History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Comic Book Nation is at once a serious study of popular culture and an entertaining look at an enduring American art form. Num Pages: 360 pages, 53, 53 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLC; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 177 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801874505
- ISBN
- 9780801874505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.72
€ 33.99
€ 28.72
Paperback. In a work as much about the present as the past, Gregory identifies the unintended consequences of the Reformation for the modern condition: a hyperpluralism of beliefs, intellectual disagreements that splinter into fractals of specialized discourse, the absence of a substantive common good, and the triumph of capitalism s driver, consumerism." Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088054
- ISBN
- 9780674088054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.64
€ 31.99
€ 26.64
Paperback. The Forrestal class (Forrestal, Saratoga, Ranger, and Independence) was the first completed class of US Navy supercarriers, so-named for their 25 percent size increase over the World War II-era carriers such as the Midway class, and the strength of their air wings. This title deals with this topic. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTW; JWMV2; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 245 x 3. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782003809
- ISBN
- 9781782003809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.45
€ 17.99
€ 16.45
Hardcover. 192 pages. The vulnerability of material objects as Holocaust texts. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AGP; DSBH; HBTZ1. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 20. Weight: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253355645
- ISBN
- 9780253355645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.36
€ 33.36
Paperback. A facsimile reprint of the very first "Boy Scout Handbook", complete with the advertisements that accompanied the original 1911 edition. Num Pages: 448 pages, full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; HBTB; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 15 x 128. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616081980
- ISBN
- 9781616081980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.34
€ 18.99
€ 18.34
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
€ 5.49
Rot, Riot, and Rebellion: Mr. Jefferson's Struggle to Save the Univers...
Bowman, Rex, Santos, Carlos
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
€ 16.99€ 16.19
€ 16.99
€ 16.19
Women of the Andes: Patriarchy and Social Change in Two Peruvian Towns...
Bourque, Susan C., Warren, Kay Barbara
Paperback. Studies women of two Peruvian highland communities and the cultural implications of gender differences Series: Women & Culture S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 pages of photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472063307
- ISBN
- 9780472063307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.22
€ 31.99
€ 28.22
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
€ 13.99€ 13.29
€ 13.99
€ 13.29
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€ 11.84
€ 11.99
€ 11.84
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
€ 16.99€ 14.36
€ 16.99
€ 14.36
Paperback.
- Publisher
- For Beginners United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934389607
- ISBN
- 9781934389607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.96
€ 18.99
€ 17.96
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€ 22.97
€ 24.99
€ 22.97
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
€ 18.38
€ 18.38
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
€ 4.99
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
€ 65.57
€ 65.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 426 pages, 11 black & white tables, 25 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTK; JFSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415537605
- ISBN
- 9780415537605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.25
€ 72.25
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€ 14.39
€ 17.99
€ 14.39
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
€ 193.27
€ 193.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 161 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 114 x 14. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848403772
- ISBN
- 9781848403772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
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€ 25.18
€ 36.99
€ 25.18
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764316999
- ISBN
- 9780764316999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.18
€ 36.99
€ 30.18
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€ 20.67
€ 21.99
€ 20.67
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
€ 49.99€ 45.02
€ 49.99
€ 45.02