History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. For more than a century and a half the real story of Scotland's connections to transatlantic slavery has been lost to history and shrouded in myth. There was even denial that the Scots had any significant involvement in slavery. The volume systematically peels away the mythology and radically revises the traditional picture. Editor(s): Devine, T. M. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 illustrations, 8 tables, 2 line drawings, all in black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474408806
- ISBN
- 9781474408806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.88
€ 30.99
€ 25.88
Paperback. Ever since the piano was invented, people have longed to own one. In the nineteenth century, an age without recorded music or television, this craze reached its apex. When Thad Carhart discovered Luc and his hidden cache of pianos in the dusty repair shop on his street in Paris, his life changed. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AVRG; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Vintage London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099288237
- ISBN
- 9780099288237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. This is a history of the trees, woodlands and forests of Scotland and of the people who used them. Editor(s): Smout, T. C. Num Pages: 288 pages, 89 black & white illustrations, 89 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBT; HDD; PST; RGBL; RGC; WNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 212 x 14. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748617012
- ISBN
- 9780748617012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.96
€ 45.99
€ 40.96
Paperback. Provides informative biography of each of the currencies. This book reveals where and how each originated, the various roles they performed, and how they spread, survived and changed over the years. It features facts and interesting stories, and thoughtfully illustrated with images. Editor(s): Hockenhull, Thomas. Num Pages: 160 pages, 70 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; KCBM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714118086
- ISBN
- 9780714118086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.06
€ 11.06
hardcover. "Originally published in French in 2000 under the title La Clepsydre: Essai sur la pluralitae des temps dans le judaeisme." Translator(s): Ivry, Benjamin. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804789059
- ISBN
- 9780804789059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.52
€ 59.52
Hardback. Translator(s): Mes, Tom. Series: Visible Evidence. Num Pages: 392 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AFKV; APFA; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816679911
- ISBN
- 9780816679911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.99
€ 111.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195382938
- ISBN
- 9780195382938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.16
€ 47.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 403 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814760284
- ISBN
- 9780814760284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.98
€ 32.99
€ 29.98
Hardback. Focusing on the period from 1913 to 1995, this book offers a social and institutional account of the evolution of demography in Canada. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774808187
- ISBN
- 9780774808187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.13
€ 141.13
Paperback. The era of the American Revolution was one of violent and unpredictable social, economic, and political change, and the dislocations of the period were most severely felt in the South. This title contends that the military struggle there involved a triangle - two sets of white belligerents and approximately 400,000 slaves. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; JFSL3; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691006260
- ISBN
- 9780691006260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.46
€ 72.46
Paperback. The nineteenth century, a time of cultural, political, and socio-economic transformation in Europe, brought about fundamental changes in the role of women. Women achieved this by fighting for their rights in the legal, economic, and political spheres. This volume provides a context to the movement by including countries from all regions of Europe. Editor(s): Paletschek, Sylvia; Pietrow-Ennker, Bianka. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBTB; JFFK; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754941
- ISBN
- 9780804754941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.12
€ 46.12
Hardcover. Lederman tells her story of survival during the Holocaust in Poland starting in 1941. She relates life in a Nazi ghetto with her mother and sister as she tries to obtain a false birth certificate to escape with. After finding work in a German hospital under an assumed identity she manages to elude capture with the help of a few brave individuals. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610182
- ISBN
- 9780815610182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.73
€ 24.99
€ 24.73
Paperback. After successfully developing a series of funfairs, Billy Butlin progressed to opening holiday centres and hotels across the UK. From Redcoats to water worlds, and from the Glamorous Grandmothers competitions to National Talent contests, this book provides a nostalgic trip down memory lane for the ones who know and love Butlin's. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; WQN; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 9. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752458632
- ISBN
- 9780752458632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.53
€ 23.99
€ 18.53
Hardcover. Translator(s): Safvi, Rana. Num Pages: 400 pages, b&w sketches throughout. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AMGD; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Tulika Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789382381877
- ISBN
- 9789382381877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.08
€ 81.08
Paperback. Tells the remarkable story of Mary Walker, who in August 1848 fled her owner for refuge in the North and spent the next seventeen years trying to recover her son and daughter. Her freedom, like that of thousands who escaped from bondage, came at a great price - remorse at parting without a word, fear for her family's fate. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725942
- ISBN
- 9780674725942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.94
€ 42.94
Paperback. A reassessment of the role of women in history, arguing against their legal subjection to men, first published in 1840. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440. 2Volumes
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 348
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781108019330
- ISBN
- 9781108019330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.54
€ 41.54
Hardback. Memoirs of Wenner-Gren Foundation anthropological conferences by the former president of the foundation. Series: Society for Economic Anthropology Monograph Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBT; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759102392
- ISBN
- 9780759102392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.38
€ 161.38
Paperback. On 26 April 1986, at 1.23am, a series of explosions shook the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. While officials tried to hush up the accident, the author spent years collecting testimonies from survivors. A chronicle of the past and a warning for our nuclear future, this book shows what it is like to remember in a world that wants you to forget. Translator(s): Gunin, Anna; Tait, Arch. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241270530
- ISBN
- 9780241270530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.93
€ 13.99
€ 10.93
Paperback. Translator(s): Bromfield, Andrew. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJPN; DNJ; HBJF; HBTW; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 200 x 23. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241264119
- ISBN
- 9780241264119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
hardcover. A monograph that investigates the origins of state policy toward population and the family in Eastern Europe. It reconstructs the evolution of state legislation in the field of social policy toward the family in Bulgaria between the two World Wars, colored by concerns about the national good and demographic considerations. Series: CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Central European University Press Hungary
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9789639776661
- ISBN
- 9789639776661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.70
€ 191.70