History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Historians and social scientists give an account of what youth has been in the West and what it has meant through the ages, tracing the changing character of young people in culture, society, economics, politics and art from early times. Editor(s): Levi, Giovanni; Schmitt, Jean-Claude. Translator(s): Volk, Carol. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 map, 1 chart, 68 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674404083
- ISBN
- 9780674404083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.69€ 47.59
€ 51.69
€ 47.59
Paperback. Historians and social scientists give an account of what youth has been in the West and what it has meant through the ages, tracing the changing character of young people in culture, society, economics, politics and art from early times. Editor(s): Levi, Giovanni; Schmitt, Jean-Claude. Translator(s): Naish, Camille. Num Pages: 402 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HBLC; HBTB; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674404076
- ISBN
- 9780674404076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.69€ 47.59
€ 51.69
€ 47.59
Paperback. From the earliest scratches on stone and bone to the languages of computers and the internet, this title offers an investigation into the origin and development of writing throughout the world. It focuses on the emergence of complete writing systems in Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium BC. Series: Globalities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 150 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFL; HBT; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861891679
- ISBN
- 9781861891679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.07
€ 23.07
Paperback. History Of Western Philosophy was published in 1946. A dazzlingly ambitious project, it remains unchallenged to this day as the ultimate introduction to Western philosophy. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 792 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 43. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 778
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415325059
- ISBN
- 9780415325059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.14
€ 26.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. A history of educational ideas from classical Greece to the 20th century, relating these ideas to the social, political and economic trends of significant periods of history. Series: Woburn Education Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFH; HBT; JFCX; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713040418
- ISBN
- 9780713040418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.81
€ 61.81
Paperback. A History of Warfare stresses that warmaking, for all its destructiveness, has been an inescapable feature of human culture since organised societies emerged. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 b/w plates. BIC Classification: HBT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Random House
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844137497
- ISBN
- 9781844137497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.81
€ 25.99
€ 17.81
Hardcover. This is the first history in over a century of what is arguably Oxford's oldest College. As one of the few organizations in the UK whose history goes back so far, this is an account of the College from its origins over seven and a half centuries ago to the present day. Num Pages: 640 pages, 18 colour plates; 80 black and white figures; 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AMK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1294.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199284290
- ISBN
- 9780199284290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 211.48
€ 211.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 540 pages, 22 pp halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 679.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226303833
- ISBN
- 9780226303833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 49.58
€ 58.80
€ 49.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 80 B&W Pics. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; HBT; WND; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473834354
- ISBN
- 9781473834354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.57
€ 21.99
€ 17.57
Paperback. Translator(s): Eastman, Max. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBTV4; JPFC; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 2. Weight in Grams: 1088.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241301319
- ISBN
- 9780241301319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.77
€ 26.99
€ 18.77
Paperback. Showing the epistemological conditions that have made modern, social and economic knowledge possible, this text explores questions such as, "how did fact become modernity's most favoured unit of knowledge?". Num Pages: 444 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBTB; HPK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226675268
- ISBN
- 9780226675268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.25
€ 52.99
€ 40.25
Paperback. "A History of the Jewish People" presents a total vision of Jewish experiences and achievements--religious, political, social, and economic--in both the land of Israel and the diaspora throughout the ages. It has been acclaimed as the most comprehensive and penetrating work yet to have appeared in its field. Editor(s): Ben-Sasson, Haim Hillel. Num Pages: 1232 pages, 47 halftones, 17 maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 1232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674397316
- ISBN
- 9780674397316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.04€ 49.31
€ 54.04
€ 49.31
Paperback. A seventeenth-century account of Inca history and customs. Translator(s): Hamilton, Roland. Series: Texas Pan American Series. Num Pages: 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780292730250
- ISBN
- 9780292730250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.23
