History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Multiple-component retail product. Contains a set of 9 maps of England and Wales taken from early black and white Ordnance Survey sheets. Series: Victorian Maps, England and Wales 1897 S. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; HBTP1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 950 x 635. . New.
- Publisher
- Old House
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Folded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781873590430
- ISBN
- 9781873590430
Condition: New
€ 12.23
€ 12.23
Paperback. Presents an account of the men who 'made' Britain. Ranging from Brunel to Telford, this book takes us on a journey from the first railway tracks being laid down to bridges spanning hitherto unimagined lengths, through to the 'invention' and mastery of gas and electricity. It examines the creations that made Britain's empire great. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750946575
- ISBN
- 9780750946575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.23
€ 23.99
€ 20.23
Paperback. Focuses on the cities of Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Middlesbrough, Melbourne and London, comparing and contrasting their social, political and topographical development. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140135824
- ISBN
- 9780140135824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.79
€ 19.99
€ 15.79
Hardback. Drawing on a wealth of untapped archival resources, this book brings to life the educational, medical, and social reformists who lived and worked in Victorian Bloomsbury and who led crusades for education, emancipation, and health for all. Num Pages: 320 pages, 45 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 38. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300154474
- ISBN
- 9780300154474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.13
€ 43.99
€ 31.13
Paperback. Victorian Britain made sport 'sporting' - respectable, rule-bound and a nationwide obsession. Ancient sports, such as archery and fencing, were revived. New sports, such as tennis and cycling, were invented. Foreign sports, including polo, judo and lacrosse, were imported. Series: Shire Album S. Num Pages: 40 pages, b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 4. Weight in Grams: 106. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 40
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747806660
- ISBN
- 9780747806660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.59
€ 7.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HPC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349339327
- ISBN
- 9781349339327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.80
€ 31.80
Hardcover. Victoria's Madmen is the story of those who were outcasts by temperament and choice; the non-conformists of the Victorian Age. Clive Bloom's readable account of the dark underbelly of Victoria's Britain captures the unrest bubbling under the surface of strait-laced Victorian society. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230313828
- ISBN
- 9780230313828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.25
€ 47.25
Hardback. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 263 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 1 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMW; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTB; HBTQ; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137596918
- ISBN
- 9781137596918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.95
€ 109.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House Israel
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652294104
- ISBN
- 9789652294104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.59
€ 20.99
€ 15.59
Hardback. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1DVP; 1DVUA; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403932204
- ISBN
- 9781403932204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.98
€ 62.98
Paperback. Editor(s): Kampmark, Binoy. Num Pages: 109 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTZ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 109
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624178610
- ISBN
- 9781624178610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.63€ 69.24
€ 100.63
€ 69.24
hardcover. Vichy Law and the Holocaust in France raises fundamental and disturbing questions about the ease with which democratic legal systems can be subverted. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1; LNDA; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 725.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9783718658923
- ISBN
- 9783718658923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.37
€ 172.37
paperback. Presents an examination of the political and social construction of gender under the Vichy regime. This book argues that the regime used symbolic violence to reshape a liberal culture once based on individual rights into one of deference to hierarchical authority. Translator(s): Johnson, Kathleen A. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSJ; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 234 x 30. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327745
- ISBN
- 9780822327745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Hardcover. This book examines the colonial state's approach to venereal disease and 'vice'-driven health risks in the first half of the nineteenth century. Further, it shows that these decisions had wide-ranging and often surprising consequences not simply for the army itself, but for India and the empire more broadly. Shortlisted for the 2014 Templer Award. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HBTQ; JWT; MBX; MJCJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137270986
- ISBN
- 9781137270986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.76
€ 62.76
Paperback. This book examines the colonial state's approach to venereal disease and 'vice'-driven health risks in the first half of the nineteenth century. Further, it shows that these decisions had wide-ranging and often surprising consequences not simply for the army itself, but for India and the empire more broadly. Shortlisted for the 2014 Templer Award. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJF; HBTB; HBTQ; JPS; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 369.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349444519
- ISBN
- 9781349444519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.81
€ 61.81
Hardcover. Presents four extant manuscripts of the Viandier de Taillevent. This title includes the commentary and notes that trace the significance of these modifications and indicate the influence the Viandier exercised on cookery books throughout Europe. It also includes a glossary and a bibliography. Editor(s): Seully, Terence. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 673.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Ottawa Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780776601748
- ISBN
- 9780776601748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.85
€ 32.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 212 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBTB; JFHX; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739148297
- ISBN
- 9780739148297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.15
€ 137.15
paperback. Begins with a discussion of the nature of evil, exploring the fragility of human beings and the phenomena of compartmentalizing, unquestioning obedience to authority, and moral drift. Citing examples from history and contemporary life, the author characterizes evil acts in terms of moral agency, magnitude, and intent. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HBJD; HBTS; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566391009
- ISBN
- 9781566391009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.37
€ 45.99
€ 40.37
Paperback. The General Resettlement of Indians in the Colonial Andes. 312 pages, 8 photographs, 3 maps, 3 figures. Shows how the General Resettlement in the Andes added another layer to a complex web of settlement rather than displacing or destroying it. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; JFSL9. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 19. Weight: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353102
- ISBN
- 9780822353102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.22
€ 31.99
€ 30.22
Paperback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBTB; HRAX; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349293414
- ISBN
- 9781349293414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardback. Andrew Schlesinger tells the fascinating story of Harvard College as an American institution. He examines the important actions and decisions of its leadership from Puritan times to the present. Num Pages: 318 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBTB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566636360
- ISBN
- 9781566636360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.57
€ 36.57
Hardcover. This work focuses on the creation of, and struggle over, urban order in four cities in Eastern and Southern Africa, namely Nairobi, Lusaka, Zanzibar, and Lilongwe, and the workings of power in the planning processes for each city. It covers colonial rule and postcolonial inheritance in these cities Series: Space, Place, and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629726
- ISBN
- 9780815629726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.67
€ 56.67
Hardback. Offers an analysis of masking in Venice city. This title explores the world view of maskers, both during and outside of carnival, and reconstructs their logic: covering the face in public was a uniquely Venetian response to one of the most rigid class hierarchies in European history. Num Pages: 336 pages, 52 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; ASZP; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 670. Masks in the Serene Republic. 336 pages, Illustrations. Offers an analysis of masking in Venice city. This title explores the world view of maskers, both during and outside of carnival, and reconstructs their logic: covering the face in public was a uniquely Venetian response to one of the most rigid class hierarchies in European history. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DST; ASZP; HBTB; JFCK. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 32. Weight: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267718
- ISBN
- 9780520267718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.06€ 63.51
€ 84.06
€ 63.51
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Officina Libraria
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788899765293
- ISBN
- 9788899765293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.34
€ 17.99
€ 16.34