History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. In the years between 1880 and 1950, Americans recited poetry at family gatherings, school assemblies, church services, camp outings, and civic affairs. This book presents a portrait of the uses of verse in America. It shows how the sites and practices of reciting poetry influenced readers' lives and helped them to find meaning in a poet's words. Num Pages: 488 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 141 x 31. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035126
- ISBN
- 9780674035126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.06
€ 35.99
€ 31.06
Paperback. Sheffield's Industries: Cutlery, Silver and Edge Tools Series: Archive Photographs: Images of England. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBTB; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 164. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752416588
- ISBN
- 9780752416588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Paints a picture of how a small town in the West coped with disaster at the turn of the twentieth century. This book illustrates that even the smallest things we do have consequences - good or bad. Num Pages: 256 pages, 45 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989419
- ISBN
- 9780295989419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.04
€ 39.04
hardcover. Examining World War II, the Holocaust, and their aftermath through the lens of Central and Eastern European Jewish families Editor(s): Michlic, Joanna Beata. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781512600094
- ISBN
- 9781512600094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.51€ 74.91
€ 89.51
€ 74.91
Paperback. The story of pain and suffering since the eighteenth century. Prize-winning historian Joanna Bourke charts how our understanding of pain (and how to cope with it) has changed completely over the last three centuries. Num Pages: 416 pages, 31 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 3J; HBTB; JFCX; MBX; MMBP; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199689439
- ISBN
- 9780199689439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Paperback. Fiercely intelligent, always provocative, Joanna Bourke turns to the subject of the human animal Num Pages: 480 pages, Integrated: 20, int photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844086450
- ISBN
- 9781844086450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. A history of the twentieth century through those British and American people who experienced the fears of their time - by Wolfson History Prize-winner Joanna Bourke Num Pages: 512 pages, Section: 8, b/w. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844081561
- ISBN
- 9781844081561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
CD-Audio. A title, that describes the events of 1900-1949 by the people who saw them happen, from the death of Queen Victoria and accession of Edward VII through the First World War, the sinking of the Titanic, the General Strike and the Great Depression, to the Second World War and its aftermath. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- BBC Physical Audio
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910281758
- ISBN
- 9781910281758
CD
Condition: New
€ 66.39€ 48.01
€ 66.39
€ 48.01
Paperback. Offers both a narrative and an analysis of the influence of British imperial involvements on history writing since 1750 Series: Historical Approaches. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090462
- ISBN
- 9780719090462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.36
€ 40.36
Hardback. Explores the construction and emergence of 'Bohemia' in American literature and culture. This title presents a study that follows la vie boheme from its earliest expressions in the US until its explosion in Greenwich Village in the 1920s. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804760836
- ISBN
- 9780804760836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.24
€ 86.24
Hardback. As the wife of King George II, Caroline of Ansbach became queen of England in 1727. This volume intends to survey Caroline's significant contributions to the arts and culture and the ways in which she used her patronage to strengthen the royal family's connections between the recently installed House of Hanover and English society. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 232 pages, 120 colour images + 40 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; AB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 272 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1318.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300197778
- ISBN
- 9780300197778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.20
€ 52.99
€ 38.20
Paperback. Based on letters, diaries and oral histories, this title explores the impact of the 'war to end all wars' on the male body. It argues that military experiences led to a greater sharing of gender identities between men of different classes and ages. Series: Picturing History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 66 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWN; JFSJ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861890351
- ISBN
- 9781861890351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.85
€ 36.85
Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, xxiv, 224 p., 8 halftones, 15 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBD; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226521985
- ISBN
- 9780226521985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. This is a social, cultural, and medical history of transsexuality in the US. It tells a human story about people who had a deep and unshakeable desire to transform their bodily sex. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JFSJ5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674013797
- ISBN
- 9780674013797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.13
€ 38.99
€ 33.13
Hardback. Adopting an alternative approach to the question of difference, this title examines what it meant to be mestizo in the early colonial era. It draws on lively vignettes culled from the 16th and 17th-century archives of the New Kingdom of Granada to show that individuals classified as "mixed" were not members of coherent sociological groups. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356295
- ISBN
- 9780822356295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.56
€ 116.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349350032
- ISBN
- 9781349350032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Paperback. A wonderfully written and highly illustrated introduction to post-colonial geography. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 172 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781412907798
- ISBN
- 9781412907798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48
€ 53.48
paperback. Joao Jose Reis draws on hundreds of police and trial records in which Africans, despite obvious intimidation, spoke out about their cultural, social, economic, religious, and domestic lives in Salvador. Translator(s): Brakel, Arthur. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 21, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBTS; HBTV; JFSR2; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801852503
- ISBN
- 9780801852503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.64
€ 36.99
€ 31.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 606 color photos. BIC Classification: AJC; HBT; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2384.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764326165
- ISBN
- 9780764326165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.45€ 76.77
€ 102.45
€ 76.77
Paperback. Hailed as a classic in the Portuguese language, this remarkable intellectual biography of the campaigner who fought to abolish slavery in Brazil is published for the first time in English. Editor(s): Bethell, Leslie. Num Pages: 256 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 215 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908493668
- ISBN
- 9781908493668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.87
€ 19.99
€ 19.87
Hardback. Fifty years after the triumph of the Cuban Revolution and the establishment of a Marxist-Leninist regime in Cuba, the two fundamental dimensions of this historical phenomenon are the survival of the system created by Fidel Castro and the policy of the United States to terminate it. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619265
- ISBN
- 9780230619265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 47.16
€ 53.37
€ 47.16
Paperback. Traces how the strain of militant Islam behind ISIS first arose in a remote Jordanian prison and spread to become the world's greatest threat. This title shows how the zeal of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and the strategic mistakes of Western governments led to the banner of ISIS being raised over huge swathes of Syria and Iraq. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JMG; HBJF1; HBLX; HBTV; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552172882
- ISBN
- 9780552172882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardback. A rich narrative of the 1975 International Women's Year Conference in Mexico City, where the idiom "sisterhood is powerful" was fractured by global feminism. Num Pages: 344 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195327687
- ISBN
- 9780195327687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.01
€ 72.01
Paperback. Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indegenous Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816676415
- ISBN
- 9780816676415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.82
€ 31.82