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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. The first seagoing ironclad was the USS Monitor, first introduced during the American Civil War. Its profile has made it one of the most easily recognized warships of all time. This title covers the design, development and operational history of the Union's Monitor fleet. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: Osprey New Vanguard S. Num Pages: 48 pages, 47 b&w and colour illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTM; JWF; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 193 x 4. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841763064
- ISBN
- 9781841763064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.49
€ 20.99
€ 17.49
Hardback. Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479816149
- ISBN
- 9781479816149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501704383
- ISBN
- 9781501704383
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.82
€ 23.99
€ 21.82
Paperback. Presents the social and cultural history of courtesans in South India who are generally called devadasis, focusing on their encounters with colonial modernity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This title charts the historical fissures that lie beneath cultural modernity in South India. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 312 pages, 48 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226768106
- ISBN
- 9780226768106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
€ 37.99
€ 29.77
Paperback. Offers a both controversial and comprehensive historical analysis of how the British Empire worked. This book shows how diverse, contradictory and in many ways chaotic the British Empire really was, controlled by interests that were often at loggerheads, and as much driven on by others' weaknesses as by its own strength. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16 bw interleaved. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJD1; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846140891
- ISBN
- 9781846140891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. Asserting that the organization of sexual difference is a social, not natural, phenomenon, Poovey shows how representations of gender took the form of a binary opposition in mid-Victorian culture. Series: Women in Culture & Society S. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9780226675305
- ISBN
- 9780226675305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.37
€ 47.99
€ 37.37
Paperback. This book examines how, from the late nineteenth century through the 1920s, British policymakers, welfare providers, and working-class men struggled to accommodate men's dependence on the state within understandings of masculine citizenship. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349483556
- ISBN
- 9781349483556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.76
€ 123.76
Hardback. Explores the impact of the highly controversial means test in south Wales and north-east England Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black & white tables, 3 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings, 2 m. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 27. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719086809
- ISBN
- 9780719086809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.68
€ 149.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 200 colour photograhs. BIC Classification: 1MBN; HBJM; HBTB; HRCC2; KNSZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 234. .
- Publisher
- Otago University Press New Zealand
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927322185
- ISBN
- 9781927322185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.58
€ 30.99
€ 22.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- AK Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849351348
- ISBN
- 9781849351348
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.22
€ 17.99
€ 16.22
Hardback. Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Queen's University, 2014. Series: Expanding Frontiers: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803286801
- ISBN
- 9780803286801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.06
€ 60.06
Paperback. A fascinating portrait of the capital's dark and criminal underbelly throughout history Num Pages: 352 pages, B&W illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849832922
- ISBN
- 9781849832922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.45
€ 15.99
€ 11.45
Paperback. "First published 2012"--Title page verso. Num Pages: 362 pages, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138906105
- ISBN
- 9781138906105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.11
€ 65.11
Hardback. Presents a comparative overview of the cultural imaginations of nuclear weapons and the anticipation of nuclear destruction. It considers representations of elements of the Cold War in popular culture and thought across Europe, Japan, USSR and the USA, providing a significant addition to Cold War historiography. Editor(s): Grant, Matthew; Ziemann, Benjamin. Series Editor(s): Jones, Max. Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 223 x 29. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784994402
- ISBN
- 9781784994402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.77
€ 160.77
Paperback. What has made Silicon Valley so productive of new technologies and new firms? How did its pioneering achievements begin? What propelled its unprecedented growth? Contributors from business, geography, history, regional planning, and sociology examine the history, development, and entrepreneurial dynamics of Silicon Valley. Editor(s): Kenney, Martin. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBT; KJH; KJK; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 177 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804737340
- ISBN
- 9780804737340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.19
€ 40.99
€ 36.19
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1HBT; 3JMG; HBJH; HBLX; HBTV; JPWF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784532222
- ISBN
- 9781784532222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.67€ 95.32
€ 112.67
€ 95.32
Hardback. The book offers a frank account of an African state that shook off colonial rule but has yet to see the fruits of independence distributed evenly among its people. Drawing on inside knowledge of SWAPO, the anti-colonial liberation movement, the author provides a valuable case study of nation building in the modern era. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMN; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044127
- ISBN
- 9781849044127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.49€ 53.08
€ 53.49
€ 53.08
Understanding Multiculturalism: The Habsburg Central European Experien...
Johannes Feichtinger (Ed.)
Hardback. Multiculturalism has long been linked to calls for tolerance of cultural diversity, but today many observers are subjecting the concept to close scrutiny. After the political upheavals of 1968, the commitment to multiculturalism was perceived as a liberal manifesto, but in the post-9/11 era, it is under attack.. Editor(s): Feichtinger, Johannes; Cohen, Gary B. Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies. Num Pages: 252 pages, 2 ills, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DF; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382645
- ISBN
- 9781782382645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.28
€ 155.28
Paperback. Examines slavery's historical roots to illuminate today's puzzles. The author explores our basic ideas about what slavery is and how the phenomenon fits into our moral, political, and economic worlds. He asks how we can study and measure this mostly hidden crime. Throughout, he emphasizes that to end global slavery, we must first understand it. Num Pages: 222 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 2 drawings, 2 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520245075
- ISBN
- 9780520245075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 40 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTP1; HRAX; HRCC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 300 x 12. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Carta the Isreal Map & Pub Co Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652208644
- ISBN
- 9789652208644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.84
€ 20.99
€ 18.84