History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Presents ideas and insights that can lead to slavery's extinction. This book recounts the author's personal journey in search of the solution and explains how governments and citizens can build a world without slavery. Num Pages: 274 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257962
- ISBN
- 9780520257962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.06
€ 31.99
€ 23.06
Paperback. A Brief History of Ancient Astrology explores the theory and practice of astrology from Babylon to Ancient Greece and Rome and its cultural and political impact on ancient societies. * Discusses the union between early astrology and astronomy, in contrast to the modern dichotomy between science and superstition. Series: Brief Histories of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 176 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; VXFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405110747
- ISBN
- 9781405110747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.25
€ 38.25
Hardcover. Titanic- The Unfolding Story as told by The Daily Mirror offers a unique insight into this terrible, yet endlessly fascinating, disaster. It tells the whole story: from the commissioning of the Titanic and her sister ship the Olympic following their construction, launches and maiden voyages, through to the Titanic's demise, and beyond. Num Pages: 208 pages, 100 illustrations approx. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 258 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1108.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- J H Haynes & Co Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780857331670
- ISBN
- 9780857331670
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 17.88
€ 22.99
€ 17.88
Hardcover. This second volume of Norman Polmar's landmark study details the role of aircraft carriers in the unification of the US armed forces and strategic deterrence, fiscally constrained Great Britain, the development of British Commonwealth and ex-colonial navies, and the efforts of France and the Netherlands to rebuild their fleets. Num Pages: 560 pages, 215 b&w photos, maps. BIC Classification: HBTM; HBW; JWF; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1758.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574886658
- ISBN
- 9781574886658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.09
€ 57.09
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252006357
- ISBN
- 9780252006357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. 308pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780745319964
- ISBN
- 9780745319964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 22.28
€ 25.00
€ 22.28
Paperback. Series: Reading Women Writing. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press Ithaca
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801482557
- ISBN
- 9780801482557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34
Hardcover. Beginning in the fall of 1920, Aleksandr Antonov led an insurgency that became the largest armed peasant revolt against the Soviets during the civil war. This book presents a tale of brutality, domination, and revolt, placing readers at the frontlines of the complex and history of the Russian civil war and the consolidation of the Soviet state. Series: Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; HBW; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822943433
- ISBN
- 9780822943433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.99
€ 73.99
Hardcover. This book explains what happened in the years before and after the Rising, as well as providing an exciting day-by-day account of the events themselves, and biographies of the leading figures Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Ltd
- Edition
- Poc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780717169306
- ISBN
- 9780717169306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 7.80
€ 7.80
Paperback. This is the story of the rise and fall of the Reconstruction-era Klan, focusing especially on Major Merrill and the Seventh Cavalry's efforts to expose the secrets of the Ku Klux Klan to the light of day. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 286 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742550780
- ISBN
- 9780742550780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 44.51
€ 46.99
€ 44.51
Paperback. The beginning of the twentieth century was an important time in African-American history. Segregation and discrimination were on the rise. Two seminal African American figures - Booker T Washington and W E B Du Bois - began to debate on ways to combat racial problems. Series: The African American History Series. Num Pages: 194 pages, photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842029957
- ISBN
- 9780842029957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 44.51
€ 46.99
€ 44.51
Paperback. Biography of Michael O'Hanrahan, one of the leaders of Ireland's 1916 Rising. A journalist, novelist and fierce nationalist, he was quartermaster of the Irish Volunteers, in charge of getting and managing many of the arms used in the rebellion. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 272 pages, 26 black & white halftones, 1 index, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847173355
- ISBN
- 9781847173355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 9.99
€ 15.99
€ 9.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 925 pages, dust jacket. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 925
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336871
- ISBN
- 9780880336871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.09€ 72.21
€ 95.09
€ 72.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 127 photos & 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 215 x 5. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888395986
- ISBN
- 9780888395986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.41
€ 24.99
€ 17.41
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w and colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTB; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 886. 238pp
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- LIBERTIES PRESS
- Edition
- first
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781907593062
- ISBN
- 9781907593062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99
€ 27.99
Paperback. Here, Nerys Patterson analyses the social structure of medieval Ireland, focusing on the pre-Norman period. By combining difficult, often fragmentary primary sources, with sociological and anthropological methods, she produces a unusual approach to the study of early Ireland. Num Pages: 242 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268008000
- ISBN
- 9780268008000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Paperback. In 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China under the command of Emperor Zhu Di's loyal eunuch admirals. But by the time they returned home, Zhu Di had lost control and China was turning inwards, leaving the records of their discoveries to be forgotten for centuries. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HBTM; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 43. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780553815221
- ISBN
- 9780553815221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.53
€ 17.99
€ 12.53
Hardback. Series: Railroads Past & Present. Num Pages: 192 pages, 68 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 273 x 17. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022721
- ISBN
- 9780253022721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.29
€ 52.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AFY; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486468129
- ISBN
- 9780486468129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.69
€ 16.99
€ 16.69
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, 527 color photos. BIC Classification: HBT; WCW; WDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 225 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764326097
- ISBN
- 9780764326097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.35€ 46.42
€ 65.35
€ 46.42