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History: specific events & topics
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198724414
- ISBN
- 9780198724414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.29
€ 45.99
€ 32.29
Paperback. Analyzing the 'democratic' features and institutions of the Athenian democracy in the fifth century BC, this work traces their development from Solon's judicial reforms to the flowering of popular sovereignty, when the people assumed the right both to enact all legislation and to hold magistrates accountable for implementing what had been enacted. Num Pages: 500 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 46. Weight in Grams: 917.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520067981
- ISBN
- 9780520067981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.45
€ 52.92
€ 41.45
Paperback. Definitive work on modern-day piracy. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849040792
- ISBN
- 9781849040792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.19
€ 43.19
Hardcover. This book examines the cultural, social, and historical affinities between the Francophone Caribbean and the American South, considering figures as diverse as Barack Obama, Frantz Fanon, Miles Davis, James Brown, Edouard Glissant, William Faulkner, Maryse Conde and Lafcadio Hearn. Editor(s): Munro, Martin; Britton, Celia. Series: Francophone Postcolonial Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 1KJ; AB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846317538
- ISBN
- 9781846317538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.44
€ 69.44
Paperback. On 10 December 1941 two Royal Navy capital ships were sunk off Malaya by air torpedo attack. They had not requested the air support that could have saved them and 840 men died. Taking full advantage of Second World War documents, the authors re-create not only what happened but also what it was like for the men involved. Num Pages: 366 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 31. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 366
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844150755
- ISBN
- 9781844150755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.04
€ 30.99
€ 28.04
Paperback. A revised and updated edition of this introduction to social welfare in contemporary Britain. It considers the central questions which have emerged from the break-up of the post-war political consensus around the welfare state and explores the different political and theoretical issues involved. Editor(s): Loney, Martin; Bocock, Robert; Clarke, John H.; Cochrane, Allan Douglas; Graham, Peggotty A. M.; Wilson, Michael J. Series: Published in Association with the Open University. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBTB; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431. "Includes bibliographical references and index. Commissioning organisation: edited by Martin Loney . [et al.]. 360 p. ill. 23 cm. Associated Names: Loney, Martin,. Associated Dates: 1944-. Paperback. As new. 2nd ed." Keywords: "Business, Finance & Law - Careers - Community Services,History - Social & Economic History - Health & Welfare,Subjects - Business, Finan"
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Sage Publications Ltd
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0161869
- ISBN
- 9780803986428
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Focusing on experts in technology and science, Building Europe on Expertise delivers a new reading of European history. The authors show that modern Europe was built by experts using their unique knowledge to shape societies, set political agendas, and establish collaborations which proved decisive in integrating the continent. Series: Making Europe. Num Pages: 416 pages, 72 black & white halftones, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1318.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230308053
- ISBN
- 9780230308053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.92€ 46.87
€ 72.92
€ 46.87
Hardcover. Editor(s): Klimke, Martin; Kreis, Reinhild; Ostermann, Christian. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJ; GTJ; HBTW; JPS; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804798099
- ISBN
- 9780804798099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.40
€ 86.40
Hardcover. After Reconstruction, African Americans found themselves largely excluded from politics, higher education, and the professions. Martin Kilson explores how a modern African American intelligentsia developed amid institutionalized racism. He argues passionately for an ongoing commitment to communitarian leadership in the tradition of Du Bois. Series: W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures. Num Pages: 210 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674283541
- ISBN
- 9780674283541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.32
€ 47.99
€ 39.32
Paperback. What has made Silicon Valley so productive of new technologies and new firms? How did its pioneering achievements begin? What propelled its unprecedented growth? Contributors from business, geography, history, regional planning, and sociology examine the history, development, and entrepreneurial dynamics of Silicon Valley. Editor(s): Kenney, Martin. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBT; KJH; KJK; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 177 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804737340
- ISBN
- 9780804737340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.95
€ 40.99
€ 39.95
Paperback. This book is an updated edition of the classic history of the development of the American atomic bomb, the decision to use it against Japan, and the origins of U.S. atomic diplomacy toward the Soviet Union. Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBT; JPS; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739573
- ISBN
- 9780804739573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. "Sailing Barges". Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 32 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 96 x 100 x 2. Weight in Grams: 94. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 32
