History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. The aim of this text is to set the Glorious Revolution in its religious, political and diplomatic background and examine its consequences for Britain and Europe. Cruickshanks discusses the problems of the reign of James II that led to the invasion of William of Orange in November 1688. Series: British History in Perspective. Num Pages: 136 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333567630
- ISBN
- 9780333567630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.82
€ 45.99
€ 37.82
Hardback. Reveals the difficult course of French filmmaking from the declaration of war in 1939 through four years of misery to France's liberation in 1944. This book examines the conditions of filmmaking as they reflected the larger political, cultural, and social context within occupied France. It is suitable for film historians. Num Pages: 235 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: APFA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231059268
- ISBN
- 9780231059268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.00
€ 102.00
Paperback. The Hell-Fire Clubs scandalized eighteenth-century English society. This book explores the social and economic context in which the clubs emerged and flourished; their various phases, which first involved violence as an assertion of masculinity, then religious blasphemy, and later sexual indulgence. Num Pages: 250 pages, black-&-white plate section. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300164022
- ISBN
- 9780300164022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.90
€ 23.99
€ 17.90
Hardback. Editor(s): Chan, Evelyn T y; O'Sullivan, Michael (King's College London UK). Series: The Humanities in Asia. Num Pages: 159 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CFG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Singapore
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789811022654
- ISBN
- 9789811022654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.15
€ 124.15
Hardcover. Asceticism, so it is argued in this volume, is a modern category. The ubiquitous cult of the body, of fitness and diet equally evoke the ongoing success of ascetic practices and beliefs. Nostalgic memories of hardship and discipline in the army, youth movements or boarding schools remain as present as the fashionable irritation.. Editor(s): Molle, Leen van; Wils, Kaat; Peeters, Evert. Num Pages: 264 pages, 35 ills. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRLM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457730
- ISBN
- 9781845457730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.05
€ 155.05
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTZ1; JFSR1; JMH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691172576
- ISBN
- 9780691172576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48
Paperback. Eviatar Zerubavel casts a critical eye on how we trace our past-individually and collectively-arguing that rather than simply find out who our ancestors are from genetics or history, we actually create the stories that make them our ancestors. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTG; JHBA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199336043
- ISBN
- 9780199336043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.74
€ 42.74
Paperback. Editor(s): Brown, Evrick; Shortell, Timothy. Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSG; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439912218
- ISBN
- 9781439912218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.12
€ 37.99
€ 34.12
Hardback. Polish cinema has inescapably been shaped by the nation's succession of different economic and ideological regimes over the last century. This volume is the first to analyze the entirety of the nation's film history-from independence in 1918 to today-through the lenses of political economy and social class. Num Pages: 378 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJ; APF; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785335365
- ISBN
- 9781785335365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.09
€ 167.09
Paperback. An authoritative and accessible history of the cultural miracle that is the written word. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848873636
- ISBN
- 9781848873636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.50
€ 19.99
€ 14.50
hardcover. Leikin draws on his own translations of trial transcripts (found in the personal library of his father, who served as chief rabbi in the town of Kazan, Russia) to chronicle a 1911 trial in Kiev that was trumped up to launch a vicious anti-Jewish campaign. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portla Editor(s): Leikin, Ezekiel. Num Pages: 241 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson, Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780876681794
- ISBN
- 9780876681794
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.50
€ 124.50
Paperback. Provides overviews of key movements in European film history, since the inception of the medium. This book includes introductions to traditions as diverse as early Soviet cinema, German Expressionism, Surrealism, Italian Neorealism, the French New Wave, Ealing Comedy, East-Central European cinema, Contemporary Spanish cinema, and more. Editor(s): Ezra, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 368 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; APF; HBT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 171 x 246 x 15. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199255719
- ISBN
- 9780199255719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.32
€ 60.32
Paperback. An illuminating study of the demographic, cultural, and socioeconomic condition of East Central European Jewry. Series: A Midland Book. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253204189
- ISBN
- 9780253204189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 362 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTV2; JHM; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691634395
- ISBN
- 9780691634395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 192.63
€ 192.63
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635682
- ISBN
- 9780691635682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.39
€ 162.39
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125086
- ISBN
- 9780231125086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.83
€ 100.83
Paperback. Using the 1977 campaign against the Dade County Florida gay rights ordinance as a focal point, this book provides an examination of the emergence of the modern lesbian and gay American movement, the challenges it posed to the accepted American notions of sexuality, and how American society reacted in turn. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 292
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108264
- ISBN
- 9780230108264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.65
€ 64.65
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 410 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; BGH; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691639635
- ISBN
- 9780691639635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.57
€ 201.57
Hardback. This book outlines the content of the main treaties that form the 'constitutional' basis of the European Union and analyses changes in these over time. The EU has expanded its policy scope and taken in many more members transferring powers to common supranational institutions in a way seen nowhere else in the world. Editor(s): Laursen, Finn. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1QFE; HBT; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230367760
- ISBN
- 9780230367760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.76
€ 65.76
Paperback. This work aims to reintroduce history into political theory. Contemporary political philosophy - liberalism, communitarianism, and republicanism - disregards history as irrelevant to the nature of politics and to what constitutes a political problem. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739825
- ISBN
- 9780804739825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70