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History: specific events & topics
Hardcover. The transition to modern war at sea began during the period of the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) and the Spanish-American War (1898) and was propelled forward by the advent of the dreadnought and WWI. By 1922, most of the elements that would define sea power in the 20th century were in place. This volume acknowledges this transformation. Num Pages: 568 pages, 17 b&w photos, 18 maps. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTM; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 173 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1064.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253352149
- ISBN
- 9780253352149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.61
€ 58.61
Hardcover. When Atlanta enacted prohibition in 1885, it was the largest city in the US to do so. This book examines the rise of temperance sentiment among freed African Americans that made this vote possible, and the forces that resulted in its 1887 reversal well before the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution created a national prohibition in 1919. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; HBTB; HRAX; HRCX6; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804583
- ISBN
- 9780875804583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.65
€ 59.65
Hardback. Series: Railroads Past & Present. Num Pages: 192 pages, 68 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 273 x 17. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022721
- ISBN
- 9780253022721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.29
€ 52.29
Hardcover. An exploration of the evolution of political complexity and centralizaton in Hunza, a remote high-mountain kingdom in the western Karakoram mountains. The study follows the argument that the rise of the Hunza state is linked to the construction of Hunza's large-scale irrigation works. Num Pages: 198 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLL; HBTP; JHM; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761802044
- ISBN
- 9780761802044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.15
€ 81.15
Paperback. This study examines aspects of popular political culture in 18th-century Britain. The first part explores the way the British people could influence existing political institutions. The second part shows how the British people became increasingly politicized. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1994th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333657331
- ISBN
- 9780333657331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.74
€ 64.74
Hardback. Originally published 1940. First published by Princeton 1983 and assigned new ISBN when reissued as a print-on-demand title in 2014. Translator(s): Bodde, Derk. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 514 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1085.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641140
- ISBN
- 9780691641140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 251.45
€ 251.45
Paperback. Originally published in English in 1935. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCV; WBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 389.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632202963
- ISBN
- 9781632202963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.98
€ 16.98
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 156 b/w photos & 94 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJC; HBT; WMQL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 233 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1796.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764326660
- ISBN
- 9780764326660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.65€ 39.25
€ 54.65
€ 39.25
Paperback. Acoma, the "sky city" of New Mexico, is presented with an enchanting text and beautiful color photographs in this revised edition of the Southwest classic book. Acoma mesa pueblo, located 65 miles west of Albuquerque, is said to be the oldest continuously inhabited community on the North American continent. Num Pages: 96 pages, 80 color photos. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 281 x 7. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Schiffer Pub Ltd
- Edition
- Rev Sub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887401336
- ISBN
- 9780887401336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.13
€ 18.99
€ 14.13
Hardback. Strangers to that Land is a critical anthology of English, Scottish and Welsh colonists' and travelers' accounts of Ireland and the Irish from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, from the Reformation to the Famine. Series: Ulster Editions & Monographs. Num Pages: 315 pages, 18ill. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 29. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Colin Smythe Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861403509
- ISBN
- 9780861403509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.36
€ 197.36
Sheet map.
- Publisher
- Old House
- Number of pages
- 1
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Map
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908402554
- ISBN
- 9781908402554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.05
€ 10.05
Hardback. Num Pages: 203 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GBC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; LAQG; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611474787
- ISBN
- 9781611474787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.32
€ 120.32
Paperback. Introducing The Holocaust provides an introduction to the holocaust and how we see it. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Icon Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Fourth
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848315143
- ISBN
- 9781848315143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.82
€ 11.99
€ 9.82
paperback. Num Pages: 706 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTV; JPFC; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 43. Weight in Grams: 934.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 706
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853454618
- ISBN
- 9780853454618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.13
€ 31.99
€ 27.13
Paperback. This study concerns a pivotal but unexamined surge in frontier violence that engulfed the eastern forests of eighteenth-century Brazil. It focuses on social, cultural, and racial relations among settlers, slaves, and native peoples accused of cannibalism. Num Pages: 432 pages, 14 tables, 5 figures, 26 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804763387
- ISBN
- 9780804763387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
hardcover. Based on extensive participant observation and ethnographic research, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of early conflict between Miskitu Indians and the Sandinista government, and their subsequent partial reconciliation. Editor(s): Hale, Charles R. Num Pages: 316 pages, 15 half-tones 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 30. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804722551
- ISBN
- 9780804722551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.45
€ 159.45
Paperback. The first memoir from a woman born and raised in South Darfur. An incredibly powerful first-hand account of the horrors of the genocide. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JMC; BM; HBJH; HBLX; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340963579
- ISBN
- 9780340963579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. The author recounts her life growing up in the Warsaw ghetto and her experiences in the concentration camps of Majdanek, Auschwitz, Ravensbruck and Neustadt-Glewe. It tells of her remarkable survival and of her life after the horrors of the Holocaust. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- M.E. Sharpe United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563247477
- ISBN
- 9781563247477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.03
€ 51.03
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 410 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBTB; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691647647
- ISBN
- 9780691647647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.37
€ 201.37
Paperback. Offers a discussion on how Russia prepares its cosmonauts for spaceflight. This title contains interviews and photographs with information obtained by the authors on visits to Star City. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 420 pages, 220 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBT; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 244 x 22. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387218946
- ISBN
- 9780387218946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.77
€ 47.99
€ 39.77
Paperback. A collection of essays that seeks to establish Roman constructions of sexuality and gender difference as a distinct area of research, complementing work already done on Greece to give a picture of ancient sexuality. This title applies feminist critical tools to forms of public discourse, including literature, history, law, and political oratory. Editor(s): Hallett, Judith P.; Skinner, Marilyn B. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFC; JFFK; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691011783
- ISBN
- 9780691011783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.30€ 55.43
€ 71.30
€ 55.43
Paperback. A history of small craft used from the earliest times, when water was the only highway, to the 20th century's recreational use of motor boats on the waterways of the Adirondacks. Num Pages: 344 pages, 250 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; TRL; WSSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 210 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815603740
- ISBN
- 9780815603740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.11
€ 33.11
Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Heald, Hallie. Num Pages: 352 pages, Color illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 186 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1012.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Seal Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580056533
- ISBN
- 9781580056533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.99
€ 33.99
€ 28.99
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813560656
- ISBN
- 9780813560656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.17
€ 51.99
€ 46.17