History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691612744
- ISBN
- 9780691612744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.56€ 41.40
€ 52.56
€ 41.40
Hardback. Offers a look at the people and politics behind the various chains of rescue as well as the personal narratives of the children who left everything behind in the hope of finding safety. This title examines the religious and political tensions that emerged throughout the migration and at times threatened to bring operations to a halt. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848855373
- ISBN
- 9781848855373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.40€ 53.63
€ 58.40
€ 53.63
Paperback. Series: Center for Chinese Studies, UC Berkeley. Num Pages: 409 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 409
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520068377
- ISBN
- 9780520068377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.78
€ 45.99
€ 32.78
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 506 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 506
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691623634
- ISBN
- 9780691623634
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Condition: New
€ 79.42€ 61.03
€ 79.42
€ 61.03
Paperback. This book makes a unique contribution to the renewed debate about empire and imperialism and will be of great interest to all those concerned with understanding the historical antecedents and wider implications of today's emergent liberal interventionism, and the various logics of international development. Editor(s): Duffield, Mark R.; Hewitt, Vernon. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010773
- ISBN
- 9781847010773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.36
€ 26.99
€ 26.36
Paperback. In the teeming, disordered, and sexually charged square half-mile centred on London's Covent Garden something extraordinary evolved in the eighteenth century. It was the world's first creative 'Bohemia'. The nation's most significant artists, actors, poets, novelists, and dramatists lived here. This book tells the story of Covent Garden. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718195830
- ISBN
- 9780718195830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.34
€ 21.99
€ 17.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3ill. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; HRCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780822313410
- ISBN
- 9780822313410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.04
€ 28.04
paperback. Demonstrates that in the early English colonies in North America, constitutional thought and practice were more diverse than historians and political theorists have thought. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346326
- ISBN
- 9780822346326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.02
€ 26.99
€ 25.02
Paperback. An anniversary edition of the first full study of Mexican American women in the twentieth century, with new preface Num Pages: 304 pages, 49 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 10 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195374773
- ISBN
- 9780195374773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.08
€ 21.99
€ 21.08
Paperback. Comfort, cake and courting: the tea ceremony in the golden age of tea Num Pages: 96 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 235 x 9. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445650319
- ISBN
- 9781445650319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.19
€ 28.19
Paperback. Last Season of Innocence discusses the lives of the preteens and teenagers who were in junior high school, high school, and the first year of college in the 1960s. Brooks offers a unique account of this much-chronicled decade by examining the experiences of these often overlooked young people. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442255951
- ISBN
- 9781442255951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.37
€ 47.37
Num Pages: 2 pages, over 700 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1572. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF. Dimension: 305 x 236 x 24. Weight: 1574.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764339486
- ISBN
- 9780764339486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.74€ 52.85
€ 74.74
€ 52.85
Paperback. A history of the rise to dominance of the West, exploring the links between cultural values and military success. It studies nine major clashes between West and non-West, arguing that the West won not just because of technology, but because of its focus on individualism and democratic rights. Num Pages: 512 pages, 25 line drawings. BIC Classification: HBG; HBT; JFC; JFFE; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 133 x 39. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd trade pbk
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571216406
- ISBN
- 9780571216406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.06
€ 26.99
€ 18.06
Hardback. Munich 1919 is a vivid portrayal of the chaos that followed World War I and the collapse of the Munich Council Republic by one of the most perceptive chroniclers of German history. Translator(s): Spengler, Jessica. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509510580
- ISBN
- 9781509510580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.05
€ 65.05
Paperback. Series: Living Language Series. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375753787
- ISBN
- 9780375753787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.89
€ 19.99
€ 18.89
Hardcover. India is killing the Ganges, and the Ganges in turn is killing India. Victor Mallet traces the holy river from source to mouth, and from ancient times to the present day, to find that the battle to rescue what is arguably the world's most important river is far from lost. Num Pages: 336 pages, Approx. 20 colour illustrations and 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJ; HBJF; HBTP; RNPG; RNT; WTL. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198786177
- ISBN
- 9780198786177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.38
€ 38.38
Paperback. 'A compelling and illuminating account of a great drama in the history of our times which showed once again that ordinary men and women really can change the world' Jonathan Dimbleby, MAIL ON SUNDAY Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Mass Market Paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753827093
- ISBN
- 9780753827093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Sedgwick, Peter. Translator(s): Sedgwick, Peter. Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608462674
- ISBN
- 9781608462674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.16
€ 29.99
€ 25.16
Paperback. A devoted chronicle..of a man who showed emourmous skill, resource and courage in the first voyage of its kind in history. Joshua Slocum was a sensational seaman. New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 384 pages, photos, maps, boat plans. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780924486524
- ISBN
- 9780924486524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.46
€ 17.46
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813551920
- ISBN
- 9780813551920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.69
€ 36.99
€ 36.69
Paperback. The most significant conquest of the twentieth century may well have been the triumph of American consumer society over Europe's bourgeois civilization. This book gives an account of how the American standard of living defeated the European way of life and achieved the global cultural hegemony that is both its great strength and its key weakness. Num Pages: 608 pages, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674022348
- ISBN
- 9780674022348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.57
€ 41.99
€ 34.57
Paperback. Focuses on how the fascist dictatorship defined the place of women in modern Italy and how women experienced the Duce's rule. This work offers a detailed characterization of Italian women's ambiguous and ambivalent experience of a regime that promised modernity, yet denied women emancipation. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604. Italy, 1922-1945. 384 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. Focuses on how the fascist dictatorship defined the place of women in modern Italy and how women experienced the Duce's rule. This work offers a detailed characterization of Italian women's ambiguous and ambivalent experience of a regime that promised modernity, yet denied women emancipation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520074576
- ISBN
- 9780520074576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.84
€ 37.99
€ 27.84
Hardcover. Of the many family banks founded in Restoration England, Hoare's Bank is the only one that continues - by adapting to the new circumstances of every generation - as an independent partnership. This title reflects the changing face of England over three centuries through the story of a single family. Num Pages: 240 pages, fully illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBT; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 193 x 20. Weight in Grams: 958.
- Publisher
- Constable and Robinson United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841199658
- ISBN
- 9781841199658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.60
€ 26.99
€ 18.60
Hardcover. On July 14, 1789, a crowd of angry French citizens en route to Bastille broke into the Paris Opera and helped themselves to any sturdy weapons they could find. This title tells the story of how this legendary opera house, despite being a lightning rod for charges of tyranny and waste, weathered the dramatic political upheaval in European history. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 colour plates, 19 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; AVGC9; HBJD; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226401959
- ISBN
- 9780226401959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.23€ 48.66
€ 57.23
€ 48.66