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History: specific events & topics

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, TBD. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 244 x 27. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Basic Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465036622
ISBN
9780465036622
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 23.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBTZ1; TDPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 276 x 18. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Regnery Publishing Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781621575153
ISBN
9781621575153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.48

Paperback. The stereotype of the Victorian man as a sexually repressed patriarch belies the wide variety of male behaviors and conceptions of manhood during the mid to late nineteenth century. A complex pattern of alternative and even competing behaviors and attitudes emerges in this collection of essays that points toward a "gendered history" of men. Editor(s): Carnes, Mark C.; Griffen, Clyde. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226093659
ISBN
9780226093659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. The McIlhenny Co run by a family of matchless characters who believe in a rigid code of family loyalty, clings to tradition and the old ways of doing business. This book tells how, from a simple idea - the outgrowth of a handful of peppers planted on an isolated island on the Gulf of Mexico - a secretive family business emerged. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; HBTK; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 203.
Publisher
Harper Business United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060721855
ISBN
9780060721855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 486 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; KNDF; KNSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Bantam USA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Revised, Subsequent
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553347593
ISBN
9780553347593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. This volume offers a guide to mazes and labyrinths in the UK and the principles which underlie them. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DB; AMV; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 84.
Publisher
Wooden Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904263333
ISBN
9781904263333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.28

Hardback. A study of the development of human society in Yucatan during the colonial period, this book poses a challenge to a variety of accepted views, including the notion that Yucatan was isolated from the main part of Spain's New World empire and thus from international markets and the world economy. Num Pages: 344 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 28. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804720625
ISBN
9780804720625
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.59

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 118 x 4. Weight in Grams: 40.
Publisher
Lang Syne Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852173203
ISBN
9781852173203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.75

Hardback. This book follows the lives and careers of two Jewish boxers, Max Baer and Barney Ross. Fighting in the 1920s and 1930s when anti-Semitism was rampant, American Jews found symbols of strength and courage in these two world champions. This book provides a vivid picture of Baer and Ross as they fought opponents in the ring and prejudice outside it. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 black & white halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJG; BGS; HBT; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442269323
ISBN
9781442269323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.49

Paperback. Semco is one of Latin America's fastest-growing companies, acknowledged to be the best in Brazil to work for, and with a waiting list of thousands of applicants waiting to join it. Here, the author shares his secrets, and tells how he tore up the rule books. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBTB; KJMD; KND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Random House Business Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712678865
ISBN
9780712678865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages, Colour and black & white. BIC Classification: 1MBN; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 171 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Auckland University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781869407315
ISBN
9781869407315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.81

Hardcover. In 1944, a number of Sonderkommando-"special squads" of Jewish prisoners who kept the gas chambers running smoothly-buried on the grounds of Auschwitz a series of remarkable eyewitness accounts. This study reconstructs their history and textual content, revealing literary works that raise troubling questions about the nature of testimony. Num Pages: 276 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782389989
ISBN
9781782389989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.35

Hardcover. This volume reassesses maternalism by providing critical reflections on prior usages of the concept, and by expanding its meaning to encompass geographical areas, political regimes, and cultural concerns that scholars have rarely addressed. Editor(s): Klein, Marian van der; Plant, Rebecca Jo; Sanders, Nichole; Weintrob, Lori. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857454669
ISBN
9780857454669
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.48

Hardback. Medicine was transformed in the eighteenth century. Aligning the trajectories of intellectual and material wealth, this book uncovers how medicine acquired a new materialism as well as new materials in the context of global commerce and warfare. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1FK; 1KJW; 3JF; HBTQ; MBX. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719083129
ISBN
9780719083129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.03

Paperback. Material Strategies brings together scholars from different disciplines to explore what dress and textiles can tell us about gender history. * Broad in scope -- covers women, men, social groupings and nations from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Editor(s): Burman, Barbara; Turbin, Carole. Series: Gender and History Special Issues. Num Pages: 280 pages, 0. BIC Classification: AKTA; HBTB; JFCK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405109062
ISBN
9781405109062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.51

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

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
€ 11.85

Paperback. A study that exposes the impact of the entangled relations among master, mistress, slave adults and slave children on the sense of identity of individual slave narrators. It explores the ways in which our of the social, psychological, biological - and literary - crossings and disruptions slavery engendered. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814726532
ISBN
9780814726532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

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

€ 94.93
€ 79.04

Paperback. 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: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBM; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 115 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226315287
ISBN
9780226315287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

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

€ 15.99
€ 13.77

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

€ 19.99
€ 19.49

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
€ 35.32

Paperback. This is the first study of mass media in Germany from a social and cultural-historical perspective. Beyond the conventional focus on organizational structures or aesthetic content, it investigates the impact the media has on German society under varying political systems, and how the media is shaped by wider social, political and cultural context. Editor(s): Ross, C. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JFD; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st ed. 2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349284016
ISBN
9781349284016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 124.23

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