History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
paperback. The Atlas of Christian History is brand new, featuring more than fifty new maps, graphics, and timelines. Concise, helpful text, written by acknowledged authorities guide the experience and interpret the visuals consciously written for students at any level, the 1volume is perfect for independent students, as well as those in structured courses. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBTP; HRAX; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 191 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fortress Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781451499704
- ISBN
- 9781451499704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.73
€ 24.99
€ 23.73
hardcover. This book explores the stories behind seventy-five extraordinary maps. Drawing on the unique collection in the Bodleian Library, these stunning maps range from single cities to the solar system, span the thirteenth to the twenty-first century and cover most of the world. Editor(s): Hall, Debbie. Num Pages: 224 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTP1; RGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 282 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781851242504
- ISBN
- 9781851242504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.00€ 30.68
€ 41.00
€ 30.68
hardcover. The story of the Easter Rising from the perspective of those who made it, focusing on the experiences of rank-and-file revolutionaries and exploiting a unique and recently released collection of over 1,700 eye-witness statements. Num Pages: 396 pages, 21 black and white plates, map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 684. Fine in fine dust wrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037180
- ISBN
- 9780192801869
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
hardcover. Comprehensively documents how local courts after the Rwandan genocide gradually shifted from confession to accusation, from restoration to retribution. Series: Critical Human Rights. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 figures, 1 map, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; HBJH; HBTZ; JPVH; LNAA; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299309701
- ISBN
- 9780299309701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.97
€ 86.97
Paperback. Often called the sport of kings, horse racing dates back at least to the chariot races of the ancient Olympic Games. This book explores the broad history of horse racing from the horses, jockeys and racecourses to the practice of bookmaking and those in the audience. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, 30 b/w; 40 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; WSBX; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 154 x 6. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747812586
- ISBN
- 9780747812586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.99
€ 11.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. Explores the way in which African Americans in Missouri - many descended from slaves brought by the French or Spanish to Louisiana in the 1700s - developed cultural, musical and religious traditions which allowed them to retain customs from their past,while adapting to circumstances of the present. Series: Missouri Heritage Readers Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, 35 illustrations, bibliography, index, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3J; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826215017
- ISBN
- 9780826215017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.62
€ 17.99
€ 17.62
Paperback. All along the river, from the front porches of Hannibal to the neighborhoods of St Louis to the cotton fields of the Bootheel and west to Kansas City, stories are being told. This work presents a collection of family stories and traditional tales about all walks of African American life. Series: Missouri Heritage Readers Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 35 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826218445
- ISBN
- 9780826218445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.81
€ 17.99
€ 16.81
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1988 Edition
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850458558
- ISBN
- 9780850458558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.56
€ 19.99
€ 14.56
Paperback. Illustrates the simple, rare, but often extremely beautiful traditional laundry aids - the glass calendars, washing bats, mangle boards and goffering stacks. This book also provides examples of the multitude of flat, box, solid fuel, spirit, gas and electric irons, washing machines and wringers. Series: Shire album. Num Pages: 32 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 108 x 11. Weight in Grams: 96.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780852636480
- ISBN
- 9780852636480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.47
€ 9.99
€ 8.47
Techniques of identifying criminals, citizens, imposters and consumers from the Middle Ages to the present day. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441182036
- ISBN
- 9781441182036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.71€ 53.45
€ 69.71
€ 53.45
paperback. Num Pages: 277 pages, 21. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJK; HBTD; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 323.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595584786
- ISBN
- 9781595584786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.47
€ 22.47
paperback. Contains key historical documents on the subject of Cabinet Government together with expert analysis. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JPHV; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Politico's Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842750742
- ISBN
- 9781842750742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.29
€ 19.99
€ 18.29
