and Eastern Europe, highlighting similarities and differences. Editor(s): Carlback, Helene; Gradskova, Yulia. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPR; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 232 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Central European University Press Hungary
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9786155053573
- ISBN
- 9786155053573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.53
€ 203.53
Paperback. This collection presents 122 top-level Soviet, European and American records on the superpowers' role in the annus mirabilis of 1989. Editor(s): Savranskaya, Svetlana; Blanton, Thomas; Zubok, Vladislav M. Series: National Security Archive Cold War Readers. Num Pages: 782 pages, black-andwhite photos. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 237 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Central European University Press Hungary
- Number of pages
- 782
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9786155053405
- ISBN
- 9786155053405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 158.06
€ 158.06
paperback. From the Vikings to Clarence Birdseye, the author introduces the explorers, merchants, writers, chefs and fisherman, whose lives have been interwoven with the prolific fish. He chronicles the cod wars of the 16th and 20th centuries. He shows how the most profitable fish in history is faced with extinction. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; WBT; WNCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0039116
- ISBN
- 9780099268703
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 7.43
€ 7.43
paperback. Translator(s): Moyon, Angela. Num Pages: 32 pages, 26col.ill.5col.d. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 143 x 2. Weight in Grams: 90. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Editions Ouest-France
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0039086
- ISBN
- 9782737317095
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 7.43
€ 7.43
Hardcover. Num Pages: 430 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manohar Publishers and Distributors India
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788173049149
- ISBN
- 9788173049149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.37
€ 113.37
Hardcover. Num Pages: 408 pages, 115 illus. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; HBTB; HR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 191 x 248 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1020.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manohar Publishers and Distributors India
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788173047268
- ISBN
- 9788173047268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.37
€ 113.37
Hardcover. Num Pages: 456 pages, 33 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442213166
- ISBN
- 9781442213166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.88
€ 129.88
Paperback. Offers a way to think about the history of the body by focusing on women's bodies, showing how ideas about conception, pregnancy, and childbirth were also ways of talking about gender relations and thus all relations of power. This study provides ways to understand how ordinary people experienced political conflicts and social change. Num Pages: 296 pages, 40 in-text black and white half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199202706
- ISBN
- 9780199202706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.58
€ 89.58
paperback. This is a very thorough account of the experience of the Jews of Europe during World War II. It is virtually a day-by-day account, in men and women's own words, of the horrifying events of the Holocaust - the Nazi attempt to exterminate the Jewish race. Num Pages: 960 pages, 25 maps; portraits. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 54. Weight in Grams: 912. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Toned, with a little spotting. Covers with a little wear, remains good-very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0038684
- ISBN
- 9780006371946
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 7.43
€ 7.43
paperback. This complete guide to Irish place names, explains the origin and derivation of over 3,000 cities, towns, villages and physical features. Num Pages: 279 pages, b&w line drawings, maps, bibliogrpahy, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; GBGP; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0038670
- ISBN
- 9780717133963
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 7.43
€ 7.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Kauai Museum
- Edition
- Later Printing Used
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824811624
- ISBN
- 9780824811624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.74
€ 35.74
Hardcover. United in their determination to preserve and extend the use of Irish as a spoken language and artistic medium, members of the Gaelic League profoundly influenced Irish culture and literature in the twentieth century. This work examines the significance of the Gaelic Revival in forming Ireland's national identity. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 tables, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; DSBH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631583
- ISBN
- 9780815631583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12