×


 x 

Shopping cart

History: specific events & topics

Results 1021 - 1040 of 9590

History: specific events & topics

Paperback. Nine Suitcases is a horror story but, sadly, a true one. Zsolt was both an accomplished novelist and a highly skilled journalist. He reports and analysizes the appalling events, almost immediately after they occurred, with exceptional freshness and a devastating blend of angry despair and cool detachment. Translator(s): Lob, Ladislaus. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712606899
ISBN
9780712606899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.77

paperback. Tells the complete history of women readers and the controversies their reading has inspired since the beginning of the written word. This volume travels from the Cro-Magnon cave to the digital bookstores of our time, exploring how and what women have read through the ages and across cultures and civilizations. Num Pages: 344 pages, 60 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300197204
ISBN
9780300197204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.16

Paperback. Editor(s): Bell, Susan Groag; Offen, Karen M. Num Pages: 564 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
564
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804711715
ISBN
9780804711715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.95

Paperback. From the bestselling author of 'The Lighthouse Stevensons', a gripping history of the drama and danger of wrecking since the 18th-century - and the often grisly ingenuity of British wreckers, scavengers of the sea. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 b/w plates (16pp). BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007170333
ISBN
9780007170333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Hardcover. Provides information on the complexity of German policy toward the Jews and the policy of forced labour. This book describes the daily life of the Jewish slave labourers; and traces Reich economic policy and the huge concerns that used slave labour. Translator(s): IBRT. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 ills., 3 maps, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845452063
ISBN
9781845452063
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.80

Hardback. This is the first of three volumes detailing the history of the Fleet Air Arm, during the Second World War. It deals with the formative period between 1939 and 1941, incorporating an in depth coverage of significant operations, including the Norwegian campaign, and incidents involving the loss of and damage to aircraft carriers. Editor(s): Jones, Ben. Series Editor(s): Jones, Ben. Series: Navy Records Society Publications. Num Pages: 624 pages, Includes 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 233 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1162.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409452577
ISBN
9781409452577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.49

Paperback. Documents the hitherto unrecorded contribution made by West Indian women in the British armed forces during the World War II and highlights the racism of government recruitment policies. Num Pages: 232 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Lawrence and Wishart Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853157434
ISBN
9780853157434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.53

Paperback. Editor(s): Harker, Ben; Clay, Catherine; Ewins, Kristin. Num Pages: 175 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JMG; DSB; HBTB; JFCD; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Raymond Williams Society
Edition
13th edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780992991616
ISBN
9780992991616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.96

Hardback. Academics and students researching modern and contemporary social and cultural history, sociology, cultural studies and human geography Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 black & white halftones, 2 maps, 2 figures, 8 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJPG; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719084737
ISBN
9780719084737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.15

Paperback. Offering an account of the Cambodian revolution and genocide, this book includes a preface that takes the story up to 2008 and the UN-sponsored Khmer Rouge tribunal. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300144345
ISBN
9780300144345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.47

paperback. Presents the global history of genocide and extermination from ancient times. This book examines outbreaks of mass violence from the classical era to the present, focusing on colonial exterminations and 20th-century case studies including the Armenian genocide, the Nazi Holocaust, Stalin's mass murders, and the Cambodian and Rwandan genocides. Num Pages: 768 pages, 38 black-&-white illustrations + 31 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 50. Weight in Grams: 968.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300144253
ISBN
9780300144253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 22.79

Paperback. Drawing on a vast range of sources, this is a study of how war wounds men's minds and of medicine's efforts to heal the damage done. At once a historical narrative and intellectual detective story, it tells the full story of "shell-shock", explaining the aftermath of wars such as Vietnam. Num Pages: 512 pages, 8 pages of b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; HBT; JWT; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 64. Weight in Grams: 722.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712667838
ISBN
9780712667838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.21

Paperback. An intensely moving personal record of the experiences of children who were evacuated in World War II Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216. 288 pages, Illustrations. An intensely moving personal record of the experiences of children who were evacuated in World War II. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTD; HBWQ. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight: 218.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408800935
ISBN
9781408800935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. The paperback of this fascinating and entertaining social history of politics and alcohol Num Pages: 368 pages, 8-page colour plate section. BIC Classification: HBT; JP; WBXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715651858
ISBN
9780715651858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.18

Hardcover. A historical and cultural overview of Suriname's Jewish community, with special emphasis on the former Dutch colony's synagogues and Jewish and Creole cemeteries. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTG; HRAX; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hebrew Union College Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878202515
ISBN
9780878202515
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.90

Paperback. The defining, best-selling book on the history, origins and development of nationalism Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFP; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784786755
ISBN
9781784786755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.86

Paperback. Nothing experienced in human history, before or since, eclipses the terror, tragedy and scale of the Black Death, the disease which killed millions of people in Medieval Europe. This title tells the story of Britain immediately before, during and after this catastrophe. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099548836
ISBN
9780099548836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Series: Shire Album S. Num Pages: 32 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AMKD; HBTB; TNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 139 x 4. Weight in Grams: 96.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
9780747805533
ISBN
9780747805533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.59

Hardback. Chinese civil examinations, a piece of social engineering worked out over centuries, prefigured the regime of meritocratic exams that undergirds higher education around the globe today. This book describes how education, examinations, and civil service fostered the world's first professional class based on demonstrated knowledge. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 764.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674724952
ISBN
9780674724952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.90
€ 52.25

Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 650.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801439650
ISBN
9780801439650
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!