History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. By the mid-nineteenth century, the most prominent British and French liberal thinkers vigorously supported the conquest of non-European people. This work explains that this reflected a rise in civilizational self-confidence, as theories of human progress became more triumphalist, less nuanced, and less tolerant of cultural difference. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBTQ; HBTR; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127910
- ISBN
- 9780691127910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.90
€ 52.92
€ 41.90
Paperback. Many thousands of people kill themselves every year, and many more are left behind to grieve. This book recounts individual suicide cases from the Bible and ancient Greeks to the present day and analyzes how ideas about suicide have changed over time. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 206 x 25. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300209365
- ISBN
- 9780300209365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Strikingly argued, richly researched, and methodologically sound, this wide-ranging look at how choices about sex triumphed over established class systems and artificial racial boundaries supplies a refreshing contribution to the history of early Louisiana. Series: Early America: History, Context, Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801886805
- ISBN
- 9780801886805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.41
€ 65.41
Paperback. Strikingly argued, richly researched, and methodologically sound, this wide-ranging look at how choices about sex triumphed over established class systems and artificial racial boundaries supplies a refreshing contribution to the history of early Louisiana. Series: Early America: History, Context, Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL1; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415734
- ISBN
- 9781421415734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.84
€ 40.99
€ 33.84
Hardcover. Following the stories of families who built their lives and fortunes across the Atlantic Ocean, Intimate Bonds shows how households anchored the French empire and shaped the meanings of race, slavery, and gender in the early modern period. Series: The Early Modern Americas. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1QSA; HBTQ; HBTS; JFFN; LAZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248401
- ISBN
- 9780812248401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.26
€ 114.26
Paperback. How childbearing among enslaved women became commodified-and was exploited by slaveowners as well as slaves. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTS; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218732
- ISBN
- 9780812218732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.26
€ 32.99
€ 31.26
Hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HBJF; HBTB; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Publisher
- Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780991048052
- ISBN
- 9780991048052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.26
€ 147.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HBJF; HBTB; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 254 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Southeast Asia Program Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780991047802
- ISBN
- 9780991047802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.34
€ 32.99
€ 32.34
Paperback. Colonial Americans were enamored with the rich colors and silky surface of mahogany. As this exotic wood became fashionable, demand for it set in motion a dark, hidden story of human and environmental exploitation. Anderson traces the path from source to sale, revealing how prosperity and desire shaped not just people's lives but the natural world. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLL; HBT; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 31. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674503823
- ISBN
- 9780674503823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.51
€ 27.99
€ 24.51
Paperback. The New Deal placed security at the center of American political and economic life by establishing an explicit partnership between the state, economy, and citizens. This history of the American reliance on employment-based benefits examines the interwoven politics of social provision and labor relations from the 1910s to the 1960s. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 10 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126050
- ISBN
- 9780691126050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.27
€ 46.99
€ 33.27
Paperback. A groundbreaking and beautifully written history of ballet, from its origins to the present, by a dancer turned historian and critic - will do for ballet what Alex Ross's The Rest Is Noise did for music. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ASDL; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 45. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847082565
- ISBN
- 9781847082565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.03
€ 30.99
€ 20.03
Hardcover. Analyzes the ideas and activities of the parish clergy serving in St Petersburg, the capital of imperial Russia, in order to discover how the Russian Orthodox Church responded theologically and pastorally to the profound social, economic, and cultural changes that transformed Russia during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Num Pages: 307 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; HRCC2; HRCC8. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875803821
- ISBN
- 9780875803821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.76
€ 146.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages, 15 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HBJH; HBTQ; KCM; KNGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253023070
- ISBN
- 9780253023070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.84
€ 36.99
€ 35.84
Hardback. Num Pages: 266 pages, 15 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HBJH; HBTQ; KCM; KNGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022776
- ISBN
- 9780253022776
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.58
€ 97.58
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813563237
- ISBN
- 9780813563237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.53
€ 44.53
Paperback. When Italian immigrants landed on American shores they were outsiders but over time this community moved from being ethnically suspect to being racially privileged. Asking "are Italians white?", this collection of essays explores how, when and why whiteness became important to Italian Americans. Editor(s): Guglielmo, Jennifer; Salerno, Salvatore; Gugliemo, Jennifer. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415934510
- ISBN
- 9780415934510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.30
€ 58.30
Hardcover. An investigation into aphrodisiacs challenges pre-conceived ideas about sexuality during this period. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series. Num Pages: 225 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Royal Historical Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861933242
- ISBN
- 9780861933242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.00
€ 96.00
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473875715
- ISBN
- 9781473875715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.65
€ 20.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 66, 54 black & white halftones, 9 tables, 2 maps, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HB; HBJD; HBJH; HBTR; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801456527
- ISBN
- 9780801456527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.26
€ 44.26
Paperback. She finds that the country and the conscripts-in their view-entered into a certain social compact, one that assured veterans that the federal government owed conscripted soldiers of the twentieth century debts far in excess of the pensions the Grand Army of the Republic had claimed in the late nineteenth century. Series: War/Society/Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18, 15 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; HBWN; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801874468
- ISBN
- 9780801874468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.65
€ 38.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; HRLM7; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252081873
- ISBN
- 9780252081873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; HRLM7; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252040399
- ISBN
- 9780252040399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.73
€ 141.73
Paperback. A study that exposes the impact of the entangled relations among master, mistress, slave adults and slave children on the sense of identity of individual slave narrators. It explores the ways in which our of the social, psychological, biological - and literary - crossings and disruptions slavery engendered. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814726532
- ISBN
- 9780814726532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.26
€ 32.99
€ 31.26
Paperback. Editor(s): Adams, Jenni; Vice, Sue. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; DSBH; HBTZ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Vallentine Mitchell
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853039594
- ISBN
- 9780853039594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.88
€ 45.88