History
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History
Hardback. Before Thomas Edison, light and fire were thought to be one and the same. Turns out, they were separate things altogether. This book explores how our sudden interconnectedness, both physically, as through the railroad, and through inventions like the telegraph, changed our concept of time and place forever. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892728169
- ISBN
- 9780892728169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.50
€ 26.99
€ 23.50
Hardcover. In his 1840 lectures on heroes, Thomas Carlyle, Victorian essayist and social critic, championed the importance of the individual in history. Eventually translated into fifteen languages, this work of history, comparative religion, and literature is the one of the influential statement of a man who came to be thought of as a secular prophet. Series: Norman & Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle. Num Pages: 622 pages, ports., facsims. BIC Classification: DNF; HBA; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 622
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520075153
- ISBN
- 9780520075153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.95€ 58.97
€ 75.95
€ 58.97
Paperback. A celebratory history of how lesbians "made a scene" by creating places and opportunities to form relationships, debate politics, and build their own culture across Canada. Series: Sexuality Studies. Num Pages: 15 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; 5SL; HBTV; JFSJ1; JFSK2; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774830676
- ISBN
- 9780774830676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.84
€ 40.99
€ 35.84
Hardcover. From the world's most repressive state comes rare good news: escape to freedom of a small number of its people. It is a crime to leave North Korea. They go first to China, which rejects them as criminals, then to Southeast Asia, and finally to South Korea, and other countries. They travel along a secret route known as the new underground railroad. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; HBJF; JPHX; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594036330
- ISBN
- 9781594036330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.22
€ 27.99
€ 26.22
Hardback. Across six generations and two hundred years, this book tells the story of a German-Jewish family who emigrated from Rawicz, Poland, first to Prussian Berlin, and then to America. It is populated by characters, such as Wolfgang, who led urban reform; Ernst who directed an anti-Nazi resistance movement; and Antonie the actress. Num Pages: 80 b/w ills. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454166
- ISBN
- 9781845454166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.70
€ 157.70
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844675180
- ISBN
- 9781844675180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.48
€ 22.48
Hardcover. The story of God is the story of a paradox. It is the drama of a transcendent, timeless being who, throughout history, has supposedly engaged with immanent and mortal creatures on a fallen and broken world of his own making. Num Pages: 16 pages of colour plates. BIC Classification: HBLH; HRAB1; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784537654
- ISBN
- 9781784537654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 25.22
€ 45.99
€ 25.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 34 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBWQ; JFSJ1; JWD; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- New York University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814755877
- ISBN
- 9780814755877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.13
€ 33.99
€ 31.13
Paperback. Series: Cultures of History. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBA; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231169677
- ISBN
- 9780231169677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.52
€ 36.99
€ 26.52
Hardback. The ninth reference volume in a planned series of 15, devoted to an index of Italian immigrants arriving in the US from 1880-1899. It presents passenger lists in chronological order and detailed information on each person and their origins. Each volume also carries a full name index. Editor(s): Glazier, Ira A.; Filby, William P. Series: Italians to America. Num Pages: 542 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; 3JH; GBC; HBTB; HBTG; JFFN; JPVH1; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 37. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 542
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842024594
- ISBN
- 9780842024594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 242.92
€ 242.92
hardcover. An in-depth account of the Battle of Messines Ridge in June 1917. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 images and 60 maps - plate section. BIC Classification: HBW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781526704009
- ISBN
- 9781526704009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.99€ 8.60
€ 28.99
€ 8.60
Hardcover. Keywords: History and politics - Politicians
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KEX0184085
- ISBN
- 9780064916691
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.99€ 5.12
€ 6.99
€ 5.12
Paperback. An illuminating study of the demographic, cultural, and socioeconomic condition of East Central European Jewry. Series: A Midland Book. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253204189
- ISBN
- 9780253204189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.35
€ 29.99
€ 26.35
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 434 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691610696
- ISBN
- 9780691610696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.29€ 48.72
€ 63.29
€ 48.72
Hardcover. This book examines the complex interplay between industrial heritage and tourism. It serves to stimulate meaningful dialogue about the socioeconomic values of industrial sites and the use of tourism for the growth of the creative economy. Series: Tourism and Cultural Change. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: GM; HBTK; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845415136
- ISBN
- 9781845415136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.29
€ 161.29
Hardback. Takes stock of the 'new British queer history'. Topics range from newspaper reporting of sodomy cases, to homoerotic representations in art, to queer autobiographical accounts, to oral histories of Scottish lesbians, and much else besides. Editor(s): Lewis, Brian. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 223 x 30. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719088940
- ISBN
- 9780719088940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.81€ 86.64
€ 97.81
€ 86.64
Paperback. Editor(s): Yellin, Jean Fagan; Van Horne, John C. Num Pages: 368 pages, 27, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801480119
- ISBN
- 9780801480119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.06
€ 41.99
€ 37.06
Paperback. The author, Saiokuken Socho (1448-1532)-the preeminent linked-verse (renga ) poet of his time-provides in his journal a vivid portrayal of cultural life in the capital and the provinces, together with descriptions of battles and great warrior families, the dangers of travel through war-torn countryside, and the plight of the poor. Translator(s): Horton, H. Mack. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JB; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 180 x 22. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735063
- ISBN
- 9780804735063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.25
€ 44.99
€ 39.25
Hardback. "Title from cover. One issue only. Front headline "Peace with progress". 8 p. 44 cm. Original printed broadsheet. Good clean copy with suggestion of dust dulling to edges, folded in four." Keywords: "Periodicals , Socialism , Pamphlet"
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- The Spark publications
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- KEX0094108
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Very good copy in dust wrapper. DW with nicks and small tears. Light scoring to pages. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1954
- Publisher
- New York Funk & Wagnalls Co
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0004158
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 100 b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 230 x 10. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873518420
- ISBN
- 9780873518420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.87
€ 26.99
€ 23.87
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Wimbledon Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857289636
- ISBN
- 9780857289636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.41
€ 32.99
€ 27.41
The American Atom. A Documentary History of Nuclear Policies from the ...
Cantelon, Philip L.; Williams, Robert C.. Ed(...
Paperback. This edition has been updated to include a collection of primary documents which tell the story of atomic energy in the USA from the discovery of fission through the development of nuclear weapons, international proliferation and attempts at control. Editor(s): Cantelon, Philip L.; Hewlett, Richard G.; Williams, Robert C. Num Pages: 392 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTJ; HBT; JWMN; PDX; PHN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812213546
- ISBN
- 9780812213546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.66
€ 49.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927527061
- ISBN
- 9781927527061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 18.97
€ 27.99
€ 18.97