History: specific events & topics
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Paperback. This book is the first complete biography of Raphael Lemkin, the father of the United Nations Genocide Convention, based on his papers; and shows how his campaign for an international treaty succeeded. In addition, the book covers Lemkin's inauguration of the historical study of past genocides. Num Pages: 345 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTZ; JPVH; LBBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427373
- ISBN
- 9781137427373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.20
€ 124.20
Hardcover. The Great Famine is possibly the most pivotal event/experience in modern Irish history. Its global reach and implications cannot be underestimated. In terms of mortality, it is now widely accepted that over a million people perished between the years 1845-1852 and at least one million and a quarter fled the country. Editor(s): Crowley, John; Smyth, William J.; Murphy, Mike. Num Pages: 728 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 240 x 48. Weight in Grams: 3718.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859184790
- ISBN
- 9781859184790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.00€ 52.59
€ 69.00
€ 52.59
Hardcover. The ASTI has rich history in representing the teaching profession and in promoting second-level education and has been a dynamic force in the education sector in Ireland. This work provides a social and historical account of the ASTI's role in the development of second-level education and the teaching profession in Ireland. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 170 x 36. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859184608
- ISBN
- 9781859184608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
hardcover. Editor(s): Langlois, John D. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 516 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2AB; DNF; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 516
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691642666
- ISBN
- 9780691642666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.20
€ 250.20
Hardcover. This is a lively, narrative history of the world's great weather tragedies - the greatest storms in history - and the epic quest by pioneering scientists to figure out how to accurately predict the weather. It tells the story of the development of meterology from the time of Aristotle up to current-day breakthroughs in weather prediction. Num Pages: 252 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBT; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471381082
- ISBN
- 9780471381082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.45
€ 38.99
€ 30.45
Hardcover. A study of how narratives of travel through the antebellum South helped construct an American national identity during the years between the Revolutionary and the Civil Wars. The author makes his case on the basis of a broad range of texts including slave narratives, domestic literature, soldiers' diaries, and traditional forms of travel writing. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; HBTB; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820327655
- ISBN
- 9780820327655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.52
€ 62.52
Hardback. A comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Baltic Sea from the earliest times until the twentieth century. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QSB; HBJD1; HBTM; HBW; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 24. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843839477
- ISBN
- 9781843839477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.97
€ 114.97
Hardcover. Num Pages: 350 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- y First printing
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972803
- ISBN
- 9780865972803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.31
€ 27.99
€ 21.31
Paperback. Offers a both controversial and comprehensive historical analysis of how the British Empire worked. This book shows how diverse, contradictory and in many ways chaotic the British Empire really was, controlled by interests that were often at loggerheads, and as much driven on by others' weaknesses as by its own strength. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16 bw interleaved. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJD1; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846140891
- ISBN
- 9781846140891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Hardcover. "Includes bibliography. Commissioning organisation: John Darwin. [ix, 232] p. 22 cm. Paperback. As new." Keywords: "History - Britain - Post-war Period, 1946-Present,History - Social & Economic History - Imperialism,Subjects - History - General,Subject"
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- 1988th Edition
- SKU
- KEX0164467
- ISBN
- 9780333292563
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 110.22
€ 110.22
Hardcover. Based on cultural studies, gender studies, and the study of popular cinema, this anthology offers an account by focusing on popular genres, famous stars, and dominant practices, by taking into account the complicated relationships between East vs West German, German vs European, and European vs American cinemas. Editor(s): Davidson, John; Hake, Sabine. Series: Film Europa. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; APF; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition in this form
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452049
- ISBN
- 9781845452049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.28
€ 155.28
Paperback. Traces the monumental battle waged by civil rights organizations and by local people to establish basic human rights for all citizens of Mississippi Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252065071
- ISBN
- 9780252065071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. The history of American gender and sexuality is examined here through a case study of the YMCA, the organization devoted to young men. After 1900 the YMCA seemed to grow hostile towards masculine love, reflecting the struggle and shifting societal mores about masculine friendship and intimacy. Series: Chicago Series on Sexuality, History & Society. Num Pages: 274 pages, 16 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSK2; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226907857
- ISBN
- 9780226907857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
Hardcover. Recovers the lasting significance of the radical ideas of Coleman Street Ward by exploring their wider Atlantic history and revealing how republican radicals redefined themselves against the emergent economy of empire. Num Pages: 400 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226157658
- ISBN
- 9780226157658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 42.71
€ 54.99
€ 42.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 255 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252062766
- ISBN
- 9780252062766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. This work traces the yearning for contact not only through philosophy and literature but also by exploring the cultural reception of communication technologies from the telegraph to the radio. It is an account of a complex concept that has both shaped us and been shaped by us. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226662770
- ISBN
- 9780226662770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.92
€ 32.99
€ 25.92
Hardback. With over 1800 entries ranging from Helen Abell (historic preservationist), to Sebastian Zorn (twice president of the Lousiville Water Company), this work aims to offer a detailed reference to Louisville - Kentucky's first chartered city. Editor(s): Kleber, John E. Num Pages: 992 pages, 306 photographs, 79 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; GBC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 58. Weight in Grams: 2631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813121000
- ISBN
- 9780813121000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.12
€ 78.12
Paperback. 'The Monster Evil' represents the first significant account of all forms of 19th-century interpersonal violence in any British city. Num Pages: 281 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JH; HBTB; JFFE; JKSW1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846316838
- ISBN
- 9781846316838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.30
€ 40.99
€ 36.30
Paperback. This book outlines the history of theatres and music halls from the late 16th century to the present time, noting changing fashions in entertainment and evolving official attitudes to safety that have, at various times, influenced the architectural characters of the buildings. Series: Shire album. Num Pages: 56 pages, illustrations, (some colour ). BIC Classification: 1DBK; AN; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 168. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747806271
- ISBN
- 9780747806271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. What was it like to be a slave in colonial South Africa? What difference did freedom make? John Edwin Mason presents complex answers after delving into the slaves' experience within the slaveholding patriarchal household, primarily during the period from 1820 to 1850. Series: Reconsiderations in Southern African History. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921785
- ISBN
- 9780813921785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.34
€ 93.34