History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Encountering Ellis Island lays bare the profound and sometimes-victorious story of people chasing the American Dream: leaving everything behind, facing a new language and a new culture, and starting a new American life. Series: How Things Worked. Num Pages: 184 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413686
- ISBN
- 9781421413686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.58
€ 27.99
€ 24.58
Paperback. This brief history acts as an introduction to the inter-related themes of race, ethnicity and immigration in American history. It spans the years 1600 to 2000, exploring the historical roots of contemporary identity politics. Editor(s): Bayor, Ronald H. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780231129411
- ISBN
- 9780231129411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. A study of the decade that swept America into the modern age and changed it forever, this book looks at the 1920s as framed by the aspirations, scandals, and attitudes of the Wilson, Harding, Collide and Hoover presidencies, examining how Victorian values transformed into the Jazz Age. Series: America in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630333
- ISBN
- 9780815630333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.13
€ 27.13
Paperback. "A fresh and provocative contribution .. the clearest, most penetrating, and best-informed study of the post-1830 antislavery movement that exists." -Richard Bardolph, North Carolina Historical Review Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: HBTS; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393954449
- ISBN
- 9780393954449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.01
€ 24.99
€ 23.01
Hardcover. Discover the rarified Peranakan (native-born Chinese of Southeast Asia) aesthetics that are today highly sought-after for their beauty: distinctive furniture and ceramics, textiles and jewellery, and many other art objects. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 400 photographs-all in colour except a few older photos included for historical refe. BIC Classification: 1FM; ACBP; HBTB; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216. Weight in Grams: 1106.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804848909
- ISBN
- 9780804848909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.74
€ 19.99
€ 14.74
Paperback. Helps you discover what civil war, revolution and counter-revolution felt like from inside both camps. Num Pages: 624 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTD; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712660143
- ISBN
- 9780712660143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.41
€ 24.99
€ 18.41
Paperback. In this wide-ranging and accessible survey of American labour songs, Ronald D. Cohen chronicles the history behind the work songs of cowboys, sailors, hoboes, and others, as well as the singing culture of groups ranging from the Industrial Workers of the World to Pete Seeger Num Pages: 208 pages, 36 color Illustrations and 6 Black & White. BIC Classification: AVGC; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Carquinez Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780974412481
- ISBN
- 9780974412481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Hardcover. Series: Race in the Atlantic World 1700-1900. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820342122
- ISBN
- 9780820342122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.57
€ 139.57
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752455426
- ISBN
- 9780752455426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.74
€ 26.99
€ 23.74
Paperback. Available for the first time in one volume, a unique and comprehensive guide that includes the precise position and characteristics of 285 wrecks between Whitby to Berwick - from fishing boats to submarines and steamers to warships - that were lost or sunk from the 1850s to the present day. Num Pages: 400 pages, liberally illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 170 x 27. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Publisher
- Whittles Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904445890
- ISBN
- 9781904445890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.55
€ 26.99
€ 23.55
Paperback. Tells the story of the rise of behavioral scientists in government and how their potentially dangerous, "American" assumptions about human behavior would shape US views of domestic disturbances and insurgencies in Third World countries. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBT; JMAL; JPS; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691114552
- ISBN
- 9780691114552
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.56
€ 54.99
€ 39.56
Paperback. Timely contribution to British historiography foregrounding the previously hidden histories of the Black and Asian communities in Britain over the last 500 years. Num Pages: 396 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD; HBTB; JFSL1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745315997
- ISBN
- 9780745315997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 25.29
€ 40.99
€ 25.29
Num Pages: 208 pages, 155 color images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1270.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764344299
- ISBN
- 9780764344299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.65€ 39.25
€ 54.65
€ 39.25
Paperback. During the worst years of apartheid, the most popular show on television in South Africa - among both blacks and whites - was "The Cosby Show". Combining South Africa's political history and a social history of television, this title challenges conventional understandings of globalization. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTB; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226451893
- ISBN
- 9780226451893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.64
€ 34.99
€ 27.64
Hardcover. During the worst years of apartheid, the most popular show on television in South Africa - among both blacks and whites - was "The Cosby Show". Combining South Africa's political history and a social history of television, this title challenges conventional understandings of globalization. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTB; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226451886
- ISBN
- 9780226451886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
€ 95.07
€ 78.49
Paperback. A nostalgic look back at the county's aircraft industry from balloon flight through to the A.R. Roe company's Lancaster and Vulcan bombers and the English Electric's Canberra and Lightening fighter. Series: Local History. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBTK; KNDV; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340. Series: Local History. 176 pages, illustrations. A nostalgic look back at the county's aircraft industry from balloon flight through to the A.R. Roe company's Lancaster and Vulcan bombers and the English Electric's Canberra and Lightening fighter. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBTK; KNDV; WQH. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Countryside Books
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846741661
- ISBN
- 9781846741661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.27
€ 25.99
€ 22.27
Paperback. Showing the lessons that can be learned from the past, the author explores twelve universal topics, from work and love to money and creativity, and reveals the wisdom that we've been missing. It stepping into the territory of Alain de Botton and Theodore Zeldin, is 'practical history' - using the past to think about our day to day lives. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846683947
- ISBN
- 9781846683947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.11
€ 11.99
€ 10.11
Paperback. Series: Stackpole Military History Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 b/w photos & 16 maps. BIC Classification: HBT; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514. 276 pages, b/w illus. For centuries, mounted cavalry dominated the battle-field through shock and mobility. This book traces the evolution of cavalry through the ages, from the warhorse to the tank and helicopter, demonstrating how cavalry's survival has depended on creative responses to the changing dynamics of modern warfare. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBT; JWD. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811735773
- ISBN
- 9780811735773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.81
€ 23.99
€ 18.81
Paperback. This widely acclaimed book is a comprehensive and authoritative account of the history and ideas of the Frankfurt School -- the most important and influential group of leftist intellectuals, philosophers and social theorists in Germany this century. Num Pages: 798 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTB; JH; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1094.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 798
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745616216
- ISBN
- 9780745616216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.48
€ 33.99
€ 33.48
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBTV; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691643588
- ISBN
- 9780691643588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.37
€ 106.37