History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. The kinds of punishment used in a society have been considered an important criterion in judging whether a society is civilized or barbaric, advanced or backward, modern or premodern. This title asks how such distinctions have affected our understanding of the past and contributed to the proliferation of kinds of barbarity in the modern world. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 halftones. 1 line illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130309
- ISBN
- 9780691130309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.10
€ 52.99
€ 38.10
Paperback. Shows how the collective purposes and meanings that had framed social debate became unhinged and uncertain. This title offers a reinterpretation of the ways in which the decades surrounding the 1980s changed America. It explains how structures of power came to seem less important than market choice and fluid selves. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064362
- ISBN
- 9780674064362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.80
€ 27.99
€ 24.80
Paperback. The first and only global social history of the world's most romantic, flamboyant, glamorous and politically influential art-form: opera. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations (some col.), facsims., ports. BIC Classification: AVGC9; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 170 x 39. Weight in Grams: 930. A Social History of Opera. 496 pages, Illustrations (some col.), facsims., ports. The first and only global social history of the world's most romantic, flamboyant, glamorous and politically influential art-form: opera. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGC9; HBTB. Dimension: 234 x 170 x 39. Weight: 890.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843544678
- ISBN
- 9781843544678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.64
€ 40.99
€ 28.64
Hardback. Presenting the Second Temple era as an age of transition between a territorial past and an exilic and religious future, Judeans and Jews sharpens our understanding of this important era. Series: The Kenneth Michael Tanenbaum Series in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HBLA; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442648395
- ISBN
- 9781442648395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.19
€ 55.19
Hardback. This is a study of the creation of Fort Smith, Arkansas, an imagined Wild West town for tourists complete with Native Americans, nineteenth-century hangings, prostitutes, and bootleggers. Series: Cultural Heritage Studies. Num Pages: 308 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813062532
- ISBN
- 9780813062532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195028324
- ISBN
- 9780195028324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 137.86
€ 137.86
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50+ b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSJ1; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 226 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1292.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764314445
- ISBN
- 9780764314445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.47€ 46.83
€ 65.47
€ 46.83
Hardcover. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTQ; HBW; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719091773
- ISBN
- 9780719091773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.79
€ 103.79
Paperback. What happens to a revolutionary town after the revolution? This anthropological history studies the Namiquipan peasants, who supported Pancho Villa in the revolution of 1910-1920, but who now consider themselves mere "spent cartridges" of a struggle that benefitted other classes. Num Pages: 242 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; HBTV; JHM; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226607429
- ISBN
- 9780226607429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.15
€ 43.99
€ 33.15
Hardcover. This text documents the history of the factory system in the United States. It discusses topics such as relations between technological and organisational innovation, the changing role of the foreman and the spread of personnel work. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JHBL; KJV; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299148805
- ISBN
- 9780299148805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.50
€ 45.99
€ 45.50
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTK; KCF; KND; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1114.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633817
- ISBN
- 9780691633817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.54€ 119.11
€ 159.54
€ 119.11
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626163003
- ISBN
- 9781626163003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.05
€ 136.05
Paperback. Explores the role of naval power and maritime trade in creating the modern international system. This book is both a history of maritime strategy, sea power, and seaborne commerce from the nineteenth century to the present day and an examination of current strategic issues. Editor(s): Moran, Daniel; Russell, James A. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 tables, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBTM; JPS; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626160729
- ISBN
- 9781626160729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.94
€ 48.94
Hardback. This study of Music and Music Activities in Ibero-America to 1850 emphasizes historical data rather than musical analysis. Folk and popular music are mentioned only to the extent that they have affected the cultivated strains of Ibero-American music. Of interest to music historians and students of Ibero-American culture. Num Pages: 744 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KL; AV; GTB; HBT; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1144.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 744
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810839977
- ISBN
- 9780810839977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.08
€ 246.08
Hardback. From 1952 to 1981, South Africa's apartheid government ran an art school for the training of African art teachers at Indaleni, in what is today KwaZulu-Natal. The Art of Life in South Africa is the story of the students, teachers, art, and politics that circulated through a small school, housed in a remote former mission station. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 3JJP; ACX; HBTB; JNB; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1293.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821422519
- ISBN
- 9780821422519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.97
€ 107.97
Paperback. From 1952 to 1981, South Africa's apartheid government ran an art school for the training of African art teachers at Indaleni, in what is today KwaZulu-Natal. The Art of Life in South Africa is the story of the students, teachers, art, and politics that circulated through a small school, housed in a remote former mission station. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 3JJP; ACX; HBTB; JNB; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1108.
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821422526
- ISBN
- 9780821422526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.91
€ 38.99
€ 34.91
Hardback. The latest book in Birlinn's bestselling Mapping the City series, this time mapping Oxford. Num Pages: 272 pages, Colour throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; HBJD1; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 316 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1770.
- Publisher
- Birlinn General
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780274003
- ISBN
- 9781780274003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.85
€ 46.99
€ 46.85
Paperback. Broadens the scope and meaning of American Indian political activism by focusing on the movement's early and largely neglected struggles, revealing how early activists exploited Cold War tensions in ways that brought national attention to their issues." Num Pages: 318 pages, 33 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617500
- ISBN
- 9780700617500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.02
€ 38.02
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; JFSG; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801436260
- ISBN
- 9780801436260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.72
€ 82.72
Hardback. As a Europe grew rich in the Middle Ages, the well-made clothes, linens, and wares of households often substituted for hard currency. Pawnbrokers kept goods in circulation, and sergeants of the law marched into debtors' homes to seize belongings equal in value to debts owed. David Smail describes a material world on the cusp of modern capitalism. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674737280
- ISBN
- 9780674737280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.34
€ 50.99
€ 42.34