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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. .
Publisher
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783034308632
ISBN
9783034308632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.14

Hardcover. An exploration of the little-known yet historically important emigration of British army officers to the Australian colonies in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. The book looks at the significant impact they made at a time of great colonial expansion, particularly in new south Wales with its transition from a convict colony to a free society. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJM; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; HBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230252301
ISBN
9780230252301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.49

Hardcover. Founded in 1920, the International Federation of University brought together women committed to promoting higher education across divisions hardened by global conflict. Here, Christine von Oertzen traces the IFUW's international rise and Cold War decline, making a valuable contribution to the cultural, diplomatic, and intellectual history. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBTB; JFSJ1; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137438881
ISBN
9781137438881
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.88

Paperback. This is a lively and erudite collection, unusual in an especially appealing way: not only are there essays about a range of queens and how they were represented in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, but the book contains modern poetry and short plays about these same queens, allowing a multi-faceted way of understanding and appreciating them. Editor(s): Levin, Carole. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DCQ; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137601322
ISBN
9781137601322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 108.36

Paperback. In the early twentieth century, a brand of men and women moved to New York City. For them, the city's immigrant neighborhoods provided a place where the fancies and forms of a new America could be tested. This book tells the story of most famous of these neighborhoods, Greenwich Village, which became a symbol of social and intellectual freedom. Num Pages: 432 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691142838
ISBN
9780691142838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.94

Paperback. Hitchcock and Contemporary Art introduces readers to the fascinating and diverse range of artistic practices devoted to Alfred Hitchcock's films. His works have the capacity to activate sophisticated engagements with Hitchcock's films and cinema more generally, tackling issues of time and space, memory and history, and sound and image. Num Pages: 214 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349351855
ISBN
9781349351855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.31

Paperback. Containing chapters that deal with travel narratives, cosmography, commerce, and medical botany, this book examines how ideas and methods are deployed to make German commentators experts in the overseas world, and how this incorporation established the discoveries as important intellectual, commercial, and scientific developments. Series: Studies in Early Modern German History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
F First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927343
ISBN
9780813927343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.03

Hardcover. Asks how 'reading for the law' as literary history contributes to the progressive educational purposes of the Law and Literature movement. This title demonstrates the relevance of literary history to feminist jurisprudence and suggests how literary history might contribute to other forms of 'outsider jurisprudence'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3J; DSB; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928937
ISBN
9780813928937
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.22

Hardback. Examines the events that led up to the 1848 rising in Ireland and examines the reasons for its failure. This book places the rising in the context of political changes outside Ireland, especially the links between the Irish nationalists and radicals and republicans in Britain, France and north America. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719065163
ISBN
9780719065163
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.86

Paperback. Christine Kinealy provides a chronology of the Famine and examines the causes and consequences of this tragedy, and asks how could a famine of this magnitude occur at the centre of the British Empire? Why did Ireland starve? Num Pages: 40 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 229 x 7. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Quinnipiac University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780990468615
ISBN
9780990468615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.00

Paperback. Analyzing ninety professional women's autobiographies from 1900-1920, the first part of this book concentrates on the endeavours of groups such as headmistresses, doctors, nurses, artists and writers to record their own lives, while the second part examines frontispiece photos, prefatory marginalia and the role of silences in autobiography." Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBTB; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349305414
ISBN
9781349305414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.75

Hardcover. This study illuminates the commonalities and the peculiarities of different slaveries and contributes to a growing body of literature that showcases the flexibility of slavery as an institution. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3J; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137268662
ISBN
9781137268662
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 275 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295995571
ISBN
9780295995571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Examining how the shared interests of state elites and the middle classes rationalize mistreatment of domestic workers, the author argues that the "premodern" exploitation of migrant domestic workers is at odds with the global expansion of open markets and free trade. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FMM; HBTS; JFSJ1; JFSL; JHBL; JPA; KCLT; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231109871
ISBN
9780231109871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.39

Paperback. In Tropical Renditions Christine Bacareza Balance examines how the performance and reception of post-World War II Filipino and Filipino American popular music provide crucial tools for composing Filipino identity, publics, and politics as well as challenge dominant racial stereotypes. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360018
ISBN
9780822360018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.18

Hardback. In Tropical Renditions Christine Bacareza Balance examines how the performance and reception of post-World War II Filipino and Filipino American popular music provide crucial tools for composing Filipino identity, publics, and politics as well as challenge dominant racial stereotypes. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822359586
ISBN
9780822359586
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.62

Paperback. Editor(s): Rudisel, Christine. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486780610
ISBN
9780486780610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.77

Paperback. A book that perfectly balances memoir and history, interweaving a cross-cultural love story with the larger history of the colonial encounter Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBN; BT; HBJM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 194. 288 pages. A book that perfectly balances memoir and history, interweaving a cross-cultural love story with the larger history of the colonial encounter. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MBN; BT; HBJM; HBTB. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight: 192.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747596707
ISBN
9780747596707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

Hardback. With deep research and lively prose, prize-winning historian Christina Snyder reinterprets the history of Jacksonian era America through an experimental educational community called Great Crossings, a place where Indians, settlers, and slaves were transformed and tried to secure their place in a changing world. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 hts. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 41. .
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199399062
ISBN
9780199399062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.06

Paperback. Slavery existed in North America long before the first Africans arrived at Jamestown in 1619. For centuries, from the pre-Columbian era through the 1840s, Native Americans took prisoners of war and killed, adopted, or enslaved them. This book demonstrates the profound role of Native American history in the American past. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 halftone, 6 line illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674064232
ISBN
9780674064232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.62

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