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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. Mao Zedong launched the "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution" 30 years ago. This documentary history of the event presents a selection of key primary documents dealing with the Cultural Revolution's massive and bloody assault on China's political and social systems. Num Pages: 352 pages, photographs, chronology, maps, biographies, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781563247378
ISBN
9781563247378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.83

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
50922nd
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465016662
ISBN
9780465016662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.02

Paperback. Challenges our traditionally western-focused perception of the past, connecting Greco-Roman civilisation to the great rulers and empires that swept across Central Asia to India and China - resulting in a truly global vision of ancient history. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Windmill Books
Condition
New
SKU
9780099592082
ISBN
9780099592082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.44

Paperback. The events of 1968 have been seen as a decisive turning point in the Western world of even mythical significance. The author takes a critical look at "May 1968" and questions whether the events were in fact as "revolutionary" as French and foreign commentators have indicated. Series: Italian Politics. Num Pages: 324 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; HBTB; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
324
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571816856
ISBN
9781571816856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.43

Hardback. Traces the evolution of University Extension at Harvard from the Lyceum movement in Boston to its creation by the newly appointed president A Lawrence Lowell in 1910. Series: Harvard University Extension School. Num Pages: 250 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: HBT; JNM; JNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 190 x 22. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674036161
ISBN
9780674036161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.23

Paperback. An account of remarkable bravery during the Second World War which resulted in the saving of tens of thousands of people from the Holocaust. Series: Dialogue Espionage Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 47. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785900549
ISBN
9781785900549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.33

Paperback. Madame de Pompadour's comment, 'Apres moi, le deluge' (after me, the deluge), has looked like a callous if accurate prophecy of the political cataclysms in 1789. But decades before the Bastille fell, French writers had used the phrase to describe a different kind of selfish recklessness. This book examines these fears and the responses to them. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBTV2; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143262
ISBN
9780691143262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 41.83

Paperback. Presents the history of the many Liverpool sailing ships from the age of slavery to the 1930s. Even after the advent of steam propulsion, sail still ruled in parts of the world and Liverpool was no exception. Four-masted barques such as Olivebank and Celtic Glen were a common sight in the dock system. Num Pages: 128 pages, 150 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 237 x 9. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752442433
ISBN
9780752442433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.29

Paperback. The story of Liverpool is, in many ways, the story of its docks. Before the docks, trade was limited by the tides and at the mercy of the Mersey's currents. After dock construction began, the city became a hub of Britain's worldwide trading network. Series: Images of England. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBTM; KNGS; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165 x 9. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752417127
ISBN
9780752417127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 54 pages, 74. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 208 x 4. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside United Kingdom
Number of pages
54
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902700229
ISBN
9781902700229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.32

Hardback. On September 6, 1848, Abraham Ber Pilpel entered the kitchen of Rabbi Abraham Kohn and his family and poured arsenic in the soup that was being prepared for their dinner. Within hours, the rabbi and his infant daughter were dead. This book tells the story of the murder, the trial that followed, and the political and religious fallout of both. Num Pages: 160 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128436
ISBN
9780691128436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.39

paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Prospect Books United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903018071
ISBN
9781903018071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.35

Paperback. "The Easter Rising" is based on an impressive range of original sources, and has been fully revised, expanded and updated in the light of almost 2,000 witness statements only released by the Irish Bureau of Military History in 2004. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd London
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752457031
ISBN
9780752457031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 18.38

Paperback. In September 1940, Walter Benjamin committed suicide in Port Bou on the Spanish-French border when it appeared that he and his travelling partners would be denied passage into Spain in their attempt to escape the Nazis. This is an essay about his cemetery, eyewitness accounts of Benjamin's border travails, and the circumstances of his demise. Num Pages: 248 pages, 40 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226790046
ISBN
9780226790046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.43

Paperback. Hardcover, grey and white spine. 60pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Macdonald & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1968
SKU
KON0819304
ISBN
9780356025131
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Comparative History. Num Pages: 408 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1Q; HBG; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801493348
ISBN
9780801493348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 39.99

Paperback. Offers a study of the political and social history of the 1960s. This book presents an account of how the issues of street crime and civil unrest enhanced the popularity of conservatives, eroded the credibility of liberals, and transformed the landscape of American politics. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231115131
ISBN
9780231115131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.95

Hardcover. In Central Harlem, the symbolic and historic heart of black America, the violent unrest of July 1964 highlighted a new dynamic in the racial politics of the nation. The first "long, hot summer" of the Sixties had arrived. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812248500
ISBN
9780812248500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.02
€ 101.43

Paperback. The Correspondence of Stephen Fuller, 1788-1795, offers a much-needed accounting of how slavery supporters in Britain managed to preserve the slave trade in Jamaica during the last two decades of the 18th century. Series: Parliamentary History Book Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118932124
ISBN
9781118932124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.84

Paperback. Walzer defends the trial and execution of Louis XVI as necessary, since it not only tried to destroy mystique and divine right, but also required the deputies to fully explain their guiding philosophies and applied the rules of judicial process to establish equality before the law. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231082594
ISBN
9780231082594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.77

Hardcover. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 280 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632511
ISBN
9780815632511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.88

Paperback. This volume introduces the reader to every important aspect of the society of Sparta, the dominant power in southern Greece from the seventh century BC and the great rival of democratic Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries. Series: Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World. Num Pages: 276 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748612932
ISBN
9780748612932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 36.86

Paperback. Cut These Words into My Stone provides an engaging introduction to this corner of classical literature that continues to speak eloquently in our time. Translator(s): Wolfe, Michael. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; DSC; HBLA1; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408040
ISBN
9781421408040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.70

Hardback. Cut These Words into My Stone provides an engaging introduction to this corner of classical literature that continues to speak eloquently in our time. Translator(s): Wolfe, Michael. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; DSC; HBLA1; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408033
ISBN
9781421408033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.48

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