History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Italy faced a number of catastrophes in the long sixteenth century. This economic and demographic history follows the consequences of these catastrophes - the action of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse - War, Famine and Plague, all followed by Death. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349450275
- ISBN
- 9781349450275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.77
€ 128.77
Paperback. While tracing the historical emergence of the cafe as a social institution and noting its multiple faces and functions in the modernity of the occident, three themes run like threads of varying texture through the chapters: the social connectivity and inclusion of cafes, cafe as surrogate office, and cafe as site of exchange for news and views. Editor(s): Tjora, Aksel; Scambler, Graham. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR; JHB; JHBS; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349446438
- ISBN
- 9781349446438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.24
€ 128.24
paperback. Building on ethnographic research in a rural village in Sichuan, this book examines changing relationships between social organization, politics, and economy during the 20th century. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 half-tones 3 tables 6 figures 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804741293
- ISBN
- 9780804741293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University Press Group Ltd United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143699
- ISBN
- 9780691143699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.51
€ 29.99
€ 26.51
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107182561
- ISBN
- 9781107182561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.94€ 98.41
€ 105.94
€ 98.41
hardcover. A Byzantine Government in Exile Government and Society under the Laskarids of Nicaea (1204-1261) Series: Oxford Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198218548
- ISBN
- 9780198218548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 279.66
€ 279.66
Paperback. Illustrator(s): McBride, Angus. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Edition
- Tenth Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850453065
- ISBN
- 9780850453065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226233369
- ISBN
- 9780226233369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.23
€ 35.99
€ 28.23
Paperback. Awide-ranging history of swordsmanship through the ages, written with passion and artistry by a former Olympic fencer. Num Pages: 560 pages, 77 b-w integrated photographs. BIC Classification: HBT; HBW; WSTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 36. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cohen, Richard
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847396709
- ISBN
- 9781847396709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.79
€ 17.99
€ 12.79
Paperback. The growth of industrialism, the rise of professionalism and the decline of slavery led to debates in 19th-century America about the concept of work. This book examines the literary view of this debate, arguing that many writers felt an affinity between the mental labour of writing and manual work. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; DSBF; HBTB; JFC; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226075556
- ISBN
- 9780226075556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 66, 54 black & white halftones, 9 tables, 2 maps, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HB; HBJD; HBJH; HBTR; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801456527
- ISBN
- 9780801456527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 44.26
€ 45.99
€ 44.26
Paperback. The story of the peoples of Eurasia, from the birth of farming to the expansion of the Mongols in the thirteenth century. An immense historical panorama set on a huge continental stage, this is also the story of how humans first started building the global system we know today. Num Pages: 544 pages, 130 colour halftones; 150 maps; 28 plans. BIC Classification: 3B; HBJD; HBJF; HBLA; HBLC; HBTB; HBTP; HDD; HDDA; JH. Dimension: 246 x 189. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199689187
- ISBN
- 9780199689187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.48
€ 36.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. A whole succession of factories, steam ships, motorboats, aircraft, railway engines, trucks and automobiles have been powered by an engine from the factories of D Napier and son. This volume tells the history of D Napier and Son from the company's beginnings in Lambeth to the works in Acton, NW London. Num Pages: 288 pages, 100. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTK; KND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 174 x 17. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752438887
- ISBN
- 9780752438887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.46
€ 26.99
€ 23.46
Paperback. Provides a definitive history of consumer activism. This title explores abolitionist-led efforts to eschew slave-made goods, African American consumer campaigns against Jim Crow, a 1930s refusal of silk from fascist Japan, and emerging contemporary movements like slow food. Num Pages: 424 pages, 35 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFT; JPWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226298672
- ISBN
- 9780226298672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15
hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK; LNDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 31. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814771815
- ISBN
- 9780814771815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.27
€ 40.27
Paperback. After successfully developing a series of funfairs, Billy Butlin progressed to opening holiday centres and hotels across the UK. From Redcoats to water worlds, and from the Glamorous Grandmothers competitions to National Talent contests, this book provides a nostalgic trip down memory lane for the ones who know and love Butlin's. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; WQN; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 9. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752458632
- ISBN
- 9780752458632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.22
€ 24.99
€ 21.22
Paperback. Provides an account of Cassidy's life. Num Pages: 372 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803287563
- ISBN
- 9780803287563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.71
€ 23.71
Paperback. In 1944, at the age of fifteen, Marceline Loridan-Ivens was arrested in occupied France, along with her father. They were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and forcibly separated. Though he managed to smuggle one last note to her, Marceline never spoke to her father again. This memoir offers a deeply moving message from a daughter to a father. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571328024
- ISBN
- 9780571328024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.44
€ 10.99
€ 9.44
Paperback. Editor(s): Hull, Gloria T.; Scott, Patricia Bell. Num Pages: 414 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- The Feminist Press at CUNY
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558618985
- ISBN
- 9781558618985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.40
€ 24.99
€ 21.40
hardcover. The story of baseball in America begins not with the fabled Abner Doubleday but with a generation of mid-nineteenth-century Americans who moved from the countryside to the cities and brought a cherished but delightfully informal game with them. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781566637480
- ISBN
- 9781566637480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.64
€ 27.99
€ 25.64
Paperback. Despite the immense body of literature about the American Civil War and its causes, the nation's western involvement in the approaching conflict often gets short shrift. Busy in the Cause explores the role of the Midwest in shaping US politics concerning slavery in the years leading up to the Civil War. Num Pages: 306 pages, 22 illustrations, 1 map, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803271890
- ISBN
- 9780803271890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Hardcover. Bringing together a diverse array of photographs, this collection provides a visual record of life in Kansas, from 1936-1949. The photographs portray, for example, FSA-aided farmers and striking coal miners, dust-bowl debris and tumbleweeds, and a failed bank and a thriving stockyard. Editor(s): Schulz, Constance B. Num Pages: 160 pages, 94 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBTB; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 204 x 17. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700607990
- ISBN
- 9780700607990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.35
€ 68.35
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; HBJD; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691643359
- ISBN
- 9780691643359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.57€ 131.46
€ 176.57
€ 131.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475122
- ISBN
- 9780801475122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30