Local History
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Local History
Paperback. Visitors to the C&O Canal who are interested in exploring natural wonders while tracing the routes of pioneers and engineers-not to mention the path of George Washington, who explored the Potomac route to the West as a young man and later laid out the first canals to make the river navigable-will find this guide indispensable. Num Pages: 416 pages, 96, 58 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings, 28 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; 1KBBFM; WGGN; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415055
- ISBN
- 9781421415055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.92
€ 26.99
€ 24.92
Hardback. Extensively updated, this edition includes a new chapter on Chesapeake libations, which features Shields's closely held recipe for his notorious Dirty Gertie, an authentic Chesapeake-style Bloody Mary. Num Pages: 360 pages, 56, 56 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; WBN; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 184 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1022.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 25th anniversary edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421418162
- ISBN
- 9781421418162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.47
€ 48.47
Paperback. And a city struggles through racial convulsions, remembered by those such as John Steadman and Father Constantine Sitaris. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25, 25 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; HBTB; JFSL1; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421418452
- ISBN
- 9781421418452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.78
€ 43.78
Hardcover. Castle Cary is a relatively unspoilt town deep in the Somerset countryside, its narrow streets rich in late 18th and 19th-century buildings of high quality. Its famous industry, horsehair weaving, still flourishes. This book explores its history from the original castle and its lords to its rebirth as an industrial town. Editor(s): Siraut, M. C. Series: Victoria County History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 78, 60 black and white, 18 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 314 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1256.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904356356
- ISBN
- 9781904356356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.79
€ 148.79
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- BOYE6 United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904356370
- ISBN
- 9781904356370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.79
€ 148.79
Paperback. Good clean copy showing some age and light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Royal Irish Academy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0015074
- ISBN
- 9780901714619
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The Dublin Civic Trust
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KMK0015122
- ISBN
- 9780953689927
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Charts Chicago's evolution with comprehensive, cross-referenced entries on the seventy-seven community areas, along with many suburbs and neighborhoods, from Albany Park to Zion. This book explores how the city's communities have changed and grown throughout the years. Editor(s): Keating, Ann Durkin. Num Pages: 368 pages, 60 halftones, 394 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 200 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226428833
- ISBN
- 9780226428833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.16
€ 40.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 68 color photographs, 102 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; ACBS; AJ; HBJK; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 5182 x 18. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252081798
- ISBN
- 9780252081798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.67
€ 27.67
Hardback. A bucolic Indiana community striving to maintain the utopian ideals of its founders Num Pages: 224 pages, 48 halftones, 120 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; WQH; WQP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 6782 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253356451
- ISBN
- 9780253356451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.28
€ 55.28
Paperback. Hiking Washington's History is for hikers, as well as amateur historians, newcomers unfamiliar with the state's history and Northwest natives who know only part of that history. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 36 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; WQH; WSZC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990637
- ISBN
- 9780295990637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.14
€ 26.14
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 maps, 21 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 21 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4; JPVH4; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995168
- ISBN
- 9780295995168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.80
€ 128.80
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, 23 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; WDP; WQH; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995465
- ISBN
- 9780295995465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.47
€ 56.47
Paperback. Presents an account of the birth of modern California. This book frames the gold rush years within the larger story of the state's transformation from the quietude of a Mexican hinterland in the 1840s to the forefront of entrepreneurial capitalism by the 1890s. Num Pages: 366 pages, 275 color and black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 225 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520214026
- ISBN
- 9780520214026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.07
€ 57.07
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 27 photographs, 2 graphs, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; WQH; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803286832
- ISBN
- 9780803286832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.77
€ 43.77
Paperback. Series: Anthropology of Contemporary North America. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 photos, 4 maps, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; JHMC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803290587
- ISBN
- 9780803290587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.93
€ 39.93
Paperback. An epic history of a landmark village. Series: American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 276 pages, 25 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780814747629
- ISBN
- 9780814747629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.61
€ 46.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages, 100 b&w photographs, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WQH; WSZC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814751305
- ISBN
- 9780814751305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.20
€ 29.20
Paperback. "Also available as an ebook"--Title page verso. Series: Culture, Labor, History. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBJK; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814761120
- ISBN
- 9780814761120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.37
€ 46.37
Paperback. From Bedford-Stuyvesant to Williamsburg, Brooklyn's historic names are emblems of American culture and history. Talking about the stories behind the landmarks, this book deals with the borough's textured past. It also tells the tales of the poets, philosophers, baseball heroes, diplomats, warriors, and saints who have left their imprint. Num Pages: 214 pages, 9 maps, 94 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GBGP; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 14. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799468
- ISBN
- 9780814799468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.26
€ 31.26
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; HBJK; JHMC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360889
- ISBN
- 9780822360889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.60
€ 209.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; HBJK; JHMC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822361022
- ISBN
- 9780822361022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.82
€ 52.82
Hardback. Noenoe K. Silva creates a model indigenous intellectual history of a culture where-using Western standards-none is presumed to exist by examining the work of two lesser-known Hawaiian language writers from the nineteenth-century whose prolific output across many genres created a record of Native Hawaiian cultural history and thought. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363521
- ISBN
- 9780822363521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.59
€ 139.59
Paperback. Noenoe K. Silva creates a model indigenous intellectual history of a culture where-using Western standards-none is presumed to exist by examining the work of two lesser-known Hawaiian language writers from the nineteenth-century whose prolific output across many genres created a record of Native Hawaiian cultural history and thought. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363682
- ISBN
- 9780822363682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.51
€ 37.51