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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. The War for Independence promised liberty, the opportunity for a better life, and the excitement of the battlefield. It also brought disappointment, misery, and mourning. This book presents essays that investigate the diverse experiences of Americans from North to South, coast to backcountry, and white townsfolk to African American slaves. Editor(s): Resch, John; Sargent, Walter. Num Pages: 326 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806143
- ISBN
- 9780875806143
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Paperback. Exposes the fact that slavery remains widespread in Sudan and is not grounded in the current civil war but on old prejudices between the Muslim north and the Christian south. "A shocking account of Sudanese slavery."-Crime & Justice International Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812217629
- ISBN
- 9780812217629
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Editor(s): Newitt, Professor Malyn. Series: Lost & Found: Classic Travel Writing S. Num Pages: 256 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JH; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 133. .
- Publisher
- Non Basic Stock Line
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904955696
- ISBN
- 9781904955696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.79
€ 19.99
€ 19.79
Hardback. This comprehensive introduction to the study of war and genocide presents a disturbing case that the potential for slaughter is deeply rooted in the political, economic, social and ideological relations of the modern world. Most accounts of war and genocide treat them as separate phenomena. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; HBG; HBLW; HBTZ; JFFE; JHBA; JPA; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745619064
- ISBN
- 9780745619064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.84
€ 72.84
Hardback. An apostolic lifestyle characterized by total material renunciation, homelessness, and begging was practiced by monks throughout the Roman Empire in the fourth and fifth centuries. This book presents a study of this type of Christian poverty and the challenge it posed for episcopal authority and the promotion of monasticism in late antiquity. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 339 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 3D; HBG; HBLA; HBTB; HRCC1; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520233249
- ISBN
- 9780520233249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.35€ 56.86
€ 73.35
€ 56.86
Paperback. In September 1940, Walter Benjamin committed suicide in Port Bou on the Spanish-French border when it appeared that he and his travelling partners would be denied passage into Spain in their attempt to escape the Nazis. This is an essay about his cemetery, eyewitness accounts of Benjamin's border travails, and the circumstances of his demise. Num Pages: 248 pages, 40 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226790046
- ISBN
- 9780226790046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.67
€ 37.99
€ 29.67
Paperback. A history of the Walsall leather industry Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; HBT; KND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 8. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752427935
- ISBN
- 9780752427935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
€ 17.99
€ 16.51
Paperback. Drawing on Russia's Department files, personal papers of key Wall Street figures, biographies and conventional histories, this book reveals: the role of Morgan banking executives in funneling illegal Bolshevik gold into the US; the co-option of the American Red Cross by powerful Wall Street forces; and, more. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTV4; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430. The Remarkable True Story of the American Capitalists Who Financed the Russian Communists. 232 pages, Illustrations, maps. Drawing on Russia's Department files, personal papers of key Wall Street figures, biographies and conventional histories, this book reveals: the role of Morgan banking executives in funneling illegal Bolshevik gold into the US; the co-option of the American Red Cross by powerful Wall Street forces; and, more. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTV4; KCZ. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 19. Weight: 416.
- Publisher
- Clairview Books
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905570355
- ISBN
- 9781905570355
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.25
€ 17.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. Editor(s): Brown, Evrick; Shortell, Timothy. Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSG; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439912218
- ISBN
- 9781439912218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.12
€ 37.99
€ 34.12
Sheet map, folded. Series: Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Yorkshire. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JJC; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 101 x 206 x 2. Weight in Grams: 26.
- Publisher
- Alan Godfrey Maps
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847845665
- ISBN
- 9781847845665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.04
€ 7.04
Hardback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 232 pages, 45 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: AVGK; BK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252040085
- ISBN
- 9780252040085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.34
€ 118.34
Paperback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 232 pages, 45 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: AVGK; BK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081576
- ISBN
- 9780252081576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.92
€ 20.99
€ 20.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 113 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; WG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, US United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939923977
- ISBN
- 9780939923977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.10
€ 32.99
€ 22.10
Hardback. On the eve of World War I, Russia, not known as a nation of joiners, had thousands of voluntary associations. This work examines the crucial role of voluntary associations in the development of civil society in Russia from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JKSN1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 168 x 244 x 31. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032798
- ISBN
- 9780674032798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.02€ 71.22
€ 78.02
€ 71.22
Paperback. Since 1912, Swansea's football side, be they called Town or City, has touched the hearts of those who have walked through the Vetch Field gates. This book contains the memories of some of those people. Series: Tempus Oral History Series. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100ill. BIC Classification: HBT; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752415925
- ISBN
- 9780752415925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.54
€ 17.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. An oral history of the Potteries Series: Tempus Oral History Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMS; HBTD; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165 x 7. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752422763
- ISBN
- 9780752422763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
€ 17.99
€ 16.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; HBTB; JFSL3; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927051948
- ISBN
- 9781927051948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.84
€ 13.00
€ 11.84
Paperback. Voices of Quedgeley & Hardwicke Series: Tempus Oral History Series. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; HBTD; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752426556
- ISBN
- 9780752426556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.54
€ 17.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. Before the advent of machines in the late 1950s, hop-picking was undertaken by an army of people, many of whom saw the countryside only during these four to six weeks of picking. This collection of reminiscences captures the lives of the hop-pickers in detail, from the preparation and anticipation before departure. Series: Chalford Oral History. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; HBTD; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165 x 9. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752411309
- ISBN
- 9780752411309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.23
€ 17.99
€ 14.23
Paperback. Features the personal memories that give an insight into the lives of the people who lived in and around the Gloucestershire market town neighbours of Fairford and Lechlade. This title documents the individuality of the people and paints a picture of the lives lead, daily work and social experiences enjoyed, both public and private. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; HBTD; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 237 x 9. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752422725
- ISBN
- 9780752422725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.54
€ 17.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. Seeks to recover the lives and words of former slaves in vivid detail Editor(s): Regosin, Elizabeth; Shaffer, Donald R. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS; HBW; KFFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814775875
- ISBN
- 9780814775875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Hardcover. Voices in Dialogue, a collection of essays which outline key issues in the cultural history of medieval women. Some provide evidence that women in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages achieved an accomplished form of literacy and became actively involved in literary networks. Others discuss women's ministry and spiritual leadership. Editor(s): Olson, Linda; Kerby-Fulton, Kathryn. Num Pages: 608 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; CFC; HBTB; HRCX4; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1016.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268037178
- ISBN
- 9780268037178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.29
€ 52.29
Paperback. Shows the enormous impact that terrorism, often US-backed, has had on Cuban civilians. Includes many interviews with victims and their families. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 photos. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBTD; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745330402
- ISBN
- 9780745330402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.91
€ 33.99
€ 22.91
Paperback. First-hand accounts of the Holocaust from the rise to power of Hilter to the Nuremberg trials. Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849017237
- ISBN
- 9781849017237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.79
€ 15.79