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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. Covering early societies, the classical, postclassical, and modern periods, and the 20th century, and blending the great advances in historical research over the past quarter century, this title represents an important addition to the teaching of world history. Num Pages: 498 pages, 15 b/w figs. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
498
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814706916
ISBN
9780814706916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.02

Paperback. This anthology places the works of such well-known figures as Captain James Cook and Robert Louis Stevenson alongside the writings of lesser-known explorers, missionaries, beachcombers, and literary travellers who roamed the South Seas from the late 17th through the late 19th centuries. Num Pages: 386 pages, 12 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJM; HBTM; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226468464
ISBN
9780226468464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.30

Paperback. Reveals the extraordinary lives and times of remarkable explorers and scientists Editor(s): Glover, Denise M.; Harrell, Stevan; McKhann, Charles Fremont. Series: McLellan Book. Num Pages: 320 pages, 71 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTP; PDX; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991184
ISBN
9780295991184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Hardback. Reveals the extraordinary lives and times of remarkable explorers and scientists Editor(s): Glover, Denise M.; Harrell, Stevan; McKhann, Charles Fremont; Swain, Margaret Byrne. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 71 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTP; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991177
ISBN
9780295991177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.76

paperback. Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HBT; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816639526
ISBN
9780816639526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.98

Hardback. * This dynamic, new approach to teaching electronic media and culture balances a presentation of media history with analysis of contemporary media considerations and concerns. * Covers the key areas of programming, technology, regulation, and business, treating both historical aspects and contemporary conditions and projections. Num Pages: 296 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405150545
ISBN
9781405150545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.99

Paperback. * This dynamic, new approach to teaching electronic media and culture balances a presentation of media history with analysis of contemporary media considerations and concerns. * Covers the key areas of programming, technology, regulation, and business, treating both historical aspects and contemporary conditions and projections. Num Pages: 296 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405150552
ISBN
9781405150552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.11

Hardback. This volume brings together the best of T. C. Smout's recent articles and contributions to books and journals on the topic of environmental history. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748635139
ISBN
9780748635139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.99
€ 116.63

Paperback. Series: Personal Takes. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; KCZ; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812219265
ISBN
9780812219265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Paperback. From the Golden Arrow Pullman Service to the Royal Scot and the Flying Scotsman, this book celebrates the most luxurious, fastest and most famous train services from the great age of steam. Series: Britain's Heritage Series. Num Pages: 64 pages, 80. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445668789
ISBN
9781445668789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.02

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226368191
ISBN
9780226368191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QDT; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226368221
ISBN
9780226368221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.51

Hardcover. Num Pages: 572 pages, 30 photos. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW3; HBTW; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
EDS Publications Ltd. (Consignment)
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591140825
ISBN
9781591140825
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.95

CD-Audio. A title, that describes the events of 1900-1949 by the people who saw them happen, from the death of Queen Victoria and accession of Edward VII through the First World War, the sinking of the Titanic, the General Strike and the Great Depression, to the Second World War and its aftermath. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
BBC Physical Audio
Format
CD
Publication date
2014
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910281758
ISBN
9781910281758
CD
Condition: New

€ 65.49
€ 46.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501702433
ISBN
9781501702433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.40

Paperback. The Phantom was developed for the US Navy as a long range all-weather fighter and first flew in May 1958. Phantoms have been used in combat in many conflicts throughout its long service history. This text provides a history of this craft. Series: Combat Legends S. Num Pages: 96 pages, 16pp colour and b&w photographs, design plans. BIC Classification: HBT; JWG; JWMV; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 189 x 6. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
The Crowood Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840374018
ISBN
9781840374018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.58

Paperback. From colonial history to the present, Americans have passionately, even violently, debated the nature and the character of money. The author provides a deep history and a penetrating analysis of American thinking about money and the ways that this ambivalence unexpectedly intertwines with race. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374. The Entwined Histories of Money and Race in America. 256 pages, 20 halftones. From colonial history to the present, Americans have passionately, even violently, debated the nature and the character of money. The author provides a deep history and a penetrating analysis of American thinking about money and the ways that this ambivalence unexpectedly intertwines with race. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL; KCZ. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226629384
ISBN
9780226629384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.74

Paperback. Recreates the daily life of the bar room from 1870 to 1920, exploring what it was like to be a "regular" in the old-time saloon of pre-prohibition industrial America. This study examines saloon-goers across America, including New York, Chicago, New Orleans and San Francisco. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 332 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSG; JHBT; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226677699
ISBN
9780226677699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.95

Paperback. Editor(s): Pinnock, Sarah K. Series: Stephen S. Weinstein Series in Post-Holocaust Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JFSR1; JHBZ; JMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999272
ISBN
9780295999272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.49

