History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardcover. A cultural history of impotence that shows us that the failure of men to rise to the occasion has been a recurrent topic since the dawn of human culture. This work also explores the surprising political and social effects of impotence. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 239 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226500768
- ISBN
- 9780226500768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.27
€ 34.99
€ 27.27
Paperback. Tells the remarkable story of the bagel's journey from the tables of seventeenth-century Poland to the freezers of middle America, a story of often surprising connections between a cheap market-day snack and centuries of Polish, Jewish, and American history. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300158205
- ISBN
- 9780300158205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.59
€ 21.99
€ 17.59
Paperback. One of the most dramatic explorations of a German town in the grip of anti-Semitic passion ever written. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393325058
- ISBN
- 9780393325058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.77
€ 17.99
€ 16.77
hardcover. An interdisciplinary, engaging book which looks at the nature of Indian society since Independence. By focusing on the Doon school, a famous boarding school in India, it unpacks what post-colonialism means to Indian citizens. Series: Culture and Communication in Asia. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, map ;. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415178556
- ISBN
- 9780415178556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.37
€ 172.37
paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 37. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226871462
- ISBN
- 9780226871462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 30.68
€ 39.99
€ 30.68
hardcover. In the years between the Great Famine of the 1840s and the First World War, Ireland experienced a drastic drop in population. This book offers an inquiry that explores the options that presented themselves to Ireland's younger generations, taking into account household structure, inheritance, religion, and especially emigration. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 360 pages, 18 maps 10 line illus. 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSF; JHBD; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691043074
- ISBN
- 9780691043074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.99€ 100.49
€ 119.99
€ 100.49
paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691171357
- ISBN
- 9780691171357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.88
€ 29.99
€ 23.88
paperback. This collection of essays exposes how meaning has been produced around the Great Exhibition. Critics and historians of art, culture, design and literature have been brought together to examine the objects, the images, the documents and the fictions of 1851. Editor(s): Purbrick, Louise. Series Editor(s): Wallace, Jeff; Whale, John. Series: Texts in Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBT; KJP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719055928
- ISBN
- 9780719055928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.04
€ 24.99
€ 19.04
paperback. Num Pages: 608 pages, 2 black and white photos; some black and white lines drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 204 x 43. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780804847551
- ISBN
- 9780804847551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.33
€ 19.99
€ 16.33
hardcover. This study of northern Taiwan during the period 1840-1895 explores the social significance of the traditional Chinese legal system and investigates how individuals utilized the courts to resolve criminal and civil disputes. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JH; HBT; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804722728
- ISBN
- 9780804722728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.88
€ 85.88
hardcover. This book focuses on the lives, struggles, and contrasting perspectives of the 60,000 workers, military administrators, and technical staff employed in the largest, most strategic industry of the Nationalist government, the armaments industry based in China's wartime capital, Chongqing. Num Pages: 480 pages, 22 tables, 3 maps, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; HBTB; KNDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804748964
- ISBN
- 9780804748964
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.05
€ 92.05
paperback. Sophisticated, culturally sensitive, and accessible, Edible Histories will appeal to students, historians, and foodies alike. Num Pages: 472 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442612839
- ISBN
- 9781442612839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.25
€ 48.99
€ 46.25
Paperback. Translator(s): Nur, E.N.D-.; Herman, Lisa; Nur, Eliyah Nike De-. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Gateways Books & Tapes,US United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780895561138
- ISBN
- 9780895561138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.38
€ 16.99
€ 15.38
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; KNDF; WBXD2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062389756
- ISBN
- 9780062389756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.51
€ 26.99
€ 22.51
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140390513
- ISBN
- 9780140390513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.68
€ 12.68
Paperback. Tracing the gradual evolution of revolutions, this title predicts the relationship between war and revolution and the crucial role such combustive movements play in the future of international relations. It looks at the principles which underlie various revolutions, starting with the examples in America and France. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143039907
- ISBN
- 9780143039907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.91
€ 18.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143116219
- ISBN
- 9780143116219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.97
€ 18.99
€ 16.97
Hardcover. A fascinating anthology of narratives from the period 1735-1830, by European women who recount their enslavement in North Africa. The first such collection, it includes an extensive introduction which links the discourse on contemporary Western women captives in Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq with that of former white captives in North Africa. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221987
- ISBN
- 9780230221987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.35€ 127.24
€ 129.35
€ 127.24
Paperback. A study of the struggle for environmental justice, focusing on conflicts over solid waste and pollution in Chicago. Series: Urban and Industrial Environments. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; RNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262661874
- ISBN
- 9780262661874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.56
€ 25.99
€ 21.56
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 32-page BW photo insert. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 5AK; HBTB; KCZ; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310271505
- ISBN
- 9780310271505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.77
€ 25.99
€ 23.77
Hardback. African slaves living in the Americas resisted subhuman treatment in myriad ways, from passive resistance to armed insurrection. This encyclopedia provides historical detail of how slaves struggled against bondage. It highlights key revolts and examines important cultural and religious currents that nurtured and fed slaves' hunger for freedom. Num Pages: 816 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 263 x 185 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1969.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 816
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313332715
- ISBN
- 9780313332715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 241.17
€ 241.17
Hardcover. This study focuses on workers, women and peasants, and the ways in which their reading was constructed as a social and political problem, to analyze the fear of reading in 19th century France. The author presents a series of case studies of actual readers. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; CFC; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333921265
- ISBN
- 9780333921265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.11€ 138.51
€ 141.11
€ 138.51
Paperback. From ordinary soldiers to commanding officers, thirty-three tours of duty are presented in rough chronological order, from December 1962, when John F. Kennedy was still alive, to April 1975, when Saigon fell. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJF; HBJK; HBTD; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 108 x 176 x 23. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Presidio Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780345322791
- ISBN
- 9780345322791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.97
€ 9.99
€ 9.97
Paperback. "This is one of those rare books that quickly became the standard work in its field. Professor White has done justice to the complexity of her subject."-Anne Firor Scott, Duke University Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 174 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393314816
- ISBN
- 9780393314816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.93
€ 18.99
€ 16.93