History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. From the author of Restavec: From Haitian Slave Child to Middle-Class American, which has sold more than 25,000 copies, comes a searing memoir that puts a human face on the issue of child slavery and sounds a call to end it through advocacy and education Num Pages: 293 pages, 11 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KJH; BGA; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292729292
- ISBN
- 9780292729292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
Hardback. Why did the passion for food--gastronomy--originate in France? The key, it turns out, is France itself. In its climate, diversity of soils, abundant resources, and varied topography lie the roots of France's food fame. Pitte masterfully reveals the ways in which cultural phenomena surrounding food and eating in France relate to space and place. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 176 pages, 33 photos, 8 maps. BIC Classification: HBT; JFC; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231124164
- ISBN
- 9780231124164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
paperback. A fully revised and expanded edition of the exploration of the historical, legal and political issues in cultural restitution, first published in 2007. Num Pages: 524 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 172 x 28. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781107625402
- ISBN
- 9781107625402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.85
€ 49.99
€ 35.85
Paperback. Brings together two often neglected topics in the study of American Jews the roles of women and of Jewish communities outside the Northeast. This book traces the history and contributions of Jewish women in the American West. It contains stories from the memoirs and records of Jewish pioneer women. Num Pages: 279 pages, 35 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 279
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814707203
- ISBN
- 9780814707203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. Until the events of September 11 and the anthrax attacks of 2001, biological weapons had never been a major public concern in United States. This book provides an account of the circumstances under which scientists, soldiers, and statesmen were able to mobilize resources for biological weapons programs. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JPSF; JWMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129428
- ISBN
- 9780231129428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.22€ 73.24
€ 94.22
€ 73.24
Paperback. Until the events of September 11 and the anthrax attacks of 2001, biological weapons had never been a major public concern in United States. This book provides an account of the circumstances under which scientists, soldiers, and statesmen were able to mobilize resources for biological weapons programs. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JPSF; JWMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 181 x 17. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129435
- ISBN
- 9780231129435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.43
€ 29.99
€ 22.43
Hardback. Analyses the lives and livelihoods of the female cashew shellers in Mozambique's capital in the colonial era, during which the industry grew to be a major export, and relates how the women played a fundamental, but previously underappreciated, role in the colony's economy. Num Pages: 303 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBTB; JFFN; JFSJ1; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011282
- ISBN
- 9781847011282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.65
€ 80.65
Hardback. 'From Moscow to Cuba and Beyond' vividly evokes the joys as well as the difficulties of life as an expatriate and diplomat under Stalin, Tito and Castro, as well as of the particular demands of diplomatic life in the USA. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 bw integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BM; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848854741
- ISBN
- 9781848854741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.89€ 54.79
€ 58.89
€ 54.79
Paperback. Socialist normality and the planned economy: "Working in East Germany" writes the people back into the history of East Germany. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349279999
- ISBN
- 9781349279999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Explores economic tendencies, political relationships and social situations that combined to create a specific socio-political habitat in East Germany after the building of the Berlin Wall. This book writes the people back into the history of East Germany. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230001602
- ISBN
- 9780230001602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Paperback. A lively reader on the peoples and cultures of Central Asia Editor(s): Sahadeo, Jeff; Zanca, Russell. Num Pages: 424 pages, 24 b&w photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FC; GTB; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219046
- ISBN
- 9780253219046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.60
€ 29.99
€ 27.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; APFA; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280687
- ISBN
- 9780520280687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, over 500 color and b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBT; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 314 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2068.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764326219
- ISBN
- 9780764326219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.36€ 58.00
€ 75.36
€ 58.00
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, over 900 color and b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBT; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 308 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2466.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764325823
- ISBN
- 9780764325823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.56€ 72.69
€ 96.56
€ 72.69
Paperback. In this deeply researched and engagingly argued work, Jeffers Lennox reconfigures our general understanding of how Indigenous peoples, imperial forces, and settlers competed for space in northeastern North America before the British conquest in 1763. Series: Studies in Atlantic Canada History. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442614055
- ISBN
- 9781442614055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.95
€ 43.99
€ 39.95
Paperback. This book defines what a folly is and shows that these architectural curiosities are to be found all over Britain. Series: Shire album. Num Pages: 56 pages, illustrations, (some colour ). BIC Classification: 1DBK; AM; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 158 x 6. Weight in Grams: 170. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747806240
- ISBN
- 9780747806240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.89
€ 8.89
Hardback. Num Pages: 262 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104082
- ISBN
- 9780230104082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 503 photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCK; KJ; KND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1356.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764302114
- ISBN
- 9780764302114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.20
€ 48.99
€ 32.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBTB; HRQX5; HRQX9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801492891
- ISBN
- 9780801492891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195326222
- ISBN
- 9780195326222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.64
€ 73.64
paperback. For more than a century, the Northern Arapaho people lived on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming - the fourth largest reservation in the country. This book draws together aspects of the Northern Arapahos' world - myth, language, art, ritual, identity, and history - to offer a vivid picture of a culture that has endured and changed over time. Series: Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians. Num Pages: 376 pages, 7 figures, map, 3 tables, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBWY; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803260214
- ISBN
- 9780803260214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.28
€ 36.99
€ 34.28
Hardback. First full translation of an important treatise on chivalric horsemanship. Translator(s): Forgeng, Mr. Jeffrey L. Num Pages: 184 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271030
- ISBN
- 9781783271030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.40
€ 46.99
€ 39.40
Paperback. The sheer magnitude of the Holocaust has commanded our attention. The extent of atrocities, however, has overshadowed the calculus Nazis used to justify their deeds. Num Pages: 400 pages, 18 color illustrations in one 16 page color insert. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 29. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674027381
- ISBN
- 9780674027381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.85
€ 34.99
€ 30.85
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843837886
- ISBN
- 9781843837886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.91
€ 56.91