History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Why does the story of the Titanic retain such a hold on the popular imagination, one hundred years after it sank on the night of 15 April 1912? In this new centenary edition, Howells explores the myths around the Titanic legend, showing what they reveal about the culture of their time, as well as the role that myth still plays in our lives today. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Second Edition, Revised
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230313804
- ISBN
- 9780230313804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.54
€ 41.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBT; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312221485
- ISBN
- 9780312221485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.72
€ 127.72
Hardback. Num Pages: 271 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231071529
- ISBN
- 9780231071529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.82€ 102.15
€ 132.82
€ 102.15
Paperback. When the Jewish communities of England were forcibly removed on the orders of Edward I, England became the first country to expel a Jewish minority from its borders. This is the story of how England's kings first courted then persecuted and finally expelled England's Jewish community during the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 232 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752437293
- ISBN
- 9780752437293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.78
€ 24.99
€ 21.78
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17, 13 black & white halftones, 2 maps, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568. Anti-slavery and Empire in Victorian Britain. 312 pages, Illustrations, maps. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Dimension: 156 x 239 x 24. Weight: 570.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801451089
- ISBN
- 9780801451089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.16
€ 46.16
paperback. A view of the minds of the founders of the American Constitution. Organized topically, it brings together selections from the constitutional convention in Philadelphia as well as representative selections from the subsequent debates over ratification. Editor(s): Ellis, Richard J. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JPHC; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847694990
- ISBN
- 9780847694990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.78
€ 76.78
hardcover. Spans archaic Greece to the Late Roman Empire, and no more than two standard scales (1:500,000 and 1:1,000,000) are used to represent most regions. This title provides information about every place or feature in the Barrington Atlas. Editor(s): Talbert, Richard J. A. Num Pages: 1448 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBTP; RGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 341 x 89. Weight in Grams: 3764. 2 volumes
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691049458
- ISBN
- 9780691049458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 340.00
€ 340.00
Paperback. Describes life on the early Plains in the words of those who came to settle in the rugged region. This title provides recollections of events and life on the Great Plains, with a focus on Nebraska. It aims to bring to life the struggles and triumphs of early Plains settlement and a time when Nebraska was young. Editor(s): Jensen, Richard E. Num Pages: 400 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 21. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803226609
- ISBN
- 9780803226609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. A colorful history of Chicago journalism in the nineteenth century Num Pages: 232 pages, 10 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBT; KNTJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252077852
- ISBN
- 9780252077852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Redefining the way we think about unemployment in America today, this title offers devastating evidence that the major cause of high unemployment in the United States is the government itself. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFA; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814787922
- ISBN
- 9780814787922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Covers the events of the 1916 rising on a day-by-day basis, starting on Easter Sunday - the date originally set for the start - and continuing through to the surrender the following Saturday. This book locates the rising in the Irish historical memory, contrasting its high ideals with the reality of the new state to which it helped give birth. Num Pages: 143 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 125 x 11. Weight in Grams: 180 129pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Gill and Macmillan Dublin
- Number of pages
- 143
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- 9780717144167
- ISBN
- 9780717144167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.99
€ 12.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFSL3; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 5. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620812501
- ISBN
- 9781620812501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.84€ 66.06
€ 92.84
€ 66.06
Hardback. Series: Studies in Genocide: Religion, History, and Human Rights. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JPFR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742562028
- ISBN
- 9780742562028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.85
€ 132.85
Hardcover. Sociology began as a historical discipline, created by Marx, Weber and others, to explain the emergence and consequences of rational, capitalist society. Today, the best historical sociology combines precision in theory-construction with the careful selection of appropriate methodologies to address ongoing debates across a range of subfields. Series: What is Sociology?. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660080
- ISBN
- 9780745660080
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.12
€ 54.12
Paperback. Sociology began as a historical discipline, created by Marx, Weber and others, to explain the emergence and consequences of rational, capitalist society. Today, the best historical sociology combines precision in theory-construction with the careful selection of appropriate methodologies to address ongoing debates across a range of subfields. Series: What is Sociology?. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660097
- ISBN
- 9780745660097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.53
€ 23.53
Paperback. This work provides a context for understanding what globilization means for human society. It describes the underlying processes which have led to globilization and then sets out the present stage in the evolution of these processes in three vital areas. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; JFFS; JPS; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333947180
- ISBN
- 9780333947180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.45
€ 65.45
Paperback. Much more than a group of stories that feature the talents, triumphs, and tempests of the careers of Latino's in sport, this is a book of living history, rich in culture and tradition. It contains inspiring stories that were, at times, created out of dire hardship and oppression. Num Pages: 532 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: GBC; HBTB; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 35. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fitness Information Technology, Inc, U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 532
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935412182
- ISBN
- 9781935412182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.93
€ 34.99
€ 25.93
Paperback. For the 25th anniversary of the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS), this title brings to you some of the most uplifting stories in sporting history, featuring student-athletes, professional athletes, athletics administrators, civic leaders, coaches, parents, and more who have had a positive and great impact on sport and society. Num Pages: 580 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 214 x 47. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fitness Information Technology, Inc, U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 580
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935412229
- ISBN
- 9781935412229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.93
€ 34.99
€ 25.93
Paperback. The author goes in search of his old childhood haunts and instead finds an England changed beyond recognition. This book takes you on a poignant journey to a time and a place we will never see again. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099569282
- ISBN
- 9780099569282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.77
€ 21.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Third
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780781813020
- ISBN
- 9780781813020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.61
€ 19.99
€ 18.61
paperback. In 1950s America, flag waving, martial pomp, and staged ceremony were presented and perceived as America's last best defence against the communist threat. In this volume, Fried explores the often absurd lengths the average citizen in McCarthyite America went to to help shore up patriotism and fend off the threat of the Red Menace. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 220 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780195134179
- ISBN
- 9780195134179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 8.29
€ 24.99
€ 8.29
Paperback. An illustrated study of the First Afghan War--a setback for British forces in the Great Game of the 19th century--that holds important lessons for modern forces in Afghanistan today. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, 35 b/w; 44 col. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 249 x 8. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472813978
- ISBN
- 9781472813978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.72
€ 20.99
€ 19.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; HBT; WSPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Granville Island Publishing Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894694353
- ISBN
- 9781894694353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.67
€ 29.99
€ 20.67
Hardcover. Condemned as a fascist putsch in the East and praised as a 'people's uprising' in the West, the uprising of 17 June 1953 shook East Germany. Drawing on interviews and archive research, this book examines East German citizens' memories of the unrest and reflects on the nature of state power in the GDR. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137403506
- ISBN
- 9781137403506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95