History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. Tells the history of the facsimile machine. The author recounts the multigenerational, multinational history of that device from its origins to its workplace glory days, in the process revealing how it helped create the accelerated communications, information flow, and vibrant visual culture that characterize our contemporary world. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; KJP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415918
- ISBN
- 9781421415918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.45€ 51.62
€ 56.45
€ 51.62
unknown_binding. October 1962, The Cuban Missile Crisis: the confrontation that brought the world closer to nuclear catastrophe than ever before or since. Drawing on an extensive body of research, including primary sources released only in the last few years, this work places the crisis in a broader international and chronological context than previously possible. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black and white, 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBTW; HBWS; JWMN. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780748696307
- ISBN
- 9780748696307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 29.39
€ 39.99
€ 29.39
paperback. In 1638, the ruler of Japan ordered a crusade against his own subjects, a holocaust upon the men, women and children of a doomsday cult. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; HBJF; HBLH; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781472137418
- ISBN
- 9781472137418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
€ 19.99
€ 14.82
Paperback. From Shaolin warrior monks to the movies of Bruce Lee, a new history of the evolution of East Asian styles of unarmed combat, from Kung Fu to Ninjutsu. Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 304 pages, No illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBTB; WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 318 x 21. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472136466
- ISBN
- 9781472136466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. Editor(s): Friedman, Jonathan C. Num Pages: 430 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 253 x 28. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138216228
- ISBN
- 9781138216228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.92
€ 81.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403961679
- ISBN
- 9781403961679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 198.03
€ 198.03
Paperback. This title is a new, revised edition of Jonathan Boardman's cultural and literary history of Rome. Series: Cities of the Imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBTB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Signal Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904955085
- ISBN
- 9781904955085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.69
€ 19.99
€ 19.69
Paperback. This volume offers a broad perspective on the relationship between charity and medicine in Western Europe up to the advent of welfare states in the twentieth century. Editor(s): Barry, Jonathan; Jones, Colin. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; HBTB; JHM; JKSB; MBP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390. Good copy 8vo. The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0304503
- ISBN
- 9780415111362
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Carrilho, Andre. Num Pages: 40 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Dragonfly Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553498424
- ISBN
- 9780553498424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.38
€ 10.38
Paperback. armed services agencies and organizations. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HBTM; JWF; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801863400
- ISBN
- 9780801863400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.15
€ 24.99
€ 22.15
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3; JPH; JPVH1; JPWD; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231175685
- ISBN
- 9780231175685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 50.82
€ 65.36
€ 50.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 864 pages, 2 photo inserts + photos throughout; 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 246 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1136.
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812979473
- ISBN
- 9780812979473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.38
€ 23.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. Che Guevara's dream was an epic one - to unite Latin America and the rest of the developing world through armed revolution, and to end once and for all the poverty, injustice and petty nationalisms that had bled it for centuries. This work tells the tale of revolution, international intrigue and covert operations. Num Pages: 832 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJPG; BGH; HBJK; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1072.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553406641
- ISBN
- 9780553406641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.45
€ 30.99
€ 20.45
Paperback. Truth, tragedy and magic, the story of America's original inhabitants Editor(s): Lewis, Jon E. Series: Mammoth Books. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 131 x 40. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841195933
- ISBN
- 9781841195933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. First-hand accounts of the Holocaust from the rise to power of Hilter to the Nuremberg trials. Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849017237
- ISBN
- 9781849017237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.79
€ 15.79
Paperback. Cyclogeography lifts the lid on the hidden world of Cycle Couriers, the 'solitary creatures of the underworld' Includes interviews with Iain Sinclair, Paul Fournel and Richard Long Lyrical essay in the great tradition of psychogeographers Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; BM; DNF; HBTB; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 191 x 18. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Notting Hill Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910749272
- ISBN
- 9781910749272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.41
€ 12.41
Hardback. The first truly transnational history of cinema's role in decolonization, this powerful book weaves a unified historical narrative out of the experiences of three colonial powers in diverse geographic settings. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; APFA; HBLW3; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416410
- ISBN
- 9781421416410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Paperback. Touching on aging central cities, technoburbs, and the ongoing conflict between inner-city poverty and urban boosterism, The Twentieth-Century American City offers a broad, accessible overview of America's persistent struggle for a better city. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBTB; JFSG; RPC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- third edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420387
- ISBN
- 9781421420387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.19
€ 35.99
€ 30.19
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, over 1,000 color and b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBT; JWG; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 314 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1912. A History of US Flyers' Jackets from World War I to Desert Storm. 256 pages, colour and b&w photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBT; JWG; JWTU. Dimension: 314 x 238 x 26. Weight: 1908.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764310652
- ISBN
- 9780764310652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.04€ 55.17
€ 76.04
€ 55.17
Paperback. Exposes the fact that slavery remains widespread in Sudan and is not grounded in the current civil war but on old prejudices between the Muslim north and the Christian south. "A shocking account of Sudanese slavery."-Crime & Justice International Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812217629
- ISBN
- 9780812217629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illus; map. BIC Classification: DNF; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 240 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing Australia
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781921867309
- ISBN
- 9781921867309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.10
€ 32.99
€ 24.10
The Kingdom of Matthias: A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th-Century ...
Johnson, Paul E., Wilentz, Sean
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HRAX; HRCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199892495
- ISBN
- 9780199892495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.45
€ 40.45
Hardback. Num Pages: 8 pages, illustrations, portraits. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 8
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813116747
- ISBN
- 9780813116747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.25
€ 47.25
Paperback. Shows that both rural and urban communities in Sweden, Holland, England, and other countries were far more violent during the late Middle Ages. This book also challenges a number of other historical-sociological theories, among them that contemporary organized crime is new, and addresses debate about the meaning and usefulness of crime statistics. Editor(s): Johnson, Eric A.; Monkkonen, Eric H. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252065460
- ISBN
- 9780252065460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71