History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardcover. A collection of essays that analyze the hard-to-define phenomenon of 'technology' in America. It covers some of the important features of American technology, including developments in automobiles, television, and computing. It includes discussions of how technologies interact with race, gender, and class in American society. Editor(s): Pursell, Carroll. Series: Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 480 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 179 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1006.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631228448
- ISBN
- 9780631228448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 229.67
€ 229.67
Paperback. In the second edition of The Machine in America, Pursell brings this classic history up to date with a revised chapter on war technology and new discussions on information technology, globalization, and the environment. Num Pages: 416 pages, 88, 87 black & white illustrations, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: HBTB; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801885792
- ISBN
- 9780801885792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.27
€ 34.99
€ 30.27
Hardback. Hamilton versus Jefferson in the Washington Administration is an intensive study of the constitutional and political arguments between Hamilton and Jefferson in Washington's cabinet. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; JPA; JPHL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107109056
- ISBN
- 9781107109056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
Hardback. Ghosts of Memory provides an overview of literature on relatedness and memory and then moves beyond traditional approaches to the subject, exploring the subtle and complex intersections between everyday forms of relatedness in the present and memories of the past. Editor(s): Carsten, Janet. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHM; JMRM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405154222
- ISBN
- 9781405154222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.79
€ 125.79
Paperback. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349541874
- ISBN
- 9781349541874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Hardback. Series: Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8+ images. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; HBTV4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857287786
- ISBN
- 9780857287786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.28
€ 141.28
Paperback. Charting the rise and development of Christianity, Carter Lindberg has succeeded in writing a concise and compelling history of the world's largest religion. He spans over 2,000 years of colorful incident to give an authoritative history of Christianity for both the general reader and the beginning student. Series: Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405110471
- ISBN
- 9781405110471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.68
€ 33.99
€ 33.68
Hardcover. Charting the rise and development of Christianity, Carter Lindberg has succeeded in writing a concise and compelling history of the world's largest religion. He spans over 2,000 years of colorful incident to give an authoritative history of Christianity for both the general reader and the beginning student. Series: Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405110785
- ISBN
- 9781405110785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.08
€ 110.08
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDT; HBJF; HBTB; JPP; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631547
- ISBN
- 9780691631547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 214.82
€ 214.82
Hardcover. The twelve essays in this volume re-examine a handful of perennial problems in American history from a geographical point of view. From this perspective there emerges a series of reinterpretations of the central processes that defined the American experience. Num Pages: 568 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 37. Weight in Grams: 965.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804715751
- ISBN
- 9780804715751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.07
€ 102.07
Hardcover. Editor(s): Jorgensen, Caspar; Pedersen, Morten. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 179 x 27. Weight in Grams: 968.
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788771241082
- ISBN
- 9788771241082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.80
€ 48.80
Series: Cassini Revised New Series Historical Map. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBTP1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 96. Series: Cassini Revised New Series Historical Map. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBTP1; WQH. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 11. Weight: 96.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cassini Publishing Ltd
- Edition
- Facsimile Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847363602
- ISBN
- 9781847363602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.49
€ 23.49
Hardback. A collection of postcolonial discourses, which takes a region-by-region approach to postcolonial theory, giving a sense of the heterogeneity of postcolonial studies. Editor(s): Castle, Gregory. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 175 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1112.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631210047
- ISBN
- 9780631210047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.76
€ 171.76
Paperback. * Provides an entirely new approach to the subject of post--colonialism which will completely re--orientate the field. * Unique to this Reader is a section on Ireland which highlights a new approach to resistance to empire. * Offers students a sense of the heterogeneity and plurality of the field. Editor(s): Castle, Gregory. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 170 x 30. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631210054
- ISBN
- 9780631210054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.96
€ 55.96
Maxwell, Sutton, and the Birth of Color Photography
Cat, Jordi (Harvard University, Massachusetts...
Hardback. This focused and incisive study reassesses the historic collaboration between James Clerk Maxwell and Thomas Sutton. It reveals that Maxwell and Sutton were closer to true partners than has commonly been assumed, and shows how their experiments illuminate the role of technology, representation, and participation in Maxwell's natural philosophy. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; AJR; HBTB; TBY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 173 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137338303
- ISBN
- 9781137338303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Paperback. An informative and entertaining study of London's lunatic fringe, and how we have dealt with the mad among us from pre-history to the present day. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8pp b-w. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; JKSM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847390004
- ISBN
- 9781847390004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.71
€ 14.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. A vivid historical narrative of how London has dealt with its dead from pagan burial rites through the Black Death to the Blitz and the death of Diana. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8pp b-w. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781416502487
- ISBN
- 9781416502487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.00€ 13.47
€ 14.00
€ 13.47
Hardback. Based on over 3000 institutional records, Coleborne's study will have wider relevance outside of the history of medicine and psychiatry. It has a global perspective but focuses on specific destinations, and in so doing, contributes in an innovative way to global history and the history of human migration. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 maps, Line drawings, black & white|Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 1MBN; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTQ; JFFN; JFSC; JKSM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719087240
- ISBN
- 9780719087240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.45
€ 60.45
Hardcover. Madness in the Family explores how colonial families coped with insanity through a trans-colonial study of the relationships between families and public colonial hospitals for the insane in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and New Zealand between 1860 and 1914. Num Pages: 235 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1MB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJM; HBTQ; MBPK; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230578074
- ISBN
- 9780230578074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 45 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226497242
- ISBN
- 9780226497242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.71
€ 34.99
€ 27.71
Paperback. Catherine Allgor describes the various ways genteel elite women during the first decades of the 19th century used "social events" and the "private sphere" to establish the national capital and to build the extraofficial structures so sorely needed in the infant federal government. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921181
- ISBN
- 9780813921181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.95
€ 34.95
Paperback. A fascinating portrait of life in Shakespeare's London, seen from the theatrical perspective, by popular historian, Catharine Arnold. Num Pages: 320 pages, B&W illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471125706
- ISBN
- 9781471125706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
Paperback. A fascinating portrait of the capital's dark and criminal underbelly throughout history Num Pages: 352 pages, B&W illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849832922
- ISBN
- 9781849832922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
Paperback. Wentworth in Yorkshire was surrounded by 70 collieries employing tens of thousands of men. It is the finest and largest Georgian house in Britain and belonged to the Fitzwilliam family. This title tells the story of its demise: family feuds, forbidden love, class war, and a tragic and violent death played their part. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141019239
- ISBN
- 9780141019239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.53
€ 16.99
€ 12.53