History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. An account of blasphemy in Victorian England, retelling the forgotten stories of more than 200 working-class blasphemers, such as G.W. Foote, who stood trial three times for the crime of blasphemy. Foote's "martyrdom" transformed blasphemy from a religious offence into a class and cultural crime. Num Pages: 442 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBF; HBTB; HRAM7; HRCC2; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226506913
- ISBN
- 9780226506913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.37
€ 42.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Consigned to illiteracy, American slaves left little record of their thoughts and feelings or so we have believed. But a few learned to use pen and paper to make sense of their experiences, despite prohibitions. These authors perspectives rewrite the history of emancipation and force us to rethink the relationship between literacy and freedom." Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: D; HBTS; HBWJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780674088061
- ISBN
- 9780674088061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.73
€ 35.99
€ 30.73
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Silver Link Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781858951614
- ISBN
- 9781858951614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.91
€ 20.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBTQ; HBW; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349221615
- ISBN
- 9781349221615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.97
€ 126.97
Paperback. Showing the lessons that can be learned from the past, the author explores twelve universal topics, from work and love to money and creativity, and reveals the wisdom that we've been missing. It stepping into the territory of Alain de Botton and Theodore Zeldin, is 'practical history' - using the past to think about our day to day lives. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846683947
- ISBN
- 9781846683947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.15
€ 11.99
€ 10.15
Paperback. The nineteenth century, a time of cultural, political, and socio-economic transformation in Europe, brought about fundamental changes in the role of women. Women achieved this by fighting for their rights in the legal, economic, and political spheres. This volume provides a context to the movement by including countries from all regions of Europe. Editor(s): Paletschek, Sylvia; Pietrow-Ennker, Bianka. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBTB; JFFK; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754941
- ISBN
- 9780804754941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.99
€ 36.99
€ 33.99
Paperback. This textbook covers the key areas of women's lives in the period 1850-1945 and should be welcomed by students and teachers as an introduction to a formative period in women's history. Editor(s): Purvis, June. Series: Women's and Gender History. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415238892
- ISBN
- 9780415238892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.63
€ 49.63
Paperback. The American Historical Association's Committee on Women Historians commissioned some of the pioneering figures in women's history to prepare essays in their respective areas of expertise. These volumes, the second and third in a series of three, complete their collected efforts. It also includes essays on sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East. Editor(s): Smith, Bonnie G. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072345
- ISBN
- 9780252072345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.97
€ 24.99
€ 22.97
Paperback. Concerned with issues that have shaped the history of women in particular places and eras, this title examines women in ancient civilizations; including women in China, Japan, and Korea; women and gender in South and South East Asia; Medieval women; women and gender in Colonial Latin America; and the history of women in the US up to 1865. Editor(s): Smith, Bonnie G. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072499
- ISBN
- 9780252072499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Peterson, University of Maryland; Francesca Sawaya, University of Oklahoma; Talia Schaffer, Queens College, CUNY; Alpana Sharma, Wright State University; Lynn Thiesmeyer, Keio University; Ana Parejo Vadillo, Birkbeck College, University of London; and Julian Yates, University of Delaware. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801869358
- ISBN
- 9780801869358
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.65
€ 34.99
€ 29.65
Hardback. Offers a reappraisal of the role of women in the politics and practice of welfare in late Victorian and early Edwardian England. Using a working diary written by the activist and female poor law guardian Mary Haslam, this book portrays Bolton women as sophisticated political operators. Num Pages: 364 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJC; HBTB; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845190873
- ISBN
- 9781845190873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.03
€ 129.03
Paperback. Editor(s): Bell, Susan Groag; Offen, Karen M. Num Pages: 492 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5766 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 492
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804711739
- ISBN
- 9780804711739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.18
€ 46.99
€ 42.18
Paperback. Editor(s): Bell, Susan Groag; Offen, Karen M. Num Pages: 564 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 564
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804711715
- ISBN
- 9780804711715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.08
€ 46.99
€ 42.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; HBTV; JFFK; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226401898
- ISBN
- 9780226401898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Hardcover. Examines the Soviet state's attempt to rebuild following World War II by offering support to families and encouraging women to enter the work force. This book also scrutinizes a society that proclaimed sexual equality, but was unable to achieve these goals because of the failure of the state to provide the structures necessary for equality. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335805
- ISBN
- 9780880335805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.45
€ 46.99
€ 33.45
Paperback. Addressing cultural representations of women's participation in the political violence and terrorism of the Italian anni di piombo ('years of lead', c. 1969-83), this book conceptualizes Italy's experience of political violence during those years as a form of cultural and collective trauma. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; HBTB; JFC; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349451432
- ISBN
- 9781349451432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; HRA; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349666720
- ISBN
- 9781349666720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. This collection of essays discusses a wide range of issues from female education to lesbian passion, and the authors demonstrate through detailed case studies, women's skilful negotiation of the boundaries between personal religious beliefs, moral attitudes and social action. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HRA; HRC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333993071
- ISBN
- 9780333993071
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. Through an analysis of the marriage patterns of thousands of aristocratic women as well as an examination of diaries, letters, and memoirs, this book demonstrates that the sense of rank identity as manifested in these women's marriages remained remarkably stable for centuries, until it was finally shattered by the First World War. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 169 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137327796
- ISBN
- 9781137327796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Paperback. Through an analysis of the marriage patterns of thousands of aristocratic women as well as an examination of diaries, letters, and memoirs, this book demonstrates that the sense of rank identity as manifested in these women's marriages remained remarkably stable for centuries, until it was finally shattered by the First World War. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460212
- ISBN
- 9781349460212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53