History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
paperback. Allan D. Austin explores via portraits, documents, maps and texts, the lives of 50 sub-Saharan non-peasant Muslim Africans caught in the American slave trade between 1730 and 1860. Num Pages: 216 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415912709
- ISBN
- 9780415912709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.61
€ 58.61
Paperback. A lavishly illustrated look at the world of fairground transport. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 227 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445661407
- ISBN
- 9781445661407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.77
€ 20.99
€ 16.77
Paperback. A brief overview of French colonial society before the British conquest of 1759-60. The primary focus is on what is now called Quebec, but there are also chapters on Louisiana and the West, as well as on the Atlantic colonies of Acadia and Ile Royal. Series: Themes in Canadian History. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB; JHM; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 500. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0000335
- ISBN
- 9780802078162
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Sick Heroes examines the cultural practices that created those remarkably offensive, though strangely appealing, romantic heroes that appeared in European and especially in French literature in the latter half of the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895507
- ISBN
- 9780859895507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.39
€ 49.39
Hardback. Sick Heroes examines the cultural practices that created those remarkably offensive, though strangely appealing, romantic heroes that appeared in European and especially in French literature in the latter half of the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895491
- ISBN
- 9780859895491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.89
€ 139.89
Hardback. Providing a picture of life along the Hudson River, this book includes facts and fables, legends and living realities. From revolutionary battles to the Hudson River School of Painting, it is the story of sloops and steamers, shad fishing and ice cutting, and the splendour of the Palisades. Num Pages: 272 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823218035
- ISBN
- 9780823218035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.91
€ 115.91
Paperback. Series: Pages from History. Num Pages: 172 pages, 19 line art & 93 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 205 x 9. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199765980
- ISBN
- 9780199765980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.89
€ 77.89
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691651118
- ISBN
- 9780691651118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.51€ 156.05
€ 168.51
€ 156.05
Hardcover. Abraham Lincoln projects a larger-than-life image across American history owing to his role as the Great Emancipator. Yet this noble aspect of Lincoln s identity is the dimension that some historians have cast into doubt. The award-winning historian and Lincoln scholar Allen Guelzo offers a vigorous defense of America s sixteenth president." Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBTS; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674286115
- ISBN
- 9780674286115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
€ 47.99
€ 39.84
Hardcover. This work weaves the stories of individual Alabamians and Alabama-related military units into a brief narrative history of World War II. Interviews with veterans of the war-front and home-front supplement research from archives, newspapers, scrapbooks, photographs and secondary sources. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567. Clean copy in dustwrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0237066
- ISBN
- 9780817307370
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. This work weaves the stories of individual Alabamians and Alabama-related military units into a brief narrative history of World War II. Interviews with veterans of the war-front and home-front supplement research from archives, newspapers, scrapbooks, photographs and secondary sources. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567. Clean copy in good dustwrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0236713
- ISBN
- 9780817307370
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. This work weaves the stories of individual Alabamians and Alabama-related military units into a brief narrative history of World War II. Interviews with veterans of the war-front and home-front supplement research from archives, newspapers, scrapbooks, photographs and secondary sources. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567. Clean copy in good dustwrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0236714
- ISBN
- 9780817307370
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A picture of Philadelphia radically different from the conventional portrait of a staid old city, corrupt and contented. The men and women of Philadelphia who emerge in these pages are anything but staid, and certainly not contented. Editor(s): Davis, Allen F.; Haller, Mark H. Series: Pennsylvania Paperbacks. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216707
- ISBN
- 9780812216707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.12
€ 37.99
€ 34.12
Paperback. Politics has always been an integral part of the Olympics. This title discusses the intended and actual meaning of the modern Olympic Games, from 1896 to 2000. It demonstrates that the modern games were revived to propagate a political message and continue to serve political purposes. Series: Illinois History of Sports. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252070464
- ISBN
- 9780252070464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.99
€ 24.99
€ 22.99
Paperback. Examination of the development of racial attitudes and color prejudice. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 352 pages, 117 b&w photographs, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1DDN; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253214331
- ISBN
- 9780253214331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Tracing your European ancestors can be a challenging voyage. This book will start you on the right path to identifying your roots and following your ancestors' winding journey through history. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 181 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- F&W Publications Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781440333477
- ISBN
- 9781440333477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.02
€ 29.99
€ 23.02
Paperback. After Reconstruction African Americans in Atlanta went about such self-interested pursuits as finding work and housing. This text chronicles the emergence of the network of churches, fraternal organizations and social clubs through which black Atlantans pursued their community formation goals. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 illustrations, 3 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820326191
- ISBN
- 9780820326191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.52
€ 38.52
Hardcover. Tells the story of how people struggled to define, refine, reform, and ultimately overturn racial etiquette as a social guide for Southern Rhodesian politics. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 260 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465205
- ISBN
- 9781580465205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.12
€ 56.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300212518
- ISBN
- 9780300212518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.68
€ 32.68
Paperback. Provides a history of environmentalism in Israel, interviewing hundreds of experts and activists who have made it their mission to keep the country's remarkable development sustainable amid a century of political and cultural turmoil. Num Pages: 564 pages, 35 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBT; RNF; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 564
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234284
- ISBN
- 9780520234284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.93
€ 52.99
€ 37.93