History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Explores the history of this lifestyle, looking at how Gypsies have maintained their distinctive culture and how they have adapted to the twenty-first century, and focusses on a range of traditional Gypsy occupations including harvesting, horse-dealing, fortune-telling and rat-catching. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747812364
- ISBN
- 9780747812364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.84
€ 8.84
Paperback. Jacobs travelled to Holocaust sites across Europe to explore representations of women. She reveals how these memorial cultures construct masculinity and femininity, as well as the Holocaust's effect on stereotyping on grounds of race or gender. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 integrated bw illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848851030
- ISBN
- 9781848851030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.32
€ 45.32
Hardcover. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; HBTZ1; JMC; MMJ; MMKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479833566
- ISBN
- 9781479833566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.45
€ 97.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; HBTZ1; JMC; MMJ; MMKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479839292
- ISBN
- 9781479839292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. Bringing together scripts, activities, and resources, this book has been compiled so as to offer intellectual and emotional experiences that students will long remember. The voices echoing dramatically from these scripted pages ring with both true and fictional stories of the Holocaust that we should not fail to hear. Num Pages: 328 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DD; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810836556
- ISBN
- 9780810836556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.01
€ 98.01
Hardback. Peering through the windows of private homes and Assembly Rooms alike, this book shines a new light on the middle classes during the long eighteenth century. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270477
- ISBN
- 9781783270477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
Hardcover. This critical biography of Charles A. Dana, the 19th-century editor of the "New York Sun", blends the democratic ideal of the man with social and media history. Focusing on Dana's early years and political emergence, it analyses the "Sun" as the conscience and advocate for the working class. Num Pages: 300 pages, 18 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGB; HBTB; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815625797
- ISBN
- 9780815625797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Paperback. Janet Colemana s two volume history of European political theorising, from the ancient Greeks to the Renaissance is the introduction which many have been waiting for. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; HBT; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631218227
- ISBN
- 9780631218227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.93
€ 50.99
€ 50.93
Paperback. Explores the two-hundred-year-old American tradition of freewheeling, improvisational, and asymmetrical quilts, whose makers experimented boldly with design, color, and pictorial motifs. This work examines the aesthetics and the social history of quilts from the nineteenth century onwards, including Amish, African American, and modern art quilts. Num Pages: 176 pages, 66 illus., 48 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WFBQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295983097
- ISBN
- 9780295983097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.28
€ 36.99
€ 34.28
Paperback. An investigation of the indigenous arts of the US and Canada in the OXFORD HISTORY OF ART series. The importance of these arts to the integrity of spiritual, social, political and economic systems within Native North American societies is considered through issues such as gender, representation, the colonial encounter and contemporary arts. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 304 pages, 53 colour plates, numerous black and white halftones, 16 line drawings, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; ACBK; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 170 x 18. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780192842183
- ISBN
- 9780192842183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.91
€ 27.99
€ 20.91
Paperback. Ghosts of Memory provides an overview of literature on relatedness and memory and then moves beyond traditional approaches to the subject, exploring the subtle and complex intersections between everyday forms of relatedness in the present and memories of the past. Editor(s): Carsten, Janet. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHM; JMRM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405154239
- ISBN
- 9781405154239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.25
€ 50.25
Paperback. Foucault and the Iranian Revolution informs current discussion on the divisions that have reemerged among Western intellectuals over the response to radical Islamism after September 11. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226007861
- ISBN
- 9780226007861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.85
€ 36.99
€ 29.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252040290
- ISBN
- 9780252040290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081743
- ISBN
- 9780252081743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Hardcover. Jane Tynan offers new perspectives on the cultural history of the First World War by examining the clothing worn by British combatants on the western front. Khaki emerges as a significant part of war experience, which embodied gender, social class and ethnicity, impacted the tailoring trade and became a touchstone for pacifist resistance. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; AKTH; HBTB; HBWN; JWTU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301573
- ISBN
- 9780230301573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Paperback. Jane Tynan offers new perspectives on the cultural history of the First World War by examining the clothing worn by British combatants on the western front. Khaki emerges as a significant part of war experience, which embodied gender, social class and ethnicity, impacted the tailoring trade and became a touchstone for pacifist resistance. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AK; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349337170
- ISBN
- 9781349337170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.90
€ 65.90
Paperback. This study of over 2500 female and male saints explores women's status and experience in early medieval society and in the Church. It focuses on the changing social contexts of female sanctity, and also on "deviant" female behaviour which frequently challenged male order and authority. Num Pages: 600 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; HRCM; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 34. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226740546
- ISBN
- 9780226740546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
€ 52.99
€ 41.39
Paperback. Traces the history of the British Empire through the use of primary and secondary documentary sources. This volume also examines the phenomenon of British imperialism, while taking into account the range of debates that have invigorated the study of imperialism. Editor(s): Samson, Dr Jane. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJD1; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192892935
- ISBN
- 9780192892935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 133.53
€ 133.53
Paperback. In 1869, when five women enrolled at university for the first time in British history, the average female brain was thought to be 150 grams lighter than a man's. Doctors warned that if women studied too hard their wombs would wither and die. This title tells the story of the fight for female education in Britain. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16pp b/w photographic inset. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141029719
- ISBN
- 9780141029719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.35
€ 26.99
€ 20.35
Hardcover. This book reveals the huge sales and propagandist potential of Anglican parish magazines, while demonstrating the Anglican Church's misunderstanding of the real issues at its heart, and its collective collapse of confidence as it contemplated social change. Series: Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 tables, 12 graphs, 22 B/W half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; HRCC91. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137362438
- ISBN
- 9781137362438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Paperback. The collective consciousness of World War II revolved around the virtues of bravery, sacrifice, and commitment. Members of the "Greatest Generation" toed political and social lines in hopes of winning the war. They fell into lockstep, not asking many questions and breaking few social and sexual mores. Num Pages: 186 pages, 40 b+w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597972772
- ISBN
- 9781597972772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.04
€ 21.04
Paperback. In this moving memoir Jane Lazarre, a white Jewish mother, describes her experience being married to an African American man and raising two sons as she learns, from family experience, teaching, and her studies, about the realities of racism in America. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 273.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Twentieth Anniversary Edition with a New Preface
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361664
- ISBN
- 9780822361664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
€ 32.99
€ 25.44
Hardback. In this moving memoir Jane Lazarre, a white Jewish mother, describes her experience being married to an African American man and raising two sons as she learns, from family experience, teaching, and her studies, about the realities of racism in America. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Anniversary, Twentieth Anniversary Edition with a
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361473
- ISBN
- 9780822361473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.89€ 108.92
€ 119.89
€ 108.92
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
€ 79.61
€ 79.61