History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? How did Romans make sense of laughter? What role did it play in the world of the law courts, the imperial palace, or the spectacles of the arena? This book explores one of the most intriguing, but also trickiest, of historical subjects. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287587
- ISBN
- 9780520287587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.29
€ 20.29
Hardback. In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, more than a thousand pirates poured from the Atlantic into the Indian Ocean. This book explores the resulting global trade network located on the peripheries of world empires and shows the illicit ways American colonists met the consumer demand for slaves and East India goods. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 maps, 11 b/w images, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282902
- ISBN
- 9780520282902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 46.46
€ 59.42
€ 46.46
Paperback. Life and Labour in the Nineteenth Century Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845880323
- ISBN
- 9781845880323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.52
€ 16.99
€ 15.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House Israel
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652294104
- ISBN
- 9789652294104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 15.75
€ 19.00
€ 15.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTM; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300216943
- ISBN
- 9780300216943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.31
€ 18.99
€ 15.31
paperback. In 1960, John Steinbeck and his dog Charley set out in their green pickup truck to rediscover the soul of America, visiting small towns and cities from New York to New Orleans. The trip became Travels With Charley, one of his best-loved books. Half a century on, Geert Mak sets off from Steinbeck's home. Translator(s): Waters, Liz. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 37. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099578734
- ISBN
- 9780099578734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Hardcover. Identifying key events, practices, stakeholders and institutions in the history of French cycling, this volume presents an interdisciplinary analysis of how cycling has been significant in French society and culture since the late Nineteenth century. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; WSBX; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318351
- ISBN
- 9781846318351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.91
€ 70.91
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209299
- ISBN
- 9780872209299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 17.09
€ 19.00
€ 17.09
Hardback. Leading sexuality scholars explore queer lives and cultures in the first full post-war decade through an array of sources and a range of perspectives. Drawing out the particularities of queer cultures from the Finland and New Zealand to the UK and the USA, this collection rethinks preconceptions of the 1950s and pinpoints some of its legacies. Editor(s): Bauer, Heike; Cook, Matt. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBLW; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300699
- ISBN
- 9780230300699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.68
€ 134.68
Hardback. A groundbreaking reassessment of the crucial but unrecognized roles Germany's Jews played at home and at the front during World War I Num Pages: 304 pages, 26 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300192049
- ISBN
- 9780300192049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.91
€ 36.99
€ 26.91
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 bw in 16pp plates, 3-5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780762746
- ISBN
- 9781780762746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.19
€ 52.99
€ 37.19
Hardback. This volume presents intersections of Black and German history over eight centuries while mapping continuities and ruptures in Germans' perceptions of Blacks. Juxtaposing these intersections demonstrates that negative German perceptions of Blackness proceeded from nineteenth-century racial theories.. Editor(s): Honeck, Mischa; Klimke, Martin; Kuhlmann-Smirnov, Anne. Series: Studies in German History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 ills, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459534
- ISBN
- 9780857459534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.40
€ 155.40
Paperback. Research on European food culture has expanded substantially in recent years, telling us more about food preparation, ingredients, feasting and fasting rituals, and the social and cultural connotations of food. At the First Table demonstrates the ways in which early modern Spaniards used food as a mechanism for the performance of social identity. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803290815
- ISBN
- 9780803290815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493008469
- ISBN
- 9781493008469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.59
€ 27.99
€ 21.59
Paperback. A History of Warfare stresses that warmaking, for all its destructiveness, has been an inescapable feature of human culture since organised societies emerged. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 b/w plates. BIC Classification: HBT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Random House
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844137497
- ISBN
- 9781844137497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.09
€ 25.99
€ 18.09
Hardback. As Protestantism expanded across the Atlantic, most evangelists were not Anglo-Americans but were members of the groups that missionaries were trying to convert. Native Apostles reveals the way Native Americans, Africans, and black slaves redefined Christianity and addressed the challenges of slavery, dispossession, and European settlement. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HRCC9; HRCX4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072466
- ISBN
- 9780674072466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.94
€ 59.94
Paperback. "First published in Hebrew by The Open University of Israel, Raanana, 2005. This English, updated edition published in 2017 by Equinox Publishing Ltd." BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBTZ; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 703.
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781795804
- ISBN
- 9781781795804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.13
€ 41.13
Hardcover. Marjorie Quarton has reproduced and edited an original Commonplace Book, a household notebook from the 1700s containing the recipes and kitchen notes of her ancestor. Num Pages: 157 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; WBA; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 157
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843511854
- ISBN
- 9781843511854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Hardback. This volume is the first scholarly treatment of the News of the World from news-rich broadsheet to sensational tabloid. Contributors uncover new facts and discuss a range of topics including Sunday journalism, gender, crime, empire, political cartoons, the mass market, investigative techniques and the Leveson Inquiry. Editor(s): Brake, Laurel; Kaul, Chandrika. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media. Num Pages: 328 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBTB; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137392039
- ISBN
- 9781137392039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472459947
- ISBN
- 9781472459947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.49€ 95.55
€ 154.49
€ 95.55