History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Looks at the legal and cultural implications of bequests that crossed the color line. This book examines high-court decisions in the antebellum South that involved wills in which white male planters bequeathed property, freedom, or both to women of color and their mixed-race children. Series: Studies in the Legal History of the South. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3; LNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820332512
- ISBN
- 9780820332512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.19
€ 41.19
Paperback. Recounting the stories of seven Holocaust survivors who overcame obstacles to earn advanced degrees and become college and university professors, these accounts show that despite the worst of circumstances it is possible to heal with time. Each account describes the social background and circumstances that helped to shape the survivor's destiny. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268033651
- ISBN
- 9780268033651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87
Hardback. Bernhard Rieger reveals how a car commissioned by Hitler and designed by Ferdinand Porsche became a global commodity on a par with Coca-Cola. The Beetle's success hinged on its uncanny ability to capture the imaginations of executives, engineers, advertisers, car collectors, suburbanites, hippies, and everyday drivers across nations and cultures. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; KNDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 144 x 32. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050914
- ISBN
- 9780674050914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.99
€ 34.99
€ 29.99
Paperback. A challenging account of the systematic and brutal slaughter of Jews in Latvia during the Second World War. Translator(s): Mazzarins, Laimdota. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUC; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 333.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810117297
- ISBN
- 9780810117297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.09
€ 31.09
Hardcover. Editor(s): Knollenberg, Bernhard; Sheehan, Bernard W. Num Pages: 570 pages, notes, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1250.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 570
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865974159
- ISBN
- 9780865974159
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.73
€ 35.99
€ 26.73
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785331756
- ISBN
- 9781785331756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.54
€ 179.54
Paperback. In this fascinating history of the aquarium, Bernd Brunner tells a compelling story of obsession, beauty, discovery and delight, from the aquarium's humble origins as a tool for scientific observation to the Victorian era's elaborately decorated containers of oceanic curiosity, to the great public aquaria of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 160 pages, 30 colour illustrations, 80 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WNGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 235 x 12. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- Expanded
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861898166
- ISBN
- 9781861898166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.26
€ 39.26
Paperback. In 1944, 13-year-old Fritz Tubach was almost old enough to join the Hitler Youth in his German village of Kleinheubach. That same year in Tab, Hungary, 12-year-old Bernie Rosner was loaded onto a train with the rest of the village's Jewish inhabitants and taken to Auschwitz, where his whole family was murdered. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520261310
- ISBN
- 9780520261310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.05
€ 33.99
€ 25.05
Paperback. Explores the value of truth and finds it to be both less and more than we might imagine. This book identifies two basic virtues of truth, accuracy and sincerity. It describes different psychological and social forms that these virtues have taken and asks what ideas can make best sense of them. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691117911
- ISBN
- 9780691117911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 41.01
€ 45.99
€ 41.01
Hardcover. Working with the Nazi-appointed Jewish Council in Amsterdam, Gertrude van Tijn helped many Jews escape. But she faced difficult moral choices. Some called her a heroine; others, a collaborator. Bernard Wasserstein's haunting narrative draws readers into this twilight world, to expose the terrible dilemmas confronting Jews under Nazi occupation. Num Pages: 310 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674281387
- ISBN
- 9780674281387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.28
€ 47.99
€ 40.28
Paperback. Editor(s): Sheehan, Bernard W. Num Pages: 570 pages, notes, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1068.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 570
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865974166
- ISBN
- 9780865974166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.86
€ 24.99
€ 18.86
Paperback. Discusses areas in which the colonial impact has generally been overlooked. This book contains essays, which form an exploration of the ways in which the British discovery, collection, and codification of information about Indian society contributed to colonial cultural hegemony and political control. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691000435
- ISBN
- 9780691000435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.99
€ 54.99
€ 39.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853036364
- ISBN
- 9780853036364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.77
€ 26.77
Hardback. Num Pages: 354 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231059503
- ISBN
- 9780231059503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.59€ 98.51
€ 127.59
€ 98.51
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Bernard McCall
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- hardcover
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902953687
- ISBN
- 9781902953687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.38
€ 21.99
€ 19.38
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JB; HBJF1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632285
- ISBN
- 9780691632285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.36
€ 122.36
Hardcover. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of social welfare and social policy in Britain before the modern welfare state. It examines the role played by voluntary social provision (including self-help and mutual aid), as well as the growth of state intervention, in meeting welfare needs. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 753. "Includes bibliographical references (p. 376-382) and index. Commissioning organisation: Bernard Harris. xii, 402 p. ill. 24 cm. Paperback. As new." Keywords: "Business, Finance & Law - Careers - Community Services,History - Other Historical Subjects - General,His"
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- SKU
- KEX0166456
- ISBN
- 9780333649978
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 60.75
€ 60.75
Paperback. This collection of true stories illuminates the experiences of a young Polish boy before World War II, through the gathering storm of Nazism, into the death camps, to poignant reunions many years later. Num Pages: 248 pages, 21, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Expanded ed
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801863103
- ISBN
- 9780801863103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.45
€ 39.45
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; RGBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226031118
- ISBN
- 9780226031118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.07
€ 70.07
Hardcover. Paperback in very good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Burndy Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1962
- Edition
- First
- SKU
- KRF0040589
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Ruptures in the Everyday: Views of Modern Germany from the Ground (Spe...
Bergerson, Andrew Stuart, Schmieding, Leonard...
Hardcover. Ruptures in the Everyday brings together twenty-six interdisciplinary researchers in an innovative, collectively authored work of scholarship that investigates Alltag-everyday life-through such fragmentary experiences. Editor(s): Bergerson, Andrew Stuart; Schmieding, Leonard. Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association. Num Pages: 370 pages, 22 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785335327
- ISBN
- 9781785335327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.54
€ 161.54
Paperback. Benchmark publication with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum that discloses and defines what we know about the Holocaust Editor(s): Berenbaum, Michael; Peck, Abraham J. Num Pages: 856 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4293 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1271.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253215291
- ISBN
- 9780253215291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 41.83
€ 45.99
€ 41.83
paperback. Addresses conceptual and ethical questions that arise from historical accounts of the Holocaust. Series: Jewish Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217288
- ISBN
- 9780253217288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.82
€ 21.99
€ 21.82
Paperback. "First published in Hebrew by The Open University of Israel, Raanana, 2005. This English, updated edition published in 2017 by Equinox Publishing Ltd." BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBTZ; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 703.
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781795804
- ISBN
- 9781781795804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.35
€ 42.35