History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
Paperback. In the wake of the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire, the city of San Francisco desperately needed reliable supplies of water and electricity. Its mayor, James Phelan, pressed for the damming of the Tuolumne River, setting off a firestorm of protest. This work tells the epic story of the first major environmental battle of the 20th century. Num Pages: 332 pages, 28 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; RNA; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195313093
- ISBN
- 9780195313093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.73
€ 59.73
Paperback. Focusing on five generations from 1780 to 1920, this book fluidly illustrates how Indians disowned their black relatives to survive in the shadow of the expanding American republic. Interludes in the text illuminatehow this issuehas continued to be a politically explosive one for modern-day Indians. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 maps, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195313109
- ISBN
- 9780195313109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.64
€ 60.64
Paperback. Confederate Emancipation offers an engaging and illuminating account of a fascinating and politically charged idea, setting it firmly and vividly in the context of the Civil War and the part played in it by the issue of slavery and the actions of the slaves themselves. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195315868
- ISBN
- 9780195315868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.02
€ 30.02
Paperback. In Storm Over Texas Joel Silbey explores the shaping and development of one event in American history - the Texas annexation controversy - and how it came to be a truly pivotal moment, explaining why the debate over annexation of Texas in the 1840s followed a course that led, ultimately, to civil war. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 256 pages, numerous halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195315929
- ISBN
- 9780195315929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.41
€ 33.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 640 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 30. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 25 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195325171
- ISBN
- 9780195325171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.87
€ 37.87
paperback. In this captivating volume in the acclaimed Pivotal Moments series, Calloway reveals how the 1763 Treaty of Paris had a profound effect on American history, setting in motion unexpected consequences, as Indians and Europeans, settlers and frontiersmen, all struggled to adapt to new boundaries, alignments, and relationships, and shows how and why. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 halftones, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL; JPHC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 351.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780195331271
- ISBN
- 9780195331271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.57
€ 19.99
€ 19.57
Paperback. The untold story of the real man behind the iconic American folk hero John Henry, and how he came to be immortalized through blues music and art, beautifully written by the historian who discovered his existence. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: AVGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 11. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195341195
- ISBN
- 9780195341195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.51
€ 17.51
paperback. The untold story of the fiercely contested ratification of the United States Constitution, and how Founding Father James Madison defied his fellow Virginians who opposed the Constitution, to ensure that it, and the Bill of Rights, would bring the colonies together as a unified nation. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; LAZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195341423
- ISBN
- 9780195341423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.36
€ 20.36
paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 halftone plates, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 1KBB; HBJF1; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195367058
- ISBN
- 9780195367058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.21
€ 31.21
Paperback. Written by a leading authority on colonial America, this compact biography captures in a remarkably small space one of the most protean lives of American history. Series: Lives and Legacies Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195368703
- ISBN
- 9780195368703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.90
€ 17.90
Hardback. The book shows how Union Pacific continues to succeed even as passenger trains have all but disappeared, proving that we still live in a Railroad Age. Num Pages: 520 pages, 51 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195369892
- ISBN
- 9780195369892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.38
€ 105.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 256 x 177 x 17. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195373486
- ISBN
- 9780195373486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.90
€ 58.90
Paperback. In this highly provocative book, Terry Bouton challenges the received wisdom about what was achieved in 1776, arguing that the American Revolution did not produce the democracy that was hoped for by the American people when they joined the Revolutionary movement. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 halftones, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 491.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195378566
- ISBN
- 9780195378566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.14
€ 55.14
Paperback. A short, brilliantly researched treatise on the what it means to be American, looking at America's paramount artists and writers, by acclaimed art historian Barbara Novak. Lavishly illustrated with color and black & white photos. Num Pages: 232 pages, 46 black and white halftone illustrations, 17 colour plates. BIC Classification: ACV; DSA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195387919
- ISBN
- 9780195387919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.26
€ 37.26
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
€ 45.70
€ 45.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 19 halftones, 18 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 289.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195393088
- ISBN
- 9780195393088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04
Paperback. A vibrant portrait of a major turning point in American women's history, and in human history, this book is essential reading for anyone wishing to fully understand the origins of the women's rights movement. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 322 pages, 28 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195393330
- ISBN
- 9780195393330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.07
€ 21.07
Paperback. Based on extensive and critical use of sources, this collection covers a wide range of themes concerned with Mughal history - administration, society, religion, and culture. Num Pages: 436 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JB; 3JD; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195696615
- ISBN
- 9780195696615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.07
€ 41.07
Hardback. Credit transactions were a common and important feature of peasant society in the middle ages. This study of rural credit in medieval England uses the evidence of inter-peasant debt litigation to investigate the lenders and borrowers, the uses to which credit was put, and the effects of credit on social relationships. Series: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLH; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197264416
- ISBN
- 9780197264416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.38
€ 134.38
Hardback. Ancient Anatolia was a region where indigenous peoples mixed with conquerors and incomers: Persians, Greeks, Gauls, Romans, Jews. Names from all these sources intermingled, and it is by studying them that the cultural interactions and changes and resistances that occurred can be illuminated. Editor(s): Parker, Robert. Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 figures, including 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 2AHA; CFF; HBJ; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265635
- ISBN
- 9780197265635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.91
€ 121.91
Paperback. Covering a long span, from the Vedic period to twelfth century AD, this volume explores key aspects of early Indian history-political ideas and institutions; economic patterns and developments; social orders and practices; and the transition from ancient to medieval. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3D; 3F; 3H; HBJF; HBLA; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198068297
- ISBN
- 9780198068297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.00
€ 32.00
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 223 x 30. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198090571
- ISBN
- 9780198090571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.46
€ 52.46
Hardback. This book takes a critical look at India in the momentous 1950s. It looks at the colossal challenges which India faced after Independence. It considers the key ideas, paths, and trajectories which were articulated in these years. Num Pages: 250 pages, 3 Tables, 8 photographs, 7 cartoons. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 280. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198098553
- ISBN
- 9780198098553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.34
€ 39.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 349 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJF; HBLX; JFSR2; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198099574
- ISBN
- 9780198099574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.82
€ 110.82