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History: specific events & topics

paperback. Illustrator(s): Smith, E. Boyd. Num Pages: 397 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: BG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1964
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
397
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803250000
ISBN
9780803250000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.38

Paperback. A magnificent and timely examination of an age of fear, subversion, suppression and espionage, Adam Zamoyski explores the attempts of the governments of Europe to police the world in a struggle against obscure forces, seemingly dedicated to the overthrow of civilisation. Num Pages: 592 pages, With index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007282777
ISBN
9780007282777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.50

hardcover. "An earlier version of this work was published in Hebrew under the title Kesef, koaoh, ove-hashpaah." Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804798440
ISBN
9780804798440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.69

Hardback. This book traces the evolution of Orthodox Judaism's approach to its nonpracticing brethren, shedding new light on the emergence of Orthodoxy as a specific movement within modern Jewish society. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812238655
ISBN
9780812238655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

Hardcover. After Union forces captured New Orleans in 1862, Rose Herera's owners fled to Havana, taking her three children with them. Adam Rothman tells the story of Herera's quest to rescue her children from bondage after the war. As the kidnapping case made its way through the courts, it revealed the prospects and limits of justice during Reconstruction. Num Pages: 263 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS; HBWJ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674368125
ISBN
9780674368125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.13

Hardcover. The Choice of the Jews under Vichy is written from the joint perspective of a historian and a participant in the events he describes. An organizer of the communist faction of the Jewish resistance in France, Rayski buttresses his analysis of war-era archival materials with his own personal testimony. Translator(s): Sayers, Will. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268040215
ISBN
9780268040215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.65

Paperback. Translator(s): Sayers, Will. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268040611
ISBN
9780268040611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Hardback. The story of Wildflecken through the eyes of very different groups Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253006776
ISBN
9780253006776
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.58

Paperback. Adam Nicolson tells the story of England through the history of fourteen gentry families - from the 15th century to the present day. This sparkling work of history reads like a real-life Downton Abbey, as the loves, hatreds and many times of grief of his chosen cast illuminate the grand events of history. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 196 x 36. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007335503
ISBN
9780007335503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.91

Paperback. A behind-the-scenes look at "Barricada", the official daily newspaper of the Sandinista Front in the 1980s. Even during the period of the Nicaraguan Revolution, a more professional agenda also motivated the journalists and editors of this party-run paper. Series: Ohio RIS Latin America Series. Num Pages: 338 pages, Illustrations, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBTV; JPWQ; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 585. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896802230
ISBN
9780896802230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9788323336310
ISBN
9788323336310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.54

Paperback. .
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Number of pages
348
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608463251
ISBN
9781608463251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.63

Hardback. The Civil War revealed what united as well as what divided Americans in the nineteenth century - not only in its deadly military conflict, but also in the broader battle of ideas, dueling moral systems, and competing national visions that preceded and followed. This title reveals a city at the heart of the cultural civil war. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674052888
ISBN
9780674052888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.28

paperback. A collection of essays that contests diehard Africanist and nativist perspectives as well as some of the key assumptions of post colonial theory. It is suitable for an interdisciplinary arena of scholarship on colonial and post colonial discourse, history, anthropology, philosophy, political science, psychoanalysis, and literary criticism. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 274 pages, 22 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
KJH0000327
ISBN
9780520204355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.14

Paperback. Translator(s): Mackintosh-Smith, Tim. Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QSN; 3F; DQ; HBTM; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5334 x 3556. .
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479830596
ISBN
9781479830596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House Israel
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652297433
ISBN
9789652297433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.35

Paperback. This is a concise history of the Revolution of 1905, a critical juncture in the history of Russia when several possible paths were opened up for the country. This book by a leading scholar in the field explores the event and its ramifications for the political future of Russia. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750288
ISBN
9780804750288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. A radical new introduction that reveals the Soviet Union as a perpetually revolutionary state. Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780743875
ISBN
9781780743875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.52

Paperback. When artists break boundaries of traditional forms and work outside of institutionalized systems, they often must create new infrastructures to sustain their practices. This book looks to Chicago's deeply layered history of artists, scholars, and creative practitioners coming together to create, share, and maintain these alternative networks. Editor(s): Satinsky, Abigail. Series: SAIC - Chicago Social Practice History. Num Pages: 200 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AC; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780982879856
ISBN
9780982879856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.39

Paperback. Abel Herzberg, a Dutch lawyer and writer - managed, in the hell of Bergen-Belsen, to keep a diary which chronicles the horrific reality of daily existence in the camp. This title, based on his diary, provides an eyewitness account of life in one of the most notorious Nazi concentration camps. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BTP; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
9781845117504
ISBN
9781845117504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99

Paperback. Deals with a crucial phenomenon: the ubiquitous presence of sound in early cinema. This title argues that in order to understand cinema's emergence, especially as a cultural practice at the turn of the last century, we have to recognise that the experience of sound and hearing was no less significant than that of images and seeing. Editor(s): Abel, Richard; Altman, Rick. Series: Early Cinema in Review: Proceedings of Domitor. Num Pages: 344 pages, 31 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 3JJ; APF; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Edition Unstated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214799
ISBN
9780253214799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.43

Hardback. Num Pages: 308 pages, 16 b&w illus., 3 maps, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; HBJH; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022226
ISBN
9780253022226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, 16 b&w illus., 3 maps, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; HBJH; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780253022301
ISBN
9780253022301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. This analysis of the failure of efforts to achieve liberal reform in Egypt following its independence from Great Britain in 1922 has implications for modern-day nation-building efforts in the Mideast. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338383
ISBN
9780822338383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

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