History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. This fifth volume of the History of the Prairie West Series contains a broad range of articles spanning the 1870s to the present and examines the mostly unexplored place of women in the history of the Canada s Prairie Provinces. " Editor(s): Marchilodon, Gregory P.; Kubick, Wendee. Num Pages: 500 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JF; 3JJ; 3JM; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889773127
- ISBN
- 9780889773127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.30
€ 33.99
€ 28.30
Paperback. A study of the mapping and remapping of male-male sexuality over four centuries of Japanese history. It explores the languages of medicine, law, and popular culture from the seventeenth century through the American Occupation. It opens with speculations about how an Edo translator might grapple with a twentieth-century text on homosexuality. Num Pages: 411 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBTB; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 281 x 31. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 411
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520251656
- ISBN
- 9780520251656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.83
€ 38.99
€ 27.83
Hardback. The author provides a detailed portrait of one of the most brilliant courts in early Renaissance Europe, describing how Milan and its young ruler exemplified the political, cultural, religious and economic aspirations of the Renaissance. Num Pages: 448 pages, 25 b&w illustrations, 3 figures, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 34. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520081468
- ISBN
- 9780520081468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.21€ 52.52
€ 68.21
€ 52.52
Paperback. An evocative history of long frustration and ultimate failure, A Spirited Resistance tells of a creative people, whose insights, magic, and ritual add a much-needed dimension to our understanding of the American Indian. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801846090
- ISBN
- 9780801846090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.00
€ 39.00
Paperback. Final Passages: The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America, 1619-1807 Series: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia. Num Pages: 416 pages, 7 halftones, 11 figures, 7 maps, 26 tables. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469629841
- ISBN
- 9781469629841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.14
€ 42.14
Paperback. Why are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor? Why did the Industrial Revolution occur in eighteenth-century England, and not at some other time, or in some other place? This title tackles these profound questions and suggests a fresh way in which culture explains the wealth, and the poverty, of nations. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 432 pages, 25 halftones. 78 line illus. 65 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTK; JHBL; KCA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141282
- ISBN
- 9780691141282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.21
€ 36.99
€ 27.21
Paperback. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 384 pages, 15 halftones. 111 line illus. 50 tables. 7 maps. BIC Classification: 3J; HBTB; JFC; JFFM; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691168371
- ISBN
- 9780691168371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.56
€ 24.99
€ 18.56
paperback. Building on ethnographic research in a rural village in Sichuan, this book examines changing relationships between social organization, politics, and economy during the 20th century. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 half-tones 3 tables 6 figures 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804741293
- ISBN
- 9780804741293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 2ABM; BTC; HBTS; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556524479
- ISBN
- 9781556524479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99
€ 15.99
paperback. The seventeen months from April 1814 to August 1815 were an extraordinary period in European history; a period which saw two sieges of Paris, a complete revision of Europe's political frontiers. This title tells the story of these days through the perspectives of three very different European cities. Num Pages: 560 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712667852
- ISBN
- 9780712667852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.38
€ 24.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. A book that rigorously interrogates the language of body politics in the context of neo-colonialist domination Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JFSL; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253218940
- ISBN
- 9780253218940
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.91
€ 25.99
€ 23.91
Paperback. A world-renowned Pomo basket weaver and medicine woman, Mabel McKay expressed her genius through her celebrated baskets, her Dreams, and stories with which she kept her culture alive. This title demonstrates how a woman who worked most of her life in a cannery could become a great healer and an artist whose baskets were collected by Smithsonian. Num Pages: 182 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 194. Weaving the Dream. 182 pages, illustrations. A world-renowned Pomo basket weaver and medicine woman, Mabel McKay expressed her genius through her celebrated baskets, her Dreams, and stories with which she kept her culture alive. This title demonstrates how a woman who worked most of her life in a cannery could become a great healer and an artist whose baskets were collected by Smithsonian. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 11. Weight: 194.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 182
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520275881
- ISBN
- 9780520275881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.41
€ 33.99
€ 24.41
Paperback. A beautifully illustrated guide to the trains that took over as the Age of Steam was drawing to a close in the 1950s. It will appeal to anyone interested in Britain s railways and the evolution of rail transport." Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, 73 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBTK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 210 x 7. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Shire Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784420338
- ISBN
- 9781784420338
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.03
€ 11.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. A popular history of everyday life and social rituals, from the Stone Age to the phone age, brought to you by the chief nerd to the HORRIBLE HISTORIES TV series Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780225654
- ISBN
- 9781780225654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. After decades of bloodshed and political terror, many lament the rise of the left in Latin America. With Guatemala as the case study, this title argues that the Latin American Cold War was a struggle not between political liberalism and Soviet communism but two visions of democracy. Num Pages: 336 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Second Edition, Updated Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226306902
- ISBN
- 9780226306902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.88
€ 26.99
€ 21.88
Paperback. Offers a fresh cultural history of sport and imperialism. focusing on nineteenth-century British big-game hunting and exploration narratives from the western interior of Rupert's Land. Series: Nature, History, Society. Num Pages: 176 pages, approx. 22 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774813556
- ISBN
- 9780774813556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.17
€ 40.99
€ 40.17
Hardback. Offers a fresh cultural history of sport and imperialism. focusing on nineteenth-century British big-game hunting and exploration narratives from the western interior of Rupert's Land. Series: Nature, History, Society. Num Pages: 176 pages, 22 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBTB; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774813549
- ISBN
- 9780774813549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.10
€ 120.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 Pages of B&W Photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; HBTZ1; JFSR1; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781605984285
- ISBN
- 9781605984285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.64
€ 16.99
€ 15.64
Paperback. A history of the rise and fall of the world's riches nations from China in the days of Marco Polo to the fortunes of the Vanderbilts, Astors and the contemporary world of Sony, Intel and modern China. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; 1QFH; HBTB; KCL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 35. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472139009
- ISBN
- 9781472139009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.87
€ 19.99
€ 14.87
Paperback. These essays, drawn from the author's work since 1964, address three themes in American history in the century preceding the 1760s: authority in colonial British America; the political and constitutional development of these colonial entities; and shifting constitutional tensions within the empire. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 821.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813915173
- ISBN
- 9780813915173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.54
€ 44.54
Hardback. A guide to the themes, events and concepts of the major turning point in early American history. Containing coverage before, during, and after the war, as well as the effect of the Revolution on a global scale, it is suitable for students, scholars, or general readers seeking a reference to the field. Editor(s): Greene, Jack P.; Pole, J. R. Series: Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 796 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 176 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 796
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631210580
- ISBN
- 9780631210580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.86
€ 177.86
Hardcover. In this study, James Greenaway explores the philosophical continuity between contemporary Western society and the Middle Ages. Allowing for genuinely modern innovations, he makes the claim that the medieval Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813219561
- ISBN
- 9780813219561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.51
€ 82.51
This book on cultural studies aims to identify the status of the field in Italian cultural studies. It contains articles that will interest a variety of undergraduate and graduate classes and it is an invaluable resource for scholars of Italian studies. Editor(s): Parati, Graziella. Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611475326
- ISBN
- 9781611475326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.29
€ 145.29
Hardback. From slave narratives to the Civil War, and from country music to Southern sport, this book presents the literature and culture of the American South. It includes discussion of the visual arts, music, society, history, and politics in the region. It explores the work of Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, and Zora Neale Huston. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 672 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; DSB; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 186 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631224044
- ISBN
- 9780631224044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.44
€ 197.44