History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Edward Everett Root
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911454007
- ISBN
- 9781911454007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.74
€ 37.74
Paperback. Only one tribe of American Indians is known ever to have successfully revolted against the empire of Spain and to have thwarted all subsequent attempts by the Spaniards to reconquer them: the Jivaro (hee'-va-ro), the untsuri suarii of eastern Ecuador. This book is about their culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 24ill. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 49.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520050655
- ISBN
- 9780520050655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.61
€ 33.99
€ 24.61
paperback. The Republic of Rock uncovers the lost story of rock music and citizenship in the sixties counterculture by tracing the way people in two key places-San Francisco and Vietnam-used rock to make sense of their lives and the world around them. Num Pages: 306 pages, 40 illus. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190610753
- ISBN
- 9780190610753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.76
€ 53.76
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- For Beginners
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934389911
- ISBN
- 9781934389911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.54
€ 16.99
€ 16.54
Hardback. Offers tribute to great unrealized states like West Florida, Forgotonia, Texlahoma, and Chicago (yes, Chicago wanted to be its own state). This title is suitable for fans of US history. Num Pages: 160 pages, 75 Colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 254 x 25. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Quirk Books United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594744105
- ISBN
- 9781594744105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.42
€ 25.99
€ 24.42
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Crecy Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859791472
- ISBN
- 9780859791472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.22
€ 21.22
Explaining the bias of union members - most of whom were classical or jazz music performers - against rock music and musicians, this book addresses issues of race and class; questions of what qualified someone as a "skilled" or professional musician. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVG; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 20. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354635
- ISBN
- 9780822354635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 109.42
€ 109.42
Hardback. The Great Abolition Sham Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 500. The True Story of the End of the British Slave Trade. 256 pages. The Great Abolition Sham. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 25. Weight: 490.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750934909
- ISBN
- 9780750934909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.47
€ 26.99
€ 23.47
Paperback. Britons may very well never be slaves, but British rule certainly meant slavery for others. This book explores the personalities and the issues behind the movement to abolish first the slave trade and later the condition of slavery. It reveals the passionate arguments on both sides of the abolition debate. Num Pages: 252 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750934916
- ISBN
- 9780750934916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.83
€ 7.83
Paperback. Reveals a gruesome stories of exhumation and reburial throughout American history. Taking us to the contested grave sites, this title explores how complicated interactions of regional pride, shifting reputations, and evolving burial practices led to public and often emotional battles over the final resting places of famous figures. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226423302
- ISBN
- 9780226423302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.80
€ 25.99
€ 20.80
Hardback. Explores the notion of yellowness and shows that this label originated not in early travel texts or objective descriptions, but in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century scientific discourses on race. This title weaves together multiple narratives to tell the complex history of a problematic term. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 color illus. 16 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140315
- ISBN
- 9780691140315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 50.37
€ 64.68
€ 50.37
Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 17, 14 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440. Loyalty and Betrayal in the Russian Conquest of the North Caucasus. 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 19. Weight: 440.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801449727
- ISBN
- 9780801449727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.68
€ 52.68
Hardcover. Irrefutable Evidence explores the rise of modern DNA typing techniques, which have proven the innocence of many persons convicted of major crimes and resulted in the exoneration of more than two hundred on death row. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JKVF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Ivan R. Dee
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566638036
- ISBN
- 9781566638036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.28
€ 27.99
€ 26.28
Hardcover. Just what was so wild about the Wild West? Americans have had an enduring yet ambivalent obsession with the West as both a place and a state of mind. This book offers a cultural and historical analysis of how ideas of wildness have shaped the ways Euro-Americans have perceived, reacted to, and acted upon the West for nearly five hundred years. Num Pages: 528 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 1KBBW; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 42. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615018
- ISBN
- 9780700615018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.60
€ 69.60
Hardback. A new multi-volume series covering United States Naval patches from World War II to the present each volume contains over 1000 patches in full color. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 1,000 patches. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1004.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887407536
- ISBN
- 9780887407536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 24.89
€ 36.99
€ 24.89
Hardback. "..a valuable research tool..it is a handy device for anyone interested in Omaha research materials." -GREAT PLAINS QUARTERLY Series: Native American Bibliography Series. Num Pages: 522 pages, Plans, transparencies, index. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 36. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 522
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810823723
- ISBN
- 9780810823723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.40
€ 203.40
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Middleton Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906008802
- ISBN
- 9781906008802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.83
€ 26.83
Hardcover. As well as holding some of the world's most prized cultural treasures, the British Library is the repository of the nation's collective memory. In this highly illustrated book Michael Leapman tells the Library's story, highlighting the most significant and beautiful items in its care, as well as some of the lesser known. Num Pages: 256 pages, Over 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; GL; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1344. 256 pages, Over 150 colour illustrations. As well as holding some of the world's most prized cultural treasures, the British Library is the repository of the nation's collective memory. In this highly illustrated book Michael Leapman tells the Library's story, highlighting the most significant and beautiful items in its care, as well as some of the lesser known. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; GL; HBJD1; HBTB. Dimension: 257 x 224 x 26. Weight: 1338.
- Publisher
- British Library
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712358378
- ISBN
- 9780712358378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.68
€ 33.99
€ 22.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; JFSL1; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488832
- ISBN
- 9780801488832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.49
€ 32.99
€ 32.49
Paperback. Tells the epic thousand-year story of Britain's Jewish community, the country's oldest minority group, replete with the dark episodes of persecution and expulsion, but also with positive periods of acceptance and toleration. This book offers an introduction and fitting tribute. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 7. Weight in Grams: 148. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747812302
- ISBN
- 9780747812302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.89
€ 8.89
Hardback. In the years of revolution between 1776 and 1848, stress and transition produced some fundamental reflections on politics and society. This introductory text considers how a cluster of key European thinkers, including Burke, Hegel, Tocqueville and Marx, viewed the global political upheavals and social changes of their times. Series: European Culture & Society Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; HBTV; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272101
- ISBN
- 9780230272101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.37€ 114.88
€ 129.37
€ 114.88
Paperback. Features essays which propose to address the state of scholarship on the political, cultural, and intellectual history of Americans responses to wilderness from first contact. This volume attempts to gather competing interpretations of wilderness in historical context. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; WN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195174144
- ISBN
- 9780195174144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.38
€ 57.38
Hardcover. By the author of the bestselling Moneyball: in football, as in life, the value we place on people changes with the rules of the games they play. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; WSJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393061239
- ISBN
- 9780393061239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.52
€ 30.99
€ 28.52
This book analyses the social, cultural and political consequences of the telegraph in British India between 1850 and 1930. It demonstrates in how far the telegraph influenced and changed newspaper reportage in British India and, at the same time, to what extend it influenced the Indian national movement after the turn of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTQ; KNTJ; KNTT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199472178
- ISBN
- 9780199472178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.30
€ 69.30