History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. Editor(s): Langley, Michelle C. Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Num Pages: 257 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 53 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HD; JHM; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 210. Weight in Grams: 919.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789402408973
- ISBN
- 9789402408973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.26
€ 143.26
Paperback. Tells the history of Orthodox Jews in America, from the 17th century onwards, and examines how Orthodox Jewish men and women coped with the personal, familial, and communal challenges of religious freedom, economic opportunity, and social integration. This title is suitable for those seeking to understand the American Jewish experience. Series: Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 400 pages, 17 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253220608
- ISBN
- 9780253220608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. This text explores the "orphan trains" which took poor European immigrant children to new lives in the Midwest in 1854. It documents the history of the children on those trains - their struggles, successes and failures. It includes stories of volunteers who oversaw the placement of the orphans. Series: Missouri Heritage Readers Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, 40 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 191.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826211217
- ISBN
- 9780826211217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.09
€ 17.99
€ 16.09
Paperback. This revised and updated edition of the standard introduction to the origins of the greatest of all revolutions incorporates and critically appraises the results of a new generation of research and interpretation. It thus remains the essential starting point for study of the subject. Num Pages: 256 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198731740
- ISBN
- 9780198731740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.84
€ 68.84
Paperback. The Supreme Court's 1857 Dred Scott decision denied citizenship to African Americans and enabled slavery's westward expansion. The author tracks arguments made by Taney Court justices in the two decades prior to Dred Scott and in its immediate aftermath. He reveals that Dred Scott was an outgrowth of Jacksonian jurisprudence. Series: Studies in the Legal History of the South. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820328423
- ISBN
- 9780820328423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.62
€ 38.62
Paperback. Between 1492 and 1820, about two-thirds of the people who crossed the Atlantic to the Americas were Africans. Over the years, however, huge strides have been made in the study of the history of slavery and emancipation in the Atlantic world. This collection brings together some of the key contributions to this growing body of scholarship. Editor(s): Dubois, Laurent; Scott, Julius S. Series: Rewriting Histories. Num Pages: 424 pages, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415994460
- ISBN
- 9780415994460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.39
€ 70.39
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691650630
- ISBN
- 9780691650630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.29
€ 132.29
Paperback. For most of western history, all sex outside marriage was illegal. Between 1600 and 1800, this entire world-view was shattered by revolutionary new ideas. This book shows that the creation of this modern culture of sex was a central part of the Enlightenment, that helped create a new model of western civilization. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Penguin Press/Classics
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241955963
- ISBN
- 9780241955963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. A comprehensive record of the original Spanish families of New Mexico in the 17th and 18th centuries that marks the two distinct periods of colonization. Num Pages: 442 pages, b/w illus, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JD; 3JF; HBTG; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 279 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press United States
- Edition
- Rev Sub
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890132395
- ISBN
- 9780890132395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.78€ 48.20
€ 61.78
€ 48.20
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFN; JHB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691648774
- ISBN
- 9780691648774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 72.48
€ 95.07
€ 72.48
Hardback. Provides the first comprehensive review of the evolution of tropical rain forests on a continent by continent basis, within an up--to--date tectonic, palaeogeographical and palaeoclimatic framework primarily by reference to the record of fossil pollens and spores. Num Pages: 378 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBT; PSAF; RGBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471983262
- ISBN
- 9780471983262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 406.48
€ 406.48
Paperback. Confronting the cultural stereotypes that have been attached to Asian-Americans over the last 150 years, this title seizes the label "Oriental" and asks where it came from. It shows how the bewildering array of racialized images first proffered by music hall songsters and social commentators have evolved and become generalized to Asian-Americans. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFC; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 50318th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397537
- ISBN
- 9781566397537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
paperback. Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 186 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024275
- ISBN
- 9780253024275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Hardback. Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 186 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 595.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024220
- ISBN
- 9780253024220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.02
€ 86.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FMP; HBJF; HBTQ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816671977
- ISBN
- 9780816671977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.47
€ 30.99
€ 27.47
Paperback. This book explores the ways in which colonial administrators constructed knowledge about the society and culture of India and the processes through which that knowledge has shaped past and present Indian reality. Editor(s): Breckenridge, Carol A.; Veer, Peter van der. Series: South Asia Seminar. Num Pages: 372 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812214369
- ISBN
- 9780812214369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. Surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, considering orientalism as a powerful European ideological creation - a way for writers, philosophers and colonial administrators to deal with the 'otherness' of eastern culture, customs and beliefs. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780141187426
- ISBN
- 9780141187426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Hardback. Can the orgasm be explained in historical terms? An almost incommunicable individual emotion yet also a cultural reality, the orgasm is part of, but also escapes, collective experience. The history of the orgasm is that of the hidden body, of forbidden desires, of flesh constrained by taboos and morality. Translator(s): Fernbach, David. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 170 x 30. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745638751
- ISBN
- 9780745638751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.17
€ 79.17
Paperback. Can the orgasm be explained in historical terms? An almost incommunicable individual emotion yet also a cultural reality, the orgasm is part of, but also escapes, collective experience. The history of the orgasm is that of the hidden body, of forbidden desires, of flesh constrained by taboos and morality. Translator(s): Fernbach, David. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745638768
- ISBN
- 9780745638768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.00
€ 27.00
paperback. Offers an analysis of the forms and uses of individualism in colonial and anti-colonial India. This book presents an examination of how concepts of individualism functioned in support of and resistance to British imperialism in India. It highlights the complexity of the multiple narratives that constitute British colonial history. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822327684
- ISBN
- 9780822327684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Family Tree Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781440345036
- ISBN
- 9781440345036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.90
€ 29.99
€ 22.90
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; JFSC; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691650777
- ISBN
- 9780691650777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.95€ 140.93
€ 188.95
€ 140.93
Paperback. Based on declassified wartime reports, this in-depth dossier details the inner workings of the Organisation Todt which not only built the Autobahns, but also Germany's Siegfried Line and Atlantic Wall. Editor(s): Christopher, John. Num Pages: 278 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 174 x 17. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445638560
- ISBN
- 9781445638560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.16
€ 36.99
€ 26.16
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851998336
- ISBN
- 9780851998336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.93
€ 138.93