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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. Why has human history unfolded so differently across the globe? The author puts the case that geography and biogeography, not race, moulded the contrasting fates of Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, sub-Saharan Africans, and aboriginal Australians. Num Pages: 480 pages, 32 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JHMC; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780099302780
ISBN
9780099302780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.59

Paperback. Firearms have long been at the core of our national narratives. This title documents and analyzes the history of firearms in America, exploring various aspects of gun manufacture, ownership, and use - and importantly, the cultural and political implications which this history reveals. Editor(s): Dizard, Jan E.; Muth, Robert M.; Andrews, Stephen P. Num Pages: 517 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; HBT; JFC; WSXS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
517
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814718797
ISBN
9780814718797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. Reveals one of the greatest horrors of the 20th century: the system of Soviet camps that are responsible for the deaths of countless millions. This work presents history of the camp: from its origins under the tsars, to its colossal expansion under Stalin's reign of terror, its zenith in the late 1940s and eventual collapse in the era of glasnost. Num Pages: 624 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First Penguin Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140283105
ISBN
9780140283105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.02

Paperback. Buttressed by historical documentary sources, and by painstaking linguistic researches, Maureen Warner-Lewis offers a re-issue and thematic expansion of her classic collection of essays on the forced and voluntary migration to Trinidad of West and West-Central Africans during the 1800s, extending through both the slavery and post-emancipation eras. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTS; JFC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9789766405052
ISBN
9789766405052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.04

Hardback. In the early twentieth century poverty became the focus of an anguished national conversation about the future of China. Investigating the lives of the urban poor in China during this critical era, this book examines the solutions implemented by a nation attempting to deal with "society's most fundamental problem." Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFA; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152103
ISBN
9780691152103
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.89
€ 55.38

Paperback. Editor(s): Bisgaard, Lars; Mortensen, Lars Boje; Pettitt, Tom. Num Pages: 301 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DN; HBJD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776745578
ISBN
9788776745578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.69

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Mapseeker Archive Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844918201
ISBN
9781844918201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.71

Paperback. The Guide is organized into sections such as Vital Records, Church Records, Tax Lists, and Special Finding Aids. Num Pages: 140 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Maryland Historical Society United States
Edition
fifth edition
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9780938420729
ISBN
9780938420729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 319 pages. BIC Classification: GBCR; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 276 x 213 x 18. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560721741
ISBN
9781560721741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 245.73
€ 184.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBTB; HBWP; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845198688
ISBN
9781845198688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.98

Paperback. Drawing on extensive interviews with surviving members of the George Jackson Brigade, this book provides an inside-out perspective on the social movements of the 1970s. It is also a compelling exploration of the true nature of crime and a provocative meditation on the tension between self-restraint and anger in the process of social change. Num Pages: 358 pages, 28 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520264298
ISBN
9780520264298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. A fresh contemporary edition of one of the most dramatic accounts of the Irish War of Independence ever written Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTR; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 35. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781781171714
ISBN
9781781171714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.44

Hardcover. This text provides a technical history of the development of GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) standards and the early evolution of UMTS (Univerisal Mobile Telecommunicaitons System). It presents background information and descriptions of the technical features of the GSM standards. Editor(s): Hillebrand, Friedhelm. Num Pages: 590 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBT; TJKR; TJKT; UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 250 x 184 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1144.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
Har/Cdr
Number of pages
590
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470843222
ISBN
9780470843222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 270.20

Hardcover. Editor(s): Knollenberg, Bernhard; Sheehan, Bernard W. Num Pages: 570 pages, notes, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1250.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
570
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865974159
ISBN
9780865974159
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Editor(s): Sheehan, Bernard W. Num Pages: 570 pages, notes, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1068.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
570
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865974166
ISBN
9780865974166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.78

Paperback. Presents a fresh view of the upbringing of English children in upper and professional class families over three centuries. Drawing on direct testimony from contemporary diaries and letters, this book revises previous understandings of parenting and what it was like to grow up in the period between 1600 and 1914. Num Pages: 456 pages, 16 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300163964
ISBN
9780300163964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.68

Paperback. The story of grog is the story of Australia. This is how it all began. Num Pages: 336 pages, 35 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBFN; 3JH; HBJM; HBLL; HBTB; WBXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 32. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hachette Australia
Condition
New
SKU
V9780733634017
ISBN
9780733634017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. .
Publisher
Stobart Davies Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780854420827
ISBN
9780854420827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. The first ever history of magic books - or grimoires - from the ancient Middle East through to the modern day, from harmless charms and remedies to sinister pacts with the Devil. Num Pages: 384 pages, 27 black and white halftones, 17 black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1D; HBT; HRQX2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 31. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199590049
ISBN
9780199590049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBTB; HRAX; HRC; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268026219
ISBN
9780268026219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.40

Sheet map, folded. .
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Heritage Cartography
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905718665
ISBN
9781905718665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.51

hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 243 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226339986
ISBN
9780226339986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.50

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBB; DSBD; DSK; HBT; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801441431
ISBN
9780801441431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.12

Hardback. Bringing together scholars from diverse periods and disciplines of Hellenic and Byzantine studies, this volume explores the shifting shapes and functions of laughter and tears, with consideration given to visual, performative and musical arts, as well as to written records. Editor(s): Alexiou, Margaret; Cairns, Douglas. Series: Edinburgh Leventis Studies. Num Pages: 512 pages, 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; DSB; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474403795
ISBN
9781474403795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.96
€ 124.86

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