History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 7 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BM; HBTB; RNFF; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 147 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295999388
- ISBN
- 9780295999388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.97
€ 37.99
€ 32.97
Paperback. Tells the history of US flight attendants, tracing the evolution of their glamorized image as ideal women and their activism as trade unionists and feminists. This book combines attention to political economy and technology of the airline industry with perceptive readings of popular culture, newspapers, industry publications, and worker accounts. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1; KNGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822339465
- ISBN
- 9780822339465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.79
€ 36.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. Seasons of Misery offers a boldly original account of early English settlement in American by placing catastrophe and crisis at the center of the story. Donegan argues that the constant state of suffering and uncertainty decisively formed the colonial identity and produced the first distinctly colonial literature. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223774
- ISBN
- 9780812223774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. States that a nation's standards of private cleanliness reveal much about its ideals of civilization, fears of disease, and expectations for public life. Starting with the shake-up of European practices that coincided with Atlantic expansion, this title traces attitudes toward 'dirt' through the mid-nineteenth century. Series: Society and the Sexes in the Modern World. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; MBNH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300171556
- ISBN
- 9780300171556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.94
€ 63.94
Paperback. Explores how the sugar beet industry transformed the rural Midwest by introducing large factories, contract farming, and foreign migrant labour. Identifying rural areas as centres for modern American industrialism, this study contributes to a re-orientation of labour history from urban factory workers to rural migrant workers. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBTB; HBTK; KCF; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252076671
- ISBN
- 9780252076671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
Hardcover. Regal, affectionate, calculating, the cat has been part of our lives for millennia. This book features historical illustrations with informative text. It is suitable for the cat lover. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WNGC; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Old House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908402981
- ISBN
- 9781908402981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.17
€ 11.99
€ 10.17
hardcover. Focusing on the lives and work of women teachers in two rural California counties from 1850 to 1950, Country Schoolwomen explores the social context of teaching, seeking to understand what teaching meant to women teachers, what it provided them, and how it shaped their categories of experience. Num Pages: 356 pages, 19 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804730044
- ISBN
- 9780804730044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Hardback. The book explores the hotly disputed process by which the census was created and developed and examines how a wide cast of characters, including statisticians, novelists, national and local officials, political and social reformers, and journalists responded to and used the idea of a census. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 244 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230119376
- ISBN
- 9780230119376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.21
€ 68.21
hardcover. Drawing on newly available archival case records, this book demonstrates that Chinese women's rights to property changed substantially from the Song through the Qing dynasties, and even more dramatically under the Republican Civil Code of 1929-30. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 256 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735261
- ISBN
- 9780804735261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.31
€ 129.31
Paperback. Kathryn Burns shows how the biases and practices of Spanish notaries and their clients in colonial Cuzco shaped official records and, therefore, the archive on which contemporary historians rely. Num Pages: 264 pages, 27 illustrations, 3 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 1KLSX; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348689
- ISBN
- 9780822348689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.67
€ 36.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. From the 1930s to the 1960s, millions of British people chose to spend their annual summer break at a holiday camp, taking advantage of the all-in package that included accommodation, food, and plentiful entertainment. This title celebrates the communal and the kitsch, grandmother competitions, chalets, Redcoats and the other well-known symbols. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 148. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747807759
- ISBN
- 9780747807759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.21
€ 8.21
Paperback. Old-fashioned seaside holidays inspire a great deal of nostalgic affection among British people. Focusing on the hundred year period from 1870 to 1970, this title takes a journey through the promenades, deckchairs and sandcastles to discover how ordinary people spent their seaside holidays. Series: Shire History. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 192 x 11. Weight in Grams: 458. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747807278
- ISBN
- 9780747807278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.07
€ 13.07
Paperback. Behind the enduring popularity of beach huts lies a story of classic British eccentricity. This work offers a view of the classic British seaside holiday through the history of beach huts and bathing machines, revealing how the changing fashions in society shaped their design and development. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 150 x 6. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747807001
- ISBN
- 9780747807001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.44
€ 12.44
Paperback. The nineteenth century saw huge changes in design and technology. This book looks at the social history of rooms in the Victorian home and at how, thanks to industrialised mass production, people were empowered to make choices about how to decorate their homes. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 9. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747807483
- ISBN
- 9780747807483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.51
€ 13.99
€ 13.51
Hardcover. This volume redefines the origins of the 19th-century women's rights campaigns in Britain, demonstrating that a vibrant feminist network existed during the 1830s and 1840s. Their pioneering work is shown to have fed directly into the women's rights movement of the subsequent decades. Series: Studies in Gender History. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333633823
- ISBN
- 9780333633823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.38
€ 194.38
Paperback. Series: Studies in Gender History. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFFK; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312210137
- ISBN
- 9780312210137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 193.42
€ 193.42
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781350009868
- ISBN
- 9781350009868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
Paperback. In this social history of the cinema during the silent-film era, Kathryn H. Fuller charts the gradual homogenization of a diverse American movie audience as itinerant shows gave way first to nickelodeon theatres and then to more luxurious picture palaces. Num Pages: 272 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; HBT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920825
- ISBN
- 9780813920825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.18
€ 38.18
Hardback. This book examines major sports, both professional and intercollegiate, from baseball, football, and basketball to golf, tennis, stock car racing, and extreme sports, to explain how sports became a multibillion-dollar industry as well as a major influence on and reflection of American society. Jay also shows how sports have helped shape racial, gender, national, and class identities. Series: Columbia Histories of Modern American Life. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBT; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231125345
- ISBN
- 9780231125345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.91€ 77.62
€ 99.91
€ 77.62
Paperback. Editor(s): Sklar, Kathryn Kish; Schuler, Anya; Strasser, Susan; Schuler, Anja. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFK; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484698
- ISBN
- 9780801484698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 45.66
€ 49.99
€ 45.66
Hardback. Through the prisms of leadership, women, and power, this book traces the Wendat diaspora beyond a discourse of destruction and into a new world of rejuvenation and hope. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774825559
- ISBN
- 9780774825559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.64
€ 107.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774825566
- ISBN
- 9780774825566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. The fascinating story of the exceptional woman who wrested power from Edward II and changed the course of English history. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445652429
- ISBN
- 9781445652429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.02
€ 19.99
€ 16.02
Hardback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 24, 17 black & white halftones, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501703157
- ISBN
- 9781501703157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61