Paperback. Although the primary role of the P-47 was tactical ground support, a number of enemy aircraft were downed by pilots over the battlefields of western Europe. This volume explains the tactics used by crews, includes interviews with Aces and lists all the units involved. Series: Osprey Aircraft of the Aces S. Num Pages: 96 pages, 40 colour and 100 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBT; HBWQ; JWG; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 7. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855329065
- ISBN
- 9781855329065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.09
€ 21.99
€ 16.09
hardcover. Focuses on such topics as Chinese documents, Chinese paper, ink-making, printing, cultural exchange, libraries, and biographies. Num Pages: 80 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press Hong Kong
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629964221
- ISBN
- 9789629964221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.50
€ 70.50
paperback. The brain moves into over-drive and it's time for empire building. So goes Stewart Lee Allen's crazy theory. Only thing is, after retracing coffee's journey to world domination - by train, rickshaw, cargo freighter and donkey - he has plenty of evidence to back it up. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; WBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036658
- ISBN
- 9781841951430
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Translator(s): Gottlieb, B. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; HBG; HBLH; HBTB; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674708266
- ISBN
- 9780674708266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.91
€ 70.91
Paperback. The Edwardian period is often seen as something of a gilded age, war would imminently remove hundreds of thousands of men from the labour force, and instigate progress to mechanize. This book tells the story of farming in Britain in the early years of the twentieth century - an age of horse, steam and intensive labour. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; HBTB; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 6. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Shire
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747808077
- ISBN
- 9780747808077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.86
€ 11.99
€ 9.86
Paperback. This environmental history of the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta places the Delta's economic and cultural history in an environmental context. It reveals the human aspects of the region's natural history, including land reclamation, slave and sharecropper economies, ethnic and racial perceptions of land ownership and stewardship, and even blues music. Num Pages: 376 pages, 6 b/w photos, 5 tables, 3 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HBJK; HBTB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820326733
- ISBN
- 9780820326733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.74
€ 51.74
Paperback. The history of Aborigines in Van Diemen's Land is long. The first Tasmanians lived in isolation and against almost insurmountable odds for as many as 300 generations after the flooding of Bass Strait. This broad-ranging book is a comprehensive and critical account of that epic survival up to the present day. Num Pages: 512 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBFT; HBJM; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742234212
- ISBN
- 9781742234212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.55
€ 33.55
paperback. Kuala Lumpur is the postmodern city writ large, a city that has been transformed from a sleepy capital into a technological marvel with a thriving and affluent cultural life. In this book, the author traces Kuala Lumpur's origins and charts the changes experienced by the city and its people. Series: Topographics. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 colour and 35 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMM; HBJF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861890573
- ISBN
- 9781861890573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.45
€ 30.45
Paperback. It is tempting to take the tremendous rate of contemporary linguistic change for granted. What is required, in fact, is a radical reinterpretation of what language is. This book begins with an examination of the modes of communication used by dolphins, birds and primates as the first contexts in which the concept of 'language' might be applied. Series: Globalities. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861890801
- ISBN
- 9781861890801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.89
€ 25.89
hardcover. This title explores the relationship between landscape and history over the past five centuries. It is interdisciplinary in scope, drawing on material from social, economic and cultural history; geography; archeology; cultural geography, planning and landscape history. Series: Globalities. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HBTP; HD; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861891389
- ISBN
- 9781861891389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.17
€ 41.17
hardcover. In this illustrated study of the navies of Britain, France, the United States of America, Japan, Germany, Brazil, Chile and the Soviet Union, the author shows how each navy helped change world history. Series: Globalities. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM; JFC; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 133 x 30. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861892027
- ISBN
- 9781861892027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.17
€ 41.17
Hardcover. An overview of the evolving relations between the human and animal populations of the British Isles from the Norman Conquest to World War I, Animal Encounters shows how interdependent the animal-human relationship has been throughout history. Num Pages: 512 pages, 66 colour illustrations, 161 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFFZ; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 197 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1944.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861898494
- ISBN
- 9781861898494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.10
€ 68.10