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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. This book is a richly detailed exploration of the complex and cosmopolitan urban culture inhabited by the Presbyterian elite of late-Georgian Belfast, which will prove to be of interest to a wide range of scholars working on the political, cultural and intellectual histories of both Ireland and Britain during the age of reform. Series: Reappraisals in Irish History. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786940124
ISBN
9781786940124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.93

Hardback. This book focuses on the city of St Petersburg, the capital of the Russian empire from the early eighteenth century until the fall of the Romanov dynasty in 1917. It uses the Russian court as a prism through which to view the various cultural changes that were introduced in the city during the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137311597
ISBN
9781137311597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.30

Hardback. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528. Freak Shows and Modern British Culture. 288 pages, ill. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight: 528.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257689
ISBN
9780520257689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37
€ 64.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008210007
ISBN
9780008210007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 15.96

Hardback. The mission UNESCO, as defined just after the end of World War II, is to build 'the defenses of peace in the minds of men'. In this book, historians trace the routes of selected UNESCO mental engineering initiatives from its headquarters in Paris to the member states, to assess UNESCO's global impact. Editor(s): Duedahl, Poul. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JPSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137581181
ISBN
9781137581181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.34

Paperback. Investigates the social and sexual world of these sea rovers Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814712368
ISBN
9780814712368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

Paperback. Manorial records Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 186 x 10. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860772993
ISBN
9781860772993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. .
Publisher
Verso
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781683002
ISBN
9781781683002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 100 b&w/colour. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTD; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 180. .
Publisher
Merrion Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785370939
ISBN
9781785370939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.29

Paperback. Birmingham has been a key innovator in the gun trade since the seventeenth century and the Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof house operates to this day. This book tells the story of the technology and history of gun making. Covering the period 1720 to 1950, it sees the mechanical engineering technology of the 'lock, stock and barrel' firearm change. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; HBTB; KNDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 173 x 13. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752432373
ISBN
9780752432373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.58

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198706854
ISBN
9780198706854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Paperback. Examines the history of the Fante people of southern Ghana during the transatlantic slave trade, 1700 to 1807. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 3J; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464789
ISBN
9781580464789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.27

Paperback. This comprehensive examination of 18th and 19th-century architecture explores its extreme diversity within the context of social, economic and political upheaval. It offers an analysis of the ways issues of style functioned to make architecture one of the most experimental art forms in the period. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 336 pages, colour and black and white halftones throughout. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; ACV; AM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 169 x 20. Weight in Grams: 776.
Publisher
Oxford Paperbacks
Number of pages
332
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192842220
ISBN
9780192842220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 68 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBG; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; HRCC99; JFC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 5. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
68
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
F First Paperback Edition Used
Condition
New
SKU
V9781898595243
ISBN
9781898595243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.17

Paperback. Written when George Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties, this is a memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGL; DNF; HBTB; JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184388
ISBN
9780141184388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The former Prime Minister examines the history of one of the great loves of his life. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: HBTB; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007183654
ISBN
9780007183654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.28

Hardcover. In the post-1945 years, German women played a major role in post-war economic and social reconstruction. These changes preceded other shifts in values and gender relations by 20 years. The author examines these developments and provides an updated survey of women in German society. Series: German Studies Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, tables, bibliography, index, appendices. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 557. Hardback, no dustjacket, in very good condition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Berg Publishers
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
SKU
KRF0012013
ISBN
9780854963911
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752491097
ISBN
9780752491097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Commemorative projects, born out of conflicting memories, can be problematic. Catherine Marshall challenges the coarsening of history by the construction of commemorative monuments that are thought to provide closure over the events that they mark. Num Pages: 36 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 229 x 3. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Quinnipiac University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780990468608
ISBN
9780990468608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.00

Hardback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107182561
ISBN
9781107182561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.59

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