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Paperback. Looking at the long history of navigation at sea, Jim Bennett discusses the scientific and technological developments that have enabled the accurate measurement of position and setting of directions in the oceans. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM; PDX; RGR; TRLN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 174 x 12. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198733713
- ISBN
- 9780198733713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.13
€ 13.99
€ 13.13
Hardcover. Hardcover, photograpghic spine. Ex-Libris, sticker on inside front cover. 157pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- David & Charles PLC Newton Abbot
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- SKU
- KON0819586
- ISBN
- 9780715382462
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardcover. Hardback in good condition. Without dustjacket. May have some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- U. S. Govt. print. off.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1940
- SKU
- KRF0040583
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Norwegians in colonial Africa and Oceania had varying aspirations and adapted in different ways to changing social, political and geographical circumstances in foreign, colonial settings. This collection reveals narratives of the colonial era that are often ignored or obscured by the national histories of former colonial powers. Editor(s): Kjerland, Kirsten Alsaker; Bertelsen, Bjorn Enge. Num Pages: 404 pages, 36 ills, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 1H; 1MK; HBJ; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385394
- ISBN
- 9781782385394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.42
€ 164.42
Num Pages: 272 pages, over 60 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 940.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764319884
- ISBN
- 9780764319884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 31.88
€ 48.99
€ 31.88
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752460918
- ISBN
- 9780752460918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.45
€ 19.99
€ 18.45
Hardback. Reveals, from a non-Eurocentric perspective, how Indian states developed and implemented maritime strategies which posed a serious threat to British naval power in the region. Series: Worlds of the East India Company. Num Pages: 222 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843839484
- ISBN
- 9781843839484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.32
€ 97.32
Paperback. Editor(s): Wagner, Daniel H; Mylander, W Charles; Sanders, Thomas J, Pro. Num Pages: 421 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HBW; JWF; TTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 192 x 24. Weight in Grams: 785.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591149507
- ISBN
- 9781591149507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.35
€ 62.35
Hardback. 220 pages. Editor(s): Doe, Helen; Harding, Richard. Considers naval leadership and management very widely, moving beyond a focus on leading admirals. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBTM; HBW; JWF. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 23. Weight: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843836957
- ISBN
- 9781843836957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.78
€ 96.78
Hardcover. Hardcover, blue spine (blank). 117pp
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Printed by J.A. Jennings Canterbury
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KON0819497
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 5.49
€ 20.99
€ 5.49
Hardback. Provides deep insights into the roles and responsibilities of men, women and children within naval families. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 245 x 26. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271092
- ISBN
- 9781783271092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.97
€ 114.97
paperback. "Magnificent.. the best work of economic and business history I've ever read."-Paul Krugman Num Pages: 592 pages, illustrations facsimiles, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFSG; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 39. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Number of pages
- 556
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393308730
- ISBN
- 9780393308730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.40
€ 20.99
€ 19.40
Paperback. Explores the interconnections between negotiations over the environment and an emerging colonial relationship in a particular South African context - the Transkei - subsequently the largest of the notorious "homelands" under apartheid. This work sheds light on the colonial era in the Transkei by looking at significant dimensions of this history. Series Editor(s): Allman, Jean; Isaacman, Allen F. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBLL; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821416990
- ISBN
- 9780821416990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.82
€ 34.99
€ 31.82
Hardback. This collection of essay explores two traditions of interpreting and manipulating nature in the early- modern and nineteenth-century Iberian world: one instrumental and imperial, the other patriotic and national. Num Pages: 248 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755436
- ISBN
- 9780804755436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.84
€ 139.84
Paperback. Tells the story of how Americans came to drink milk. This title lets us: learn how cow's milk, which was associated with bacteria and disease became a staple of the American diet, and encounter 19th century evangelists who were convinced that cow's milk was the perfect food with divine properties. Num Pages: 310 pages, 32 b&w illustrations, 12 pages of halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814719381
- ISBN
- 9780814719381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. In Nature's New Deal, Neil M. Maher examines the history of one of Franklin D. Roosevelt's boldest and most successful experiments, the Civilian Conservation Corps, describing it as a turning point both in national politics and in the emergence of modern environmentalism. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; RNA; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195392418
- ISBN
- 9780195392418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.10
€ 45.10
Hardback. This highly engaging book offers a wealth of fresh insights into both the history and development of botanical gardens as well as connections between science and aesthetics. Series: Tauris Historical Geography Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 28 bw integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTP; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 240 x 29. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848857124
- ISBN
- 9781848857124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.30€ 135.20
€ 153.30
€ 135.20
Paperback. With what effects, Rice asks, did humankind exploit and then alter the landscape and the quality of the river's waters? Equal parts environmental, Native American, and colonial history, Nature and History in the Potomac Country is a useful and innovative study of the Potomac River, its valley, and its people. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8, 6 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ; WNW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421513
- ISBN
- 9781421421513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.64
€ 32.99
€ 27.64
Hardcover. Alfred Russel Wallace, Henry Walter Bates and Richard Spruce were English naturalists who went to Amazonia 150 years ago. This book combines all three young mens experiences of the Amazon, drawing heavily on their own letters and books. Num Pages: 368 pages, 76 illustrations, 20 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; PSA; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 183 x 43. Weight in Grams: 996.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500252109
- ISBN
- 9780500252109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.20
€ 26.99
€ 20.20
Hardback. Africa. 104 pp. Slight wear but in good condition overall
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Geographical Publications LTD
- Publication date
- 1956
- SKU
- KNW0000994
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99