.png){kind=logo}
History: specific events & topics
Results 5233 - 5256 of 6860
History: specific events & topics
Paperback. A centennial study of Yerkes Observatory, built a century ago by the University of Chicago as one of America's first big science centres. This text describes the changing fortunes of the Observatory under its first three directors, and is illustrated with many archival photographs. Num Pages: 394 pages, 51 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226639468
- ISBN
- 9780226639468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.22
€ 26.99
€ 22.22
Paperback. Biography of John MacBride, husband of Maude Gonne, who was executed as part of the 1916 Rising. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The O'Brien Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847172709
- ISBN
- 9781847172709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 10.85
€ 15.99
€ 10.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 9. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199795703
- ISBN
- 9780199795703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.51
€ 48.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTP; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816626939
- ISBN
- 9780816626939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.51
€ 29.99
€ 27.51
Hardback. Sealing wars and maritime history are brought into focus in this vivid account of the life of the Alex MacLean, the inspiration for Jack London's Sea-Wolf. Num Pages: 416 pages, 11 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814713
- ISBN
- 9780774814713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.28
€ 113.28
Paperback. Presents the study and story of industrial class relations in North Brabant, a Catholic province of The Netherlands, over a hundred-year period. This book is useful for labour historians, economists, sociologists, anthropologists, geographers, and scholars of Dutch or European history. Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 b&w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDN; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822320227
- ISBN
- 9780822320227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
paperback. Studies this famous case of judicial failure, and discusses the legal bases of slavery, the debate over the Constitution, and the dispute over slavery and continental expansion. Num Pages: 768 pages, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 171 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1110.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 768
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195145885
- ISBN
- 9780195145885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.79
€ 34.79
Paperback. Unlock the secrets of the legendary weapons of the samurai Num Pages: 208 pages, 120 images: colour and black and white photos, engravings, line art. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 226 x 14. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804847858
- ISBN
- 9780804847858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.27
€ 17.99
€ 13.27
Paperback. History of Shit is emblematic of a wild and adventurous strain of 1970s' theoretical writing that attempted to marry theory, politics, sexuality, pleasure, experimentation, and humor. Translator(s): Benabid, Nadia; El-Khoury, Rodolphe. Series: Documents Book. Num Pages: 175 pages, 59. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 146 x 11. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262621601
- ISBN
- 9780262621601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.76
€ 31.99
€ 22.76
Paperback. This account of the female revolutionaries during the French Revolution describes their lives within political, social, historical and gender-specific contexts. It highlights the importance of these women in creating their political and social roles as female citizens within the New Republic. Translator(s): Streip, Katherine. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 415 pages, 29. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; HBTV; JFSJ1; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 415
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520067196
- ISBN
- 9780520067196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.74
€ 45.99
€ 32.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484964
- ISBN
- 9780801484964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. This updated edition includes a substantive new preface that reconsiders some of the issues raised in the book. Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSA; HBAH; HBTZ1; JFC; JM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421414003
- ISBN
- 9781421414003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.84
€ 33.99
€ 28.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- First Paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801481871
- ISBN
- 9780801481871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.94
€ 34.99
€ 31.94
Paperback. Examines the role of literature in building states and citizens. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 figures, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253215543
- ISBN
- 9780253215543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.07
€ 24.99
€ 23.07
Paperback. The sometimes shocking, always fascinating history of brainwashing, from the bestselling author of COCAINE Num Pages: 448 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: HBT; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340831618
- ISBN
- 9780340831618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Cocaine has started wars, prompted invasions, embarrassed politicians, toppled governments, filled prisons, created billionaires, fuelled parties, bankrupted countries and taken thousands of lives. This study examines the history of this drug. Num Pages: 560 pages, 1x8 b/w illustration section. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 132 x 36. Weight in Grams: 386. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KIN0036218
- ISBN
- 9780753506271
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. The early 1970s were the age of gloom and glam. Under Edward Heath, the optimism of the Sixties had become a distant memory. Now the headlines were dominated by social unrest, fuel shortages, unemployment and inflation. This book tells the history of the gaudy, schizophrenic atmosphere of the early Seventies. Num Pages: 768 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141032153
- ISBN
- 9780141032153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 16.46
€ 22.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. * A vivid and charming memoir of Gypsy life in the 1950s Num Pages: 352 pages, Integrated: 16, b/w drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJPG; BGA; HBJD1; HBTB; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349000039
- ISBN
- 9780349000039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.85
€ 14.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. In the first major study of the Protestant Loyalist Orange Order, Dominic Bryan provides a detailed ethnographic and historical study of Orange Order parades. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; GTJ; HBJD1; HBTB; JFS; JHM; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745314136
- ISBN
- 9780745314136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.88
€ 33.99
€ 26.88
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTK; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226123097
- ISBN
- 9780226123097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.92
€ 32.99
€ 25.92
Paperback. Examining objects helps us appreciate the shift from the study to the practice of mechanics and challenges artificial dichotomies among practical and conceptual pursuits, mathematics, and experiment. Num Pages: 404 pages, 100, 100 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBT; TGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 234 x 29. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801884276
- ISBN
- 9780801884276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.64
€ 41.99
€ 34.64
Paperback. Editor(s): Jorgensen, Dolly; Sorlin, Sverker. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: HBTP; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774825726
- ISBN
- 9780774825726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.22
€ 40.99
€ 36.22
Paperback. Firearms have long been at the core of our national narratives. This title documents and analyzes the history of firearms in America, exploring various aspects of gun manufacture, ownership, and use - and importantly, the cultural and political implications which this history reveals. Editor(s): Dizard, Jan E.; Muth, Robert M.; Andrews, Stephen P. Num Pages: 517 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; HBT; JFC; WSXS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 517
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814718797
- ISBN
- 9780814718797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. A collection of eyewitness accounts by Cambodian survivors of Pol Pot's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s. Each witness was a child at the time of Cambodia's holocaust, and each tells of families torn apart, struggles to survive, and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit. Editor(s): DePaul, Kim. Series: Southeast Asia Studies Monograph Series. Num Pages: 218 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMC; BG; HBJD; HBJF; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300078732
- ISBN
- 9780300078732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.72
€ 30.99
€ 22.72