History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. More than twelve million immigrants, many of them children, passed through Ellis Island's gates between 1892 and 1954. Children also came through the "Guardian of the Western Gate," the detention center on Angel Island in California that was designed to keep Chinese immigrants out of the United States. Num Pages: 208 pages, 18 b&w photos, chronology, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTD; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597972963
- ISBN
- 9781597972963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.41
€ 40.41
Paperback. Europe's imperial projects were often predicated on a series of legal and scientific distinctions that were frequently challenged by the reality of social and sexual interactions between the colonized and the colonizers. This title reveals the unacknowledged but central role of race in the definition of French nationality. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBTQ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478. Race, Filiation, and Citizenship in the French Colonies. 352 pages. Europe's imperial projects were often predicated on a series of legal and scientific distinctions that were frequently challenged by the reality of social and sexual interactions between the colonized and the colonizers. This title reveals the unacknowledged but central role of race in the definition of French nationality. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBTQ; JFSL; JHMC. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 19. Weight: 480. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226733081
- ISBN
- 9780226733081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Hardback. The Making of Modern Cameroon, Vol. 1 examines the history of present day Cameroon's struggle to create, unite, and integrate their country. The story begins with the colonization of the country by Germany in 1884 and continues with the country's experience under British and French rule from 1914 to 1961. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; 3JJ; GTB; HBTB; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761808961
- ISBN
- 9780761808961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.26
€ 126.26
paperback. Presents an account of day-to-day life in a medieval French village. Using records gathered by the Catholic Church in its pursuit of heretics, this book shows the lives of a cast of village characters. Translator(s): Bray, Barbara. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140137002
- ISBN
- 9780140137002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.37
€ 16.99
€ 12.37
Paperback. From autobiographical writings, this book reconstructs the extraordinary life of Thomas Platter and the lives of his sons. It expands the historical contexts of these accounts and, in the process, brings to life the customs, perceptions and character of an age on the threshold of modernity. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 418 pages, 26 halftones, 5 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1D; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226473246
- ISBN
- 9780226473246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.51
€ 31.99
€ 24.51
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252006357
- ISBN
- 9780252006357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27
Hardback. Fifty years later, the murky circumstances and tragic symbolism of Patrice Lumumba's assassination trouble many people around the world. Emmanuel Gerard and Bruce Kuklick reveal a tangled web of international politics in which many people--black and white, well-meaning and ruthless, African, European, and American--bear responsibility for this crime. Num Pages: 252 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB; HBJH; HBLW; HBTR; JPHC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725270
- ISBN
- 9780674725270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.62
€ 43.99
€ 36.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BTP; DNJ; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141985220
- ISBN
- 9780141985220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.76
€ 12.99
€ 10.76
Paperback. Presents a critical model for students of Holocaust literature and historiography. Series: Jewish Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 b&w photos. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780253206138
- ISBN
- 9780253206138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.91
€ 25.99
€ 23.91
Paperback. How should Germany commemorate the mass murder of Jews once committed in its name? James E. Young - the only foreigner and Jew to serve on the German commission to select a design for a national Holocaust memorial - tells the inside story of this controversial project. Num Pages: 256 pages, 47 colour plates, 56 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACX; AG; AMGD; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300094138
- ISBN
- 9780300094138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.57
€ 36.99
€ 26.57
Paperback. There are a great deal of memorials to the Holocaust that occurred during the World War II. This book examines Holocaust monuments and museums in Europe, Israel and America, exploring how every nation remembers the Holocaust according to its own traditions, ideals and experiences. Num Pages: 416 pages, 121 illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FBH; 1KBB; GM; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 24. Weight in Grams: 876.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300059915
- ISBN
- 9780300059915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.15
€ 52.99
€ 37.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JF; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 30. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691156125
- ISBN
- 9780691156125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.96
€ 36.99
€ 26.96
Paperback. Develops new historical methods to discover the Chicana's own story. Series: Theories of Representation and Difference. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212832
- ISBN
- 9780253212832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.45
€ 20.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: HBT; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Prospect Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909248533
- ISBN
- 9781909248533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.30
€ 19.99
€ 18.30
Paperback. Discover Britain's culinary history through the kitchenware that created it Num Pages: 96 pages, 100. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; WB; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445657516
- ISBN
- 9781445657516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.04
€ 23.99
€ 21.04
Paperback. Nearly a decade of fiercely divisive debate over foxhunting in Britain culminated with passage of the Hunting with Dogs Act of 2004. This book recounts the long and colourful history of hunting in Britain, offers a fresh perspective on the conflicts, and concludes with a critique of the hunting controversies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 32 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBT; WSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300145458
- ISBN
- 9780300145458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.89
€ 20.99
€ 16.89
Paperback. Looks at hundreds of autobiographies penned between 1760 and 1900 to offer an account of how the Industrial Revolution was experienced by the working class. This book shows how it raised incomes, improved literacy and offered exciting opportunities for political action. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16-page section of black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; BK; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300205251
- ISBN
- 9780300205251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.90
€ 19.99
€ 15.90
Paperback. This collaborative collection considers the packaging, presentation and consumption of medieval manuscripts and early printed books in Europe, 1350-1550. Editor(s): Cayley, Emma; Powell, Susan. Series: Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe. Num Pages: 352 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; HBLC; HBTK; KNTR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781382691
- ISBN
- 9781781382691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.25
€ 73.25
Paperback. Philosopher, dramatist, rhetorician, Stoic and pragmatist, Seneca was one of the most contradictory figures in ancient Rome, embracing a stern ascetic morality while amassing a fortune under Nero and eventually committing suicide. This biography reveals a life lived perilously in the gap between ideals and reality. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBTB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 298 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780718193508
- ISBN
- 9780718193508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.57
€ 12.99
€ 9.57
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- None ed.
- SKU
- V9780813541761
- ISBN
- 9780813541761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.02
€ 41.99
€ 37.02