History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. This new and extensively illustrated history explores the reality behind stereotypical views of Glasgow. Series: Town and City Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 173 x 18. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853312243
- ISBN
- 9781853312243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.90
€ 32.99
€ 28.90
Paperback. Told through a case study of Tsinghua University - China's premier school of technology - this book traces how Red engineers were groomed in the early years of socialism, survived the Cultural Revolution, and triumphed in the post-Mao years by uniting with communist officials. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; JFC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804760782
- ISBN
- 9780804760782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.95
€ 41.95
Paperback. The worst storm in history seem from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSA; BTP; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007230068
- ISBN
- 9780007230068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.32
€ 14.99
€ 11.32
Paperback. This book provides a comprehensive guide to researching your surname. It will take you through the available resources both online and offline to enable you to understand the origins, meaning, evolution, frequency and distribution of your surname. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752468624
- ISBN
- 9780752468624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.46
€ 20.99
€ 16.46
Hardback. This book of essays will appeal to anyone interested in the dismantling of Ireland's cultural attachment to Catholicism over the past four decades. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB; HRAX; HRCC7; HRLM; JFSR; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526101068
- ISBN
- 9781526101068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.60
€ 154.60
Hardback.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127194
- ISBN
- 9780691127194
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.19
€ 92.19
Paperback. What is the history of knowledge? This engaging and accessible introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of knowledge (or, as some scholars say, knowledges in the plural ) and how it differs from the history of science, intellectual history, the sociology of knowledge or from cultural history. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745669847
- ISBN
- 9780745669847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.55
€ 21.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 248 x 9. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750961066
- ISBN
- 9780750961066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.97
€ 19.99
€ 17.97
hardcover. Incorporating theoretical and quantitative history, this book examines a specific model of historical change and, more generally, investigates the utility of the dynamical systems approach in historical applications. It is of interest to practitioners of economic history, historical sociology, complexity studies, and demography. Num Pages: 360 pages, 65 line illus. 62 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBD; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 362
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136967
- ISBN
- 9780691136967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.65
€ 79.65
Paperback. Paperback, illustrated spine. Previous owner's signature and date along with a short note on inside front cover. 191pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Resource and Environmental Policy Centre, University College Dublin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- SKU
- KON0819260
- ISBN
- 9781870089043
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300212518
- ISBN
- 9780300212518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.84
€ 31.84
Paperback. ILLUSTRATED with 200 photographs, all of which were taken by the author, this evocative book reveals developments in fishing boats built to the requirements of mostly Scottish fishermen from the mid-1960s to the late 1980s. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; KNAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 167 x 9. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752456089
- ISBN
- 9780752456089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.66
€ 19.99
€ 15.66
Hardback. What do prostitutes, referees, and Renaissance clowns have in common? They all wear stripes, and The Devil's Cloth tells us why. Pastoureau's lively study of stripes offers a unique perspective on the evolution of fashion, taste, and visual codes in Western culture. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 160 pages, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236. A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. 160 pages, 14 halftones. What do prostitutes, referees, and Renaissance clowns have in common? They all wear stripes, and The Devil's Cloth tells us why. Pastoureau's lively study of stripes offers a unique perspective on the evolution of fashion, taste, and visual codes in Western culture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCK. Dimension: 184 x 157 x 15. Weight: 236. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123662
- ISBN
- 9780231123662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.91
€ 49.91
Paperback. Starting with the premise that Europe was made by its imperial projects as much as colonial encounters were shaped by events and conflicts in Europe, this volume investigates metropolitan-colonial relationships. It shows how "civilizing missions" often provided new sites for a bourgeois order. Editor(s): Cooper, Frederick; Stoler, Ann Laura. Num Pages: 463 pages, 10. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJH; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 36. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 463
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206052
- ISBN
- 9780520206052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.90
€ 50.90
Hardcover. Num Pages: 326 pages, 400+ colour illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; WSBX; WSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 249 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2092.
- Publisher
- Georg Olms Verlag AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783487084855
- ISBN
- 9783487084855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.81€ 145.27
€ 205.81
€ 145.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD; HBT; LA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488498
- ISBN
- 9780801488498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.81
€ 40.99
€ 37.81
Paperback. Graham Huggan examines some of the processes by which value is given to postcolonial works within their cultural field using both literary-critical and sociological methods of analysis. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 27. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415250344
- ISBN
- 9780415250344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.89
€ 58.89
Paperback. As the Holocaust recedes from us in time, the guardianship of its legacy is being passed on from its survivors and witnesses to the generation after. Through personal reflections and explorations of the historical, psychological and moral implications of the second-generation experience, the author talks about the legacy of the Holocaust. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099464723
- ISBN
- 9780099464723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.39
€ 20.99
€ 16.39
Paperback. Uncovering one of the world's greatest civilisations Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD1; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841197906
- ISBN
- 9781841197906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.02
€ 8.02
Paperback. This book marks the beginning of the real debate on Scottish independence while acknowledging the complexity and conditional character of political argument. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBTR; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908373335
- ISBN
- 9781908373335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Hardback. As the wife of King George II, Caroline of Ansbach became queen of England in 1727. This volume intends to survey Caroline's significant contributions to the arts and culture and the ways in which she used her patronage to strengthen the royal family's connections between the recently installed House of Hanover and English society. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 232 pages, 120 colour images + 40 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; AB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 272 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1318.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300197778
- ISBN
- 9780300197778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.77
€ 64.77
Hardcover. Examines the history, performance and practice of Irish Rock Music from the 1960s to the present. Using theoretical perspectives drawn from Irish cultural criticism and Rock Music Studies the author shows how Irish rock music has engaged with issues of national identity at every level, from music to performance to distribution. Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVGP; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859183878
- ISBN
- 9781859183878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.71
€ 21.99
€ 17.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTG; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 9. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752497020
- ISBN
- 9780752497020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.25
€ 19.99
€ 18.25
Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; HBTZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484. Mass Killing and Genocide in the 20th Century. 336 pages, 7 tables. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; HBTZ. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight: 480.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801472732
- ISBN
- 9780801472732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.00
€ 43.00