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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801489945
ISBN
9780801489945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.49

Paperback. Until 1893, Mary Kingsley lived the typical life of a single Victorian woman, tending to sick relatives and keeping house for her brother. However, on the death of her parents, she undertook an extraordinary decision: with no prior knowledge of the region, she set out alone to West Africa to pursue her anthropological interests. Editor(s): Turner, Lynnette. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFD; HBJH; HBTQ; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141439426
ISBN
9780141439426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813565224
ISBN
9780813565224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.73

Hardback. Congress established the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands - more commonly known as the Freedmen's Bureau - in March 1865. Upon its creation this temporary federal agency assumed the Herculean task of overseeing the transition from slavery to freedom in the war-torn South. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 539.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823232116
ISBN
9780823232116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.65

Hardback. An innovative study of the ways in which Germans of different ages and life stages lived through the violent eruptions of the two world wars, and through the dictatorships of Nazism and then Communism that succeeded them. Num Pages: 528 pages, charts. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 45. Weight in Grams: 946.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199287208
ISBN
9780199287208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.14

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199679256
ISBN
9780199679256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 270 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910745663
ISBN
9781910745663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. The human stories behind disease, plagues and epidemics and their deadly impact through history. Num Pages: 608 pages, Colour plate section. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782069430
ISBN
9781782069430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 35. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse University Press Distributed for Arl
Condition
New
SKU
V9780905223872
ISBN
9780905223872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 20.66

Hardback. The United States has always been a nation of immigrants, shaped by successive waves of new arrivals. The most recent transformation began when immigration laws and policies changed significantly in 1965. Edited and written by a group of prominent scholars, this book provides an authoritative account of the most recent surge of immigrants. Editor(s): Waters, Mary C.; Ueda, Reed. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 642 pages, 1 map, 80 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 172 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1110.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
642
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674023574
ISBN
9780674023574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.39

Paperback. Reveals the ambiguous, often contested nature of marital law, showing that husbands' superior status and wives' dependence were fluid and negotiable Num Pages: 171 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; LAZ; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
171
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814740651
ISBN
9780814740651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801449420
ISBN
9780801449420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.64

Paperback. This text offers a comparative and historical analysis of rapid and profound changes in the legal system beginning in the 1960s in England, France, West Germany, Sweden and the United States. Num Pages: 336 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JH; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226299709
ISBN
9780226299709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.53

hardcover. The case studies not only provide insight into the business dynamics of the literary world at this time, but also illustrate the shifting definition of literature itself during the period. Series: Studies in Book & Print Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; DSB; HBTB; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802091475
ISBN
9780802091475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.45

Paperback. Marwan Bishara, the chief policy analyst for Al Jazeera English and presenter of the show "Empire", looks at the roots of pro-democracy revolutions in the Arab world and offers an original analysis of what went right, why this moment is paramount, and how Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Avalon Publishing Group United States
Edition
First Trade Paper Edition
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568589749
ISBN
9781568589749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.38

Paperback. The Habsburg Empire reached at various times across most of Europe and the New World. At all the critical moments of European history it is there - confronting Luther, launching the Thirty Years War, repelling the Ottomans, and taking on Napoleon. Martin Rady introduces the fascinating and colourful history of the Habsburgs. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 8 black and white images. BIC Classification: 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 110 x 9. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198792963
ISBN
9780198792963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Hardcover. This study focuses on workers, women and peasants, and the ways in which their reading was constructed as a social and political problem, to analyze the fear of reading in 19th century France. The author presents a series of case studies of actual readers. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; CFC; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 459.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333921265
ISBN
9780333921265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.95
€ 139.84

Paperback. For more than 2,500 years, the book, in a wide range of forms, has been used to document, to educate and to entertain. This book explores the rich history of the book, one of the most efficient, influential and enduring technologies ever invented. Num Pages: 224 pages, 266 illustrations, 214 in colour. BIC Classification: GL; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 251 x 17. Weight in Grams: 846.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500291153
ISBN
9780500291153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.92

Paperback. Part of the 'Seminar Studies in History' series, this is a valuable introduction to the League of Nations and the birth of 'international relations' in the inter-war period. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW; HBT; HBWN; JPHV; JPSD; JPSN; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 12. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408228241
ISBN
9781408228241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.98

Paperback. .
Publisher
Stichting Kunstboek
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9789058565761
ISBN
9789058565761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.77

Hardback. Martin Winstone provides a unique insight into the occupation regime which dominated much of Poland during World War II. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30 bw integrated, 5 line. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780764771
ISBN
9781780764771
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 49.51

Paperback. Provides important clues to the need to protect and maintain windmills, the continued survival of which allows an insight into the historic use of renewable energy, the development of engineering, and the processing of grain, for flour and bread, as well as other essential products. Series: Shire Album S. Num Pages: 64 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTK; TGBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 5. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
9780747806530
ISBN
9780747806530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.21

Paperback. A re-examination of the basic geographical divisions we take for granted, this work challenges the unconscious spatial frameworks that govern the way we perceive the world. The authors argue that East versus West and First World versus Third World are simplistic and misconceived. Num Pages: 383 pages, 10. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
383
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520207431
ISBN
9780520207431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. A gripping narrative non-fiction tale about the rise of the early drug culture in America, by the author of the acclaimed Can't Find My Way Home Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 pages black-&-white photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 40. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306824753
ISBN
9780306824753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.97

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