€ 29.99
€ 29.23
Paperback. Incorporating exciting new material that has come to light since the last German edition of 1980, Herwig Wolfram places Gothic history within its proper context of late Roman society and institutions. He demonstrates that the barbarian world of the Goths was both a creation of and an essential element of the late Roman Empire. Translator(s): Dunlap, Thomas J. Num Pages: 580 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 948. 580 pages, Ill. Incorporating exciting new material that has come to light since the last German edition of 1980, Herwig Wolfram places Gothic history within its proper context of late Roman society and institutions. He demonstrates that the barbarian world of the Goths was both a creation of and an essential element of the late Roman Empire. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight: 920. Translator(s): Dunlap, Thomas J.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520069831
- ISBN
- 9780520069831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.48
€ 43.99
€ 31.48
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1966
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714613864
- ISBN
- 9780714613864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.53€ 104.97
€ 170.53
€ 104.97
hardcover. Volume three of the History of the Book in Canada marks the successful completion of an extraordinary project that documents the country's achievements for generations of scholars and readers to come. Editor(s): Gerson, Carole; Michon, Jacques. Num Pages: 696 pages, 56 halftones. BIC Classification: HBT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 181 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 696
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802090478
- ISBN
- 9780802090478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.91
€ 111.91
Paperback. Editor(s): Cohen, Lester H. Num Pages: 755 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1160.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 755
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865970816
- ISBN
- 9780865970816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.23
€ 26.99
€ 20.23
Hardcover. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBT; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 43. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- Anv
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875655871
- ISBN
- 9780875655871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.29
€ 34.99
€ 32.29
Paperback. * New in paperback* This is the first comprehensive history of syphilis from the fifteenth century to the present day* The hardback was extremely well reviewed and sold very well indeed. . Translator(s): Braddock, Judith; Pike, Brian. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JMU; MBP; MJCJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745610306
- ISBN
- 9780745610306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.61
€ 31.99
€ 31.61
Paperback. Minois concludes with comments on the most recent turn in this long and complex history-the emotional debate over euthanasia, assisted suicide, and the right to die. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Series: Medicine and Culture. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801866470
- ISBN
- 9780801866470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.17
€ 35.99
€ 34.17
Paperback. History of Shit is emblematic of a wild and adventurous strain of 1970s' theoretical writing that attempted to marry theory, politics, sexuality, pleasure, experimentation, and humor. Translator(s): Benabid, Nadia; El-Khoury, Rodolphe. Series: Documents Book. Num Pages: 175 pages, 59. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 146 x 11. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262621601
- ISBN
- 9780262621601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 20.77
€ 31.99
€ 20.77
Paperback. The 19 papers in this volume stem from a symposium that brought together academics, archaeologists, museum curators, conservators and a practising marble sculptor to discuss varying approaches to restoration of ancient stone sculptures. Editor(s): Grossman, Janet Burnett; Podany, Jerry; True, Marion. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 colour and 150 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; ABC; ACG; AFKB; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892367238
- ISBN
- 9780892367238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 50.14
€ 64.68
€ 50.14
Paperback. An examination of the ordinary and extraordinary people of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. This volume celebrates the emergence of individualism and the manifestations of a burgeoning self-consciousness over three centures. Editor(s): Aries, Philippe; Duby, Georges. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 655 pages, 16 color illustrations, 426 halftones. BIC Classification: 1Q; HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 190 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1062.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 655
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674400023
- ISBN
- 9780674400023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.04€ 49.38
€ 54.04
€ 49.38
Paperback. This text, Volume Four in a series on the evolution of private life, covers the development of self-consciousness from the tumult of the French Revolution to the outbreak of World War I, a century and a quarter of rapid, ungovernable change culminating in a conflict that altered life in the West. Editor(s): Aries, Philippe; Duby, Georges. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: History of private life. Num Pages: 744 pages, 16 color illustrations, 406 halftones. BIC Classification: 1Q; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBTB; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 744
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674400030
- ISBN
- 9780674400030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.04€ 50.01
€ 54.04
€ 50.01