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History: specific events & topics

Hardback. * The unique perspective of this book comes from its comparative approach. It deals with material from 5 different countries, whereas the competition focuses purely on either the UK or US. * Includes coverage of every main media industry, including the music and advertising industries, which have been neglected in other studies. Num Pages: 316 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745632421
ISBN
9780745632421
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.56

Paperback. * The unique perspective of this book comes from its comparative approach. It deals with material from 5 different countries, whereas the competition focuses purely on either the UK or US. * Includes coverage of every main media industry, including the music and advertising industries, which have been neglected in other studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 173 x 24. Weight in Grams: 718.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd London
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745632438
ISBN
9780745632438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.33

Hardcover. Ralph Ayres was head cook at New College in the 1770s. This book is a fascinating insight into the eighteenth-century kitchen, a period of great interest to social and culinary historians, and includes recipes for famous dishes such as Quaking Pudding, and Oxford Sausages. Editor(s): Jakeman, Jane. Num Pages: 88 pages, 72 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 171 x 13. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851240753
ISBN
9781851240753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. Editor(s): Fejfer, Jane; Moltesen, Mette; Rathje, Annette. Num Pages: 480 pages, 85 colour plates, 45 b/w plates, 22 maps & 10 tables. BIC Classification: HBLA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 247 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1074.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763542586
ISBN
9788763542586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.43
€ 55.64

Paperback. Uses the bra to gauge the social history of women and to understand the business history of fashion. This book illuminate the effect the brassiere has had on women's lives - their style, health, and economic opportunity. It also contains examples from advertising, movies, and other areas of popular culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, 51 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AK; GT; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 461.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812218350
ISBN
9780812218350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.66

Paperback. For Prespa Albanians, both at home in Macedonia and in the diaspora, the most significant events of any year are wedding ceremonies. This account of Prespa weddings combines photographs, song texts and recordings of the wedding music, demonstrating the importance of singing within Prespa society. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 360 pages, 20 halftones, 9 line drawings, 23 musical examples, compact disk with 25 tracks. BIC Classification: 1DVWA; AVGH; HBTB; JFSL; JHBT; JHM; WJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780226779737
ISBN
9780226779737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.04

Paperback. Empires - vast states of territories and peoples united by force and ambition - have dominated the political landscape for more than two millennia. This title departs from conventional European and nation-centered perspectives to take a look at how empires relied on diversity to shape the global order. Num Pages: 528 pages, 44 halftones. 34 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QD; HBG; HBJQ; HBL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 179 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
unknown
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152363
ISBN
9780691152363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Explores the political dimensions of North American agriculture. Editor(s): Adams, Jane. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GT; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812218305
ISBN
9780812218305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 50 b&w illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816673841
ISBN
9780816673841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894384513
ISBN
9781894384513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.05

Paperback. An impassioned work on the magnificent but often maddening city called Venice. This book analyses the particular temperament of Venetians, as well as its waterways, its architecture, its bridges, its tourists, its curiosities, its smells, sounds, lights and colours. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571168972
ISBN
9780571168972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. This edition of the classic work on the history of science and French intellectual history gives the reader the chance to revisit the rise of psychiatry in 19th-century France, the shape it took and why, and its importance both then and in contemporary society. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBT; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226301617
ISBN
9780226301617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. Series: The English Kitchen. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBTB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Prospect Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909248366
ISBN
9781909248366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.54

Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AM; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 267 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873384452
ISBN
9780873384452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 51.74

Hardback. "First published in German as Dekolonisation by Jan C. Jansen and Jeurgen Osterhammel, A Verlag C.H. Beck oHG, Meunchen 2013"--Title page verso. Translator(s): Riemer, Jeremiah. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KJ; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTV; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 282 x 29. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691165219
ISBN
9780691165219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.21

hardcover. By exploring in detail land reform movements in Britain and the United States, this book transcends traditional labor history and conceptions of class to deepen our understanding of the social, political, and economic history of both countries in the 19th century. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 715.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804734516
ISBN
9780804734516
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.29

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226092164
ISBN
9780226092164
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.24
€ 78.69

Paperback. Describing the hard working conditions on plantations and harsh treatment of apprentices unjustly incarcerated, this book argues that apprenticeship actually worsened the conditions of Jamaican ex-slaves: former owners, no longer legally permitted to directly punish their workers, used the Jamaican legal system as a punitive lever against them. Editor(s): Paton, Diana. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 b&w photos, 2 maps, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JH; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780822326472
ISBN
9780822326472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Profile Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846686160
ISBN
9781846686160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. Looks at slavery in the Americas in the context, taking account of both earlier and later forms of slavery. This work examines the relationship between the continents, Europe, Africa and the Americas, through a collection of maps and related text, which puts the key features of the history of slavery in their defining geographical setting. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 188 x 10. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Routledge
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582437807
ISBN
9780582437807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 97.04

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