History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Georgian London evokes images of elegant buildings and fine art, but it was also a city where prostitution was rife. Examining the nature of the sex trade, this title offers an insight into the impact of prostitution to give a vivid portraits of some of the women who became involved in its world. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 44. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099527961
- ISBN
- 9780099527961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.59
€ 23.99
€ 16.59
Hardcover. Argues that the revolutionaries of eighteenth-century France used the natural right concept of the 'enemy of the human race' - an individual who has transgressed the laws of nature and must be executed without judicial formalities - to authorize three-quarters of the deaths during the Terror. Num Pages: 350 pages, 6 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226184388
- ISBN
- 9780226184388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 45.88
€ 53.24
€ 45.88
paperback. Argues that the revolutionaries of eighteenth-century France used the natural right concept of the 'enemy of the human race' - an individual who has transgressed the laws of nature and must be executed without judicial formalities - to authorize three-quarters of the deaths during the Terror. Num Pages: 350 pages, 6 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226184395
- ISBN
- 9780226184395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 28.09
€ 39.99
€ 28.09
Paperback. This intoxicating look at the history of drug regulation in Canada reveals how a variety of social and political forces converged at the turn of the twentieth century to transform both public attitudes toward, and access to, narcotics. Num Pages: 640 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; LAZ; MBQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774829205
- ISBN
- 9780774829205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.36
€ 40.99
€ 36.36
Hardback. This intoxicating look at the history of drug regulation in Canada reveals how a variety of social and political forces converged at the turn of the twentieth century to transform both public attitudes toward, and access to, narcotics. Num Pages: 640 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780774829199
- ISBN
- 9780774829199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.93
€ 44.99
€ 44.93
Hardback. Dan Stone presents a global history of concentration camps, and considers the importance of these institutions to modern consciousness and identity. Tracing camps from their origins in in early-twentieth century colonial warfare, he discusses their evolution throughout the last century, and the complex questions their use raises. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10 black and white images. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBT; HBTZ1; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 204 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198790709
- ISBN
- 9780198790709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.84
€ 19.99
€ 15.84
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Birlinn Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843410690
- ISBN
- 9781843410690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.43
€ 13.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Adolf Hitler despised cricket, considering it un-German and decadent. And Berlin in 1937 was not a time to be going against Fuhrer's wishes. But hot on the heels of 1936 Olympics, an enterprising cricket fanatic of enormous bravery, Felix Menzel, somehow persuaded his Nazi leaders to invite an English team to play his motley band of part-timers. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DFG; 3JJG; HBTB; WSBX; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Corgi Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552169882
- ISBN
- 9780552169882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. Dana Arnold presents an analysis of the social and cultural significance of the country house, the focal point of Georgian architecture, landscape and society, exploring the meaning of this distinct cultural form using a wide range of examples and approaches. Num Pages: 256 pages, 159 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; AMKH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750934701
- ISBN
- 9780750934701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.74
€ 26.99
€ 23.74
Hardcover. The Northwest Territory sparked heated debates over race and civil rights in the nascent United States from the moment of its founding. Part of the "Early American Places" series, this book contributes to the study of slavery and social activism in nineteenth-century America. Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 325 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804576
- ISBN
- 9780875804576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.86
€ 139.86
Hardback. A timely account of workers taking back their union Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 1KBBWS; HBTK; KNDV; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252036378
- ISBN
- 9780252036378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.64
€ 62.64
Hardback. " Readers who love history and stories of exploration on the high seas will devour this gripping tale. Series: The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 280 pages, 26, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415420
- ISBN
- 9781421415420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.53
€ 41.99
€ 34.53
Paperback. " Readers who love history and stories of exploration on the high seas will devour this gripping tale. Series: The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 280 pages, 26, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; RGR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421422572
- ISBN
- 9781421422572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.96
€ 33.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; KNDF; WBXD2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062389770
- ISBN
- 9780062389770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.03
€ 20.99
€ 16.03
Paperback. A new generation of China scholars offers a fresh look at the unusual cross-cultural territory constituted by China's missionary-established Christian colleges before 1950 in this fascinating work. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2 tables, 14 figures, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804759496
- ISBN
- 9780804759496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.36
€ 40.99
€ 36.36
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 245 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801446276
- ISBN
- 9780801446276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.51
€ 71.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTV; HBW; JPFC; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- IMG Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780902869868
- ISBN
- 9780902869868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.48
€ 13.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. Drawing on extensive interviews with surviving members of the George Jackson Brigade, this book provides an inside-out perspective on the social movements of the 1970s. It is also a compelling exploration of the true nature of crime and a provocative meditation on the tension between self-restraint and anger in the process of social change. Num Pages: 358 pages, 28 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520264298
- ISBN
- 9780520264298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Hardback. An apostolic lifestyle characterized by total material renunciation, homelessness, and begging was practiced by monks throughout the Roman Empire in the fourth and fifth centuries. This book presents a study of this type of Christian poverty and the challenge it posed for episcopal authority and the promotion of monasticism in late antiquity. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 339 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 3D; HBG; HBLA; HBTB; HRCC1; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520233249
- ISBN
- 9780520233249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.35€ 56.86
€ 73.35
€ 56.86
Paperback. Politicians have traditionally devoted little attention to the origins of American bureaucracy and its relationship between bureaucratic and interest group activities. This work presents a study of bureaucratic autonomy in democratic regimes. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 504 pages, 12 line illus., 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JPHV; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070100
- ISBN
- 9780691070100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 46.57
€ 59.15
€ 46.57