History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
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
€ 45.99€ 33.45
€ 45.99
€ 33.45
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
€ 58.34€ 46.02
€ 58.34
€ 46.02
Hardcover. A comprehensive study of Iceland's social and historical development, from tiny fishing settlements to a global economic power. It is of interest to those studying this most enigmatic of islands, and also to those interested in cultural and social history as a whole. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNC; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861896612
- ISBN
- 9781861896612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.28
€ 36.28
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€ 17.46
€ 17.99
€ 17.46
Hardback. Searching for a job has been an everyday affair in both modern and past societies, and employment a concern for both individuals and institutions. The case studies in this volume investigate job search and placement practices in European countries, Australia, and India in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Wadauer, Sigrid; Buchner, Thomas; Mejstrik, Alexander. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 456 pages, 30 illustrations, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385509
- ISBN
- 9781782385509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.39
€ 183.39
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
€ 23.86
Paperback. This book presents an account of the use and actions of the aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin, one of the primary pieces of the German navy in WWII. Num Pages: 48 pages, over 100 photos, drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 4. Weight in Grams: 274. 48 pages, Ill.ch. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTM; JWF. Dimension: 301 x 212 x 3. Weight: 200.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887402425
- ISBN
- 9780887402425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.33
€ 18.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226233369
- ISBN
- 9780226233369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.64
€ 35.99
€ 28.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11 tables, 4 maps, 15 charts. BIC Classification: HBTV; HBW; JHB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479625
- ISBN
- 9780801479625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11 tables, 4 maps, 15 charts. BIC Classification: HBTV; HBW; JHB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453175
- ISBN
- 9780801453175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.10
€ 139.10
Hardcover.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Wayne State Univ Pr
- Number of pages
- 543
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 1st ed
- SKU
- KEX0212656
- ISBN
- 9780814319338
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. The richly illustrated bookk carefully situates architecture, design, and urban planning within Kolkata's political economy and social milieu. Series: Asian Cities. Num Pages: 252 pages, 0 black and white; 99 full color. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; 3JM; ACX; AMVD; HBTB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 109.
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789462981119
- ISBN
- 9789462981119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.23
€ 152.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBTS; KJVW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231158497
- ISBN
- 9780231158497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.00
€ 33.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBTS; JFFE2; KCL; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- With a new preface by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231180337
- ISBN
- 9780231180337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.68
€ 26.99
€ 20.68
Paperback. The first in a sweeping, multi-volume history of Abraham Lincoln. Series: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln. Num Pages: 576 pages, 48 b&w images thru-out. BIC Classification: HB; HBG; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476777269
- ISBN
- 9781476777269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.34
€ 21.99
€ 21.34
Hardback. Post-heroism is often perceived as one of the main aspects of change in the character of war, a phenomenon prevalent in western societies. According to this view, demographic and cultural changes in the west have severely decreased the tolerance for casualties in war. This edited volume provides a critical examination of this idea. Editor(s): Scheipers, Sibylle. Num Pages: 388 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3J; HBTB; HBW; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 219 x 27. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137362520
- ISBN
- 9781137362520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.58
€ 152.58
Paperback. A study of the ways that knowledge of the slave revolt in Haiti was denied/repressed/disavowed within the network of slave-owning states and plantation societies of the New World, and the effects and meaning of this disavowal Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HBJK; HBLH; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822332909
- ISBN
- 9780822332909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.30
€ 41.99
€ 37.30
Paperback. In this thought-provoking book, renowned peace negotiator Ross argues that the Bush administrations problems stem from its inability to use the tools of statecraft--diplomatic, economic, and military--to advance the nations interests around the world. Editor(s): Scheipers, Sibylle. Num Pages: 388 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB; HBW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349472703
- ISBN
- 9781349472703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 150.00
€ 150.00
Hardback. Urbanization was central to development in late imperial China. Yet its impact is heatedly debated. This book argues that this conceptual impasse derives from the fact that the seemingly continuous urban expansion was in fact punctuated by a wide variety of 'dynastic urbanisms'. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 370 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035614
- ISBN
- 9780674035614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 42.46
€ 49.99
€ 42.46
Hardback. , and Japan, but it looks at how Moscow, Hanoi, Pyongyang, Tirana, and Ulan Bator interacted with Beijing in their political economic relations. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBTW; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 38. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415833
- ISBN
- 9781421415833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.66
€ 82.66