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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. In most contemporary historical writing the picture of modern life in Habsburg Central Europe is a gloomy story of the failure of rationalism and the rise of protofascist movements. This book tells a different story, focusing on the Czech writers and artists distinguished by their optimistic view of the world in the years before WWI. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349295326
ISBN
9781349295326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.10

Paperback. In Human-Built World, Thomas P. Hughes restores to technology the richness and depth it deserves by writing its intellectual history. Num Pages: 240 pages, 42halftones. BIC Classification: HBTK; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 204 x 13. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
science.culture
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226359342
ISBN
9780226359342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.23

Paperback. Published anonymously in 1776, six months before the Declaration of Independence, this book offered was a radical and impassioned call for America to free itself and set up an independent republican government. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTR; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 11. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143107590
ISBN
9780143107590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.93

Hardback. Explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that developed between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520277502
ISBN
9780520277502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.12
€ 73.24

Paperback. Explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that developed between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520277519
ISBN
9780520277519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. BIC Classification: HBT. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
SKU
9780718197285
ISBN
9780718197285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 16.68

Paperback. The Vikings called North America 'Vinland', the land of wine. The history of wine in America is, in many ways, the history of American origins and of American enterprise in microcosm. This title offers a comprehensive account of winemaking in the US, from the Norse discovery of native grapes in 1001 AD, through Prohibition, and up to the present. Num Pages: 572 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 184 x 31. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
572
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520254299
ISBN
9780520254299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; HBT; JNF; JNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9781610486040
ISBN
9781610486040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 50.94

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691645391
ISBN
9780691645391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.05

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBTB; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566637114
ISBN
9781566637114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.06

Paperback. "Thorough and convincing.. likely to become the standard work on the subject." Library Journal

"Highly readable." Medieval Literature

"A major work of synthesis." Walter E. Kaegi

"Burns has achieved much for the modern study of Ostrogoths." Antiquaries Journal

" Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 photos. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780253206008
ISBN
9780253206008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.33

Paperback. What he describes is, in fact, a drawn-out period of acculturation, characterized more by continuity than by change and conflict and leading to the creation of a new Romano-barbarian hybrid society and culture that anticipated the values and traditions of medieval civilization. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 480 pages, 18, 6 maps, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801892707
ISBN
9780801892707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.71

Paperback. Traces the movie industry through the momentous decade of the 1940s. This title discusses changes in the structure of the studio system - including the shift to independent production - and the dominant stars, genres, and production trends through the period. Series: History of the American Cinema S. Num Pages: 582 pages, 164 b/w photographs, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBT; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 176 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1242. American Cinema in the 1940s. Series: History of the American Cinema S. 582 pages, 164 b&w photographs. Traces the movie industry through the momentous decade of the 1940s. This title discusses changes in the structure of the studio system - including the shift to independent production - and the dominant stars, genres, and production trends through the period. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBT; KNTC. Dimension: 252 x 176 x 37. Weight: 1228.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
582
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520221307
ISBN
9780520221307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Hardcover. An insightful look into the origins of modern Italian media culture by examining a sensational crime and trial that took place in Rome in the late 1870s, when a bloody murder triggered a national spectacle that became the first great media circus in the new nation of Italy, crucially shaping the young state's public sphere and image of itself. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; HBTB; JFD; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Printing
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230108363
ISBN
9780230108363
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.12

Hardback. From antiquity to the nineteenth century, the royal hunt was a vital component of the political cultures of the Middle East, India, Central Asia, and China. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FC; 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 824.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812239263
ISBN
9780812239263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

Paperback. Seeks to show how, in the situation of address in which Holocaust survivors call upon us, we discover our own tacit assumptions about the nature of community Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823244492
ISBN
9780823244492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

Seeks to show how, in the situation of address in which Holocaust survivors call upon us, we discover our own tacit assumptions about the nature of community Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823244485
ISBN
9780823244485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 111.07

Paperback. As lacrosse continues to evolve, this collection will help us remember and understand its rich and complex history. Num Pages: 192 pages, 19, 11 black & white halftones, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; WSJJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801886294
ISBN
9780801886294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.18

Paperback. Here Thomas Vennum brings this world to life. Num Pages: 378 pages, 77, 77 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9; WSJJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887642
ISBN
9780801887642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.86

Paperback. A historical account of masturbation as a moral issue and cultural taboo. Num Pages: 504 pages, 32. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
501
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951337
ISBN
9781890951337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

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