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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. This title weaves together the elements of the 'manufacture' of masculinity in the period world-famous 'public' school system for the privileged which serviced the largest empire, the world has ever known, at the zenith of its control and which has had a significant influence in the formation of the modern world. Series: Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; HBTQ; JFC; JFSC; JHB; JHBA; JHMC; JNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 175 x 25. Weight in Grams: 834.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415849418
ISBN
9780415849418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.41
€ 54.35

Paperback. Across history, the ideas and practices of male identity have varied much between time and place: masculinity proves to be a slippery concept, not available to all men, sometimes even applied to women. This book analyses the dynamics of 'masculinity' as both an ideology and lived experience - how men have tried, and failed, to be 'Real Men'. Editor(s): Arnold, John H.; Brady, Sean. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 475 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137305602
ISBN
9781137305602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 118.82
€ 113.42

Paperback. In this new reading of maps and map making, Harley undertakes a surprising journey into the nature of the social and political unconscious. Num Pages: 352 pages, 36, 36 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCX; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801870903
ISBN
9780801870903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.45

Hardback. Despite supernatural scepticism, stories about spirits were regularly printed and shared throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. This case-study in the transmission of a single story (of a young gunsmith near Bristol conjuring spirits, leading to his early death) reveals both how and why successive generations found meaning in such accounts. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HPCD1; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137378934
ISBN
9781137378934
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.63

Hardcover. This text is a business study and history of INSEAD which details how the business and management school's success was achieved, and goes on to relate the story of the school to the management themes of leadership, teamworking and innovation. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBT; JNM; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear in good dustwrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0007110
ISBN
9780333803981
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Charts the evolution of Britain's leading role in the formation of NATO. Based on a wide range of British, US and Canadian archives, the book gives a balanced assessment of British foreign and defence policies as the Cold War gathered momentum and a new system of European Security was forged. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBT; JPSN; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 415.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
206
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333578353
ISBN
9780333578353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.98

Hardback. Series: Hakluyt Society, Extra Series. Num Pages: Includes 20 maps and 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; BJ; HBLL; HBTM; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
978
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472453235
ISBN
9781472453235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 236.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226322995
ISBN
9780226322995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.45

Hardcover. An extensive and fascinating history of the sporting lodge. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: HBTB; WSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 201 x 23. Weight in Grams: 976.
Publisher
Quiller Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846891687
ISBN
9781846891687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.74

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 400 pages, 61 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231162180
ISBN
9780231162180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.03

Paperback. What is environmental history? It is a kind of history that seeks understanding of human beings as they have lived, worked, and thought in relationship to the rest of nature through the changes brought by time. In this new edition of his seminal student textbook, J. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745688435
ISBN
9780745688435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.77

Hardcover. What is environmental history? It is a kind of history that seeks understanding of human beings as they have lived, worked, and thought in relationship to the rest of nature through the changes brought by time. In this new edition of his seminal student textbook, J. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745688428
ISBN
9780745688428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Hardback. This book brings together twelve studies that collectively provide an overview of the main issues of live interest in Scottish witchcraft. As well as fresh studies of the well-established topic of witch-hunting, the book also launches an exploration of some of the more esoteric aspects of magical belief and practice. Editor(s): Goodare, Julian. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 black & white tables, 3 graphs, 1 maps, 2 diagrames. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137355935
ISBN
9781137355935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.67

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198203841
ISBN
9780198203841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 334.64

Paperback. The Age of Reconnaissance, as JH Parry has so aptly named it, was the period during which Europe discovered the rest of the world. This book examines the inducements - political, economic, religious - to overseas enterprises at the time, and analyzes the nature and problems of the various European settlements in the new lands. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520042353
ISBN
9780520042353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. An assessment of the impact of Spain on the Americas. It presents a picture of the conquests of Cortes and Pizarro and of the economic and social consequences in Spain of the effort to maintain control of vast holdings. It probes the complex administration of the empire, its economy, social structure, the influence of the Church, and more. Num Pages: 417 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
417
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520071407
ISBN
9780520071407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. An assessment of the legal and cultural effects of the arbitrary correlation of blood and race imposed by the US government on the indigenous peoples of Hawai'i. It demonstrates how blood quantum, a system originally intended to restore land to Native Hawaiians, has in fact become an extension of US imperial power in Hawai'i. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822340799
ISBN
9780822340799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Ocean liner expert J. Kent Layton examines and debunks some of the conspiracies surrounding two of the great maritime disasters of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 384 pages, 120. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTM; HBWN; JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 31. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445653938
ISBN
9781445653938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.70

Paperback. Toynbee includes descriptions of the layout and finances of cemeteries, the tomb types of both the rich and poor, and the types of grave markers and monuments as well as tomb furnishings. Num Pages: 336 pages, 91, 91 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; AMN; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; HRKP; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801855078
ISBN
9780801855078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.85

Hardback. This study shows how the British Admiralty, over the space of two centuries, struggled to master the intractable problems of organisation and management presented by the Royal Dockyards. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTM; KJM; KNGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
University Press of America
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819194619
ISBN
9780819194619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.96

Hardback. At the turn of the twentieth century women played a key role in debates about the nature of the Irish nation. Examining women's participation in nationalist and rural reform groups, this book is an important contribution to our understanding of Irish identity in the prelude to revolution and how it was shaped by women. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230294370
ISBN
9780230294370
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.96

Paperback. Examining the breadth of Northern popular culture, J. Matthew Gallman offers a dramatic reconsideration of how the Union's civilians understood the meaning of duty and citizenship in wartime. This groundbreaking study investigates how men and women, both white and black, understood their roles in the People's Conflict. Series: Civil War America. Num Pages: 336 pages, 69 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWJ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469633411
ISBN
9781469633411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.04

Paperback. Paperback, white spine. 48pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Fernhurst Books East Sussex
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
Revised
SKU
KON0819439
ISBN
9780906754276
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. This is the story of the rise and fall of the Reconstruction-era Klan, focusing especially on Major Merrill and the Seventh Cavalry's efforts to expose the secrets of the Ku Klux Klan to the light of day. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 286 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742550780
ISBN
9780742550780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 44.51

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