History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. xxx Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 121 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBAH; HBJD; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 293.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 121
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137562289
- ISBN
- 9781137562289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.68
€ 67.68
Paperback. Compared to other animals, the way humans live - our manners, morals, habits, experiences, relationships, technology, values - changes at a bewildering speed. Why is this? Felipe Fernandez-Armesto offers some revolutionary answers to this fundamental question about our species - and speculates on what they mean for our future. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: CF; HBG; HBL; HBTB; HD; HP; HR; JF; JH; PD. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198806806
- ISBN
- 9780198806806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.48
€ 21.48
Hardcover. Flying and the pilot were significant metaphors of fascism's mythical modernity. Fernando Esposito traces the changing meanings of these highly charged symbols from the air show in Brescia, to the sky above the trenches of the First World War to the violent ideological clashes of the interwar period. Num Pages: 440 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DST; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; JPFQ; TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 29. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137362988
- ISBN
- 9781137362988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.37
€ 183.37
Paperback. Even before the arrival of Europeans to the Americas, the practice of taking captives was widespread among Native Americans. This book talks about the many reasons behind the Indians taking captives. It offers a comprehensive historical and literary account of Indian captivity in Spanish-controlled territory from the 16th-20th century. Translator(s): Pellon, Gustavo. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 b & w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925875
- ISBN
- 9780813925875
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Condition: New
€ 36.50
€ 36.50
Hardcover. This monograph is an exploration of the historical legacy of the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean, in particular in Goa, Macau, Melaka, and Malabar. Instead of fixing the gaze on either the colonial or the indigenous, it attempts to scrutinise a creole space that is rooted in Indian Ocean cosmopolitanism. Series: Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1QSN; 3J; HBTM; HBTP; HBTQ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137563668
- ISBN
- 9781137563668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.99
€ 118.99
Paperback. Offers a study of the 'Young Turks', a group of Turkish army officers who sought to reform the Ottoman Empire and led a constitutional revolution against Sultan Ahmed Hamid II in 1908. This book discusses the counter-revolution of 1909 and the emergence of the 'Group of Saviour officers' who formed a cabinet determined to destroy the Young Turks. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press USA
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850659105
- ISBN
- 9781850659105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.89
€ 26.99
€ 24.89
Hardcover. This book explores the relationship between film and the Holocaust in France: how has film changed the way that this traumatic event has been inscribed in French cultural memory? And what can these representations tell us about how we think of and understand the traumas of history? Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APFA; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137008831
- ISBN
- 9781137008831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.18
€ 62.18
Hardcover. An examination of Samuel Bak's collection of paintings. It describes Bak's art that preserves memory of the twentieth-century ruination of Jewish life and culture by way of an artistic passion and precision that stubbornly announces the creativity of the human spirit. Num Pages: 100 pages, colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AFC; AGB; HBTZ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781879985216
- ISBN
- 9781879985216
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 43.06
€ 49.99
€ 43.06
Paperback. This volume provides selections from the most influential primary works in philosophy, from the Presocratics through to the 20th century, integrating them with substantial commentary and study questions. Editor(s): Fieser, James; Lillegard, Norman. Num Pages: 736 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: HBT; HP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1084.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195139846
- ISBN
- 9780195139846
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Condition: New
€ 191.02
€ 191.02
Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTQ; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 729.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137602367
- ISBN
- 9781137602367
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Condition: New
€ 151.39
€ 151.39
Hardcover. Shows how popular environmentalism has been entwined with mass media spectacles of crisis. The author focuses on key moments in which media images provoked environmental anxiety but also prescribed limited forms of action. It is suitable to anyone interested in the history of environmentalism or in the power of the media. Num Pages: 344 pages, 73 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226169903
- ISBN
- 9780226169903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.17€ 77.33
€ 94.17
€ 77.33
Hardback. Seeking to historicize today's "Great Recession," this volume includes essays that uses examples from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia to situate the current economic crisis and its impact on workers in the context of previous abrupt shifts in the modern-day capitalist marketplace. Editor(s): Fink, Leon; McCartin, Joseph A.; Sangster, Joan. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 charts, 3 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252038174
- ISBN
- 9780252038174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.80
€ 141.80
Hardcover. New Paths to Public Histories challenges readers to consider historical research as a collaborative pursuit enacted across a range of individuals from different backgrounds and institutions. It argues that research communities can benefit from recognizing and strengthening the ways in which they work with others. Num Pages: 159 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137480491
- ISBN
- 9781137480491
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Condition: New
€ 61.92
€ 61.92
Hardcover. The Irish Times literary editor Fintan O'Toole selects 100 objects to narrate a history of Ireland. Num Pages: 250 pages, colour illustrations, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 182 x 26. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Royal Irish Academy
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908996152
- ISBN
- 9781908996152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.00€ 22.92
€ 30.00
€ 22.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJ; HBTQ; JFSL9; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922059055
- ISBN
- 9781922059055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.54
€ 32.99
€ 23.54
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442252295
- ISBN
- 9781442252295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 52.94
€ 53.99
€ 52.94
Hardback. This book offers an insight into the social relationships and topographies that fashioned both city life and landscape and serves as a useful counterpoise in a field that has largely focused on London. Series: Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History. Num Pages: 246 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843839453
- ISBN
- 9781843839453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.86
€ 95.86
Paperback. Following on from the bestselling Hidden Aberdeen, this title explores the rich history and the most quirky stories from the windswept lands beside the North Sea. It is a collection of forgotten history and anecdotes from Scotland's North-East, pieced together by the author. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 204 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- B & W Pub United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845027575
- ISBN
- 9781845027575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.49
€ 13.99
€ 10.49
Paperback. Modern Russia's turbulent relations with its Muslim frontiers date back centuries. Indeed the nineteenth century, when the Muslim Caucasus first came under Russian rule, witnessed many of the historical antecedents to today's violent confrontations. Series: International Library of Historical Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1DVUZ; HBLL; HBTQ; JFSR2; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784539184
- ISBN
- 9781784539184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.64
€ 42.99
€ 35.64
Paperback. This collection of eight essays and 24 supporting documents concerning mainland British North America includes essays about Native Americans, the transatlantic slave trade, regulation of the sexual behaviour of white and black women, and the creation of new religious practices. Editor(s): Fischer, Kirsten; Hinderaker, Eric. Series: Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History. Num Pages: 408 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631218548
- ISBN
- 9780631218548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14