History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. A groundbreaking history of abolition in the long march toward emancipation from the American Revolution through the Civil War Num Pages: 784 pages, 66 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300227116
- ISBN
- 9780300227116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.15
€ 30.99
€ 22.15
Paperback. At the height of the debate about the slave trade and its abolition in the 1780s and '90s, each side issued pamphlets in support of its position. This valuable source-book reproduces a selection of representative pamphlets encompassing the arguments for and against. Issues discussed include humanitarianism and the Rights of Man. Num Pages: 400 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243167
- ISBN
- 9781851243167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.40
€ 17.99
€ 14.40
Paperback. An overview of the trans-Atlantic slave trade from its sixteenth century beginnings until its final absolution in the nineteenth century. It covers the main countries involved and explains the inner workings of the trade and the developments that made it easier and more profitable as the centuries passed. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 151 x 5. Weight in Grams: 148. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747807087
- ISBN
- 9780747807087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.21
€ 8.21
Paperback. The rise and fall of the business of slave trading - by a bestselling historian Num Pages: 928 pages, 75, 10 maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1084.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 928
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753820568
- ISBN
- 9780753820568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.04
€ 26.99
€ 19.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814774823
- ISBN
- 9780814774823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Hardback. Jansson documents how presidents from FDR to Clinton have made ill-advised choices that squandered trillions of dollars. Using Office of Management and Budget projections through 2004, Jansson shows how the madness continues-and how an informed electorate can put an end to it. Num Pages: 496 pages, 45 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JPQB; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114325
- ISBN
- 9780231114325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.84€ 89.47
€ 118.84
€ 89.47
Hardcover. * A leading expert discusses and analyzes the Sioux people with rigorous scholarship and remarkably clear writing. * Raises questions about Sioux history while synthesizing the historical and anthropological research over a wide scope of issues and periods. Series: Peoples of America. Num Pages: 328 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557865663
- ISBN
- 9781557865663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.04
€ 47.04
Paperback. Based on interviews with the survivors of the disaster, this book records the facts as they were known, together with several maps, diagrams, drawings and photographs (including a picture of the actual iceberg that sank the Titanic). Num Pages: 224 pages, 50. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nonsuch Publishing
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845886318
- ISBN
- 9781845886318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.68
€ 23.99
€ 20.68
Paperback. On 10 December 1941 two Royal Navy capital ships were sunk off Malaya by air torpedo attack. They had not requested the air support that could have saved them and 840 men died. Taking full advantage of Second World War documents, the authors re-create not only what happened but also what it was like for the men involved. Num Pages: 366 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 31. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 366
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844150755
- ISBN
- 9781844150755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.48
€ 32.99
€ 28.48
Paperback. Thisthoughtful introduction examines the many ways in whichthe peoples along the Silk Roads interacted, and considers the implications for economies and societies, as well as political and religious institutions. The book contains a range of primary material, some of which has been translated into English for the first time. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBLA; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Bedford/St. Martin's
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312475512
- ISBN
- 9780312475512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 45.29
€ 50.99
€ 45.29
Paperback. The ancient trade routes that made up the Silk Road were some of the great conduits of cultural and material exchange in world history. In this intriguing book, Xinru Liu reveals both why and how this long-distance trade in luxury goods emerged in the late third century BCE, following its story through to the Mongol conquest. Series: New Oxford World History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 20 black and white halftones, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBTB; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195338102
- ISBN
- 9780195338102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.66
€ 45.66
Paperback. 'An important work that asks important questions about the struggle for racial equality today, and adds new insights into the history of racial thinking.' Independent on Sunday Num Pages: 288 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HBTB; HBTQ; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 214 x 21. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745313030
- ISBN
- 9780745313030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.13
€ 37.99
€ 25.13
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books United States
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608462315
- ISBN
- 9781608462315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.47
€ 17.99
€ 17.47
Hardback. For six terror-filled weeks in 1870 German armies bombarded Strasbourg, killing hundreds of citizens, wounding thousands, and destroying landmarks. Rachel Chrastil tells how the city became the epicenter of a new kind of warfare whose indiscriminate violence shocked contemporaries and led to debates over the wartime protection of civilians. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728868
- ISBN
- 9780674728868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.96
€ 54.99
€ 45.96
Paperback. Dating from the 16th century, there were hundreds of shtetls - Jewish settlements - in Eastern Europe that were home to a large and compact population. This book includes chapters on the history of the shtetl, its myths and realities, politics, gender dynamics, and how the shtetl has been (mis)represented in literature. Editor(s): Katz, Steven T. Series: Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JB; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814748312
- ISBN
- 9780814748312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. A penetrating study of the Holocaust in Ukraine Editor(s): Brandon, Ray; Lower, Wendy; Brandon, Ray. Num Pages: 392 pages, 23 b&w illus., 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222688
- ISBN
- 9780253222688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Sew
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784534776
- ISBN
- 9781784534776
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.35
€ 52.99
€ 44.35
Paperback. Nick Robins explores the ships that came to the Pool of London throughout history. Num Pages: 160 pages, 120. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445664613
- ISBN
- 9781445664613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.35
€ 28.35
Paperback. Explore the fascinating history of the vessels of the Manchester Ship Canal. Num Pages: 192 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJ; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445651941
- ISBN
- 9781445651941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.06
€ 38.06
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445633862
- ISBN
- 9781445633862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.77
€ 19.00
€ 16.77