History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. Before Thomas Edison, light and fire were thought to be one and the same. Turns out, they were separate things altogether. This book explores how our sudden interconnectedness, both physically, as through the railroad, and through inventions like the telegraph, changed our concept of time and place forever. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892728169
- ISBN
- 9780892728169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.31
€ 27.99
€ 24.31
Paperback. Describes the urban bachelor life that took shape in the late nineteenth century, when a significant population of single men migrated to American cities. This book also describe a complex subculture that continues to affect the larger meanings of manhood and manliness in American society. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 halftones, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSG; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070551
- ISBN
- 9780691070551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.53€ 45.10
€ 56.53
€ 45.10
Hardback. This brief history connects the past and present of utopian thought, from the first utopias in ancient Greece, right up to present day visions of cyberspace communities and paradise. Series: Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405183291
- ISBN
- 9781405183291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.99
€ 94.99
paperback. A highly readable history and almost encyclopedic reference work, with information on every pertinent aspect of farming and country life. Editor(s): Lapping, Mark B. Num Pages: 394 pages, 36 illus. 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; TBX; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874512144
- ISBN
- 9780874512144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 34.69
€ 43.99
€ 34.69
Paperback. This account of US history from the bottom up tells the real story of the people, rather than the flag-waving official story. Num Pages: 744 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1148.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582772830
- ISBN
- 9780582772830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.81
€ 71.81
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609801342
- ISBN
- 9781609801342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.91
€ 16.99
€ 14.91
Paperback. Paperback, white spine (blank). Cover is slightly worn
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Swordbond Ltd London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- SKU
- KON0819339
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 5.49
€ 20.99
€ 5.49
paperback. A portrait and revisionist study of the famous Native leader Powhatan and his realm, which encompassed the Tidewater area of Virginia from the James River to the Potomac River. This work illuminates alternative conceptions of power and cosmology that force reconsideration of important components of Powhatan society. Num Pages: 12 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803260375
- ISBN
- 9780803260375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. The 2009 quadricentennial celebrations commemorating the discovery of the Hudson River by Henry Hudson will also spotlight one of our deepest and most enduring national legacies. This book takes needed stock of the remarkable past created by the settlers of New Netherlands. Editor(s): Panetta, Roger. Num Pages: 450 pages, 2 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3J; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 181 x 253 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1104.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823230402
- ISBN
- 9780823230402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.89€ 58.76
€ 58.89
€ 58.76
Paperback. A fascinating, first-person account of a historic era in the struggle for black empowerment in America. Editor(s): Morrison, Toni. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 B&W photographs. BIC Classification: JF; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- City Lights Books United States
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872865297
- ISBN
- 9780872865297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.55
€ 17.99
€ 16.55
Hardcover. Hugh Crow was the captain of a slave-trading vessel which made one of the last legal journeys across the Atlantic with its 'human cargo'. This is a highly engaging, rare, first-hand account written by a staunch defender of the slave trade. Crow depicts himself as an enlightened practitioner of the trade, concerned with the welfare of his 'negroes'. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243211
- ISBN
- 9781851243211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.99
€ 20.99
€ 16.99
Hardcover. This book combines social and institutional histories of Russia, focusing on the secret police and their evolving relationship with the peasantry. Based on an analysis of Cheka/OGPU reports, it argues that the police did not initially respond to peasant resistance to Bolshevik demands simply with the gun-rather, they listened to peasant voices. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338869
- ISBN
- 9780230338869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardcover. Identifying key events, practices, stakeholders and institutions in the history of French cycling, this volume presents an interdisciplinary analysis of how cycling has been significant in French society and culture since the late Nineteenth century. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; WSBX; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318351
- ISBN
- 9781846318351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.16
€ 75.16
Paperback. 8vo.good copy. Maritime History.The Sea
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- North Carolina Div of Archives
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Edition
- 12th Edition
- SKU
- KEX0254430
- ISBN
- 9780865261006
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445664040
- ISBN
- 9781445664040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.95
€ 20.99
€ 20.95
Paperback. An in-depth look at the history, culture and physical landscape of bowls in Britain. Editor(s): Inglis, Simon. Series: Played in Britain. Num Pages: 232 pages, 500. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; WSJY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 211 x 17. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Historic England
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905624980
- ISBN
- 9781905624980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.75
€ 24.99
€ 21.75
Hardback. Traces the evolution of the Abbey Theatre from amateur organization to professional theatre of international renown, examining its history within the context of Ireland's social and political environment and in relation to its playwrights, directors, andactors. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; AN; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635. 8vo. .20th century Ireland. . Good copy.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Edition
- 1st US - 1st Printing
- SKU
- KEX0276815
- ISBN
- 9780231049061
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Paperback. An insider's account of the drama of Muslim women's lives in Egypt Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Abacus Software
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349119809
- ISBN
- 9780349119809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.60
€ 16.99
€ 12.60
Paperback. The rise and fall of the business of slave trading - by a bestselling historian Num Pages: 928 pages, 75, 10 maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1084.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 928
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753820568
- ISBN
- 9780753820568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.89
€ 26.99
€ 18.89
Paperback. Describes the conquest of Paraguay and the River Plate, of the Yucatan in Mexico, the only partial conquest of Chile, and battles with the French over Florida, and then, in the 1580s, the extraordinary projection of Spanish power across the Pacific to conquer the Philippines. This is book deals withe the history of the Spanish Empire. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16 pp colour. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 247 x 26. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141034478
- ISBN
- 9780141034478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95