History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardcover. What if Isaac Newton had never lived? Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were pioneering scientists within their own right, and instrumental in establishing the Royal Society. Num Pages: 384 pages, (8-page colour plate section), Index. BIC Classification: HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159. Weight in Grams: 270. Good clean copy in dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004193
- ISBN
- 9780008220594
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 484 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 484
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691615837
- ISBN
- 9780691615837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.24€ 59.92
€ 77.24
€ 59.92
Paperback. Offers an account of George Crook's campaigns during the American Indian Wars. This book brings to life the entire American frontier. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBW; JFSL9; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626365438
- ISBN
- 9781626365438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.14
€ 26.99
€ 23.14
Paperback. Turning his back on neoliberalism at the moment that its advocates were in their pomp, trumpeting 'the end of history' and the supposedly unstoppable spread of liberal values across the globe, Gray's was a lone voice of scepticism. The thinking he criticised here would lead ultimately to the invasion of Iraq. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415424042
- ISBN
- 9780415424042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.58
€ 17.99
€ 17.58
Paperback. A garden at the foot of Europe and a crossroads between Spain, Africa and the New World, Andaluca has been a cultural customs house on the border of the Mediterranean and Atlantic civilisations for more than ten thousand years. This book covers the whole historyy of the region. Series: Landscapes of the Imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBTB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Signal Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904955443
- ISBN
- 9781904955443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.71
€ 19.99
€ 19.71
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 462 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; JPHL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 999.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691647135
- ISBN
- 9780691647135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.70€ 145.11
€ 193.70
€ 145.11
Paperback. Orientalism, as explored by Edward Said in 1978, was a far more complex phenomenon than many suspected, being homogenous along the lines of neither culture nor time. This title provides a genealogy for the critique of orientalism by examining the divergence of the British and French colonial experiences. Editor(s): Burke, Edmund, III; Prochaska, Assoc Professor David. Num Pages: 460 pages, 33 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803213425
- ISBN
- 9780803213425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. In the ancient Graeco-Roman world, an enemy or rival was cursed by writing an incantation down, and dedicating it to a god or spirit. More than a thousand such texts are translated here. An introduction supplies the full cultural, social and historical context for the thematically arranged texts. Editor(s): Gager, John G. Num Pages: 296 pages, halftones, line figures. BIC Classification: 3D; HBG; HBLA; HBTB; HRKP; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195134827
- ISBN
- 9780195134827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.69
€ 93.69
paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10ill.3fig.5M. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816646159
- ISBN
- 9780816646159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.77
€ 19.99
€ 19.77
Hardback. Carrying the story of the rural landscape into our frantic era, he describes the "bow wave"where city life meets rural agriculture and plots the effect of recreation and its structures on the look of the land. Num Pages: 416 pages, 229, 93 black & white line drawings, 136 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801857171
- ISBN
- 9780801857171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.84
€ 72.84
Paperback. This architectural study updates John Fitchen's original with extensive new material. Added to Fitchen's descriptions of barn types, framing style and exterior appearance is research information that relates to the form, fabric and essence of each Dutch barn in the United States. Num Pages: 272 pages, 52 b&w and 10 colour photographs, 2 maps, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMC; AMG; AMK; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 267 x 184 x 16. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606901
- ISBN
- 9780815606901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.14
€ 32.99
€ 30.14
paperback. This book tells the story of the education programme in the Transport and General Workers Union, from its foundation in 1922 until the end of the 20th century. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJ; HBT; KNG; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 2. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Lawrence And Wishart Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905007073
- ISBN
- 9781905007073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.52
€ 19.99
€ 18.52
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Crucible Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905472017
- ISBN
- 9781905472017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.57
€ 32.99
€ 23.57
Paperback. Focuses on the commercial hunting of wildlife and its profound global impact on the environment and the early modern world economy. Tracing the massive expansion of the European quest for animal products, this title explores the fur trade in North America and Russia, and whaling and sealing on the world's oceans and coastlands. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 184 pages, 7 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KBB; HBG; HBLH; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282537
- ISBN
- 9780520282537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.28
€ 27.99
€ 21.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 486 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; KNDF; KNSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Bantam USA
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Revised, Subsequent
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553347593
- ISBN
- 9780553347593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.27
€ 23.99
€ 16.27
Hardback. This book examines British naval policy during the mid-Victorian period, emphasising the political, economic, and foreign relations contexts within which naval policy was formulated. Num Pages: 376 pages, 17 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804729819
- ISBN
- 9780804729819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.05
€ 91.05
Hardcover. How the smile and fortitude of a child actress revived a nation. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393240795
- ISBN
- 9780393240795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.27
€ 50.99
€ 42.27
Hardcover. A combination of environmental history, travel writing, literary criticism, and memoir, this book features a pivotal figure who is the nineteenth-century diplomat and writer George Perkins Marsh, generally regarded as America's first environmentalist. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBTB; RNA; WTLC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925769
- ISBN
- 9780813925769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.26
€ 49.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 16 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780385239547
- ISBN
- 9780385239547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.71
€ 19.99
€ 17.71
Paperback. The saga of the Ledfords of Lancaster, Kentucky, this book transcends family biogrpahy to become a social history of a national experience, a metaphor for America. This 20th anniversary edition brings the Ledford's remarkable story up to date. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; BG; HBTB; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 20th Anniversary ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190594
- ISBN
- 9780813190594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.55
€ 36.55