History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. Academics and students alike will enjoy this fascinating study of the invention of the professional chef, of how ordinary workers influenced emerging trends of scientific knowledge, culture-creation, and taste in eighteenth-century France. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 216 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402833
- ISBN
- 9781421402833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.29€ 59.02
€ 64.29
€ 59.02
Paperback. "This volume encompasses a rich world of political culture, from the Spanish kings of the Reconquest to German metal-workers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . . . A welcome contribution to the interdisciplinary study of ritual, symbolism, and power."-- Editor(s): Wilentz, Sean. Num Pages: 360 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216950
- ISBN
- 9780812216950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.08
€ 37.99
€ 34.08
Hardback. Innovative in its scope and conceptual frameworks, Creole America reveals how literary culture in the New Republic is formed by a push for commercial empire in the hemisphere via the routes of the treacherous West Indian trades and, in turn, aestheticizes U.S.-West Indian relations as an integral aspect of the national imaginary. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780812239300
- ISBN
- 9780812239300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.96
€ 76.96
Hardback. This corrected edition is a dictionary of surnames in Canada. Num Pages: 632 pages, 215mm x 280mm. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GBC; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 53. Weight in Grams: 2240.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Edition
- Corrected Ed
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773517820
- ISBN
- 9780773517820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.93
€ 96.93
Paperback. This book explores the wide-ranging consequences of Germany's short-lived colonial project for the nation, and European and global history. Translator(s): O'Hagan, Sorcha. Num Pages: 246 pages, 52 b/w illus. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 246
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107400474
- ISBN
- 9781107400474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.85
€ 31.99
€ 31.85
Paperback. Series: Reformations: Medieval and Early Modern. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBTB; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268041458
- ISBN
- 9780268041458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.19
€ 40.99
€ 36.19
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- English Heritage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848020719
- ISBN
- 9781848020719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 9.11
€ 19.99
€ 9.11
Paperback. Series: Elite. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations (some colour). BIC Classification: HBT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 185 x 5. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850456868
- ISBN
- 9780850456868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.05
€ 23.99
€ 19.05
Hardback. Combining her own experience with an examination of the history of blindness in the Western world, author shows that sightlessness has been an 'active' force in history, rather than the passive condition which is too readily assumed. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781848856905
- ISBN
- 9781848856905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.03
€ 29.99
€ 20.03
Hardcover. Marking Roy Foster's retirement from the Carroll Professorship of Irish history at the University of Oxford, and recognising his extraordinary career as a historian, literary critic, and public intellectual, this essay collection charts Foster's career while reflecting on developments in the field of Irish history writing, teaching, and research. Editor(s): Paseta, Senia. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198748274
- ISBN
- 9780198748274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.99
€ 171.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 Maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBTB; HRAX; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199469345
- ISBN
- 9780199469345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- English Heritage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848020443
- ISBN
- 9781848020443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.71
€ 78.71
Hardback. A comprehensive, at times intimate, portrait of Verdun and Verdunites, both English and French, during the Second World War. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 b/w photos, 15 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774812603
- ISBN
- 9780774812603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.69
€ 113.69
Hardback. * A unique historical contribution to the origins of what we now think of as globalization . * Gruzinski shows us that the opening up of cultures to other worlds is not new and occurred at the dawn of the modern age. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QFM; HBJK; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647524
- ISBN
- 9780745647524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.14
€ 73.14
Paperback. * A unique historical contribution to the origins of what we now think of as globalization . * Gruzinski shows us that the opening up of cultures to other worlds is not new and occurred at the dawn of the modern age. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QFM; HBJK; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647531
- ISBN
- 9780745647531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.78
€ 24.78
Hardback. Providing heterogeneous accounts of the intersections between the fine art world with literature, jazz, film, and theater in New York, Paris, Milan, Brazil, and Cuba between 1959 and 1960, the contributors show this period to be pivotal in the culture and politics of Western Europe and the Americas. Editor(s): Guilbaut, Serge; O'Brian, John. Num Pages: 352 pages, 67 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1K; 3JJPG; ACXD; APFA; HBTB; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360230
- ISBN
- 9780822360230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.85
€ 113.85
paperback. Providing heterogeneous accounts of the intersections between the fine art world with literature, jazz, film, and theater in New York, Paris, Milan, Brazil, and Cuba between 1959 and 1960, the contributors show this period to be pivotal in the culture and politics of Western Europe and the Americas. Editor(s): Guilbaut, Serge; O'Brian, John. Num Pages: 352 pages, 67 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1K; 3JJPG; ACXD; APFA; HBTB; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360414
- ISBN
- 9780822360414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.75
€ 31.99
€ 28.75
Hardback. As readers of Russian literature know, the nineteenth century was a time of pervasive financial anxiety. Russians of all classes were enmeshed in networks of credit and debt, and borrowing and lending shaped perceptions of material and moral worth. Sergei Antonov recreates this imperial world of borrowers, bankrupts, lenders, and loan sharks. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages, 6 halftones, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBTB; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 243 x 35. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674971486
- ISBN
- 9780674971486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.08€ 52.66
€ 57.08
€ 52.66
Hardback. "Portions of this book were originally published as Politika SSSR v Zapadnoi Afrike, 1956-1964: neizvestnye stranitsy istorii kholodnoi voiny (Moscow: Nauka, 2008); translated by the author"--T.p. verso. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1HFJC; 3JJ; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804760591
- ISBN
- 9780804760591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.93
€ 81.93
Hardback. This book recounts one of the greatest tragedies of the twentieth century: the siege of Leningrad. It is based on the searing testimony of eyewitnesses, some of whom managed to survive, while others were to die in streets devastated by bombing, in icy houses, or the endless bread queues. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509507986
- ISBN
- 9781509507986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.32
€ 24.99
€ 20.32