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History: specific events & topics

An annotated edition of a memoir that relates a fascinating life story and contains a wealth of historical information about late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Jewish life in Eastern Europe, America, and Israel. Translator(s): Weissbach, Lee Shai. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; HBT; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804783637
ISBN
9780804783637
Condition: New

€ 82.16

In this energetic new study, Wendy Mitchinson traces medical perspectives on the treatment of women in Canada in the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 456 pages, 24. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 820.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442646261
ISBN
9781442646261
Condition: New

€ 93.62

The Pattons is an exceptional portrait of the famous military family, eloquently written by the grandson of its most illustrious member, George S. Patton. Washington Post critic Jonathan Yardley called it "one of the best books of the year." Series: Warriors S. Num Pages: 352 pages, 45 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTG; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Potomac Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574886900
ISBN
9781574886900
Condition: New

€ 13.16

From 1961 to 1989, a committed group of documentary journalists from the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) reported the stories of America's overseas conflicts. In Into the Fray, Tom Mascaro vividly recounts the characters and experiences that helped create a unique, colourful documentary film crew based at the Washington bureau of NBC News. Num Pages: 432 pages, 48 b&w photographs & 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW3; HBTW; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 768.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597975575
ISBN
9781597975575
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.93

Americans have been celebrating themselves in portraits since the arrival of the first itinerant portrait painters to the colonies. This title explores our collective understanding of portraiture, its history in America, how it shapes our individual and national identity, and why we make portraits and more. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AGHF; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 288 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1318.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611688924
ISBN
9781611688924
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 43.30

The transformation of slavery and free labour in the Upper South Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 black and white photographs, 1 map, 4 charts, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252036521
ISBN
9780252036521
Condition: New

€ 119.11

Organizing the "unorganizable" Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHBL; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252037320
ISBN
9780252037320
Condition: New

€ 57.95

In "Civilization and Its Discontents", Sigmund Freud claimed that Rome must be comprehended as 'not a human dwelling place but a mental entity', in which the palaces of the Caesars still stand alongside modern apartment buildings in layers of brick, mortar, and memory. This book accepts Freud's challenge. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 762.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300114713
ISBN
9780300114713
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.58

Explores how science became increasingly important in nineteenth-century British culture and how the systematic study of insects permitted entomologists to engage with the most pressing questions of Victorian times: the nature of God, mind, and governance, and the origins of life. Num Pages: 384 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 34. Weight in Grams: 672.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300150919
ISBN
9780300150919
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.58

By looking through the prism of the West's involvement in the breakup of Yugoslavia, this book presents an examination of the end of the Cold War in Europe. It provides a fresh understanding of events that continue to influence the shape of the post-Cold War Balkans and the whole of Europe. Num Pages: 432 pages, 4 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 770. Western Powers and the Breakup of Yugoslavia. 432 pages, 4 black-&-white illustrations. By looking through the prism of the West's involvement in the breakup of Yugoslavia, this book presents an examination of the end of the Cold War in Europe. It provides a fresh understanding of events that continue to influence the shape of the post-Cold War Balkans and the whole of Europe. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW. Dimension: 159 x 242 x 29. Weight: 770.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300166293
ISBN
9780300166293
Condition: New

€ 77.33
€ 60.10

Paperback. This book explains how people in the British Isles, four thousand or more years ago, identified life and death with the cycle of midwinter and midsummer and the risings and settings of the sun and moon. Series: Shire Archaeology. Num Pages: 72 pages, 45 col & 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLA; HBTB; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 151 x 7. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Shire Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747806141
ISBN
9780747806141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.15

Publisher
Canada
Edition
2 Sub
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773524750
ISBN
9780773524750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.53

Presents a study of how the Jewish community of Breslau - the third largest and one of the most affluent in Germany - coped with Nazi persecution. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755184
ISBN
9780804755184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

Editor(s): Haklai, Oded; Loizides, Neophytos G. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804795593
ISBN
9780804795593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.31

This edition of the treatise - which includes an introduction by Geoffrey W. Symcox on the intellectual context within which it was conceived - is a must-read for anyone interested in the life of cities both historical and contemporary. Series: Lorenzo da Ponte Italian Library. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442645073
ISBN
9781442645073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.01

Fact and Fiction explores the intersection between literature and the sciences, focusing on German and British culture between the eighteenth century and today. Editor(s): Lehleiter, Christine. Num Pages: 368 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JF; DSB; HBJD; HBTB; HPCD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442645981
ISBN
9781442645981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.06

Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JD; BGH; HBTB; HRQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Truman State University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612481432
ISBN
9781612481432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.51

Highlights Clinton Jencks's dramatic influence on the history of labour culture in the American Southwest through a lifetime devoted to progress and change for the social good. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252037559
ISBN
9780252037559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.04

The contributors to this comprehensive anthology critique sociology's disciplinary engagement with colonialism in varied settings, while also highlighting the field's significant contributions to the theory and history of imperialism. Editor(s): Steinmetz, George. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 632 pages, 5 photos, 3 tables, 2 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 177 x 41. Weight in Grams: 990.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352587
ISBN
9780822352587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 145.57

hardcover. This book explores the thought and work of Muslim intellectuals involved in promoting Urdu as Indias national language in the early 20th century. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HRHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Hawai'i Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824836092
ISBN
9780824836092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.00

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