History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. A behind-the-scenes glimpse at Edward S Curtis and his associates' anthropological research during the first decades of the twentieth century as they used words and pictures to document the traditional cultures of Native Americans in the western United States Editor(s): Gidley, Mick. Num Pages: 216 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803234680
- ISBN
- 9780803234680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 233 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 247 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1460.
- Publisher
- Windgather Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905119455
- ISBN
- 9781905119455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.97
€ 51.97
Hardback. Referencing literature on every aspect of the piano, this annotated bibliography will cut down on research time for scholars and students, directing them to the most relevant and useful sources. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: AVRG; GBCR; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840522
- ISBN
- 9780810840522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.43
€ 163.43
Hardcover. Amsterdam's Atlantic puts Dutch Brazil back on the front pages and argues that the way the Amsterdam media constructed Atlantic events was a key element in the transformation of public opinion in Europe. Series: The Early Modern Americas. Num Pages: 272 pages, 51 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 30. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248661
- ISBN
- 9780812248661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.25
€ 52.25
Paperback. The askari, African soldiers recruited in the 1890s to fill the ranks of the German East African colonial army, occupy a unique space at the intersection of East African history, German colonial history, and military history. This book recovers and reconsiders the origin and role of these men, and of colonial soldiers more generally. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFG; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821420898
- ISBN
- 9780821420898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. This text, Volume Four in a series on the evolution of private life, covers the development of self-consciousness from the tumult of the French Revolution to the outbreak of World War I, a century and a quarter of rapid, ungovernable change culminating in a conflict that altered life in the West. Editor(s): Aries, Philippe; Duby, Georges. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: History of private life. Num Pages: 744 pages, 16 color illustrations, 406 halftones. BIC Classification: 1Q; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBTB; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 744
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674400030
- ISBN
- 9780674400030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.12€ 50.63
€ 54.12
€ 50.63
Paperback. Readable but rooted in current scholarship, this introductory guide to book history tries not to privilege any one disciplinary perspective or historical period. Rather, the guide and its accompanying anthology aim to help the reader to find his or her bearings within the field, and to provide a map with which to navigate book history more widely. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554810871
- ISBN
- 9781554810871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.97
€ 52.97
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 07th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752442143
- ISBN
- 9780752442143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.69
€ 23.99
€ 20.69
Paperback. Covering every aspect of prison life in Victorian England Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 159
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752442556
- ISBN
- 9780752442556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.53
€ 23.99
€ 20.53
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752448046
- ISBN
- 9780752448046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.64
€ 24.99
€ 18.64
Paperback. Michelle D. Commander traces how black American artists, intellectuals, and travelers envision literal and figurative flight back to Africa through speculative literature and film and travel to cultural heritage sites as means to create a sense of homecoming, belonging, and connection with their ancestors, spiritual realm, and Africa. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363231
- ISBN
- 9780822363231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.67
€ 36.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. Michelle D. Commander traces how black American artists, intellectuals, and travelers envision literal and figurative flight back to Africa through speculative literature and film and travel to cultural heritage sites as means to create a sense of homecoming, belonging, and connection with their ancestors, spiritual realm, and Africa. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363118
- ISBN
- 9780822363118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.62€ 111.46
€ 136.62
€ 111.46
Hardback. Editor(s): Langley, Michelle C. Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Num Pages: 257 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 53 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HD; JHM; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 210. Weight in Grams: 919.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789402408973
- ISBN
- 9789402408973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.59
€ 150.59
Paperback. Recounts the struggle for human rights across the ages and synthesizes historical and intellectual developments since the Mesopotamian Codes of Hammurabi. This book chronicles the clash of social movements, ideas, and armies that have played a part in this struggle, and illustrates how the history of human rights has evolved. Num Pages: 480 pages, 8 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBT; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 30. Weight in Grams: 650. From Ancient Times to the Globalization Era. 480 pages, Illustrations. Recounts the struggle for human rights across the ages and synthesizes historical and intellectual developments since the Mesopotamian Codes of Hammurabi. This book chronicles the clash of social movements, ideas, and armies that have played a part in this struggle, and illustrates how the history of human rights has evolved. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBT; JPVH. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 30. Weight: 644.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520256415
- ISBN
- 9780520256415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Hardback. This book looks at the effect of railways on London, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin, focusing on each city as a case study for one aspect of implantation. Num Pages: 284 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DDF; 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; JFSG; KNGT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230607736
- ISBN
- 9780230607736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. Examining four major institutions, Michele Strong considers the experiences of working men and women, particularly artisans, but also young apprentices and clerks, who travelled abroad as participants in an educational reform movement spearheaded by middle-class liberals. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; JNB; WT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137338075
- ISBN
- 9781137338075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBS; JNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349463930
- ISBN
- 9781349463930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Hardback. Ahilarious memoir of growing up in 1950s suburbia by one of the UK's best-loved columnists. Num Pages: 368 pages, b&w integrated. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 174 x 28. Weight in Grams: 446. Good clean copy in dustwrapper. DW with some light shelf wear else as new.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- SKU
- KTG0005066
- ISBN
- 9780857204882
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403984784
- ISBN
- 9781403984784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Hardback. An assessment of how important the sea was in the middle ages. Num Pages: 1086 pages, 48 black & white illustrations, 33 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBG; HBLC1; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 243 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1562.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271597
- ISBN
- 9781783271597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.17
€ 180.17
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30 color photos. BIC Classification: HBT; WBTH; WBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632205865
- ISBN
- 9781632205865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.35
€ 21.35
Paperback. This work on terrorism is based on complex observations of actual movement participants and addresses a broad spectrum of terrorist activity- from Italian left-wing terrorists to Basque nationalist groups to the international terrorism of the Middle East. Translator(s): White, David Gordon. Num Pages: 370 pages, 1 line drawing, 4 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226896533
- ISBN
- 9780226896533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.92
€ 40.99
€ 31.92
Hardback. From antiquity to the Middle Ages, the bear's centrality in cults and mythologies left traces in European languages, literatures, and legends. Michel Pastoureau considers how this once venerated creature was deposed by Christianity and continued to sink lower in the symbolic bestiary before rising again in Pyrrhic triumph as the teddy bear. Translator(s): Holoch, George. Num Pages: 384 pages, 36 color illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRAX; JFCA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 31. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047822
- ISBN
- 9780674047822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.99
€ 33.99
€ 28.99
Hardback. What do prostitutes, referees, and Renaissance clowns have in common? They all wear stripes, and The Devil's Cloth tells us why. Pastoureau's lively study of stripes offers a unique perspective on the evolution of fashion, taste, and visual codes in Western culture. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 160 pages, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236. A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. 160 pages, 14 halftones. What do prostitutes, referees, and Renaissance clowns have in common? They all wear stripes, and The Devil's Cloth tells us why. Pastoureau's lively study of stripes offers a unique perspective on the evolution of fashion, taste, and visual codes in Western culture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCK. Dimension: 184 x 157 x 15. Weight: 236. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123662
- ISBN
- 9780231123662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.77
€ 53.77