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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. A varied selection of content, including excerpts, new translations, interviews with curators and artists, and art criticism. The Reader is contextualised under key themes and ideas that underpin the notion of a global art history that spans from the 1400s to present day. Editor(s): Newall, Diana. Series: Art and its Global Histories. Num Pages: 336 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 4 graphs. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526119926
ISBN
9781526119926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.96

Hardback. Born in Europe's shadow, haunted by the Holocaust, and inspired by the Enlightenment, Israel has changed. Where is this diverse and self-absorbed country heading today? How do its citizens see themselves, globally and historically? Israel Has Moved is a profound and sometimes unsettling account of a country that is no longer where we might think. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBTB; HRJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073425
ISBN
9780674073425
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.13

Paperback. A man full of contradictions: he who achieved so much 'blew it' later in life, declining into scandal, failure and even farce. A unique man ahead of his time, he lived a large part of his life among pirates yet managed to preserve what Coleridge called his exquisite refinement of mind. A classic example of the best narrative history Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552772105
ISBN
9780552772105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. Editor(s): Wilson, Diana. Num Pages: 255 pages, 20 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
255
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894974288
ISBN
9781894974288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.79

Paperback. A remarkable true story of bravery and sanctuary during World War II - for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and The Postmistress. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 124 x 24. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755365036
ISBN
9780755365036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. The Suffragette Movement was one of the most important political lobbying organisations in British history. This title includes the stories of famous figures of Emmeline Pankhurst, Annie Kenney and Emily Wilding Davison. It includes images that are taken from the Suffragette Fellowship Collection. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752457963
ISBN
9780752457963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. Drawing on interviews with seventy Jewish men and women who, as children, were placed in non-Jewish families during the Nazi occupation of Holland, this book paints a portrait of Holocaust survivors whose experiences were often diametrically opposed to the experiences of those who suffered in concentration camps. Num Pages: 406 pages, 24 b/w photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
406
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520248106
ISBN
9780520248106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 422 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBTV; JPWQ; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 942.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633961
ISBN
9780691633961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 177.45
€ 133.69

Hardback. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638867
ISBN
9780691638867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.37
€ 170.05

Paperback. Series: Architecture, Landscape, and American Culture. Num Pages: 392 pages, 133 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBLW3; HBTB; KFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 254 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816654567
ISBN
9780816654567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Unravels a polyphony of silences from the history of Christianity and beyond. This book considers Judaeo-Christian borrowings from Greek explorations of the divine, and the silences which were a feature of Jesus' brief ministry. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241952320
ISBN
9780241952320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. From Aaron to Una, this book provides a gloss on more than four hundred Irish forenames. It helps us learn that the name Art has nothing to do with Arthur; that Brendan is originally of Welsh origin and came to Ireland in a Latinised form; that Cathal is usually translated as Charles, and others. It is useful to choose your child's name. Num Pages: 78 pages. BIC Classification: HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 124 x 13. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
GILL & MAC MILLAN
Condition
New
SKU
9780717140084
ISBN
9780717140084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.82

Paperback. The lifeboats of Valentia have been in service since 1946, when the volunteer crew were summoned to action by the firing of maroon flares. This title includes accounts, images, and detailed records of the station. It gives a tribute to the people who have served here. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTM; JKSW3; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 560. 8vo Very good copy. Kerry
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KEX0277214
ISBN
9781845887070
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

Hardback. A comprehensive account of how Europeans have used violence to conquer, coerce and police in pursuit of imperialism and colonial settlement Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849048071
ISBN
9781849048071
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.89

Hardback. Through careful examination of the lives of East Germans in the decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall, this book details how a very sudden and very radical system change alters the interweaving of individual agency with institutions and social structures in shaping life-course trajectories. Editor(s): Diewald, Martin; Goedicke, Anne; Mayer, Karl Ulrich. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 699.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752084
ISBN
9780804752084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.98

Num Pages: 272 pages, over 60 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 940.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764319884
ISBN
9780764319884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 32.29

Paperback. The story of one man's struggle to achieve his dream, a fast-paced adventure & paean to the power of self-belief. In May 2010 Cdr Dilip Donde earned his place in India's maritime history by becoming the first Indian to complete a solo circumnavigation under sail. The book chronicles Dilip's progress from building the boat to completing the voyage. Num Pages: 304 pages, 28 colour photos / 1 diagram. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BTP; HBTM; WSSN3; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Fernhurst Books Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909911499
ISBN
9781909911499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.59

Paperback. Narrates the individual stories of artisans and traders of Kenyan arts and crafts as they overcome the loss of physical access to roadside market space by turning to new digital technologies to make their businesses more mobile and integrated into the global economy. Num Pages: 264 pages, 21 b/w, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; GTC; HBJH; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 395.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520292895
ISBN
9780520292895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. When they reach adulthood, children of Holocaust victims often need professional help as during their childhood, their parents unconsciously transmit to them much of their own trauma. Dina Wardi shows verbatim accounts of therapy sessions. Series: International Library of Group Psychotherapy and Group Process. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JMC; JMH; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415060998
ISBN
9780415060998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.23

paperback. Addresses the mythical figure of Europe that is often taken to be the original site of modernity in many histories of capitalist transition in non-Western countries. This book proposes that every case of transition to capitalism is a case of translation as well and categories into the categories and self-understandings of capitalist modernity. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTQ; JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New edition with a New preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130019
ISBN
9780691130019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.98

Paperback. A broad, pioneering interpretation of the scope, patterns, and consequences of human migrations over the past ten centuries Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. Num Pages: 808 pages, 71 maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFN; JHBD; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 172 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1344. World Migrations in the Second Millennium. Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. 808 pages, 71 maps. A broad, pioneering interpretation of the scope, patterns, and consequences of human migrations over the past ten centuries. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFN; JHBD; RG. Dimension: 252 x 172 x 55. Weight: 1344.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
808
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349013
ISBN
9780822349013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.75

Paperback. The first sailors braved the North Sea and the Baltic in open wooden boats: their aims were varied - to fish, to trade, to conquer and plunder. Without maps or compasses, they steered by the sun or by landmarks on the coast. This work presents the history of seafaring in the Middle Ages based on archaeological evidence and contemporary accounts. Translator(s): McGeoch, Angus. Num Pages: 192 pages, 72, 44 colour, 28 black and white. BIC Classification: 3H; HBLC1; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
paperback edition of hardcover
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843835127
ISBN
9781843835127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822312949
ISBN
9780822312949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. A collection of eyewitness accounts by Cambodian survivors of Pol Pot's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s. Each witness was a child at the time of Cambodia's holocaust, and each tells of families torn apart, struggles to survive, and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit. Editor(s): DePaul, Kim. Series: Southeast Asia Studies Monograph Series. Num Pages: 218 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMC; BG; HBJD; HBJF; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
218
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300078732
ISBN
9780300078732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.72

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