History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Uncovers twelve shocking stories, untold for over a century and reveals the darker side of the Victorian upper and middle classes - their sexuality, fears of inherited madness, financial greed and fraudulence - and chillingly evoke the black motives at the heart of the phenomenon of the 'inconvenient person'. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JKSM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099541868
- ISBN
- 9780099541868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. Fern Fever was popular in Britain between 1837 and 1914. This book looks at the how the craze developed, the ways in which ferns were incorporated into garden and home, and the spread of the fern through Victorian material and visual culture. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; AGNB; HBTB; JFCD; WMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 148 x 5. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747807469
- ISBN
- 9780747807469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.44
€ 12.44
Paperback. * Provides an introduction to the study of death and remembrance in the past. * Focuses not only on material culture but also on theories of emotion and experience in the context of death. * Includes insights from outside archaeology, drawing on literary and historical sources. . Series: Social Archaeology. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3J; HBTB; HD; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631206149
- ISBN
- 9780631206149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.96
€ 66.96
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFFE; JFSL1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820345574
- ISBN
- 9780820345574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.70
€ 71.70
Hardback. Through a case study of one imperial institution, the community school, this book examines the primary sources we use to study it, the role it has played in debates over history and politics, and the nature of the Ming state. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751742
- ISBN
- 9780804751742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Paperback. A commoner's presentation to the emperor of a lucky omen from his garden, the repercussions for his family, and several retellings of the incident provide the background for an introduction to Ming society, culture, and politics, including discussions of the founding of the Ming dynasty. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 35. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 141
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208247
- ISBN
- 9780872208247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.20
€ 18.99
€ 15.20
Paperback. Garden Cities: the phrase is redolent of Arts and Crafts values and nineteenth-century utopianism. But despite being the culmination of a range of influential movements, and their own influence, in fact there were only ever two true garden cities in England. This book offers a guide to the movement and to the communities which are its legacy. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 80 pages, 30 b/w; 40 col. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; ACVN; AMVD; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 162 x 7. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Shire
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747813422
- ISBN
- 9780747813422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.09
€ 11.99
€ 10.09
Hardcover. A rare first-person account of life in the twentieth-century South, "He Included Me" weaves together the story of a black family eight children reared in rural Alabama, their mother a schoolteacher, their father a minister and the emerging self-portrait of a woman determined, like her parents, to look ahead." Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820311418
- ISBN
- 9780820311418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.51
€ 42.51
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPW; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137538338
- ISBN
- 9781137538338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.46
€ 116.46
hardcover. Sarah Elliott Novacich explores the ways in which the plots of sacred history were preserved and repurposed in Medieval English literature. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HBTD; HRC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107177055
- ISBN
- 9781107177055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.89
€ 74.89
Paperback. The book examines the historic environment of the Hoo Peninsula landscape and describes how changing patterns of land use and maritime activity over time have given this landscape and seascape its distinctive character. Series: Informed Conservation. Num Pages: 96 pages, 79. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; HBTP; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 2100 x 2100. .
- Publisher
- Historic England United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848022256
- ISBN
- 9781848022256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.04
€ 22.04
Paperback. Shedding new light on the division of power, the essays in this volume explore the variety of roles and assumptions about queens from the Americas to Eurasia. Together they provide a global tour of archaeological and historical queens that illustrate the intersection of gender and power in archaeology. Editor(s): Nelson, Sarah Milledge. Series: Gender and Archaeology. Num Pages: 208 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBTG; HD; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 227 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759103467
- ISBN
- 9780759103467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.23
€ 78.23
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 412 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641508
- ISBN
- 9780691641508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 221.60
€ 221.60
Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 185 pages, 38 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBTB; HBW; JFD; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 219 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137556592
- ISBN
- 9781137556592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.22
€ 116.22
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784993467
- ISBN
- 9781784993467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.68
€ 26.99
€ 26.68
Paperback. How to Survive the English Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 19. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hodder Paperbacks
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KNW0010254
- ISBN
- 9780719568473
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. Ordinary women helped restart Japan's postwar recovery by selling sex to Allied servicemen, but they were sacrificed as symbols of national shame by a country that has yet to recover full sovereignty. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804776912
- ISBN
- 9780804776912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.48
€ 119.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349382538
- ISBN
- 9781349382538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Paperback. How school-aged girls used the legal system to gain access to contact sports Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBS; LAZ; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075841
- ISBN
- 9780252075841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.24
€ 29.99
€ 27.24
Paperback. The source of tremendous power and focus of incredible devotion, throughout history notions of beauty have been integral to social life. Each age has had its own standards: a gleaming white brow during the Renaissance, the black eyebrows considered charming in the early eighteenth century, and the thin lips thought desirable by Victorians. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBTB; WJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 214 x 4. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747808398
- ISBN
- 9780747808398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.09
€ 11.99
€ 10.09
Paperback. Chronicles the struggles of immigrants who have fled their homelands in search of a better life in the United States, only to be marginalized by the society that they hoped would embrace them. This book argues that marginalization fosters antagonism within ethnic groups while undermining the ethnic solidarity emphasized by scholars of immigration. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 halftones, 3 maps, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFN; JFSR; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691037820
- ISBN
- 9780691037820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.55€ 41.90
€ 52.55
€ 41.90
Paperback. The compelling story of the only concentration camp for women by the acclaimed author of A Life in Secrets. Num Pages: 848 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349120034
- ISBN
- 9780349120034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBTB; JPHC; JPQ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641058
- ISBN
- 9780691641058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.32
€ 205.32
Paperback. The Politics of Addiction examines power and policy-making in the context of a bitter conflict between private and publicly employed doctors treating addiction. Regulation was used by both the profession and the state to shape the treatment of addiction and who could provide it, with the media feeding into the process. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JHB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349306886
- ISBN
- 9781349306886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95