Paperback. After the opening act of the great national drama, Native Americans yielded to the westward rush of European settlers. Or so the story usually goes. In this book, Daniel K. Richter keeps Native people centre-stage throughout the story of the origins of the United States. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674011175
ISBN
9780674011175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.49

paperback. Series: IT studies in indigenous knowledge. Num Pages: 168 pages, b&w line drawings, references. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JHM; RNF; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Practical Action Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853392535
ISBN
9781853392535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.05

Paperback. The successful slave uprising, the Haitian Revolution gave birth to first independent black republic of modern era. Numerous narratives of these events survive. This book unearths these documents and presents excerpts from more than a dozen accounts written by white colonists trying to come to grips with a world that had suddenly disintegrated. Num Pages: 416 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HBG; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226675831
ISBN
9780226675831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.65

Paperback. Editor(s): Heller, Dave. Series: Facing. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Sports Publishing LLC United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613217696
ISBN
9781613217696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.07

Paperback. Through a series of regional case studies, this book presents the Holocaust not as a single monolithic or one-dimensional event, but as a complex process with many human actors and local contexts. Editor(s): Blatmann, Daniel; Verbeeck, Georgi; Dieckmann, Christoph; Kosmala, Beate; Poznanski, Renee. Series: Occupation in Europe. Num Pages: 276 pages, 20 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
276
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845208257
ISBN
9781845208257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.46

Fact and Fiction explores the intersection between literature and the sciences, focusing on German and British culture between the eighteenth century and today. Editor(s): Lehleiter, Christine. Num Pages: 368 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JF; DSB; HBJD; HBTB; HPCD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442645981
ISBN
9781442645981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 94.41

Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; DSK; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804798693
ISBN
9780804798693
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; DSK; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 329 x 22. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503601062
ISBN
9781503601062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477310632
ISBN
9781477310632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.62

Paperback. This work takes the reader on a journey round the state of Kansas, visiting 106 towns, such as Palermo, Fostoria, and Old Clear Water, and examining why they have declined or been abandoned. Num Pages: 304 pages, 92 halftones, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700606689
ISBN
9780700606689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. The Hilldale Club of Darby, Pennsylvania, was the dominant team in black baseball during the 1920s. Their success came about largely through the efforts of Hilldale president and manager Edward Bolden. This story, highlighted with photographs, chronicles the origins and development of black baseball. Series: Sports and Entertainment. Num Pages: 304 pages, 34 black-&-white photographs, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSL3; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608653
ISBN
9780815608653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.34

Hardcover. A history of world's fairs and expositions from London to Shanghai 1851-2010. Num Pages: 282 pages, 200. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 270 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2264.
Publisher
Papadakis United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906506094
ISBN
9781906506094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.61

Hardback. "Fairy Godfather: Straparola, Venice, and the Fairy Tale Tradition makes the case that the fairy tale, far from rising from the ground as a rural folk tradition, was invented by a city-bound sixteenth-century Italian literary hack, Zoan Francesco Straparola."-Adam Gopnik, New Yorker Num Pages: 176 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; DS; HBTB; JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812236804
ISBN
9780812236804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.33

Hardback. An exploration of American religious responses to the Cold and Vietnam Wars Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTW; HBWS2; HRAM2; HRCX6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814741337
ISBN
9780814741337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.68

Paperback. Series: Politics and Culture in the Twentieth Century South. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; KNSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820347332
ISBN
9780820347332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.53

paperback. A study of the changing fortunes and status of the stately homes of England over the past two centuries. It seeks to merge social, cultural, artistic and political perspectives and reveal much about the relationship of the nation to its past and to its traditional ruling elite. Num Pages: 532 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AMK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
532
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300078695
ISBN
9780300078695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.30

Paperback. Narrates a history of the Muslims of northwest China, at the intersection of the frontiers of the Mongolian-Manchu, Tibetan, Turkic, and Chinese cultural regions Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 318 pages, 24 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295976440
ISBN
9780295976440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.58

hardcover. Familiar Strangers examines how the Soviet empire was built, and ultimately dismantled, by ethnic outsiders. Scott retells Soviet history from the perspective of the socialist state's internal Georgian diaspora. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUG; HBJD; HBTQ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 171 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
OUP USA United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199396375
ISBN
9780199396375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.13

Paperback.
Publisher
New Press, The
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781565844407
ISBN
9781565844407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.78

Paperback. From the social and historical conditions of the Muslim migration to a range of issues affecting Muslim American life, this title provides information on topics like intergenerational conflict about identity and values, intermarriage, religious and community involvement, gender and family structure, education, and the needs of the elderly. Editor(s): Bilge, Barbara. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; HBTB; JFFN; JFSR2; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566394437
ISBN
9781566394437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.71

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138898875
ISBN
9781138898875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.20