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747804925
- ISBN
- 9780747804925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.59
€ 7.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBTZ1; TDPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 276 x 18. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621575153
- ISBN
- 9781621575153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.35
€ 13.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. From well-known classical music radio host and author of The Inextinguishable Symphony, Martin Goldsmith, a tale of two journeys--one, a journey from the ill-fated voyage of the SS St. Louis in 1939 to the death camp at Auschwitz; the other, a grandson's journey of remembrance seventy years later. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 black-&-white photos. BIC Classification: BM; HBTB; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 33. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306823718
- ISBN
- 9780306823718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.09
€ 16.99
€ 16.09
paperback. This is a very thorough account of the experience of the Jews of Europe during World War II. It is virtually a day-by-day account, in men and women's own words, of the horrifying events of the Holocaust - the Nazi attempt to exterminate the Jewish race. Num Pages: 960 pages, 25 maps; portraits. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 54. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780006371946
- ISBN
- 9780006371946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 15.67
€ 22.99
€ 15.67
Paperback. Charts the war's political, military and social history through 257 maps. This title covers the major events from the German invasion of Poland, Stalingrad, and the concentration camps, to the bombing of Dresden and D-Day. Series: Routledge Historical Atlases. Num Pages: 328 pages, 257 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTP1; HBWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 175 x 20. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415552899
- ISBN
- 9780415552899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.26
€ 43.26
Paperback. Originally published in 1974 under the title: The atlas of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Series: Routledge Historical Atlases. Num Pages: 240 pages, 226 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTP1; HBW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 10th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415699761
- ISBN
- 9780415699761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.51
€ 44.51
Paperback. When Hitler announced that the result of the war in Europe would be "the complete annihilation of the Jews" before an enormous crowd in Berlin, the Allies heard, but, astonishingly, they did not listen. First-hand reports of the death camps were ignored by the allies. This book explains why. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16pp b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712668064
- ISBN
- 9780712668064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.31
€ 33.99
€ 24.31
Hardback. Series: Wolverhampton Military Studies. Num Pages: 196 pages, 3 b/w maps, 22 tables, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTM; HBWN; KNBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- Helion & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911512073
- ISBN
- 9781911512073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.77
€ 46.99
€ 32.77
Paperback. A concise guide to Oxford and its environs that looks beyond the usual remit of travel guides by considering issues such as crime and social change. The author offers insight into the culture, society and history of this much-visited city Series: Innercities Cultural Guides. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; HBJD1; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 204 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909930070
- ISBN
- 9781909930070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.35
€ 17.99
€ 17.35
Hardback. "Also available as an ebook"--Title page verso. Editor(s): Manalansan, Martin F.; Espiritu, Augusto. Num Pages: 464 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 2AB; DSB; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479829057
- ISBN
- 9781479829057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.68
€ 102.68
Paperback. A ride on a rollercoaster is the highlight of any trip to an amusement or theme park. From the first mass-produced rollercoaster, the Switchback Railway, through to the giant wooden coasters of the inter-war period, the author uses historic postcards and photographs to chart their development and that of other amusement rides. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: HBTB; WTHT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 149 x 4. Weight in Grams: 130. New.
- Publisher
- Shire
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747811541
- ISBN
- 9780747811541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.89
€ 8.89
Paperback. In this second volume of two tracing the history of 20th-century American religion, Martin E. Marty tells the story of how America has survived religious disturbances and culturally prospered from them. Num Pages: 478 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBTB; HRA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226508979
- ISBN
- 9780226508979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.98
€ 40.99
€ 30.98
Paperback. Martin E. Marty argues here that religion in 20th-century America was essentially shaped by its encounter with modernity. In this first volume, he records and explores the diverse ways in which American religion embraced, rejected or cautiously accepted the modern world. Num Pages: 398 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226508948
- ISBN
- 9780226508948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01