History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. This definitive biography of Subhas Chandra Bose, the revered and controversial Indian nationalist who struggled to liberate his country from British rule before and during World War II, moves beyond the legend to reveal the impassioned life and times of the private and public man. Num Pages: 448 pages, 68 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBTR; JPFN; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 228 x 319. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065963
- ISBN
- 9780674065963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.87
€ 35.99
€ 30.87
Paperback. Today, many believe the Civil War was fought over slavery. This view satisfies our contemporary sense of justice, but as Gallagher's searing revisionist history shows, it is an anachronistic judgment. Northern citizen-soldiers fought the war to preserve the Union. Emancipation was secondary to the war's primary goal of safeguarding the republic. Num Pages: 256 pages, 41 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWJ; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066083
- ISBN
- 9780674066083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.87
€ 35.99
€ 30.87
Paperback. Minois concludes with comments on the most recent turn in this long and complex history-the emotional debate over euthanasia, assisted suicide, and the right to die. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Series: Medicine and Culture. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801866470
- ISBN
- 9780801866470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.63
€ 35.99
€ 34.63
Paperback. Provides a poignant glimpse into the world of boys torn from their comfortable childhoods and separated from their families, ultimately to perish in the Nazi death machine Editor(s): Wilson, Paul R. Num Pages: 208 pages, 123 color illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 211 x 16. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Jewish Publication Society United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780827609440
- ISBN
- 9780827609440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Hardcover. From 1505 to 1689, Russia's Tsars chose their wives through an elaborate ritual: the bride-show. Alongside accounts of sordid boyar plots against brides and the multiple marriages of Ivan the Terrible, this book offers an analysis of the show's role in the complex politics of royal marriage in early modern Russia. Num Pages: 396 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804484
- ISBN
- 9780875804484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.85
€ 59.85
Hardcover. How the smile and fortitude of a child actress revived a nation. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393240795
- ISBN
- 9780393240795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 42.27
€ 49.99
€ 42.27
Paperback. Making environmental history accessible to scholars of the Middle East and the history of the region accessible to environmental historians, Water on Sand opens up new fields of scholarly inquiry. Editor(s): Mikhail, Alan. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 hts. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; HBJF1; HBL; HBTP; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199768660
- ISBN
- 9780199768660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.34
€ 49.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016064
- ISBN
- 9780674016064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.09€ 54.41
€ 59.09
€ 54.41
paperback. Tells the complete history of women readers and the controversies their reading has inspired since the beginning of the written word. This volume travels from the Cro-Magnon cave to the digital bookstores of our time, exploring how and what women have read through the ages and across cultures and civilizations. Num Pages: 344 pages, 60 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300197204
- ISBN
- 9780300197204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.16
€ 19.99
€ 15.16
hardcover. Undertakes a critical analysis of the history of domestic tourism in Yugoslavia under Commumism. It reviews tourism as a political, economic and social project of the Yugoslav federal state, and as a crucial field of social integration. Editor(s): Grandits, Hannes; Taylor, Karin. Num Pages: 432 pages, ca. 15 photos. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBTB; JPFF; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 168 x 31. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Central European University Press Hungary
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789639776692
- ISBN
- 9789639776692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.76
€ 109.76
paperback. A son's search for his father and the father's search, 50 years earlier, for the mysterious Sierra Madre Apaches. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BJ; HBTB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780803271029
- ISBN
- 9780803271029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.87
€ 20.99
€ 20.87
paperback. York Minster: A Living Legacy will tell this story in words and colour images to appeal to every reader, bringing the past to life, and revealing the many hidden corners of the Minster today as well as the beauties of its structure and glass. Illustrator(s): Wilson, Matt. Editor(s): Hartshorne, Pam. Num Pages: 176 pages, 100 colour and mono. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; HBTB; HRCC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Third Millennium Information United Kingdom
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906507176
- ISBN
- 9781906507176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.61
€ 26.99
€ 18.61
paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; HBTQ; HBTR; JFF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816625253
- ISBN
- 9780816625253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Explores the Enlightenment as a geographical phenomenon and the place of geography in the Enlightenment. From disciplinary perspectives, the text considers the ways in which the world of the 18th century was brought to view and shaped through map and text, and exploration and argument. Editor(s): Livingstone, David N.; Withers, Charles W. J. Num Pages: 336 pages, 28 halftones, 9 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLL; HBTP; JFCX; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226487212
- ISBN
- 9780226487212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.25
€ 52.99
€ 41.25
hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFC; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804778664
- ISBN
- 9780804778664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.57
€ 128.57
paperback. Gout has been seen as a disease afflicting upper-class males of superior wit, genius and creativity. It is also believed to protect its sufferers and assure long life. This study investigates the history of gout and offers a perspective on medical and social history, sex, prejudice and class. Num Pages: 408 pages, 34 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; MJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300082746
- ISBN
- 9780300082746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.06
€ 36.06
Hardback. A critical revaluation of humanism, this book makes a case for the 20th-century as the "anticolonial century" by returning to the scientific Enlightenment and following a neglected intellectual tradition that led to what we today call Marxism. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804788328
- ISBN
- 9780804788328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.89
€ 128.89
hardcover. "Originally published in French in 2000 under the title La Clepsydre: Essai sur la pluralitae des temps dans le judaeisme." Translator(s): Ivry, Benjamin. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804789059
- ISBN
- 9780804789059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.69
€ 52.69
paperback. Editor(s): Milner, Stephen J. Series: Medieval Cultures S. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816638215
- ISBN
- 9780816638215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.43
€ 27.99
€ 26.43
Paperback. Examines the evolution of Western European economies through the lens the recurring scarcity and depreciation of small change. This book tells the story of how monetary technologies, doctrines, and practices evolved from 1300 to 1850; of how the 'standard formula' was devised to address the dilemma without causing inflation. Editor(s): Mokyr, Joel. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 392 pages, 21 tables. 9 halftones. 42 line illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBT; KCBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 255 x 28. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691116358
- ISBN
- 9780691116358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.14
€ 53.24
€ 42.14
hardcover. A cultural and social history of Egypt from 1870 to 1930 that examines the way in which men and women began reading, writing, and perceiving the Arabic language in ever more public ways. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804797115
- ISBN
- 9780804797115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.58
€ 76.58
hardcover. Editor(s): Ehrlich, M. Avrum. Num Pages: 1254 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 186 x 56. Weight in Grams: 3102.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1254
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781851098736
- ISBN
- 9781851098736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.37€ 169.41
€ 183.37
€ 169.41
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTK; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226123097
- ISBN
- 9780226123097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.92
€ 32.99
€ 25.92
Hardcover. Brings to light the profound social, legal, and cultural changes that attended the growth of the erotica sector. This title includes readings of government and industry records, oral histories, and erotica industry's products uncover the roots of sexual marketplace and reveal the indelible ways in which sexual expression have become intertwined. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226325217
- ISBN
- 9780226325217
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.87€ 43.94
€ 50.87
€ 43.94