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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. Paperback, grey cover. Cover is slightly worn
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Boy Scouts of America
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1960
SKU
KON0819782
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. Award-winning journalists Rex Bowman and Carlos Santos offer a dramatic re-creation of the University of VirginiaAEs early struggles. Political enemies, powerful religious leaders, and fundamentalist Christians fought Thomas Jefferson and worked to thwart his dream. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813937632
ISBN
9780813937632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.42

paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 30. Weight in Grams: 814.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Baraka Books Canada
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781771860819
ISBN
9781771860819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.60

Hardback. This is the true story behind 'General Alexander Orlov', the man who never was, now revealed in full for the first time: Stalinist henchman, Soviet spy, celebrated 'defector' to the West, and central character in the greatest KGB deception ever. Num Pages: 832 pages, 25 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: HBTW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 240 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1340.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199656585
ISBN
9780199656585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.71

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140390513
ISBN
9780140390513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.68

Paperback. 2008 reissue of the 19th century classic. Editor(s): Andrews, William L. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBTS; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199552399
ISBN
9780199552399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.74

paperback. From Baroness Pontalba to Kate Chopin to Mahalia Jackson, More than Petticoats: Remarkable Louisiana Women celebrates the women who shaped the Pelican State. Short, illuminating biographies and archvial photographs and paintings tell the stories of women from across the state who served as teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists. Series: More Than Petticoats Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 14.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Globe Pequot United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762741595
ISBN
9780762741595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.65

Paperback.
Publisher
For Beginners United States
Number of pages
202
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934389607
ISBN
9781934389607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.93

Paperback. The American Historical Association's Committee on Women Historians commissioned some of the pioneering figures in women's history to prepare essays in their respective areas of expertise. These volumes, the second and third in a series of three, complete their collected efforts. It also includes essays on sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East. Editor(s): Smith, Bonnie G. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252072345
ISBN
9780252072345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.80

Paperback / so. Num Pages: colour illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; HBT; JKSN2; JM; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 191 x 16. Weight in Grams: 541.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781623157081
ISBN
9781623157081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.46

Paperback. Exploring the effects of fire in the social and ecological history of the British Lesser Antilles, this title focuses on the late 19th century, leading to the 1905 withdrawal of British military forces from the region. It shows how fire-lit social upheavals served as forerunners of political independence movements. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 illustrations, 1 table, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KJW; 3JH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227591
ISBN
9780807855232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Drawing on documentary and pictorial evidence gathered from the histories of 331 camps located in the Adirondacks from 1886, this collection chronicles the changing attitudes about children and childhood. Illustrated with historic photographs, it includes a directory of Adirondack camps, with descriptive notes for each of the camps. Num Pages: 264 pages, 135 black-&-white photographs, 1 map, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608226
ISBN
9780815608226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.39

Paperback. Shares the life accounts of the growing-up years of a woman from Michigan of mixed blood, both Indian and white. These stories shed light on the living conditions of Native Americans in Michigan in the early 1900s. The stories are gathered from journals, papers for college, transcribed materials, and oral chronicles collected over decades. Editor(s): Lee, Boisvert. Num Pages: 168 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; BGA; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN REGIONAL
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472069200
ISBN
9780472069200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.48

Hardcover. A cultural history of utopian writing in early modern England, this work traces the development of the genre from the publication of Thomas More's "Utopia" (1516) through Aphra Behn's "Oroonoko" (1688). Amy Boesky sees utopian literature rising alongside new social institutions that shaped England. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 b&w photographs, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; DSK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820318325
ISBN
9780820318325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.86

Paperback. At the height of the debate about the slave trade and its abolition in the 1780s and '90s, each side issued pamphlets in support of its position. This valuable source-book reproduces a selection of representative pamphlets encompassing the arguments for and against. Issues discussed include humanitarianism and the Rights of Man. Num Pages: 400 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243167
ISBN
9781851243167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Hardback. A study of Birmingham, Alabama, and the black struggle for civil rights. It argues that Alabama's path to industrialism differed significantly from that in the North and Midwest. No other industrial city in the United States depended so much upon the exploitation of black labour. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847694808
ISBN
9780847694808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 181.32

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
New Island Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781848403772
ISBN
9781848403772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 215 color photos. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBT; WCW; WGCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764314803
ISBN
9780764314803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 25.00

Paperback. .
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764316999
ISBN
9780764316999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. It is November 1963. The white police state has captured almost all the underground leaders of the struggle against apartheid, including Nelson Mandela, and put them on trial on charges that carry the death penalty. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BM; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 237 x 18. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781431407842
ISBN
9781431407842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.27

Paperback. A study that is founded upon personal documents, town council minutes, legal cases, inventories, travellers' tales, plans and drawings relating to some 30 Scots burghs of the Georgian period. It shows how the Scots Georgian burgh developed to become a powerfully controlled urban community, with disturbance deliberately designed out. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 173 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1318.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748692576
ISBN
9780748692576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 43.63

Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, Appx 65-70 4-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; HBTB; KNTP; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publisher
Clarkson Potter
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553459272
ISBN
9780553459272
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.69

Paperback. For more than fifty years prior to the Second World War, Budapest was one of the outstanding cultural capitals of Central Europe, on a par with, and in some ways in advance of Vienna and Prague. This book presents its rich and often turbulent history, its unique thermal baths, its excellent public transport system, its street cafes, and more. Series: Cities of the Imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 b&w drawings. BIC Classification: 1DVH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Signal
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904955269
ISBN
9781904955269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.57

Hardback. This first comprehensive, illustrated history of the banjo in its many forms. Num Pages: 256 pages, Colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: AVRL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 290 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1304.
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Ill
Condition
New
SKU
V9781495011245
ISBN
9781495011245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 35.78

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