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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. Kathryn Burns shows how the biases and practices of Spanish notaries and their clients in colonial Cuzco shaped official records and, therefore, the archive on which contemporary historians rely. Num Pages: 264 pages, 27 illustrations, 3 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 1KLSX; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348689
ISBN
9780822348689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

hardcover. Drawing on newly available archival case records, this book demonstrates that Chinese women's rights to property changed substantially from the Song through the Qing dynasties, and even more dramatically under the Republican Civil Code of 1929-30. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 256 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735261
ISBN
9780804735261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.47

hardcover. Focusing on the lives and work of women teachers in two rural California counties from 1850 to 1950, Country Schoolwomen explores the social context of teaching, seeking to understand what teaching meant to women teachers, what it provided them, and how it shaped their categories of experience. Num Pages: 356 pages, 19 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804730044
ISBN
9780804730044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.91

Hardcover. Regal, affectionate, calculating, the cat has been part of our lives for millennia. This book features historical illustrations with informative text. It is suitable for the cat lover. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WNGC; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Old House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908402981
ISBN
9781908402981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.11

Paperback. Explores how the sugar beet industry transformed the rural Midwest by introducing large factories, contract farming, and foreign migrant labour. Identifying rural areas as centres for modern American industrialism, this study contributes to a re-orientation of labour history from urban factory workers to rural migrant workers. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBTB; HBTK; KCF; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252076671
ISBN
9780252076671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.94

Paperback. Seasons of Misery offers a boldly original account of early English settlement in American by placing catastrophe and crisis at the center of the story. Donegan argues that the constant state of suffering and uncertainty decisively formed the colonial identity and produced the first distinctly colonial literature. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223774
ISBN
9780812223774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Tells the history of US flight attendants, tracing the evolution of their glamorized image as ideal women and their activism as trade unionists and feminists. This book combines attention to political economy and technology of the airline industry with perceptive readings of popular culture, newspapers, industry publications, and worker accounts. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1; KNGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822339465
ISBN
9780822339465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520277588
ISBN
9780520277588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. The battle to keep the nation fed during the Second World War was waged by an army of workers on the land and the resourcefulness of the housewives on the Kitchen Front. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 124 x 17. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752459462
ISBN
9780752459462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. Series: Ohio RIS Latin America Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; HBTV; JPA; JPHV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 407. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896801974
ISBN
9780896801974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Hardcover. Addresses the significance of Sylvester Manor's plantation history to American attitudes about diversity, Indian land politics, slavery and Jim Crow, in tension with idealized visions of white colonial community Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 238 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
NYU Press
Edition
First Edition first Printing
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814785775
ISBN
9780814785775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.23

Paperback. This is first major study of the history of singleness in England to include both women and men. The book explores the lives of people who never married between 1914 and 1960, drawing upon a wide range of sources, and offers valuable insights into the significance of marital status for historians and social scientists. Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Num Pages: 257 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
257
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719068935
ISBN
9780719068935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTP; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801483264
ISBN
9780801483264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.06

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFMX; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780271021256
ISBN
9780271021256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.02
€ 65.98

Hardback. Editor(s): McCann, Katherine D.; North, Tracy. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBTB; JFSL4; JHB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 1106.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477309568
ISBN
9781477309568
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.23

Hardcover. Katherine C. Mooney recaptures the sights, sensations, and illusions of America's first mass spectator sport. Her central characters are not the elite white owners of slaves and thoroughbreds but the black jockeys, grooms, and horse trainers who called themselves race horse men and made the racetrack run--until Jim Crow drove them from their jobs. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674281424
ISBN
9780674281424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

Hardcover. An exploration of women's experiences and the impact of their activities on the history and landscape of St Louis. Beginning with the colonial period and ending in the 1960s, each chapter identifies the experiences of women in a specific time period and sites of their public activities. Series: Missouri Historical Society Press. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; HBJK; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1211.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Missouri History Museum Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883982300
ISBN
9781883982300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.81
€ 43.93

Paperback. An insightful, affectionate look at the often neglected role of cattle in shaping Highland life, from religious practices to cattle-raiding to cowboys. Num Pages: 192 pages, b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906817442
ISBN
9781906817442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.49

Hardback. Women are shown to have played an important and very visible role in society at the time. Series: St Andrews Studies in Scottish History. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843836810
ISBN
9781843836810
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.42

paperback. Examines culinary writing and practices as forces for the production of social order and, at the same time, points of cultural resistance. This book offers a close reading of a wide variety of sources and genres to uncover the intersections of food, politics, and privilege in American culture. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 283 pages, 8 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520284982
ISBN
9780520284982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTR; JFSJ; JFSL3; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837622737
ISBN
9783837622737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.22
€ 42.22

Paperback. From the Middle Ages, parsonages - vicarages and rectories, and later manses, presbyteries and chapel. This study draws on the evidence of architecture, official documents, private records, literary accounts and contemporary and modern images to build a picture of parsonages and their occupants. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AMN; AMX; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149. .
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
88
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784421373
ISBN
9781784421373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.36

paperback. From the number one bestselling, multi-award-winning author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; BJ; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022694
ISBN
9781408831243
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.47

paperback. From the number one bestselling, multi-award-winning author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; BJ; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
9781408831243
ISBN
9781408831243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.47

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