History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. On May 15, 1916, a crowd of 15,000 witnessed the lynching of an 18-year-old black farm worker named Jesse Washington. Most central Texans of the time failed to call for the punishment of the mob's leaders. This work seeks to explain how a culture of violence that nourished this practice could form and endure for so long among ordinary people. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074301
- ISBN
- 9780252074301
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.23
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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
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.40
€ 20.99
€ 19.40
Paperback. William Cobbett provides evocative descriptions of the 19th century southern English countryside, his encounters with labourers, and outbursts at the encroaching cities and sufferings of the poor. Ian Dyck places these accounts in the context of Cobbett's political and social beliefs. Num Pages: 576 pages, map, explanatory notes, further reading, indexes. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; DNF; HBTB; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435795
- ISBN
- 9780140435795
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Hardcover. Uses the history of the university and reframes the "Protestant Ethic" to consider the conditions of knowledge production in the world. The author argues that the research university developed in response to market forces and bureaucracy, producing a kind of academic whose goal was to establish originality and achieve fame through publication. Num Pages: 576 pages, 20 tables, 50halftones. BIC Classification: HBT; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 237 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226109213
- ISBN
- 9780226109213
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Condition: New
€ 93.81€ 77.43
€ 93.81
€ 77.43
Paperback. Presents an argument that the research university developed in response to market forces and bureaucracy, producing a academic whose goal was to establish originality and achieve fame through publication. This book investigates the origins and evolving fixtures of academic life: the lecture catalog, the library catalog, and the grading system. Num Pages: 668 pages, 51 halftones, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JHBC; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 36. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 668
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226109220
- ISBN
- 9780226109220
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.46
€ 36.99
€ 29.46
Paperback. The horrors of the Great Famine (1315-1322), one of the severest catastrophes ever to strike northern Europe. This work provides a comprehensive inquiry into the Famine from Ireland to western Poland, from Scandinavia to central France and western Germany. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691058917
- ISBN
- 9780691058917
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.22
€ 54.99
€ 39.22
Paperback. In the nineteenth century, the Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt famously defined the Renaissance as a period of progress, reason, the emergence of the individual, and the beginning of modernity. Series: Contesting the Past. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405123709
- ISBN
- 9781405123709
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.27
€ 41.99
€ 41.27
Hardcover. In the nineteenth century, the Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt famously defined the Renaissance as a period of progress, reason, the emergence of the individual, and the beginning of modernity. Series: Contesting the Past. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405123693
- ISBN
- 9781405123693
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Condition: New
€ 99.61
€ 99.61
Paperback. Taste 5,000 years of brewing history as a time-travelling home-brewer rediscovers and re-creates the great beers of the past. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; WBXD2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 295 x 25. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393351996
- ISBN
- 9780393351996
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.34
€ 17.99
€ 16.34
Paperback. This text examines the forces - both destructive and dynamic - which have shaped 20th-century South Africa. The book draws on the rich and lively tradition of radical history writing on the country and weaves economic and cultural history into the political narrative. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3 maps, 4 tables and 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192893185
- ISBN
- 9780192893185
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.03
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€ 20.03
Paperback. The crew of the HMS Enterprise, searching for the missing Franklin expedition, sees steadily worsening relations between captain and officers. Num Pages: 332 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1MTN; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 332
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888644725
- ISBN
- 9780888644725
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.80
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€ 28.80
Paperback. Based on the criminal trial records and related documents from the regions of central Mexico and Oaxaca, this book attempts to discover how peasants conceived of their role under Spanish rule, how they behaved under various kinds of street, and how they felt about their Spanish overlords. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804711128
- ISBN
- 9780804711128
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
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€ 31.30
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 black and white and colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 332 x 27. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Gibbs M. Smith Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781423641230
- ISBN
- 9781423641230
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.02
€ 33.99
€ 22.02
Paperback. Traces the ways in which negative attitudes toward blacks became deeply embedded in French culture. Examining the forces that shaped these views, this book shows the inequality of French interactions with blacks in Africa and in the slave colonies of the West Indies. It is useful for those dealing with issues of racism, ethnicity, and identity. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Pbk. Ed. /
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216502
- ISBN
- 9780253216502
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.14
€ 29.99
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History Matters: Essays on Economic Growth, Technology, and Demographi...
William A. Sundstrom (Ed.)
Hardback. Combining theoretical work with careful historical description and the analysis of new data sources, this volume makes a case for a more historical economics both by argument and example. Seventeen essays use both economic theory and historical cases to explore how and why "history matters". Editor(s): Sundstrom, William A.; Guinnane, Timothy W.; Whatley, Warren C. Num Pages: 528 pages, 29 tables, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 39. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804743983
- ISBN
- 9780804743983
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Condition: New
€ 111.59
€ 111.59
Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of U.S. Politics and Political Eras. Num Pages: 492 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 167 x 40. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 492
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810855878
- ISBN
- 9780810855878
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Condition: New
€ 151.40
€ 151.40
Paperback. The role of slaves and free blacks in the politics of secession. Series: Civil War America. Num Pages: 408 pages, 19 illustrations, 16 tables, 4 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807856611
- ISBN
- 9780807856611
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Condition: New
€ 63.73
€ 63.73
Hardback. Geography and the Classical World explores the emergence of classical geography,particularly the ancient Greek and Roman world. At its inception, the subject flourished in Britain and America.But in the 1920s it declined and an important tradition was lost. In recovering it, Professor Koelsch has written an outstanding scholarly work. Series: Tauris Historical Geography Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 b/w integrated. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBLA1; HBTP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 240 x 42. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780760643
- ISBN
- 9781780760643
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Condition: New
€ 152.44€ 135.20
€ 152.44
€ 135.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 166 pages, 36 b/w photos & 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Edition
- First Canadian
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888394866
- ISBN
- 9780888394866
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.59
€ 20.99
€ 15.59
Hardback. Tells the story of an American Indian community in the Housatonic Valley of northwestern Connecticut. Editor(s): Starna, William A. Translator(s): Dally-Starna, Corinna. Series: The Iroquoians & Their World. Num Pages: 4 photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRCX7; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803224278
- ISBN
- 9780803224278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.88
€ 194.88