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Paperback. Between 1500 and 1870, millions of Africans were transported across the Atlantic by European traders to work as slaves in the Americas. First published to accompany a permanent gallery in the Merseyside Maritime Museum, this reissue includes essays on women in slavery, the impact on West and Central Africa, and the African view of the slave trade. Series: National Museums Liverpool. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 212 x 7. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846316395
ISBN
9781846316395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTR; JFSJ; JFSL3; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837622737
ISBN
9783837622737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.27
€ 42.22

Paperback. Editor(s): Kummels, Ingrid; Rauhut, Claudia; Rinke, Stefan; Timm, Birte. Num Pages: 300 pages, 20 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBTQ; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837626070
ISBN
9783837626070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.09
€ 41.58

Paperback. An autobiography of John Treasure Jones who went to sea when he was 15, and worked his way up to become Captain of the most famous ocean liner afloat, Cunard's RMS Queen Mary. Editor(s): Tennant, R. J. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGA; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752446257
ISBN
9780752446257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.38

Paperback. In the mid-nineteenth century, American railroading was burgeoning--a growth too fast for safe operations. Despite the grim statistics of 19th and early 20th century train wrecks that resulted, one cannot help but find the photographs and public prints of the day interesting. Train buffs will see the antecedents of their hobby. Num Pages: 184 pages, 298 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AJC; HBTB; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 898.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764301360
ISBN
9780764301360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.18

Paperback. Editor(s): Boxer, C. R. Num Pages: 528 pages, 6 halftones, 13 line illustrations, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1QS; HBG; HBLH; HBTM; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 31. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816638901
ISBN
9780816638901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Trafficked children are portrayed by the media - and even by child welfare specialists - as hapless victims who are forced to migrate from a poor country to the United States, where they serve as sex slaves. But as Elzbieta M. Gozdziak reveals in Trafficked Children in the United States, the picture is far more complex. Series: Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFSP1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813569697
ISBN
9780813569697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. The bestselling account of the Battle of Trafalgar, by the authors of FINEST HOUR - 'A landmark book' - Observer Num Pages: 480 pages, 2 x 8pp colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 33. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340830284
ISBN
9780340830284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. Editor(s): Fejfer, Jane; Moltesen, Mette; Rathje, Annette. Num Pages: 480 pages, 85 colour plates, 45 b/w plates, 22 maps & 10 tables. BIC Classification: HBLA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 247 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1074.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763542586
ISBN
9788763542586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.05
€ 55.24

Hardback. Editor(s): Shively, Donald H. Series: Studies in the modernization of Japan. Num Pages: 712 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 38. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
712
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691644332
ISBN
9780691644332
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 311.43
€ 232.80

hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801449024
ISBN
9780801449024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801476099
ISBN
9780801476099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. This work explores the role played by party politics in US trade policy. The author offers detailed case studies of almost all of the major trade issues of the Reagan, Bush and Clinton eras, including administrative and legislative efforts to curb auto, steel and other imports. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5 figures, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBT; JPL; JPQB; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 585.
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227924
ISBN
9780807849750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. In this sweeping collection of essays, one of America's leading colonial historians reexamines struggles between Native peoples and Europeans in early America in terms of how each understood the material basis of power. Num Pages: 328 pages, 35 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 487.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780812223804
ISBN
9780812223804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Hardback. Discusses the complexities of a trading network in this period, outling commodity chains, links between colonies and colonial centres, and tensions between local polities and competing empires. Series: Worlds of the East India Company. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FM; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270699
ISBN
9781783270699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.09

Hardback. Brings together work by area specialists and the research on the sea itself in the early modern period, the maritime trade that flourished there, the ships which travelled it and the men who sailed them. This book is suitable for those interested in maritime history, naval history, and the history of the early modern world. Editor(s): Fusaro, Maria; Heywood, Colin; Omri, Mohamed-Salah. Series: International Library of Historical Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848851634
ISBN
9781848851634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.94
€ 137.06

Paperback. Steam, and then cumbersome motor, tractors existed in small numbers before 1914. The rivals of Ford brought in novelties such as diesel engines, pneumatic tyres, and hydraulic implement lifts. After the Second World-War, an indigenous tractor industry was led by Ferguson, David Brown, Nuffield and Ford. This book highlights these developments. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WGCT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 6. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Shire Publications
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747807544
ISBN
9780747807544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.15

Paperback. Traction engines are a familiar and stirring sight at steam rallies up and down the country, but what were they for, why do they look as they look, and where were they built? These book answers all these questions and more. Series: Britain's Heritage Series. Num Pages: 64 pages, 80. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445668864
ISBN
9781445668864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.37

Paperback. This practical and comprehensive guide provides an introduction for family historians to trace their ancestors in Hertfordshire. It is thematic in approach, the chapters incorporating related material on subjects as broad as military ancestors and the poor and the sick. Num Pages: 160 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMF; 1DBKEST; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 172 x 8. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
University Of Hertfordshire Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954218928
ISBN
9780954218928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, over 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTQ; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848845732
ISBN
9781848845732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.66

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