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History: specific events & topics

Hardback. Drawing on intellectual and social history as well as the work of Michel Foucault, the author investigates the intersection of scientific, political, and professional interests that informed perceptions and understandings of contagion in 19th-century France. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804733953
ISBN
9780804733953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.85

Paperback. Originally published in 1977, Contact and Conflict has inspired numerous scholars to examine further the relationships between the Indians and the Europeans -- fur traders as well as settlers. Num Pages: 282 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JFF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774804004
ISBN
9780774804004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.90

Hardback. A detailed study of changing patterns of consumption, showing how these related to wider political, social and economic developments. Series: Irish Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 319 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 22 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843839507
ISBN
9781843839507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.49
€ 114.68

Hardback. This collection of nine essays investigates the consumption of music during the long eighteenth century, providing insights into the activities of composers, performers, patrons, publishers, theorists, impresarios, and critics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 35 black & white illustrations, 11 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; AV; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465779
ISBN
9781580465779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBTB; JFCA; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138905320
ISBN
9781138905320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.56

paperback. Covering a wide range of substances, including opium, cocaine, coffee, tobacco, and kola, since prehistory, this edition explores the analytical category of psychoactive substances from challenging historical and anthropological perspectives. It is a companion for those interested in how different cultures have defined drugs across the ages. Editor(s): Goodman, Jordan; Lovejoy, Paul E.; Sherratt, Andrew. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFH; JHBT. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415425827
ISBN
9780415425827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.48

Paperback. Editor(s): Glickman, Lawrence B. Num Pages: 432 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBTB; JFFT; JHM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801484865
ISBN
9780801484865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.00

Paperback. Offers a reassessment of the 'consumer rites' that social critics have decried. This book discusses how holiday celebrations were almost banished by Puritans and religious reformers but went on to be romanticized and reinvented in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It offers a cultural history of the commercialization of American holidays. Num Pages: 384 pages, 101 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HRA; HRLF; JFC; JHBS; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780691017211
ISBN
9780691017211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.61
€ 42.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFCA; JFD; JHB; WCC; WCW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231167598
ISBN
9780231167598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.26

Hardcover. Tappings on tables, questionable curatives, old wives' tales and whispers from beyond the grave - Victorians were fascinated by the supernatural. This title offers a layman's guide to 'matters magical and mysterious', and today is a quirky glimpse of a supernatural age now lost, by turns haunting and hilarious. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298. Large format, illustrated. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Old House
Number of pages
168
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KEX0236063
ISBN
9781908402738
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 8.97

Hardcover. Tappings on tables, questionable curatives, old wives' tales and whispers from beyond the grave - Victorians were fascinated by the supernatural. This title offers a layman's guide to 'matters magical and mysterious', and today is a quirky glimpse of a supernatural age now lost, by turns haunting and hilarious. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Old House
Number of pages
168
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402738
ISBN
9781908402738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 8.97

hardcover. An interdisciplinary, engaging book which looks at the nature of Indian society since Independence. By focusing on the Doon school, a famous boarding school in India, it unpacks what post-colonialism means to Indian citizens. Series: Culture and Communication in Asia. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, map ;. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415178556
ISBN
9780415178556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.74
€ 171.79

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595588326
ISBN
9781595588326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Ocean liner expert J. Kent Layton examines and debunks some of the conspiracies surrounding two of the great maritime disasters of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 384 pages, 120. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTM; HBWN; JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 31. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445653938
ISBN
9781445653938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.38

Paperback. This edition of the classic work on the history of science and French intellectual history gives the reader the chance to revisit the rise of psychiatry in 19th-century France, the shape it took and why, and its importance both then and in contemporary society. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBT; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226301617
ISBN
9780226301617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. A collection of critical essays on "Maus", the searing account of one Holocaust survivor's experiences rendered in comic book form, this title offers the work the critical and artistic scrutiny that it deserves. Editor(s): Geis, Deborah R. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817354350
ISBN
9780817354350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.62

Paperback. Editor(s): Stael, G.; Craiutu, Aurelian. Num Pages: 804 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1110.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
804
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865977327
ISBN
9780865977327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Explores how the implements we use in the kitchen have shaped the way we cook and live. This title tells the story of how we have tamed fire and ice, wielded whisks, spoons, graters, mashers, pestles and mortars, all in the name of feeding ourselves. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; JHMC; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141049083
ISBN
9780141049083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Hardback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526113474
ISBN
9781526113474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.22
€ 94.96

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
New Clarion Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873797310
ISBN
9781873797310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 8.27

hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBTB; JH; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
New Clarion Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873797327
ISBN
9781873797327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
122
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1964
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853451365
ISBN
9780853451365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.46

Paperback. Heralded by Brazilians as the 'Father of Flight', Alberto Santos-Dumont made the first of several spectacular flights in his lighter-than-air dirigible in France in 1901, two years before the Wright brothers' first fixed-wing flight in North Carolina. This illustrated book tells their story. Num Pages: 616 pages, 16 colour, 232 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBT; TRP; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813035093
ISBN
9780813035093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.82

Paperback. Focusing on four major cultural areas, this book attempts to understand the role of cultural differences within nations and between nations in shaping the economic and social fates of peoples and of whole civilizations. Num Pages: 516 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFC; JFSL3; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 128 x 203 x 31. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Basic Books
Number of pages
516
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465014002
ISBN
9780465014002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.22

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