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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. Presents an exploration of the making of the Victorian age and the Victorian mind. This book traces the evolution of British democracy and shows how early laissez-faire attitudes to the lot of the less fortunate turned into campaigns to improve their lives and prospects. It analyses the birth of new attitudes to education, religion and science. Num Pages: 896 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 57. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Windmill Books
Condition
New
SKU
9780099558477
ISBN
9780099558477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. .
Publisher
Routledge
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582784086
ISBN
9780582784086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.10

Hardcover. The First World War touched every family in the country. 'The Country House at War' presents a history of the war, as seen through the houses and estates maintained by the National Trust. Num Pages: 224 pages, 200. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 252 x 27. Weight in Grams: 998.
Publisher
National Trust
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907892776
ISBN
9781907892776
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.86

Paperback. It would be easy to assume that, in the eighteenth century, slavery and the culture of taste - the world of politeness, manners, and aesthetics - existed as separate and unequal domains, unrelated in the spheres of social life. This book demonstrates that these two areas of modernity were surprisingly entwined. Num Pages: 392 pages, 73 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1KJ; DSB; HBTS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New in Paper ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160979
ISBN
9780691160979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.66

Paperback. From the early sketches of philosophers and explorers through to Google Maps and beyond, this title examines how maps both relate and realign our history. It explores the legendary, impassable mountains of Kong, the role of cartography in combatting cholera, the 17th-century Dutch craze for Atlases, the Norse discovery of America and more. Num Pages: 468 pages, 60 ills. BIC Classification: HBTP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 34. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Number of pages
468
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846685101
ISBN
9781846685101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. A witty and entertaining journey through time from the bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; PDZ; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782113218
ISBN
9781782113218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.57

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Countryside Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853069369
ISBN
9781853069369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.41

Hardcover. During the 1930s Europe was convulsed by political violence. The National Socialists rose to power in Germany and Fascists campaigned in Britain, Spain and France. Yet Europe was also transformed in this decade through new applications of film, photography and radio. In fact, these political and technological developments were closely intertwined. Num Pages: 215 pages, 31 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230003286
ISBN
9780230003286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.40

Hardback. This monograph provides an interpretation of the friendly societies in Britain. It shows the role of the friendly societies in the political activism of workers, changing understandings of masculinity and femininity, the ritualised expression of social tensions and the origins of the welfare state. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JKSB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333990315
ISBN
9780333990315
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.84

Hardback. .
Publisher
Text Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925240399
ISBN
9781925240399
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.86

Editor(s): Geissbuhler, Simon. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 219 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838209845
ISBN
9783838209845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.19
€ 54.84

Paperback. Series: Nitty Gritty Cookbooks. Num Pages: 96 pages, 30 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WBV; WBXD2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 132 x 6. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589798854
ISBN
9781589798854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.36

Paperback. Examines how the difference between monogenist and polygenist accounts of the origin of the human race was reflected in, and helped to shape, Scottish Enlightenment accounts of society's progress through historical stages. Reveals how concepts of race and the role of women were treated by historians, philosophers, and other thinkers. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349296224
ISBN
9781349296224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.29

Hardcover. Examines how the difference between monogenist and polygenist accounts of the origin of the human race was reflected in, and helped to shape, Scottish Enlightenment accounts of society's progress through historical stages. Reveals how concepts of race and the role of women were treated by historians, philosophers, and other thinkers. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230114913
ISBN
9780230114913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.23

Hardcover. Silvia Borzutzky offers a counter-argument to privatization and to traditional interpretations of Chilean politics. She analyzes the intimate connections between politics, policies, and the distributation of socioeconomic resources in Chile. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; HBT; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268043568
ISBN
9780268043568
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780966491302
ISBN
9780966491302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.49

Hardback. Exploding the myth that Marco Polo discovered pasta in China and brought it back to Italy, this volume shows that pasta has existed in various forms throughout Middle Eastern, Asian, and even North African culinary cultures long before its appearance in the West. Translator(s): Shugaar, Antony. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: HBT; TDCT; WBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231124423
ISBN
9780231124423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 446 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
446
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837629156
ISBN
9783837629156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.47
€ 46.95

Paperback. Series: The Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816629978
ISBN
9780816629978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.69

Paperback. First English translation of this 19th century novel tracing the relationship between traditional Greenlandic life and the interaction with the culture of their Danish colonizers Translator(s): Johanson, L. S. Num Pages: 192 pages, , black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QMP; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 110 x 10. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
International Polar Institute Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780982915561
ISBN
9780982915561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.86

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