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History: specific events & topics

Hardcover. Num Pages: 292 pages, 245. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; HBTK; HDW; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 226 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1662.
Publisher
Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871184518
ISBN
9781871184518
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.01

paperback. Records of prices span the entire range of history, from medieval grain prices to modern statistics. Going beyond the economic data, this text gives a history of the people of the Western world: the economic patterns they lived in, and the politics, culture and society they created as a result. Num Pages: 552 pages, tables, graphs, and maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JHBC; KCC; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9780195121216
ISBN
9780195121216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 31.97

Paperback. The astonishing story of the 1930s project that gave birth to Mass Observation Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780227801
ISBN
9781780227801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. Prehistoric drummers used natural acoustics to recreate natural sound. In classical Europe, orators turned the human voice into a lyrical instrument. In Buddhist temples, the icons' ears were exaggerated to represent their spiritual power. This book explores the role of sound, noise and listening in 100,000 years of human history. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
402
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781250907
ISBN
9781781250907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

Paperback. The Black Death is considered by many to be the great watershed in medieval history, as it ravaged a continent, killed millions and decimated economies. The author sees in this catastrophe the birth of technologically advanced societies, struggling to create labour-saving devices. Editor(s): Cohn Jr., Samuel K. Series: European history series. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFC; MBN; MBX; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674076136
ISBN
9780674076136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.76

Hardback. When the 'unsinkable' White Star liner, RMS Titanic, struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic on 14 April 1912, she sank with the loss of 1,503 lives; 705 survived the disaster. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 colour & b/w. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 192 x 14. Weight in Grams: 270.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
114
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750948456
ISBN
9780750948456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 489 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
489
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822307723
ISBN
9780822307723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.94

Paperback. Contested Boundaries: A New Pacific Northwest History is an engaging, contemporary look at the themes, events, and people that have shaped the history of the Pacific Northwest over the last two centuries. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119065548
ISBN
9781119065548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.15

Paperback. This is the fascinating social history of a remote chiefdom in Zimbabwe. Series: International African Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps,ports. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTB; HRC; JFC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748611300
ISBN
9780748611300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.00

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801444777
ISBN
9780801444777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.45

Paperback. This specially updated edition of 'The Terrorism Reader' now contains a chapter on The Taliban and the al-Qaida terror network and new material on George W. Bush's war against terrorism. Editor(s): Whittaker, David J. Series: Routledge Readers in History. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 21. Weight in Grams: 692.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415687324
ISBN
9780415687324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.50

Paperback. Covers thirteen thousand years of fascinating, dynamic, and often tragic history. From a hunting and gathering lifestyle to first contact with Europeans to land dispossession to claims cases, and much more, Wishart takes a wide-angle look at one of the most significant groups of people in the US. Series: Discover the Great Plains. Num Pages: 168 pages, 12 illustrations, 8 maps, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803269620
ISBN
9780803269620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.45

Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 150 color + 150 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; ACQB; AMV; AMX; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 241. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300222012
ISBN
9780300222012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.32

Hardback. Chinese culture was a performance culture, and ritual was the highest form of performance. Village ritual life everywhere in pre-revolutionary China was complex, conservative, and extraordinarily diverse. This title discusses the ritual world of a group of rural settlements in Shanxi province in pre-1949 North China. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 15 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; HRKN; HRLF; JFSF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674033047
ISBN
9780674033047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.34

Paperback. Traces the development of the omnibus through the horse-drawn era to that of mechanical propulsion, when, after experiments with steam and electric battery units, the petrol engine reigned supreme until just before the Second World War. Series: Shire album. Num Pages: 56 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBT; WGCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 5. Weight in Grams: 134. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780747806509
ISBN
9780747806509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.89

Paperback. A haunting and delicately observed description of the last days of Mandarin culture before the revolution. This book is a testimony to a way of life, a culture, an aesthetic and a civilisation which has since completely disappeared. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011000
ISBN
9781906011000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.78

Paperback. They reflect on the moral economy of human smuggling and trafficking, the increasing percentage of the world's asylum seekers who escape political violence only by being smuggled, and the implications of human smuggling in a warming world. Editor(s): Kyle, David; Koslowski, Rey. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: HBTS; JFFN; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
second edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421401980
ISBN
9781421401980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.10

paperback. The groundbreaking series that will tell the story of Britain from VE Day in 1945 to the coming of Margaret Thatcher in 1979 as never before Series: Tales of a New Jerusalem. Num Pages: 704 pages, B&W Inserts. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 46. Weight in Grams: 532. Series: Tales of a New Jerusalem. 704 pages, B&W Inserts. The groundbreaking series that will tell the story of Britain from VE Day in 1945 to the coming of Margaret Thatcher in 1979 as never before. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 46. Weight: 518.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747599234
ISBN
9780747599234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.81

Paperback. What does it mean to be queer and Asian-American at the turn of the century? This title considers how Asian-American racial identity and queer sexuality interconnect in mutually shaping and complicating ways. It gathers an array of voices and experiences that represent the communities of a queer Asian-America. Editor(s): Eng, David L.; Hom, Alice Y. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 445 pages, 13 b&w photographs, 7 cartoons. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSK1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 794.
Publisher
Temple University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566396400
ISBN
9781566396400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 43.03

Paperback. Morton, so have business strategies, patent battles, and a host of other factors. Num Pages: 232 pages, 28, 28 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBT; TJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801883989
ISBN
9780801883989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.84

During the drafting of the Genocide Convention in 1948, a critical and controversial decision was made to exclude political groups, thereby limiting the Convention to national, ethnic, racial and religious collectives. This book analyzes whether this legal dichotomy continues to make sense, drawing on a comprehensive analysis of state practice. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; LBBR; LBBS; LBBZ; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 688.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199588909
ISBN
9780199588909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 374 pages, 125. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DDF; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801472565
ISBN
9780801472565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 110. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 292 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801473043
ISBN
9780801473043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

Paperback. Points to the historical ties and mutual influences of the people of Russia and Poland. Countering the trend to deny the interactions between Russia and Poland, this collection reminds readers that these longstanding, if often difficult, contacts constitute an important element in the consciousness of the peoples of both countries. Editor(s): Ransel, David L.; Shallcross, Bozena. Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian & East European Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 b&w photos, 2 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1DVUA; GTB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 13. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217714
ISBN
9780253217714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.10

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