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History: specific events & topics

Hardback. A new international maritime order was forged in the early modern age, yet histories of the period have dealt almost exclusively with the Atlantic and Indian oceans. This book brings the Mediterranean and Catholic piracy into the broader context of early modern history, and focuses on commerce and the struggle for power in this volatile age. Series: Princeton Modern Greek Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: HBLH; HBTM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141978
ISBN
9780691141978
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.79

hardcover. In this era of tweets and blogs, it is easy to assume that the self-obsessive recording of daily minutiae is a recent phenomenon. In this title, the author explores how vital these unassuming and easily overlooked stationery staples were to those who used them. Num Pages: 280 pages, 34 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226033211
ISBN
9780226033211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.82
€ 82.26

Paperback. In this era of tweets and blogs, it is easy to assume that the self-obsessive recording of daily minutiae is a recent phenomenon. In this title, the author explores how vital these unassuming and easily overlooked stationery staples were to those who used them. Num Pages: 280 pages, 34 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226033358
ISBN
9780226033358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. Against the historical background of slavery and colonialism, this study investigates how white and Afro-Caribbean women writers have responded to feminist, abolitionist and post-emancipationist issues. It aims to reveal a relationship between colonial exploitation and female sexual oppression. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231082235
ISBN
9780231082235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJH; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349297030
ISBN
9781349297030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.46
€ 52.77

This book presents a detailed survey of language attitudes, conflicts and policies over the period from 1830, when the French occupied Algeria, up to 2012, the year this country celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence. It traces the evolution of language planning policies and reactions to them in both the colonial and post-colonial eras. Series: Multilingual Matters. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; CFB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847699640
ISBN
9781847699640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 150.82

Hardback. European colonial conquest included many instances of indigenous peoples being exterminated. Cases where invading commercial stock farmers clashed with hunter-gatherers were particularly destructive, often resulting in a degree of dispossession and slaughter that destroyed the ability of these societies to reproduce themselves. Editor(s): Adhikari, Mohaemd. Series: War and Genocide. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ; HBTZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782387381
ISBN
9781782387381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.02

Hardback. On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht, Mitchell Bard provides a comprehensive and penetrating account [of the events of that night] that should be read not only as a history of Holocaust, but as a lesson for the future. (Abraham H. Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League). Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781599214450
ISBN
9781599214450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.82

Hardback. Explores the famous dispute about the length of time that Persia ruled over the land of ancient Israel. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568219707
ISBN
9781568219707
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.05

Hardback. This volume presents intersections of Black and German history over eight centuries while mapping continuities and ruptures in Germans' perceptions of Blacks. Juxtaposing these intersections demonstrates that negative German perceptions of Blackness proceeded from nineteenth-century racial theories.. Editor(s): Honeck, Mischa; Klimke, Martin; Kuhlmann-Smirnov, Anne. Series: Studies in German History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 ills, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857459534
ISBN
9780857459534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.40

Paperback. Celebrating 200 years of the humble bicycles, in stunning photographs Num Pages: 144 pages, 104 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: AJC; HBT; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 170. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750980050
ISBN
9780750980050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Interviews twelve experts on oral history to discuss the medium's status within the social sciences in light of recent technological breakthroughs. This title addresses many of the challenges of oral history, from its inherent subjectivity to whether it should be treated as a discipline or simply a method for research. Editor(s): Vanek, Miroslav. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 145 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9788024622262
ISBN
9788024622262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.29

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 454 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYV; HBJD; HBTB; HRQX5; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 217 x 31. Weight in Grams: 714.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137372499
ISBN
9781137372499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.12

Paperback. Presents the history of Japanese mass culture during the decades preceding Pearl Harbor. This work argues that the new gestures, relationship, and humor of ero-guro-nansensu (erotic grotesque nonsense) expressed a self-consciously modern ethos that challenged state ideology and expansionism. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 390 pages, 33 b/w photographs, 6 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
390
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260085
ISBN
9780520260085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.02

Paperback. Early Modern Europe was teeming with impostors. Identity theft was only one form of misrepresentation: royal pretenders, envoys from imaginary lands, religious dissimulators, cross-dressers, false Gypsies - all these caused deep anxiety, leading authorities to invent increasingly sophisticated means for unmasking deception. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
291
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349361380
ISBN
9781349361380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 132.67

Paperback. Drawing on family and communal records, diaries, memoirs, literary works, and other sources, the author reconstructs the fascinating story of how Portuguese immigrant - merchants, professionals, and intellectuals, for the most part - reasserted their Judaism, while maintaining their Iberian heritage. Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1DSP; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253213518
ISBN
9780253213518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.00

Hardback. The French Revolution invented the notion of the citizen, but it also invented the noncitizen--the person whose rights were nonexistent. The South American outpost of Guiana became a depository for these outcasts of the new French citizenry, and an experimental space for the exercise of new kinds of power and violence against marginal groups. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057548
ISBN
9780674057548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.55
€ 55.34

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843836339
ISBN
9781843836339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.17

Paperback. Paperback, white cover. Cover is slightly stained. 63pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Ministry of Tourism and Recreation Toronto
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
SKU
KON0819164
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 5.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: AKTX; HBTB; JFCK; JFD; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 239 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360308
ISBN
9780822360308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

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