History: specific events & topics
Results 6081 - 6100 of 9617
History: specific events & topics
Paperback. What has made Silicon Valley so productive of new technologies and new firms? How did its pioneering achievements begin? What propelled its unprecedented growth? Contributors from business, geography, history, regional planning, and sociology examine the history, development, and entrepreneurial dynamics of Silicon Valley. Editor(s): Kenney, Martin. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBT; KJH; KJK; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 177 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804737340
- ISBN
- 9780804737340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.19
€ 40.99
€ 36.19
Hardcover. After Reconstruction, African Americans found themselves largely excluded from politics, higher education, and the professions. Martin Kilson explores how a modern African American intelligentsia developed amid institutionalized racism. He argues passionately for an ongoing commitment to communitarian leadership in the tradition of Du Bois. Series: W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures. Num Pages: 210 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674283541
- ISBN
- 9780674283541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
€ 47.99
€ 39.84
Hardcover. Editor(s): Klimke, Martin; Kreis, Reinhild; Ostermann, Christian. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJ; GTJ; HBTW; JPS; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804798099
- ISBN
- 9780804798099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.00
€ 81.00
Hardback. Focusing on experts in technology and science, Building Europe on Expertise delivers a new reading of European history. The authors show that modern Europe was built by experts using their unique knowledge to shape societies, set political agendas, and establish collaborations which proved decisive in integrating the continent. Series: Making Europe. Num Pages: 416 pages, 72 black & white halftones, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1318.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230308053
- ISBN
- 9780230308053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.68€ 47.12
€ 73.68
€ 47.12
Paperback. A revised and updated edition of this introduction to social welfare in contemporary Britain. It considers the central questions which have emerged from the break-up of the post-war political consensus around the welfare state and explores the different political and theoretical issues involved. Editor(s): Loney, Martin; Bocock, Robert; Clarke, John H.; Cochrane, Allan Douglas; Graham, Peggotty A. M.; Wilson, Michael J. Series: Published in Association with the Open University. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBTB; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431. "Includes bibliographical references and index. Commissioning organisation: edited by Martin Loney . [et al.]. 360 p. ill. 23 cm. Associated Names: Loney, Martin,. Associated Dates: 1944-. Paperback. As new. 2nd ed." Keywords: "Business, Finance & Law - Careers - Community Services,History - Social & Economic History - Health & Welfare,Subjects - Business, Finan"
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Sage Publications Ltd
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0161869
- ISBN
- 9780803986428
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. On 10 December 1941 two Royal Navy capital ships were sunk off Malaya by air torpedo attack. They had not requested the air support that could have saved them and 840 men died. Taking full advantage of Second World War documents, the authors re-create not only what happened but also what it was like for the men involved. Num Pages: 366 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 31. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 366
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844150755
- ISBN
- 9781844150755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.48
€ 32.99
€ 28.48
Hardcover. This book examines the cultural, social, and historical affinities between the Francophone Caribbean and the American South, considering figures as diverse as Barack Obama, Frantz Fanon, Miles Davis, James Brown, Edouard Glissant, William Faulkner, Maryse Conde and Lafcadio Hearn. Editor(s): Munro, Martin; Britton, Celia. Series: Francophone Postcolonial Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 1KJ; AB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846317538
- ISBN
- 9781846317538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.45
€ 70.45
Paperback. Definitive work on modern-day piracy. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849040792
- ISBN
- 9781849040792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.78
€ 43.78
Paperback. Analyzing the 'democratic' features and institutions of the Athenian democracy in the fifth century BC, this work traces their development from Solon's judicial reforms to the flowering of popular sovereignty, when the people assumed the right both to enact all legislation and to hold magistrates accountable for implementing what had been enacted. Num Pages: 500 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 46. Weight in Grams: 917.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520067981
- ISBN
- 9780520067981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.00
€ 53.48
€ 42.00
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198724414
- ISBN
- 9780198724414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 32.57
€ 40.99
€ 32.57
Hardback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752442938
- ISBN
- 9780752442938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.57
€ 26.99
€ 23.57
Paperback. A study of Sir Maurice Oldfield's life that portrays one of the UK's most important and complex spies of the Cold War era. He was the first Chief of MI6 that hadn't come from an upper-class background or studied at Eton or Oxbridge. Rather, he was a farmer's son from a provincial grammar school. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; HBTW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552171625
- ISBN
- 9780552171625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.66
€ 16.99
€ 12.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 92 pages, Black and white photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 209 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Five Leaves Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910170236
- ISBN
- 9781910170236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBTB; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137525796
- ISBN
- 9781137525796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.26
€ 124.26
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; WS. Category: (ES) Secondary; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403940742
- ISBN
- 9781403940742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.03
€ 50.03
Paperback. Martin Polley provides a survey of sport in Britain since 1945 and examines sport's place in British culture. He discusses issues of class, gender, race, commerce and politics, as well as analysing contemporary sport. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBTB; JFC; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415142175
- ISBN
- 9780415142175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.60
€ 55.60
Paperback. Bounded by the Great War on one side and by the looming shadow of the Second World War on the other, the inter-war period has characteristically been portrayed as a time of unremitting poverty, rising crime and mass unemployment. This work shows how the British people reacted to the privations of wartime by indulging in leisure activities. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844139231
- ISBN
- 9781844139231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 line illus. 27 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBTS; JHB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691162775
- ISBN
- 9780691162775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.45
€ 46.99
€ 33.45
Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 444 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691643144
- ISBN
- 9780691643144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 218.07
€ 218.07
Paperback. This fully revised edition of Martin Shaw s classic, award-winning text proposes a way through the intellectual confusion surrounding genocide. In a thorough account of the idea s history, Shaw considers its origins and development and its relationships to concepts like ethnic cleansing and politicide. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JPS; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745687070
- ISBN
- 9780745687070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.88
€ 25.88