History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. Historians and students of Russian culture agree that the creation of a Russian literary language was key to the formation of a modern secular culture. This title traces the growth of a vernacular language from the 'hybrid Slavonic' of the late seventeenth century through the debates between 'archaists and innovators' of the early 19th century. Translator(s): Levitt, Marcus. Series: Studies in Slavic and Russian Literatures, Cultures and History. Num Pages: 534 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JF; DSBD; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 534
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843123
- ISBN
- 9781934843123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.00
€ 183.00
Paperback. Series: Studies in Sensory History. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252082146
- ISBN
- 9780252082146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. "Also available as an ebook"--Title page verso. Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; DQ; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479857081
- ISBN
- 9781479857081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. "Also available as an ebook"--Title page verso. Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; DQ; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479864690
- ISBN
- 9781479864690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.45
€ 97.45
Paperback. Editor(s): Carretta, Vincent. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554811960
- ISBN
- 9781554811960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.63
€ 31.99
€ 29.63
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813554570
- ISBN
- 9780813554570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.42
€ 158.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1H; HB; HBTS; HRA; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199344390
- ISBN
- 9780199344390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.24
€ 74.24
Spiralbound. 174pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Annamount Press
- Format
- Spiralbound
- Publication date
- 1996
- SKU
- KON0819786
- ISBN
- 9781872476100
Spiralbound
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 5.49
€ 20.99
€ 5.49
Paperback. Updated and expanded fourth edition which addresses key controversial topics generating debate in US society today. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612052540
- ISBN
- 9781612052540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.40
€ 53.40
hardcover. A fascinating and richly illustrated exploration into the most glorious and world-changing maps ever made. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBTP; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 336 x 262 x 26. Weight in Grams: 2200. Good clean copy in dustwrapper. Some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Third printing
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KRA0003166
- ISBN
- 9780316997669
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 30.00
€ 30.00
Paperback. Takes the enslaved person's claims of human consumption seriously, focusing on both the literal starvation of the slave and the tropes of cannibalism on the part of the slaveholder, and further draws attention to the ways in which Blacks experienced their consumption as a fundamentally homoerotic occurrence. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814794623
- ISBN
- 9780814794623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.95
€ 33.99
€ 30.95
Hardback. This book is the first to explore the deep and lasting impacts of the largest colonial trading company, the British East India Company on the natural environment. The contributors - drawn from a wide range of academic disciplines - illuminate the relationship between colonial capital and the changing environment between 1600 and 1857. Editor(s): Damodaran, Vinita; Winterbottom, Anna; Lester, Alan. Series: Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTP; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427267
- ISBN
- 9781137427267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.52
€ 205.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; APFA; HBTB; JFSK; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477310144
- ISBN
- 9781477310144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.60
€ 102.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; APFA; HBTB; JFSK; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477310151
- ISBN
- 9781477310151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Paperback. The rich and fascinating oral narrative of an African American WWII fighter pilot, radio personality, and co-founder of Harlem's American Negro Theater. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 1KLCM; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTD; JFSL3; JWG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281968
- ISBN
- 9781137281968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Hardcover. Tells the tale of the authors childhood spent in the city of Caliphs, Scheherazade and the land of the Garden of Eden, of traditions passed down over the generations, and captures the elusive quality of a scene totally at odds with our image of Iraq. Editor(s): Rocca, Tony; Rocca, Mira. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50-55 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJ; BGHA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 225 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Forum Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955709500
- ISBN
- 9780955709500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.82
€ 26.99
€ 23.82
Hardback. These books, produced from the archives of the Library of Congress and edited by Vincent Virga, offer a glimpse into the history of the United States through rare historical full-color maps, narrative captions, and short essays. Series: Mapping the States Through History. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBN; HBJK; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 50.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762760114
- ISBN
- 9780762760114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.10
€ 27.99
€ 22.10
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199688463
- ISBN
- 9780199688463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. We tend to see the Second World War as a man's war, featuring Spitfire crews and brave deeds on the Normandy beaches. But in conditions of "Total War" millions of women demonstrated that they were cleverer, more broad-minded and altogether more complex than anyone had ever guessed. This title tells the story of the women's Second World War. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141037899
- ISBN
- 9780141037899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. Tells the story of women in the 1950s: a time before the Pill, when divorce spelled scandal and two-piece swimsuits caused mass alarm. This book illustrates how the women of the 1950s yearned for the innovative technology of the era to liberate them from repetitive drudgery. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241958049
- ISBN
- 9780241958049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.16
€ 27.99
€ 21.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 371 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 371
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349529803
- ISBN
- 9781349529803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.51
€ 129.51
Hardcover. Vitaly Leonidovich Katayev was an eyewitness to the arms race accelerating at an absurd and inexplicable pace. His perspective was from inside the Soviet system, in an office that was devoted to analysis of arms control and defence matters. His recollections in this book offer an extraordinary window into Soviet decisions and calculations. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817914745
- ISBN
- 9780817914745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.32
€ 27.99
€ 25.32
Paperback. Vitaly Leonidovich Katayev was an eyewitness to history as he saw the arms race accelerating at an absurd and inexplicable pace, and he understood why. His perspective was from inside the Soviet system. His recollections in this book offer an extraordinary window into Soviet decisions and calculations. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBTW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817914752
- ISBN
- 9780817914752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.41
€ 18.99
€ 18.41
Hardcover. Series: A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813935850
- ISBN
- 9780813935850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26