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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12, 5 black & white halftones, 3 colour tables, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; JFC; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801453984
- ISBN
- 9780801453984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.64
€ 80.64
Paperback. Consigned to illiteracy, American slaves left little record of their thoughts and feelings or so we have believed. But a few learned to use pen and paper to make sense of their experiences, despite prohibitions. These authors perspectives rewrite the history of emancipation and force us to rethink the relationship between literacy and freedom." Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: D; HBTS; HBWJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780674088061
- ISBN
- 9780674088061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.97
€ 35.99
€ 30.97
Paperback. Although by twentieth-century standards the number of victims was small, the Victorian public saw 'the Indian Mutiny' of 1857-59 as an epochal event. This book seeks to discover why. It offers a view of this episode - and of Victorian imperialist culture more generally - at odds with the standard formulations of postcolonial scholarship. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH5; HBTQ; HBTV; JWXT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143309
- ISBN
- 9780691143309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
paperback. Charts the French Revolution from its beginnings at an impromptu meeting on an indoor tennis court at Versailles in 1789, right through to the 'coup d'etat' that brought Napoleon to power ten years later. This book explains the drama and complexities of this era. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140049459
- ISBN
- 9780140049459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
€ 17.99
€ 13.41
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, Approx. 16 black-and-white photographs in plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPN; BM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472914804
- ISBN
- 9781472914804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.72
€ 26.99
€ 18.72
Hardcover. An era of sweeping cultural change in America, the postwar years saw the rise of beatniks and hippies, the birth of feminism, and the release of the first video game. This book examines the rise and fall of the new math as a marker of the period's political and social ferment. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226184968
- ISBN
- 9780226184968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 79.10
€ 94.64
€ 79.10
Paperback. The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. This introduction covers the history of the empire at its height, looking at its people, religions and social structures. It explains how it deployed violence, 'romanisation', and tactical power to develop an astonishingly uniform culture from Rome to its furthest outreaches. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBG; HBLA; HBTB; HPCA; LAFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 110 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192803917
- ISBN
- 9780192803917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. The authors of this text show that the ancient Book of Enoch, rediscovered in the 18th century, describes how Uriel's Machine should be constructed, and how Enoch's secret technology has been preserved since ancient times in Freemasonic lore. Num Pages: 624 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA; HRCA; HRCS1; JFHC; JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 111 x 39. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099281825
- ISBN
- 9780099281825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. We have specific images of the kinds of bodies that house great minds. Focusing on the 17th century to the present, this book examines how intellectuals have sought to establish the value and authority of their ideas through public displays of their private life. Num Pages: 350 pages, 54 halftones, line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX; JH; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226470146
- ISBN
- 9780226470146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.94
€ 32.99
€ 25.94
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of New England
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611684025
- ISBN
- 9781611684025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.84
€ 34.99
€ 27.84
Hardback. It is an authoritative and lively history of the Law Society of Upper Canada and of Ontario's lawyers, from the founding of the Society by ten lawyers in 1797, to the crises which shook the society and the legal profession in the mid-1990s. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBT; LA; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 189 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1210.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802041272
- ISBN
- 9780802041272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.08
€ 69.08
Hardcover. Pidcock's was just one of a number of commercial menagerists who plied their trade in London in this period the predecessors to the zoological societies of the Victorian era. This book introduces the tales of exotic animals in London. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 bw integrated, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784530846
- ISBN
- 9781784530846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 49.59
€ 53.24
€ 49.59
Paperback. Takes as its basis the detailed records of one squad from the Nazis' extermination groups and explores in its composition, its actions, and the methods by which it was trained to perform acts of genocide on an industrial scale. This book introduces us to men who killed without hesitation or apparent remorse for years on end. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 maps, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141000428
- ISBN
- 9780141000428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
paperback. Offers an analysis of the descent of the Nazi persecution of the Jews into mass murder. Arguing that genocide was not a preconceived plan, this book explains how the decision to murder the Jews en masse emerged in stages and by a process of elimination that gradually foreclosed plans for their expulsion from Europe. Num Pages: 640 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099454823
- ISBN
- 9780099454823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardback. Tells the story of why China's entry into the modern age was not just traumatic, but uproarious. The author argues that this period from the 1890s to the 1930s transformed how Chinese people thought and talked about what is funny. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 b/w. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283848
- ISBN
- 9780520283848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.80€ 54.68
€ 69.80
€ 54.68
Paperback. Tells the story of the Tour de France since its creation in 1903. This book links the history of the Tour to key moments and themes in French history. It examines the popularity of Tour racers, and explores how their public images have changed. Num Pages: 406 pages, 24 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBT; WSB; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Updated with a New Preface
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520256309
- ISBN
- 9780520256309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.88
€ 33.99
€ 24.88
Paperback. The highly praised biography of an archetypal great house and the family who lived there for over 250 years. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; HBTB; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007107100
- ISBN
- 9780007107100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.41
€ 13.00
€ 11.41
Paperback. Editor(s): Waldrep, Christopher. Num Pages: 281 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 176 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814793992
- ISBN
- 9780814793992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. AND THE BAND PLAYED ON brings to life the trauma of the Titanic through the true story of one family. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 x 8pp. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; BTH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 125 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444707960
- ISBN
- 9781444707960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.86
€ 13.00
€ 11.86
Hardcover. "Also available as an ebook"--Title page verso. Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 310 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479870424
- ISBN
- 9781479870424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.82
€ 96.82