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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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