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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; BTC; HBJK; HBLL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926936918
ISBN
9781926936918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Explains who the smugglers were, what motivated them, where they operated, and how items ranging from barrels of brandy to boxes of tea would surreptitiously be moved inland under the noses of, and sometimes even in collusion with, the authorities. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 72 pages, 40 b/w; 40 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 151 x 6. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747812074
ISBN
9780747812074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.41

Paperback. Drawing on memoirs, private correspondences and other sources, this book examines the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Despite rapid recovery and redevelopment, the author describes the social/political conflict and division that followed the fire. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226735481
ISBN
9780226735481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330529488
ISBN
9780330529488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTV; JFD; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816622177
ISBN
9780816622177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Offers an insider's view of the Chechen War conflict. This work focuses her attention on those caught in the crossfire. It recounts the everyday horrors of living in the midst of war, examines how the Chechen war has damaged Russian society, and takes a look at the ways people on both sides profited from it. Translator(s): Burry, Alexander; Tulchinsky, Tatiana. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUAC; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226674339
ISBN
9780226674339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.34

Paperback. During the second half of the 18th century, the social role of educated women and the nature of domesticity were the focus of widespread debate in Britain. This work explores how small changes in the meaning of patriotism permitted educated women to imagine themselves as political subjects. Num Pages: 354 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226310527
ISBN
9780226310527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. Paints a portrait of the practitioners of slumming and their world: who they were, why they went, what they claimed to have found, how it changed them, and how slumming, in turn, shaped both Victorian and twentieth-century understandings of poverty and social welfare, gender relations, and sexuality. Num Pages: 424 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBLL; JFFA; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2006, Third Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128009
ISBN
9780691128009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.97

Paperback. From its appearance as a 'fashionable dissipation' centered on the immigrant and working-class districts of 1880s New York through its spread to Chicago and into the 1930s nightspots frequented by lesbians and gay men, this book charts the development of slumming. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 432 pages, 19 halftones, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226322445
ISBN
9780226322445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Hardback. Completing the detailed two-part history of the RKO film studio, which began with RKO Radio Pictures: A Titan Is Born, this second volume charts the studio's fortunes, which peaked during World War II, declined in the postwar period, and finally collapsed in the 1950s. It chronicles the period from 1942 to the company's demise in 1957. Num Pages: 288 pages, 26 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APFA; HBJK; HBLW; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289666
ISBN
9780520289666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.71
€ 54.49

Paperback. Charts the studio's fortunes, which peaked during World War II, declined in the post-war period, and finally collapsed in the 1950s. With unparalleled access to archival materials, the author chronicles the period from 1942 to the company's demise in 1957. It represents the most insightful exploration of the Hollywood studio system to date. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; HBJK; HBLW; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289673
ISBN
9780520289673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.23

Paperback. BIC Classification: HBJM; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; RNFD. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Monash University Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925495430
ISBN
9781925495430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.98

Hardback. A riveting look at how the early modern world revolutionized sleep and its relation to body, mind, soul, and society Num Pages: 296 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 293 x 33. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300220391
ISBN
9780300220391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.23

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801447402
ISBN
9780801447402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801475924
ISBN
9780801475924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.26

Hardback. In 1834 Harvard dropout Richard Henry Dana Jr. became a common seaman, and soon his Two Years Before the Mast became a classic. Literary acclaim did not erase the young lawyer s memory of floggings he witnessed aboard ship or undermine his vow to combat injustice. Jeffrey Amestoy tells the story of Dana s determination to keep that vow." Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBLL; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674088191
ISBN
9780674088191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.13

Hardcover. A detailed history showing that the free blacks and "contraband" slaves who joined the US Navy during the Civil War were essential to Northern victories at sea. Through their role in preserving the Union, they helped to win recognition for African Americans as full citizens. Num Pages: 252 pages, 12ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875802862
ISBN
9780875802862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.20

Hardback. Most studies of ancient Greek politics focus on formal institutions such as the political assembly and the law courts. This book suggests that Greek literature reveals traces of popular culture that can be further illuminated by comparison with later historical periods. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140056
ISBN
9780691140056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.17
€ 42.14

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010421
ISBN
9781847010421
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.09

Paperback. Explores both the material culture of slavery as well as its representation in literature. This book considers the place of slaves in Plato's "Meno", Aristotle's "Politics", Aesop's "Fables", Aristophanes' "Wasps", and Euripides' "Orestes". Num Pages: 312 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226167893
ISBN
9780226167893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.71

Paperback. Written by three prominent historians of the period, Slavery's Ghost forces readers to think critically about the way we study the past, the depth of racial prejudice, and how African Americans won and lost their freedom in nineteenth-century America. Series: The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402369
ISBN
9781421402369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.76

Hardcover. Examines how the demands of western settlers, the potential of western disunion, and local, popular politics determined the fate of slavery and freedom in the West between 1790 and 1820. This book demonstrates that local political contests and geopolitical realities were responsible for determining slavery's fate in the West. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 862.
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition first Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926698
ISBN
9780813926698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.47

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107640818
ISBN
9781107640818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.35

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Boydell Press
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851158297
ISBN
9780851158297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.77

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