History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. Tells the stories of three of the most dramatic fugitive slave trials of the 1850s, presenting the determination of the fugitives, the radical tactics of their rescuers, the brutal doggedness of the slavehunters, and the tortuous response of the federal courts. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 241 x 32. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047044
- ISBN
- 9780674047044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.32
€ 47.99
€ 39.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, x, 220 p., 4 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226345857
- ISBN
- 9780226345857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. Offers a reappraisal of the role of women in the politics and practice of welfare in late Victorian and early Edwardian England. Using a working diary written by the activist and female poor law guardian Mary Haslam, this book portrays Bolton women as sophisticated political operators. Num Pages: 364 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJC; HBTB; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845190873
- ISBN
- 9781845190873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.76
€ 126.76
Hardcover. Based on a three-day symposium, "The Claims of Memory," this book conveys the omnipresence of memory in Elie Wiesel's writing and attempts to preserve the flavor of the exchange that took place. It also represents several intersecting approaches to memory. Editor(s): Katz, Steven; Rosen, Alan. Series: Religion, Theology and the Holocaust. Num Pages: 224 pages, footnotes, works cited contributors list, index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630647
- ISBN
- 9780815630647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.90
€ 29.90
Paperback. Dating from the 16th century, there were hundreds of shtetls - Jewish settlements - in Eastern Europe that were home to a large and compact population. This book includes chapters on the history of the shtetl, its myths and realities, politics, gender dynamics, and how the shtetl has been (mis)represented in literature. Editor(s): Katz, Steven T. Series: Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JB; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814748312
- ISBN
- 9780814748312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Tells the story of the terrifying cholera epidemic that engulfed London in 1854, and the two unlikely heroes - anesthetist Doctor John Snow and affable clergyman Reverend Henry Whitehead - who defeated the disease through a combination of local knowledge, scientific research and map-making. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBTB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141029368
- ISBN
- 9780141029368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. The T-64 tank was the most revolutionary design of the whole Cold War, designed to provide the firepower and armour protection of a heavy tank in a medium-weight design. This book sheds light on the secrets behind the Cold War's most controversial tank, revealing how its highly advanced technologies proved to be both a blessing and a curse. Illustrator(s): Tooby, Adam; Palmer, Ian. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBTW; HBWS; JWMV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 248 x 5. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472806284
- ISBN
- 9781472806284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; 3JM; HBT; JKSW2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 9. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Arcadia Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780738509884
- ISBN
- 9780738509884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.64
€ 25.99
€ 20.64
Paperback. This volume examines the social history of the Korean War and includes material on the newly racially integrated US fighting forces, war and disease, women and war and life in the Prisoner of War camps. The book carries the story through to the Geneva Conference in the spring of 1954. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582319882
- ISBN
- 9780582319882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.92
€ 48.99
€ 46.92
Paperback. Drawing on a collaborative research project, this book provides an alternative model for how oral and public histories should be recorded and curated. Series: Shared: Oral and Public History Series. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: GPS; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774826846
- ISBN
- 9780774826846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.99
€ 40.99
€ 35.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJCR; HBTK; JFSG; KCFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474019
- ISBN
- 9780801474019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.69
€ 24.99
€ 24.69
Paperback. This Pulitzer Prize-winning book is the epic story of how African-Americans, in the six decades following slavery, transformed themselves into a political people - an embryonic black nation. Num Pages: 624 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674017658
- ISBN
- 9780674017658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.23
€ 35.99
€ 30.23
Hardback. Challenges views in the writing of American and African-American history. Moving from slave emancipations of the eighteenth century through slave activity during the Civil War and on to the black power movements of the twentieth century, this book asks us to rethink African-American history and politics in bolder, dynamic terms. Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 halftones, 2 line illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 184 x 114 x 26. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032965
- ISBN
- 9780674032965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.41
€ 27.99
€ 24.41
Paperback. Introduces the anthropology of sound, or the cultural study of sound Num Pages: 344 pages, 27 illustrations (including 2 in colour), 5 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; AVGH; HBTB; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502. Birds, Weeping, Poetics, and Song in Kaluli Expression. 344 pages, 27 illustrations (including 2 in colour), 5 tables, 1 map. Introduces the anthropology of sound, or the cultural study of sound. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; AVGH; HBTB; JHBT; JHMC. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 21. Weight: 498.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Third
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353652
- ISBN
- 9780822353652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.69
€ 32.99
€ 31.69
paperback. An examination of how the community of Lynchburg, Virginia, experienced four distinct but overlapping events: secession, civil war, black emancipation, and reconstruction. The book seeks to demonstrate how ordinary people influenced the contours of race and class relations in their town. Series: Yankee Town, Southern City. Num Pages: 362 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814782378
- ISBN
- 9780814782378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Rescuing the pre-modern family from the grim picture many historians have given us of life in early Europe, this text offers a major reassessment of a crucial aspect of European history, and tells a story of age-old domesticity inextricably linked, and surprisingly similar, to our own. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 halftones, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTG; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674004849
- ISBN
- 9780674004849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.69
€ 35.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. Organized chronologically by topic, Seize, Burn, or Sink contains over 3,000 quotations from Sir Horatio Nelson. Moreover, the addition of a chronology of Lord Nelson's life, a bibliography, and maps and photos further enhance the usefulness of Sir Horatio's quotes. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1057.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810857810
- ISBN
- 9780810857810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.58
€ 194.58
Hardback. Talks about the Reizei poets as participants in a collective institution devoted more to the continuity of family poetic practices and ideals than to the concept of individual expression that is central to modern poetic culture. This book features an appendix of 100 poems from over the centuries, by poets who were affiliated with the Reizei house. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 7 charts, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB; DSC; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 236 x 42. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024533
- ISBN
- 9780674024533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.04€ 49.38
€ 54.04
€ 49.38
Hardcover. Tea Sets and Tyranny offers a political history of politeness in early America, from its origins in the late seventeenth century to its remaking in the age of the Revolution. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248609
- ISBN
- 9780812248609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.11
€ 64.11
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021341
- ISBN
- 9780674021341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.36
€ 54.99
€ 45.36