History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardcover. This text explores why and how democracy broke down in Peru in 1992. The author's argument is that institutional factors - especially the absence of a legislative majority - were crucial to the collapse of democracy in Peru during and before this period and throughout Latin America since the 1960s. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 408 pages, 25 tables, 11 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JPHV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268031718
- ISBN
- 9780268031718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.05
€ 134.05
Paperback. Fugitive Testimony examines African American slave narratives in light of contemporary artists' use of the genre within their visual art at the end of the twentieth century. It identifies a sustained representational strategy employed by black cultural producers across time to challenge the racial presumptions that manifest as artistic constraints. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBS; DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823272907
- ISBN
- 9780823272907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. Fugitive Testimony examines African American slave narratives in light of contemporary artists' use of the genre within their visual art at the end of the twentieth century. It identifies a sustained representational strategy employed by black cultural producers across time to challenge the racial presumptions that manifest as artistic constraints. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBS; DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 231 x 18. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823272891
- ISBN
- 9780823272891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.82
€ 103.82
Hardback. Tells the stories of three of the most dramatic fugitive slave trials of the 1850s, presenting the determination of the fugitives, the radical tactics of their rescuers, the brutal doggedness of the slavehunters, and the tortuous response of the federal courts. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 241 x 32. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047044
- ISBN
- 9780674047044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Provides an understanding of how horticulture shaped the vegetation around us, and how it influenced our experiences of the native, the naturalized, and the alien - and how to manage the landscapes around us. Num Pages: 352 pages, 37 halftones, 6 line illustrations, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; TVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674026636
- ISBN
- 9780674026636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18€ 58.84
€ 64.18
€ 58.84
Paperback. Yet the very permeability of the frontiers, Whittaker contends, permitted a transformation of Roman society, breathing new life into the empire rather than causing its complete extinction. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 341 pages, 55, 55 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801857850
- ISBN
- 9780801857850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.21
€ 40.99
€ 34.21
Hardback. Tamar Herzog asks how territorial borders were established in the early modern period and challenges the standard view that national boundaries are settled by military conflicts and treaties. Claims and control on both sides of the Atlantic were subject to negotiation, as neighbors and outsiders carved out and defended new frontiers of possession. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: 1DS; 1KL; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; JPH; JPS; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674735385
- ISBN
- 9780674735385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.28
€ 47.99
€ 40.28
Hardcover. A collection of essays that explores the self-expression of travel writers like Isabella Bird by giving geographic context to their work. It examines relationships among nineteenth-century American expansionism, discourses about gender, and writings of women who traveled and lived in the American West in the late nineteenth century. Series: Space, Place, and Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 black-&-white illustrations, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTP; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631675
- ISBN
- 9780815631675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.24
€ 45.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 127 photos & 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 215 x 5. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888395986
- ISBN
- 9780888395986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.53
€ 24.99
€ 17.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBT; WBN; WBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 202 x 12. Weight in Grams: 24.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762797547
- ISBN
- 9780762797547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.43
€ 20.99
€ 17.43
Hardcover. The first issue of the Pittsburgh Gazette was published on Saturday, August 12, 1786. Nearly 220 years later, it lives on as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. By focusing on what stories were reported -and how - this book adds a to the history of Pittsburgh and its people. Num Pages: 352 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; HBTB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 934.
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822942481
- ISBN
- 9780822942481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 47.95
€ 53.99
€ 47.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290956
- ISBN
- 9781349290956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Frith Book Company Ltd. United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Pbk. ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859373170
- ISBN
- 9781859373170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349322534
- ISBN
- 9781349322534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. By 1989 it was obvious that the majority of Hungary's population wanted fundamental political, economic and social changes. These essays examine the components of the peaceful transition that over a ten-year period led to democracy in Hungary. Editor(s): Schmidt, Maria; Toth, Laszlo. Series: EEM Atlantic Studies on Society in Change. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBTB; JPHV; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 39. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Edition
- EEM #574
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880334723
- ISBN
- 9780880334723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.33€ 60.10
€ 77.33
€ 60.10
paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 illustrations/3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSC; JFSJ1; JNLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780271024912
- ISBN
- 9780271024912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.82
€ 38.99
€ 30.82
paperback. Tells the history of the past two centuries, showing how a disparate group of thinkers, journalists, radicals and charismatics emerged from the ruins of empire to create an unstoppable Asian renaissance, one whose ideas lie behind everything from the Chinese Communist Party to the Muslim Brotherhood, and have made our world what it is today. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241954669
- ISBN
- 9780241954669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Presents the comprehensive history of the meteoric rise and precipitous decline of the United Farm Workers, the most successful farm labor union in United States history. Based on little-known sources and one-of-a-kind oral histories with many veterans of the farm worker movement, this book revises much of what we know about the UFW. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 b/w photographs, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBTK; JPWQ; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283855
- ISBN
- 9780520283855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardcover. The memories of David Shachar are a journey through the tunnel of time: from wanderings in Poland to the life of a refugee in World War II, and on to a soldier's life fighting the Nazis. After the war, while studying radio electronics in Paris, David cut his studies short and came to Israel to fight in the War of Independence. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white halftones, colour illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 246 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House Israel
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652295460
- ISBN
- 9789652295460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.86
€ 34.99
€ 23.86
Paperback. Starting from the events surrounding the First World War, the author traces the history of the modern Middle East and puts the Arab Spring into context. McMillan breaks down the nuances of Western involvement in the Middle East, alliances and divisions between Middle Eastern peoples and nations, and the role of religion in these conflicts. Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBTV; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137522047
- ISBN
- 9781137522047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.85€ 125.78
€ 130.85
€ 125.78
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909291041
- ISBN
- 9781909291041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.00
€ 39.00
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783160549
- ISBN
- 9781783160549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.53
€ 16.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. Offers fresh insight into and new perspectives on key cultural phenomena, from the iconic role of the Scottish regiments to the role of tartan in rock music. This book argues that tartan may be fun, but it also plays a wide range of roles in Scottish and international culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442. Scottish Culture, History and Myth. 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. Offers fresh insight into and new perspectives on key cultural phenomena, from the iconic role of the Scottish regiments to the role of tartan in rock music. This book argues that tartan may be fun, but it also plays a wide range of roles in Scottish and international culture. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBTB. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 16. Weight: 442.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748664641
- ISBN
- 9780748664641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.47
€ 40.99
€ 35.47
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 410 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTV2; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635262
- ISBN
- 9780691635262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.44€ 134.56
€ 178.44
€ 134.56