History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. The interface of metalliferous mining with the China Clay Industry is addressed in some detail in the first chapter. It will be noticed that the decline of metal mining in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is marked by the movement of steam engines to the ever-expanding clay area centred on St Austell. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; HBT; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 167 x 10. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752428789
- ISBN
- 9780752428789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.35
€ 17.99
€ 16.35
Paperback. Covers every major accident on British railways between 1840 and 1957 which resulted in a change in railway working practice. This book reveals the evolution of safety devices and methods which came to make the British railway carriage one of the safest modes of transport in the world. Num Pages: 231 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; KNGT; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 231
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752451060
- ISBN
- 9780752451060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.37
€ 20.99
€ 19.37
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137569837
- ISBN
- 9781137569837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.59€ 42.32
€ 117.59
€ 42.32
Paperback. Explores the context of theological speculations and political aspirations through the medium of dreams to present insights into the social history of the pre-modern Islamic world in its cultural diversity. Editor(s): Marlow, Louise. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021228
- ISBN
- 9780674021228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.20
€ 19.99
€ 18.20
Paperback. Originally published in hardcover in 1990. Num Pages: 386 pages, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBTB; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226319629
- ISBN
- 9780226319629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.11
€ 40.99
€ 31.11
Paperback. This richly illustrated pamphlet seeks to contextualize the mass evictions by focussing on the ideological and economic factors as well as the role of religious and racial prejudice in prompting owners to rid their estates of what was known as a "surplus population." Num Pages: 44 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 231 x 5. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Quinnipiac University Press Hamden, CT
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780990468660
- ISBN
- 9780990468660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.02
€ 13.99
€ 12.02
Paperback. The first Great Lakes history to expose the heroism, villainy, courage, and confusion surrounding the tragedy of the freighter "Cedarville" Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 3JJPK; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472030637
- ISBN
- 9780472030637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.36
€ 18.36
Paperback. Presents an account of the men who 'made' Britain. Ranging from Brunel to Telford, this book takes us on a journey from the first railway tracks being laid down to bridges spanning hitherto unimagined lengths, through to the 'invention' and mastery of gas and electricity. It examines the creations that made Britain's empire great. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750946575
- ISBN
- 9780750946575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.23
€ 21.99
€ 20.23
Hardcover. New.
- Publisher
- Old House
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Translation from the French
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781873590621
- ISBN
- 9781873590621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.07
€ 13.07
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2ADF; DSB; HBJF1; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 25. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784537050
- ISBN
- 9781784537050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.64
€ 42.99
€ 35.64
paperback. Num Pages: 608 pages, 2 black and white photos; some black and white lines drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 204 x 43. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780804847551
- ISBN
- 9780804847551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.33
€ 19.99
€ 16.33
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 412 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691650128
- ISBN
- 9780691650128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.41€ 131.46
€ 176.41
€ 131.46
Paperback. Five decades after one of America's greatest tragedies, this compelling book pierces the veil of secrecy to document the small, tightly held conspiracy that killed President John F. Kennedy. It explains why he was murdered, and how it was done in a way that forced many records to remain secret for decades. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 39. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Scribe Publications Australia
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922247117
- ISBN
- 9781922247117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.40
€ 19.99
€ 14.40
Paperback. This is a new critical edition of an unjustly forgotten drama by Alphonse de Lamartine, written in the early 1840s. It draws a compelling image of Toussaint Louverture, the father of Haitian Independence. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 163 pages, 3 illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DD; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 163
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896351
- ISBN
- 9780859896351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.02
€ 39.02
Paperback. "The savage canary: the story of resistance in Denmark was first published by Cassell & Company .. London in 1957. This edition contains a revised plate section and a new foreword by Birger Riis-Jrgensen, ambassador at the Embassy of Denmark in London"--T.p. verso. Num Pages: 264 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628723717
- ISBN
- 9781628723717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.13
€ 17.99
€ 17.13
Paperback. In the Pacific Northwest, the river of dominance is the Columbia, and its history is the history of the region. In this book, historians and anthropologists consider a range of topics about the river, from Indian rock art, and ethnobotany on the Columbia to literary and family history, and the creation of an engineered river. Editor(s): Lang, William L. Series: Columbia Northwest Classics S. Num Pages: 176 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBT; RBKF; WTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295977775
- ISBN
- 9780295977775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Paperback. A powerful chronicle of wartime London as experienced by five writers driving ambulances, fighting fires and falling passionately in love." Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 33. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408830901
- ISBN
- 9781408830901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Paperback. A history of industrial design reform in 19th century Britain. This book demonstrates that preoccupations with trade, labour, and manufacture lay at the heart of Victorian-era debates about cultural institutions. It shows how Victorians vied to upend aesthetic hierarchies in an imperial age and in the process to refashion London's public culture. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 74 illus., including 8 in color. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; HBTB; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822340720
- ISBN
- 9780822340720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.35
€ 31.99
€ 30.35
paperback. Larissa Taylor has examined over 1600 sermons given by the leading lay preachers in France between 1460 and 1560, and examines the social context of preaching and the sermon while reconstructing popular attitudes towards original sin, free will, purgatory, the Devil, the sacraments, and the magical arts. Series: Rsart: Renaissance Society of America Reprint Text Series. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 272 x 28. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802085573
- ISBN
- 9780802085573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 41.01
€ 43.99
€ 41.01
Paperback. Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions. Num Pages: 256 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBJK; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226323794
- ISBN
- 9780226323794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.92
€ 19.99
€ 18.92
Paperback. The electrifying story of India's struggle for independence, told in this classic account (first published in 1975) by two fine journalists who conducted hundreds of interviews with nearly all the surviving participants - from Mountbatten to the assassins of Mahatma Gandhi. Num Pages: 656 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006388517
- ISBN
- 9780006388517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.75
€ 21.99
€ 15.75
Hardcover. Examines events surrounding the Massachusetts witch trials of 1692. Rather than seeing the people of Salem Village as being swept along by the forces of historical change, Gragg argues that the people involved were active participants, making decisions that shaped the outcome of those events. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; HRQX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275941895
- ISBN
- 9780275941895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.03€ 78.31
€ 87.03
€ 78.31
Hardback. Argues persuasively that the size, scope, and intensity of black resistance in the Second Seminole War makes it the largest sustained slave insurrection in American history. Series: The New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 32 black and white photographs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252036910
- ISBN
- 9780252036910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.71
€ 125.71
Hardback. Gross traces the relation of lesbians and gays to the media and astutely points to the latter's lingering inability to embrace the complex reality of gay identity. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBT; JFD; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119528
- ISBN
- 9780231119528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.20€ 81.36
€ 108.20
€ 81.36