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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. A critical exploration of significant topics in modern Jewish history and thought. The author attempts to identify the main issues in the contemporary Jewish intellectual universe and to outline a larger, more synthetic understanding of contemporary Jewish existence. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HRAX; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814746479
ISBN
9780814746479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Hardcover. This book explores the development of tombs as a cultural phenomenon in ancient Egypt and examines what tombs reveal about ancient Egyptian culture and Egyptians belief in the afterlife. Series: Blackwell Ancient Religions. Num Pages: 306 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBLA; HBTB; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405120890
ISBN
9781405120890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.37

paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; GTB; HBTR; JFSL9; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press United Kingdom
Condition
New
Edition
3rd ed.
SKU
V9781517901424
ISBN
9781517901424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.99

Paperback. Can violence really have declined? The images of conflict we see daily on our screens from around the world suggest this is an almost obscene claim to be making. In this title, the author shows violence within and between societies - both murder and warfare. Num Pages: 1056 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFE; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 47. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
1056
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141034645
ISBN
9780141034645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.17

Hardcover. DIASPORA Knights Across the Atlantic tells the story of the Knights of Labor, one of the great social movements of American history, in Britain and Ireland. Series: Studies in Labour History. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781781383186
ISBN
9781781383186
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.31

Paperback. In 100 stories, one for every year that has passed since the Great War, this collection provides snapshots of how Ireland and its people, at home and scattered across the world, were affected by, and had an effect on, the conflict that changed the world forever. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 670. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Colourpoint Creative Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0000665
ISBN
9781780730769
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.99
€ 6.93

Paperback. In 100 stories, one for every year that has passed since the Great War, this collection provides snapshots of how Ireland and its people, at home and scattered across the world, were affected by, and had an effect on, the conflict that changed the world forever. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
Colourpoint Creative Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9781780730769
ISBN
9781780730769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.99
€ 6.93

Paperback. Fully revised, updated, and extended, the fifth edition of Hollywood s America provides an important compilation of interpretive essays and primary documents that allows students to read films as cultural artifacts within the contexts of actual past events. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
5th Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118976494
ISBN
9781118976494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.18

Paperback. Like Huck's raft, the experience of American childhood has been both adventurous and terrifying. This title gives us a comprehensive history of American childhood. Num Pages: 464 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674019980
ISBN
9780674019980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.85

Hardback. Tells the stories of three of the most dramatic fugitive slave trials of the 1850s, presenting the determination of the fugitives, the radical tactics of their rescuers, the brutal doggedness of the slavehunters, and the tortuous response of the federal courts. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 241 x 32. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047044
ISBN
9780674047044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, x, 220 p., 4 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 283.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226345857
ISBN
9780226345857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Hardback. Offers a reappraisal of the role of women in the politics and practice of welfare in late Victorian and early Edwardian England. Using a working diary written by the activist and female poor law guardian Mary Haslam, this book portrays Bolton women as sophisticated political operators. Num Pages: 364 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJC; HBTB; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845190873
ISBN
9781845190873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.15

Paperback. Dating from the 16th century, there were hundreds of shtetls - Jewish settlements - in Eastern Europe that were home to a large and compact population. This book includes chapters on the history of the shtetl, its myths and realities, politics, gender dynamics, and how the shtetl has been (mis)represented in literature. Editor(s): Katz, Steven T. Series: Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JB; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814748312
ISBN
9780814748312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. Tells the story of the terrifying cholera epidemic that engulfed London in 1854, and the two unlikely heroes - anesthetist Doctor John Snow and affable clergyman Reverend Henry Whitehead - who defeated the disease through a combination of local knowledge, scientific research and map-making. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBTB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141029368
ISBN
9780141029368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. The T-64 tank was the most revolutionary design of the whole Cold War, designed to provide the firepower and armour protection of a heavy tank in a medium-weight design. This book sheds light on the secrets behind the Cold War's most controversial tank, revealing how its highly advanced technologies proved to be both a blessing and a curse. Illustrator(s): Tooby, Adam; Palmer, Ian. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBTW; HBWS; JWMV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 248 x 5. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472806284
ISBN
9781472806284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.25

Paperback. This volume examines the social history of the Korean War and includes material on the newly racially integrated US fighting forces, war and disease, women and war and life in the Prisoner of War camps. The book carries the story through to the Geneva Conference in the spring of 1954. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Pearson
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582319882
ISBN
9780582319882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.98

Paperback. Drawing on a collaborative research project, this book provides an alternative model for how oral and public histories should be recorded and curated. Series: Shared: Oral and Public History Series. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: GPS; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774826846
ISBN
9780774826846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJCR; HBTK; JFSG; KCFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801474019
ISBN
9780801474019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.99

Paperback. This Pulitzer Prize-winning book is the epic story of how African-Americans, in the six decades following slavery, transformed themselves into a political people - an embryonic black nation. Num Pages: 624 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 776.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674017658
ISBN
9780674017658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.75

Hardback. Challenges views in the writing of American and African-American history. Moving from slave emancipations of the eighteenth century through slave activity during the Civil War and on to the black power movements of the twentieth century, this book asks us to rethink African-American history and politics in bolder, dynamic terms. Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 halftones, 2 line illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 184 x 114 x 26. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032965
ISBN
9780674032965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.73

paperback. An examination of how the community of Lynchburg, Virginia, experienced four distinct but overlapping events: secession, civil war, black emancipation, and reconstruction. The book seeks to demonstrate how ordinary people influenced the contours of race and class relations in their town. Series: Yankee Town, Southern City. Num Pages: 362 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780814782378
ISBN
9780814782378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. Rescuing the pre-modern family from the grim picture many historians have given us of life in early Europe, this text offers a major reassessment of a crucial aspect of European history, and tells a story of age-old domesticity inextricably linked, and surprisingly similar, to our own. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 halftones, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTG; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674004849
ISBN
9780674004849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.82

Hardback. Talks about the Reizei poets as participants in a collective institution devoted more to the continuity of family poetic practices and ideals than to the concept of individual expression that is central to modern poetic culture. This book features an appendix of 100 poems from over the centuries, by poets who were affiliated with the Reizei house. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 7 charts, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB; DSC; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 236 x 42. Weight in Grams: 916.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674024533
ISBN
9780674024533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.41
€ 50.42

Hardcover. Tea Sets and Tyranny offers a political history of politeness in early America, from its origins in the late seventeenth century to its remaking in the age of the Revolution. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248609
ISBN
9780812248609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.12

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