History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardcover. In Georgia during the Great Depression, jobless workers united with the urban poor, sharecroppers, and tenant farmers. In a collective effort that cut across race and class boundaries, they confronted an unresponsive political and social system and helped shape government policies. This book lets us understand the movement. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JJG; HBTB; JPWF; KCFM; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820330457
- ISBN
- 9780820330457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.79
€ 152.79
Hardcover. Radio was one of the major weapons used in the Cold War and The Undivided Sky gives a lively and comprehensive account of radio programming and audience responses in the divided Germany of the 1960s by looking at the reportage of major war-crimes trials of the time, issues of the Holocaust and German national identity. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576766
- ISBN
- 9780230576766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70
€ 62.70
paperback. Argues that the expansion of the Florentine economic market in the fifteenth century helped to undo the development of markets of other economies - especially the rural economy of Tuscany. This title shows how sectoral relations are crucial to transitions to capitalism and how capitalist development can also contract markets. Series: Politics, History, & Social Change. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 tables, 1 map, 3 line art. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592136193
- ISBN
- 9781592136193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.02
€ 37.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DS; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 433.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349634101
- ISBN
- 9781349634101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Paperback. Series: African American. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 27. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486450391
- ISBN
- 9780486450391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 17.53
€ 20.00
€ 17.53
paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Arcturus Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784287139
- ISBN
- 9781784287139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 8.29
€ 14.99
€ 8.29
Paperback. In this volume, Doug Underwood asks whether much of what is now called literary journalism is, in fact, 'literary, ' and whether it should rank with the great novels by such journalist-literary figures as Twain, Cather, and Hemingway, who believed that fiction was the better place for a realistic writer to express the important truths of life Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; DS; HBTB; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349469703
- ISBN
- 9781349469703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.61
€ 61.61
hardcover. The 1948 Genocide Convention is one of the most important instruments in international law. This Commentary provides a comprehensive analysis of each article of the Convention, taking a thematic approach. It also examines the Convention's legacy and future, drawing on its preparatory works and the development of international case law on genocide. Editor(s): Gaeta, Paola. Series: Oxford Commentaries on International Law. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; LBBR; LBBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1034.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (UK) United Kingdom
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199570218
- ISBN
- 9780199570218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 214.11
€ 214.11
Paperback. Available for the first time in one volume, a unique and comprehensive guide that includes the precise position and characteristics of 285 wrecks between Whitby to Berwick - from fishing boats to submarines and steamers to warships - that were lost or sunk from the 1850s to the present day. Num Pages: 400 pages, liberally illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 170 x 27. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Publisher
- Whittles Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904445890
- ISBN
- 9781904445890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.26
€ 26.99
€ 23.26
Paperback. For millennia, war was viewed as a supreme test. In the period 1750-1850 war became much more than a test: it became a secular revelation. This new understanding of war as revelation completely transformed Western war culture, revolutionizing politics, the personal experience of war, the status of common soldiers, and the tenets of military theory. Num Pages: 401 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBTB; HBTQ; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349358670
- ISBN
- 9781349358670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 181.22
€ 181.22
Hardback. A historical account of concepts of honor in Mexico during the mid-to-late nineteenth century and the role of those concepts in the development of the public sphere. Num Pages: 400 pages, 24 illustrations, 7 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822346531
- ISBN
- 9780822346531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.30
€ 131.30
Paperback. A historical account of concepts of honor in Mexico during the mid-to-late nineteenth century and the role of those concepts in the development of the public sphere. Num Pages: 400 pages, 24 illustrations, 7 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822346456
- ISBN
- 9780822346456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.53
€ 32.99
€ 32.53
Hardcover. Tycoons, Scorchers, and Outlaws charts how auto racing was shaped by class tensions between the millionaires who invented it, the public who resented their seizure of the public roads, and the working class drivers who viewed the sport as a vocation, not a leisured pursuit. Num Pages: 154 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137322500
- ISBN
- 9781137322500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.90
€ 61.90
Paperback. In 1767, two 'princes' of a ruling family in the port of Old Calabar, on the slave coast of Africa, were ambushed and captured by English slavers. The princes were themselves slave traders who were betrayed by African competitors - and so began their own odyssey of enslavement. This book presents an account of the Atlantic slave experience. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JF; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032057
- ISBN
- 9780674032057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.23
€ 27.99
€ 24.23
Hardcover. A realistic understanding of the mafia must avoid depictions both of a monolithic organization and of localized, isolated groups. Here, renowned historian Salvatore Lupo analyzes the mafia as a network of varied relationships and institutions, the result of a complex cultural and social encounter that was shaped by multiple, diverse environments. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBTB; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137491350
- ISBN
- 9781137491350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.43
€ 170.43
Paperback. Aziz Rana offers an reinterpretation of the American political tradition from the colonial period to modern times, placing issues of race relations, immigration & presidentialism in the context of shifting notions of empire & citizenship. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTR; JPH; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 29. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674284333
- ISBN
- 9780674284333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.44
€ 29.99
€ 25.44
Hardback. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJF; HBL; HBTQ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312120900
- ISBN
- 9780312120900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.69
€ 119.69
Paperback. Touching on aging central cities, technoburbs, and the ongoing conflict between inner-city poverty and urban boosterism, The Twentieth-Century American City offers a broad, accessible overview of America's persistent struggle for a better city. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBTB; JFSG; RPC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- third edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420387
- ISBN
- 9781421420387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 29.82
€ 35.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. The story of the assassination squad that changed the course of Irish history. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784080150
- ISBN
- 9781784080150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.95
€ 11.99
€ 9.95
Hardback. "Denise Low recovers the life and times of her grandfather, Frank Bruner (1889-1963), whose expression of Lenape identity was largely discouraged by mainstream society."--Provided by publisher. Series: American Indian Lives. Num Pages: 200 pages, 26 images, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803294936
- ISBN
- 9780803294936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.27
€ 40.27
Paperback. A vivid history of the men who risked censures, stigma, even imprisonment for a cause they believed to be "an extended tour of duty." Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBJF; HBTB; HBWS2; JPWF; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814736357
- ISBN
- 9780814736357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. The classic on the history of British horse racing - by the leading historian of sports history. It provides a detailed and far-ranging social and economic analysis of the major changes in British flat racing, in particular in the period between 1830 and 1939. Series: Classics in Social History. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 215 x 26. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Edward Everett Root
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954207571
- ISBN
- 9780954207571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.79
€ 55.79
Paperback. A fascinating look at Middle Eastern and North African football, a key battleground for political control, social justice, identity and gender rights. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; HBJF1; HBTB; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 1000.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849043311
- ISBN
- 9781849043311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.50
€ 33.99
€ 30.50
Hardback. Fritzsche traces twentieth-century history through the remarkable diaries of an ordinary Berliner. Franz Goll wrote of hungry winters during WWI, the Berlin bombing, rapes by Russian soldiers, shockwaves cast by Darwin, Freud, and Einstein, the flexing of U.S. superpower, and the strange lifestyles that marked Germany's transition to modernity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055315
- ISBN
- 9780674055315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.50
€ 47.99
€ 39.50