History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. In the 1930s, hundreds of barges sailed the crowded waters of the Thames estuary carrying up to 100 tons of every sort of cargo - wheat and barley, coal, gun powder, cement and gravel. These remarkable craft were worked by a crew of two - skipper and mate. Here, the shipmate tells his story. Num Pages: 168 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBTM; KNGS; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850364446
- ISBN
- 9780850364446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.62
€ 9.99
€ 8.62
Paperback. Matanzas - the name means 'slaughters' - is the Cuban city nearest the United States. Known at the heyday of the nineteenth-century sugar boom as the 'Athens of Cuba', it is renowned for its art, its music, and its rich African heritage. It is also the place where Latin American baseball began. This title presents the history of the town. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813038100
- ISBN
- 9780813038100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.23
€ 23.99
€ 23.23
Paperback. Eighteenth-century Jamaica, Britain's largest and most valuable slave-owning colony, relied on a brutal system of slave management to maintain its social order. Trevor Burnard provides unparalleled insight into Jamaica's vibrant but harsh African and European cultures with a comprehensive examination of the diary of plantation owner Thistlewood. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 illustrations, 3 tables, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; 3JF; BGH; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807855256
- ISBN
- 9780807855256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.41
€ 57.41
paperback. Exposes the real nature of state power. This volume features arguments of empire up to critical examination and shatters the myths of those who protect the power and privilege of the few against the interests and needs to the many. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HPS; JPA; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241972786
- ISBN
- 9780241972786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.82
€ 15.99
€ 11.82
In 1948, just as the Cold War was settling into the form it would maintain for nearly half a century, major antagonists the United States and Russia began maneuvering into a series of dangerously hostile encounters. Into this difficult situation the Americans placed General William Henry Tunner. Num Pages: 312 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLW3; HBTW; HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817316921
- ISBN
- 9780817316921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.14
€ 56.14
Hardcover. In the postcolonial era, Arab societies have been ruled by a variety of authoritarian regimes. Focusing on his native Morocco and building on the work of Foucault, the author of this text explores the ideological and cultural foundations of this persistent authoritarianism. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBM; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226315270
- ISBN
- 9780226315270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.24€ 79.50
€ 95.24
€ 79.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 16.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- TwoDot Books United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762744534
- ISBN
- 9780762744534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.33
€ 16.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 80 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493019274
- ISBN
- 9781493019274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.08
€ 20.99
€ 20.08
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 876 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBJK; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1606.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764348532
- ISBN
- 9780764348532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 35.75
€ 53.99
€ 35.75
Paperback. An account of survival is told by a Budapest lawyer who secured fake Christian identities for himself, his wife and his two children following the invasion of the Germans in March 1944. Translator(s): Tonkin, Humphrey. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVH; BGHA; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841951805
- ISBN
- 9781841951805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.57
€ 15.99
€ 11.57
Hardcover. Masculinity, Class and Same-Sex Desire in Industrial England, 1895-1957 explores the experiences of men who desired other men outside of the capital. In doing so, it offers a unique intervention into the history of sexuality but it also offers new ways to understand masculinity, working-class culture, regionality and work in the period. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 black & white halftones, 11 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137470980
- ISBN
- 9781137470980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.38
€ 130.38
Paperback. Editor(s): Macias-Gonzalez, Victor Manuel; Rubenstein, Anne. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826329059
- ISBN
- 9780826329059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Hardcover. Marjorie Quarton has reproduced and edited an original Commonplace Book, a household notebook from the 1700s containing the recipes and kitchen notes of her ancestor. Num Pages: 157 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; WBA; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 157
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843511854
- ISBN
- 9781843511854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.49
€ 17.99
€ 16.49
Paperback. Offers a unique account of Marxist theories of Imperialism. It has been fully updated and expanded to cover all the developments since its initial publication and will be essential reading for any student of Marxism or Imperialism. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415044691
- ISBN
- 9780415044691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.28
€ 81.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JPA; JPFC; JPQB; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231174817
- ISBN
- 9780231174817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.40
€ 30.99
€ 22.40
Paperback. This work looks at the massacre at the village of Oradour in 1944, and how the French State has preserved the entire ruins of the village, which is now a tourist destination. Through interviews and research, the history of a shattering event and its memorial afterlife are investigated. Num Pages: 317 pages, 25 black-and-white photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 317
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224834
- ISBN
- 9780520224834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.32
€ 36.99
€ 26.32
Paperback. This Very Short Introduction presents Martin Luther as historians now see him. Instead of singling him out as a modern hero, the book emphasizes the context in which Luther worked, the colleagues who supported him, and the opponents who adamantly opposed his agenda for change. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, Approx 18 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBTB; HRAX; HRCC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199574339
- ISBN
- 9780199574339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.57
€ 13.99
€ 11.57
Num Pages: 96 pages, 86 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBTB; WTH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764351617
- ISBN
- 9780764351617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. Joined together in an extraordinarily close relationship, Walt Disney World and Orlando, Florida, have become the world's most popular tourist destination. This title traces the history of this "marriage" and tells the story of Disney's use and abuse of unparalleled governmental powers. Num Pages: 274 pages, 16 b/w illus. + 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJP; HBT; JPV; KNSG; KNSP; RP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300098280
- ISBN
- 9780300098280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.77
€ 37.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJH; 3JJPG; BT; HBTB; KNS; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509822423
- ISBN
- 9781509822423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Hardback. This cultural history of the evolution of modern marriage practices in colonial Bengal shows that arranged marriage as it is practiced today is a modern practice from the colonial era. Num Pages: 360 pages, 42 photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKB; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822344629
- ISBN
- 9780822344629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.87
€ 170.87
hardcover. Num Pages: 694 pages, 1,900 b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBT; JWM; WSXS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 290 x 50. Weight in Grams: 2514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 694
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811708777
- ISBN
- 9780811708777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.51€ 82.95
€ 95.51
€ 82.95
Hardback. Talking about the Holocaust has provided an international language for ethics, victimization, political claims, and constructions of collective identity. As part of a worldwide vocabulary, that language helps set the tenor of the era of globalization. Editor(s): Goldberg, Amos; Hazan, Haim. Series: Making Sense of History. Num Pages: 428 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTZ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782386193
- ISBN
- 9781782386193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.97
€ 179.97
hardcover. Analysing qualitative and quantative data from 1950 to 1999, the author shows how higher education publishing moved from a culture of independent domestic publishers to international conglomerates. The theory is applicable to explaining institutional changes in all professional service industries. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBT; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804740210
- ISBN
- 9780804740210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.30
€ 86.30