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History: specific events & topics

Hardcover. This book explains what happened in the years before and after the Rising, as well as providing an exciting day-by-day account of the events themselves, and biographies of the leading figures Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Edition
Poc
Condition
New
SKU
9780717169306
ISBN
9780717169306
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 7.80

Paperback. A study of Italian colonial history and culture, this text gathers articles which highlight the ways in which colonial discourse has pervaded Italian culture from the post-unification period to the present. It delves into the controversy surrounding immigration from Africa to the Italian peninsula. Editor(s): Palumbo, Patrizia. Num Pages: 332 pages, 9 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1H; HBJD; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232341
ISBN
9780520232341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Hardback. Addresses how gender became a defining category in the political and social modernization of Japan. This book shows how 'a woman's place' in late-nineteenth-century Japan was characterized by contradictions and unexpected consequences, by new opportunities and new constraints. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674056053
ISBN
9780674056053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.07

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; APF; AVGM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226301808
ISBN
9780226301808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.92

Paperback. The only English translation available of the reflections of the son of Peig Sayers, the last of the Great Blasket poets and storytellers. Translator(s): Enright, Tim. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Condition
New
SKU
9780192813206
ISBN
9780192813206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Edition
Abridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774803922
ISBN
9780774803922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.04

Paperback. In the years following its near-bankruptcy in 1976 until the end of the 1980s, New York City came to epitomize the debt-driven of the Reagan era. This book asks why a city with a large minority population and a long tradition of liberalism elected a conservative mayor who promoted real-estate development and belittled minority activists. Series: City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 tables 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBTB; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691036731
ISBN
9780691036731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.05
€ 55.14

Hardcover. "Copyright: Aligarh Historians Society"--Title page verso. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 248 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Tulika Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9789382381754
ISBN
9789382381754
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.85

Hardcover. Series: A People's History of India. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Tulika Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9789382381914
ISBN
9789382381914
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.32

Paperback. This work lays out the main outlines and most important turning points of British history - from the point of view of ordinary people. The book has remained in print for more than 50 years. Num Pages: 484 pages, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 211 x 40. Weight in Grams: 630. 484 pages, 15 maps. This work lays out the main outlines and most important turning points of British history - from the point of view of ordinary people. The book has remained in print for more than 50 years. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBTB. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 39. Weight: 644.
Publisher
Lawrence And Wishart Ltd
Number of pages
484
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853157236
ISBN
9780853157236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJF1; HBTB; JFSL9; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 432. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477309117
ISBN
9781477309117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.98

Paperback. .
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477311073
ISBN
9781477311073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.25

Hardback. The Hawaiian pineapple industry emerged in the late nineteenth century as part of an attempt to diversify the Hawaiian economy from dependence on sugar cane as its only staple industry. This title presents a definitive history of this industry from its modest beginnings to its emergence as a major contributor to the American industrial narrative. Series: International Library of Historical Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 line, 18 integrated b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; HBLW; HBTK; KCZ; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 222 x 27. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848855960
ISBN
9781848855960
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.10
€ 125.03

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJPR; HBTZ; JPS; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801443060
ISBN
9780801443060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 colour plates, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781501704451
ISBN
9781501704451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.98

paperback. On April 15th, 1912, Titanic, the world's largest passenger ship, sank after colliding with an iceberg, claiming more than 1,500 lives. The author's bestselling history of the voyage, the wreck and the aftermath is a tour de force of detailed investigation and the upstairs/downstairs divide. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; HBLW; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141399690
ISBN
9780141399690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Hardback. An overview of the history of yachting in its social, cultural, political and economic contexts. Num Pages: 432 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM; WSSN3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271337
ISBN
9781783271337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.19
€ 54.73

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801449420
ISBN
9780801449420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.64

Paperback. A history of American immigration policies and the political and social factors that produced them. It shows how America has struggled to shape the immigration process to construct the kind of population it desires. Num Pages: 672 pages, 22 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFN; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 892.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674030749
ISBN
9780674030749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.90

Paperback. In A Narrow Vision, Brian Titley chronicles the career of Confederation poets Duncan Campbell Scott in the Department of Indian Affairs between 1880 and 1932. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFF; JFSL1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774804202
ISBN
9780774804202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. Describing the hard working conditions on plantations and harsh treatment of apprentices unjustly incarcerated, this book argues that apprenticeship actually worsened the conditions of Jamaican ex-slaves: former owners, no longer legally permitted to directly punish their workers, used the Jamaican legal system as a punitive lever against them. Editor(s): Paton, Diana. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 b&w photos, 2 maps, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JH; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780822326472
ISBN
9780822326472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Hardback. On September 6, 1848, Abraham Ber Pilpel entered the kitchen of Rabbi Abraham Kohn and his family and poured arsenic in the soup that was being prepared for their dinner. Within hours, the rabbi and his infant daughter were dead. This book tells the story of the murder, the trial that followed, and the political and religious fallout of both. Num Pages: 160 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128436
ISBN
9780691128436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.01

Hardback. Traces the path of electricity through early American culture, exploring how the relationship between human, natural, and divine powers was understood in the 18th Century. This book offers a view of the origins of American science and the cultural meaning of the American Enlightenment. It talks about the revolutionary New World of wonder. Num Pages: 378 pages, 15 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBTB; PDX; PHK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022997
ISBN
9780674022997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.13

hardcover. While there have been innumerable collections of humour in the courts, this is an anthology of over 80 stories about disputes resolved without the aid of litigation. It reveals rich sources from old and new China, ancient Greece, Rome and medieval England, as well as Shakespeare and Chaucer. Num Pages: 128 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; HBTB; LBHT; LNAA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Holo Books The Arbitration Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953773008
ISBN
9780953773008
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.58

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