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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. Presents the history of the bicycle, an invention that precipitated nothing short of a social revolution. This book recounts a story replete with disputed patents, brilliant inventions, and missed opportunities. It shows us why the bicycle captured the public's imagination and the myriad ways it has reshaped our world. Num Pages: 480 pages, 98 b/w and 115 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; YNWY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1064.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300120479
ISBN
9780300120479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.00

Paperback. Their dramatic story exposes the underside of the American dream and the haunting consequences of trying to strike it rich. Num Pages: 328 pages, 9, 4 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801892578
ISBN
9780801892578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.53

Paperback. * David Vincent is a foremost social historian and has been working on the history of privacy and secrecy for a number of years * This new book will be a short history of privacy since the middle ages. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHB; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745671130
ISBN
9780745671130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.68

hardcover. * David Vincent is a foremost social historian and has been working on the history of privacy and secrecy for a number of years * This new book will be a short history of privacy since the middle ages. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHB; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745671123
ISBN
9780745671123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.02

Hardcover. Taking his title from the catch-phrase of the eponymous hero of the 1825 play Paul Pry, a huge success in London, New York, and around the English-speaking world, David Vincent explores the worlds of privacy and celebrity in nineteenth-century Britain, examining debates about mass communication and state surveillance that link to today's concerns. Num Pages: 368 pages, 36 black and white figures/illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198725039
ISBN
9780198725039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.86

Paperback. Bebbington presents a historical study of Evangelical religion in its British cultural setting. Focusing on patterns of change affecting all churches, it details how the movement has been moulded by British culture. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; HRCC99; HRCX7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XO) Open University set text. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
380
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415104647
ISBN
9780415104647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.56

Paperback. This book argues that, despite the scholarly emphasis on 20th-century congressional history, it is necessary to study the nation's first 150 years in order to understand more fully the evolution and functioning of the modern Congress. Editor(s): Brady, David; McCubbins, Mathew D. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JPA; JPHC; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 757.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804745710
ISBN
9780804745710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 52.73

Paperback. A critical, multi-disciplinary study of economics, politics, society and culture, this collection of essays examines the concepts of "change" and "continuity" in contemporary Japan. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JM; GTB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774808996
ISBN
9780774808996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Paperback. White servitude was one of the major institutions in the economy and society of early colonial British America. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521273794
ISBN
9780521273794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.33

A study of the massacre at Wounded Knee in history and memory. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190249038
ISBN
9780190249038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.27

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 bw illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474294508
ISBN
9781474294508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.49
€ 137.06

Paperback. Editor(s): Hinks, Peter P. Num Pages: 184 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 231.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271019949
ISBN
9780271019949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.16

Hardback. Reveals how American families have always been characterized by greater diversity than idealizations of the traditional family have allowed. This title features essays that show how family life figured prominently in relations to larger struggles for conquest and control. Editor(s): Adams, David Wallace; DeLuzio, Crista. Num Pages: 366 pages, 19 b/w photographs, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520272385
ISBN
9780520272385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.11
€ 54.68

Paperback. Gertrude Tennant's life was remarkable for its length (1819-1918), but even more so for the influence she achieved as an unsurpassed London hostess. This title presents her life, placing her not only at the heart of a multi-generational, matriarchal family epic but also at centre of European social and literary life for the best part of a century. Num Pages: 308 pages, 40 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBTB; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300168976
ISBN
9780300168976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.95

Paperback. Brings to life the stories of legendary 'public enemies' for whom America's first supermax prison was created. This book contains answers to questions that have swirled about the prison: How did prisoners cope psychologically with the harsh regime? and What provoked the protests and strikes? Num Pages: 584 pages, 72 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 38. Weight in Grams: 850. The Gangster Years. 584 pages, Illustrations. Brings to life the stories of legendary 'public enemies' for whom America's first supermax prison was created. This book contains answers to questions that have swirled about the prison: How did prisoners cope psychologically with the harsh regime? and What provoked the protests and strikes?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JKVP1. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 38. Weight: 796.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520265967
ISBN
9780520265967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.63

Hardback. A provocative and historical reading of the relations between Victorian liberalism and aestheticism that challenges critical assumptions concerning liberal agency and aesthetic experience more generally. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812237542
ISBN
9780812237542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.26

Hardback. Fire and the Full Moon reassesses Canada's postwar foreign policy objectives and national image through the gulf between rhetoric and reality in Canada's response to decolonization in Indonesia and the Global South. Num Pages: 297 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 1KBC; HBTR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774816830
ISBN
9780774816830
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.38

Paperback. This collection situates over seventy essential primary documents in their historical context to illustrate the American experience during the interwar period (1919-1941). Editor(s): Welky, David. Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444338973
ISBN
9781444338973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.06

Hardback. Can cognitive science explain the potency of such images? Does evolutionary psychology hold a key to understanding the transmission of symbols? How is our making and perception of images influenced by institutions and technologies? This title deals with these questions. Series: The Rostovtzeff Lectures. Num Pages: 184 pages, 10 halftones. 23 line illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDA; ACC; ACG; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 184 x 259 x 20. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159041
ISBN
9780691159041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.15

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 516 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
516
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691639130
ISBN
9780691639130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 250.20

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Human Kinetics
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780736078863
ISBN
9780736078863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.07

Paperback. Birmingham has been a key innovator in the gun trade since the seventeenth century and the Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof house operates to this day. This book tells the story of the technology and history of gun making. Covering the period 1720 to 1950, it sees the mechanical engineering technology of the 'lock, stock and barrel' firearm change. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; HBTB; KNDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 173 x 13. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752432373
ISBN
9780752432373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.58

Paperback. The Rebecca Riots in west Wales began in the summer of 1839. They ceased as suddenly as they had started, and for three and a half years the countryside was undisturbed. Then, in the winter of 1842, they broke out again with greater violence. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 30. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Wales Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780708323960
ISBN
9780708323960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.21

Paperback. The only IB Diploma History series that combines compelling narratives with academic rigor. Series: Access to History for the IB Diploma. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 4MB; HBG; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 192 x 247 x 21. Weight in Grams: 738.
Publisher
Hodder Education
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2 Ill
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471839290
ISBN
9781471839290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.84

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