History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
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€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
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
€ 36.99€ 30.82
€ 36.99
€ 30.82
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
€ 196.17
€ 196.17
paperback. Offering an account of the movement of slaves from market to market within the US, this book presents an examination of the lives of those operating and participating in the business of those markets. Considering the impact of the slave trade on American life, it aims to expose the many complexities of southern slavery and antebellum America. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780195310191
- ISBN
- 9780195310191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.55
€ 55.55
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
€ 54.60€ 50.03
€ 54.60
€ 50.03
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFFN; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631158
- ISBN
- 9780691631158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.84
€ 109.84
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
€ 59.88
€ 59.88
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€ 45.96
€ 54.99
€ 45.96
Hardcover. A Companion to American Sport History presents a collection of original essays that represent the first comprehensive analysis of scholarship relating to the burgeoning field of American sport history. The volume features contributions from many of the finest scholars working in the field of American sport history. Editor(s): Riess, Steven A. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 183 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1228.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470656129
- ISBN
- 9780470656129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 222.99
€ 222.99
Hardcover. Horse Racing, Politics and Gambling 1865-1913 in New York Series: Sports and Entertainment. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JKVM; WSNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1002.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609858
- ISBN
- 9780815609858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 43.23
€ 47.99
€ 43.23
Paperback. A celebration of the fast, the strong, the agile, and the tricky throughout Chicago's storied sports history Editor(s): Riess, Steven A.; Gems, Gerald R. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 384 pages, 9 photographs; 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBT; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252076152
- ISBN
- 9780252076152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.32
€ 26.99
€ 25.32
Hardback. Epstein reveals the modern view of cultural, ethnic, and religious purity in the early modern Mediterranean as a mirage, and he offers new insights into how present-day conceptions about creed, color, ethnicity, and language originated. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4, 3 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QRM; 3H; HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801884849
- ISBN
- 9780801884849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.98€ 57.22
€ 62.98
€ 57.22
Hardback. Series: Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; CFF; HBJD; HBTS; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801438486
- ISBN
- 9780801438486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.37
€ 88.37
hardcover. By challenging the ways that survivors of mass violence are typically understood as either eyewitnesses to history or victims of it, the contributors to this volume ask us to go "beyond testimony" to embrace sustained listening and collaborative research design. Editor(s): High, Steven. Series: Shared: Oral and Public History Series. Num Pages: 7 photographs. BIC Classification: HBTD; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774828925
- ISBN
- 9780774828925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.29
€ 107.29
Hardcover. Women have had a significant presence in the circus since Patty Jones first performed in 1768 with her husband Philip Astley on the banks of the Thames. Drawing upon historical news reports and contemporary interviews, Sawdust Sisterhood explores and celebrates the intriguing lives of female performers across two centuries of circus history. Num Pages: 192 pages, 32 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: ASZW; HBG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555309
- ISBN
- 9781781555309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.02
€ 23.99
€ 17.02
Paperback. This book provides a new look at the social history of the circus in the UK and Ireland. Using contemporary news reports and eyewitness accounts from both performers and audiences to create an entertaining and informative read. Num Pages: 224 pages, 60 integrated images. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ASZW; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783030491
- ISBN
- 9781783030491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.82
€ 23.82
Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, c. 200 col. & c. 10 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AJ; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 310 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1816.
- Publisher
- OUP India
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198082187
- ISBN
- 9780198082187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 229.53
€ 229.53
Paperback. For two hundred years historians have viewed England's Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689 as an un-revolutionary revolution - bloodless, consensual, aristocratic, and above all, sensible. This title refutes this traditional view. It demonstrates that England's revolution was a European event, that it took place over a number of years, not months. Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-century Culture & History. Num Pages: 664 pages, 72 scattered black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 177 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1144.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 664
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300171433
- ISBN
- 9780300171433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.74
€ 24.74
hardcover. A Mile of Make Believe examines the unique history of the Santa Claus parade in Canada. This volume focuses on the Eaton's sponsored parades that occurred in Toronto, Montreal and Winnipeg as well as the shorter-lived parades in Calgary and Edmonton. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; ASZP; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442630963
- ISBN
- 9781442630963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.93
€ 67.93
paperback. Based on a wide range of sources, from commercial and government reports to personal interviews, The Donut is a comprehensive and fascinating look at one of Canada's most popular products. It offers original insights on consumer culture, mass consumption, and the dynamics of Canadian history. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBT; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780802095459
- ISBN
- 9780802095459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01