History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardcover. Arranged to tell both the story of the library as an institution and its collecting history, this title covers topics such as: American culture throughout the ages, the history of Chicago and the Midwest, maps and exploration, religion, music and dance, medieval and Renaissance studies, and the indigenous people of the Americas. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrated in colour throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; GLMA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1619.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780911028270
- ISBN
- 9780911028270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 34.99
€ 39.99
€ 34.99
hardcover. Adopting the metaphor of foxes and hedgehogs that Isaiah Berlin used to describe opposite types of thinkers, this title provides an original approach to understanding the development of English and Spanish America over the past 500 years. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520083165
- ISBN
- 9780520083165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.33€ 48.20
€ 62.33
€ 48.20
Paperback. This architectural study updates John Fitchen's original with extensive new material. Added to Fitchen's descriptions of barn types, framing style and exterior appearance is research information that relates to the form, fabric and essence of each Dutch barn in the United States. Num Pages: 272 pages, 52 b&w and 10 colour photographs, 2 maps, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMC; AMG; AMK; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 267 x 184 x 16. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606901
- ISBN
- 9780815606901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.77
€ 30.99
€ 29.77
Paperback. Making the new politics of craft and sustainability Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AFT; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784538248
- ISBN
- 9781784538248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.24
€ 32.99
€ 27.24
paperback. A revised edition of "The Penguin Atlas of Medieval History". Num Pages: 112 pages, maps, notes, index. BIC Classification: GBC; HBG; HBLC; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 219 x 8. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140512496
- ISBN
- 9780140512496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.37
€ 16.99
€ 12.37
Paperback. Illustrates in a chronological series of maps, the evolution and flux of races in Europe, the Mediterranean area and the Near East. This book covers the period from 50,000 BC to the fourth century AD. Num Pages: 128 pages, many maps. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTP; RGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 179 x 7. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140513486
- ISBN
- 9780140513486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. In this new reading of maps and map making, Harley undertakes a surprising journey into the nature of the social and political unconscious. Num Pages: 352 pages, 36, 36 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCX; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801870903
- ISBN
- 9780801870903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.05
€ 35.99
€ 30.05
Hardcover. An era of sweeping cultural change in America, the postwar years saw the rise of beatniks and hippies, the birth of feminism, and the release of the first video game. This book examines the rise and fall of the new math as a marker of the period's political and social ferment. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226184968
- ISBN
- 9780226184968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 77.70
€ 94.08
€ 77.70
Hardback. In 1763 British America stretched from Hudson Bay to the Keys, from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. Using maps that Britain created to control its new lands, Max Edelson pictures the contested geography of the British Atlantic world and offers new explanations of the causes and consequences of Britain's imperial ambitions before the Revolution. Num Pages: 420 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 23 x 15. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674972117
- ISBN
- 9780674972117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.32
€ 47.99
€ 39.32
Paperback. From author Anthony Slide, Hollywood's most celebrated and prolific scholar, cames a wonderfully comprehensive dictionary of American producing and releasing companies, technical innovations, industry terms, studios, genres, and organizations. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; HBT; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 215 x 22. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 2 New ed of rev ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578860159
- ISBN
- 9781578860159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.89
€ 52.99
€ 44.89
Paperback. We invent the past, Wood concludes, in our own image-as nineteenth-century villagers did quite literally and as suburban developers do today. Num Pages: 248 pages, 82, 82 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801866135
- ISBN
- 9780801866135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.51
€ 41.51
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347385
- ISBN
- 9780822347385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.18
€ 31.99
€ 30.18
Hardback. The United States has always been a nation of immigrants, shaped by successive waves of new arrivals. The most recent transformation began when immigration laws and policies changed significantly in 1965. Edited and written by a group of prominent scholars, this book provides an authoritative account of the most recent surge of immigrants. Editor(s): Waters, Mary C.; Ueda, Reed. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 642 pages, 1 map, 80 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 172 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1110.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 642
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023574
- ISBN
- 9780674023574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.30
€ 51.99
€ 43.30
Paperback. The significance of feasts, feasting and drinking throughout the history of the world is not to be underestimated. The Never-Ending Feast explores and analyses the variety of traditions surrounding and significances ascribed to commensality, throwing light on how and why human history is essentially the story of the never-ending feast. Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 bw illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; HD; JFCV; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 11. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847889256
- ISBN
- 9781847889256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.57
€ 35.99
€ 30.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 22 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816660988
- ISBN
- 9780816660988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.97
€ 26.99
€ 26.97
The Neighbors Respond: The Controversy over the Jedwabne Massacre in P...
Edited By Anthony Polonsky And Joanna B. Mich...
paperback. Presents an account of the brutal mass murder of the Jews of Jedwabne by their Polish neighbors. This book captures some of the important voices in the ensuing debate, including those of residents of Jedwabne itself as well as those of journalists, intellectuals, Catholic clergy, and historians both within and well beyond Poland's borders. Editor(s): Polonsky, Antony; Michlic, Joanna B. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691113067
- ISBN
- 9780691113067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 43.50
€ 52.99
€ 43.50
Hardback. Making available an invaluable perspective on African American life, this volume represents a publication of immense historical and literary importance. Editor(s): Dolinar, Brian. Series: New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 175 x 33. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252037696
- ISBN
- 9780252037696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.80
€ 141.80
Paperback. Using the dramatic story of one former perpetrator who settled in New Jersey, conned the CIA into hiring him, and begged for the agency's support when his wartime identity emerged, Eric Lichtblau tells the full, shocking story of how America became a refuge for hundreds of postwar Nazis. Num Pages: 296 pages, 25 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JPHF; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 135 x 319. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Mariner Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780544577886
- ISBN
- 9780544577886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.18
€ 19.99
€ 19.18
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195142402
- ISBN
- 9780195142402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.91
€ 21.91
paperback. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 28. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252013256
- ISBN
- 9780252013256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.02
€ 41.99
€ 37.02