History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Presents a look at one of the first major railway disasters in Britain, the fall of the Dee bridge in May 1847, which occurred just outside Chester with the loss of five lives. This book provides detailed technical insight and is illustrated with contemporary material. It is useful for engineering students, historians and railway enthusiasts. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENC; 3JH; HBTK; TNCJ; TRF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 07th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752442662
- ISBN
- 9780752442662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.31
€ 24.99
€ 21.31
Paperback. Brian Barton's incisive commentary explains the context of the trials and the motivations of the leaders, providing an invaluable insight into what went on behind closed doors at a defining moment in Irish history. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750950633
- ISBN
- 9780750950633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.41
€ 38.99
€ 33.41
Paperback. Editor(s): Balogh, Brian; Schulman, Bruce J. Series: Miller Center of Public Affairs Books. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801456572
- ISBN
- 9780801456572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.26
€ 42.26
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803232907
- ISBN
- 9780803232907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.45
€ 18.99
€ 18.45
Paperback. Takes stock of the 'new British queer history'. Topics range from newspaper reporting of sodomy cases, to homoerotic representations in art, to queer autobiographical accounts, to oral histories of Scottish lesbians, and much else besides. Editor(s): Lewis, Brian. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719088957
- ISBN
- 9780719088957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.56
€ 26.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. A monograph that places Ainu - the native people living in Ezo, the northernmost island of the Japanese archipelago - at the center of an exploration of Japanese expansion during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the height of the Tokugawa shogunal era. Num Pages: 344 pages, 23 figures, 4 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542. Ecology and Culture in Japanese Expansion, 1590-1800. 344 pages, 23 figures, 4 maps, 3 tables. A monograph that places Ainu - the native people living in Ezo, the northernmost island of the Japanese archipelago - at the center of an exploration of Japanese expansion during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the height of the Tokugawa shogunal era. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 22. Weight: 486.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520248342
- ISBN
- 9780520248342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.36
€ 35.99
€ 26.36
Hardback. This book examines Anglican missionary work in nineteenth-century British Columbia at several scales: the local ethnographic literature; histories of contact and conflict in mainland B.C. from the early nineteenth century; the theology and sociology of mission; and the recent critical literature on European colonialism. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; HRCX7; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774806541
- ISBN
- 9780774806541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.10
€ 120.10
Paperback. The term "civilization" comes with considerable baggage, setting up a dichotomy wherein people, cultures, and histories are "civilized" - or not. This book examines how the idea of civilization has informed our thinking about international relations over the course of ten centuries. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBW; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226142401
- ISBN
- 9780226142401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.76
€ 43.99
€ 33.76
Paperback. Provides important background for the continued scholarly and popular interest in witches and witchcraft today Editor(s): Breslaw, Elaine G. Num Pages: 550 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; HRQX5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 26. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814798515
- ISBN
- 9780814798515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.43
€ 33.99
€ 33.43
Hardcover. In explaining an improbable liaison and its consequences, A Mattress Maker's Daughter explores changing concepts of love and romance, new standards of public and private conduct, and emerging attitudes toward property and legitimacy just as the age of Renaissance humanism gives way to the Counter Reformation and Early Modern Europe. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 420 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 242 x 38. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674724662
- ISBN
- 9780674724662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.09€ 56.87
€ 62.09
€ 56.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 20 halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 30. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190231019
- ISBN
- 9780190231019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.65
€ 40.65
Hardcover. Brenda Ralph Lewis presents an informative overview of how kings and queens came about and of the many forces that have shaped the identity of monarchy and in many cases caused its downfall. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTG; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Sutton Pub Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750929738
- ISBN
- 9780750929738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.47
€ 26.99
€ 23.47
Paperback. The principle of sacrifice is as old as human life itself. This book provides an overview of sacrificial practices around the world since prehistoric times. It also examines the reasons behind these rituals, and in the case of human sacrifice an attempt is made to understand the mentality of the 'victims' who often willingly went to their deaths. Num Pages: 192 pages, 48 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRLF; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 170 x 12. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750945004
- ISBN
- 9780750945004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.27
€ 17.99
€ 16.27
Paperback. This pioneering study of amateur futbol (soccer) clubs in Chile reveals how the world's most popular sport has served to engage citizens in local and national politics and support democratic practices Num Pages: 327 pages, 17 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBTB; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 330. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780292743939
- ISBN
- 9780292743939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.58
€ 34.99
€ 31.58
Hardcover. What is slavery? It seems a simple enough question. Despite the long history of the institution and its widespread use around the globe, many people still largely associate slavery, outside of the biblical references in the Old Testament, to the enslavement of Africans in America, particularly the United States. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745671505
- ISBN
- 9780745671505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.15
€ 71.15
Paperback. What is slavery? It seems a simple enough question. Despite the long history of the institution and its widespread use around the globe, many people still largely associate slavery, outside of the biblical references in the Old Testament, to the enslavement of Africans in America, particularly the United States. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745671512
- ISBN
- 9780745671512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.61
€ 25.61
Hardcover. Tells the absorbing story of post-famine Donegal, the Molly Maguires - a secret society who had set themselves up against the exploitation of the rural poor - and Patrick McGlynn - an avaricious schoolmaster who turned informer on them, availing of hunger, disease, debt, hardship, and death to expand his holding at the expense of his neighbours. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198738619
- ISBN
- 9780198738619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.63
€ 53.63
Sheet map. A map of the Elizabethan London. It offers an insight into the geography of the capital and lives of its inhabitants. It features the infamous Tower of London, a bear baiting arena, the Charterhouse monastery, the monument at Chary-ncros, Old St Paul's Cathedral and even local wildlife in the grassy fields north of Holborn. Series: Old House. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 475 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 46. New.
- Publisher
- Old House Books
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908402271
- ISBN
- 9781908402271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 5.28
€ 20.99
€ 5.28
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, over 160 large format sepia tinted photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBT; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 315 x 240 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1686.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764325656
- ISBN
- 9780764325656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.90€ 56.51
€ 80.90
€ 56.51
Paperback. The book contains a stunning photographic survey of our pub heritage and lists most of the finest and interesting surviving examples. This new edition also explains the changes that have affected pubs, their culture and appearance during the past seven years. Num Pages: 212 pages, 300. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AMG; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 242 x 14. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- English Heritage United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd New edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848020856
- ISBN
- 9781848020856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.89
€ 26.99
€ 24.89
Hardback. Engaging the Line explores how the First World War forever changed the Canada-US border by examining reactions to increasingly strict security measures in six adjacent border communities. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 484 pages, 28 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBTB; HBWN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774832748
- ISBN
- 9780774832748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.88
€ 113.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.), 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 149 x 4. Weight in Grams: 136. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747810933
- ISBN
- 9780747810933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.89
€ 8.89
Paperback. Examines several topics, including the business of baseball (industrial and labour relations, Curt Flood, law and organised baseball); social commentary biographies (the work of Stephen Jay Gould and Ken Burns, for example); and, culture of the game as it spreads across the globe to places like Australia, Japan, and Latin America. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white halftones, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fitness Information Technology, Inc, U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935412243
- ISBN
- 9781935412243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.07
€ 17.99
€ 17.07
Paperback. To many who hear, the deaf world is as foreign as a country never visited. This title asserts that English is for many signing people a second, infrequently used language and that Deaf culture is the socially transmitted pattern of behavior, values, beliefs, and expression of those who use American Sign Language. Editor(s): Bragg, Lois. Num Pages: 430 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JFFG; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814798539
- ISBN
- 9780814798539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.67
€ 35.99
€ 34.67