History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardcover. After 1776, Americans struggled to gain recognition of their new republic and their rights as citizens. None had to fight harder than the nation s seamen, whose labor took them deep into the Atlantic world. Nathan Perl-Rosenthal tells the story of how their efforts created the first national, racially inclusive model of U.S. citizenship." Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTM; HBWF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674286153
- ISBN
- 9780674286153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.28
€ 47.99
€ 39.28
Paperback. The first book-length survey of cinema's vital role in the Cold War cultural combat between the U.S. and the USSR. Focuses on 10 films five American and five Soviet, both iconic and lesser-known works showing that cinema provided a crucial outlet for the global "debate" between democratic and communist ideologies." Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APF; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620203
- ISBN
- 9780700620203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.19
€ 42.19
Paperback. Reconstructs and intervenes in the fascinating debates that have pitted the history of thinking about film. Both an engaging history and an invaluable sourcebook, this book examines a vast pool of thought. Editor(s): Tredell, Nicolas. Series: Critical Histories. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: APFA; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0002875
- ISBN
- 9781840463545
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Reveals the difficult course of French filmmaking from the declaration of war in 1939 through four years of misery to France's liberation in 1944. This book examines the conditions of filmmaking as they reflected the larger political, cultural, and social context within occupied France. It is suitable for film historians. Num Pages: 235 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: APFA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231059268
- ISBN
- 9780231059268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.97€ 61.03
€ 79.97
€ 61.03
Hardback. Examines cinematic representations of colonial-era victimization and how they inform our understanding of the contemporary age of terror. Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: APF; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803228092
- ISBN
- 9780803228092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.60
€ 52.60
Paperback. Footbinding originated in the dance culture of China's medieval court and spread to gentry families, brothels, maid's quarters, and peasant households. Neither condemning nor defending foot-binding, this work debunks many myths and misconceptions about its origins, development, and its eventual end. Num Pages: 360 pages, 53 b/w photographs, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596. A Revisionist History of Footbinding. 360 pages, Illustrations, map. Footbinding originated in the dance culture of China's medieval court and spread to gentry families, brothels, maid's quarters, and peasant households. Neither condemning nor defending foot-binding, this work debunks many myths and misconceptions about its origins, development, and its eventual end. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFCK. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 25. Weight: 566.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253902
- ISBN
- 9780520253902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.92
€ 40.99
€ 28.92
Hardcover. 'When the Nazi power was broken, I asked myself what was the best advice I could give to my fellow citizens here in this island and across the channel in our ravaged continent. There was no difficulty in answering the question. My counsel to Europe can be given in a single word: Unite!' Sir Winston Churchill in 1947 Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DBK; 3JJP; GTJ; HBTB; HBWQ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 25. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784538132
- ISBN
- 9781784538132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 48.35
€ 52.92
€ 48.35
Paperback. Series: Readings in Western Civilization. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069395
- ISBN
- 9780226069395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.23
€ 35.99
€ 28.23
Paperback. Offering an interpretation of the relationship between the church, society and religion across five centuries of change, this book examines how the teachings of an increasingly universal Church were applied at a local level and how social change shaped the religious practices of the laity. Series: Social History in Perspective. Num Pages: 264 pages, notes, further reading, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; HRCC2. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333691458
- ISBN
- 9780333691458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.69
€ 46.99
€ 38.69
Hardback. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; GL; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 934.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810852556
- ISBN
- 9780810852556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.85
€ 162.85
Paperback. Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians is an account of Clastres's first fieldwork in the early 1960s--an encounter with a small, unique, and now vanished Paraguayan tribe. Num Pages: 352 pages, 53. BIC Classification: 1KLSP; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Edition
- New Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299786
- ISBN
- 9780942299786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.27
€ 26.99
€ 20.27
paperback. In 1638, the ruler of Japan ordered a crusade against his own subjects, a holocaust upon the men, women and children of a doomsday cult. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; HBJF; HBLH; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781472137418
- ISBN
- 9781472137418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
€ 19.99
€ 14.82
Paperback. Tells the story of Christmas - from its pre-Christian roots, through the birth of Jesus, to the holiday's spread across Europe into the Americas and beyond, and to its mind-boggling transformation through modern consumerism. This book explores the historical origins of traditions including Santa, the reindeer, gift giving, and the Christmas tree. Num Pages: 187 pages, 12 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 5HC; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258020
- ISBN
- 9780520258020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.45
€ 24.99
€ 18.45
Hardback. Is there a War on Christmas? Historically, there is and always has been. This book surveys the history of the world's most popular festival and the never-ending battles it has engendered ever since its hotly-contested invention in the Roman Empire. Num Pages: 312 pages, 21. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HRCR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190499006
- ISBN
- 9780190499006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.46
€ 34.99
€ 31.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 100 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 5HC; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 190 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Edition
- 50th anniversary ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811705066
- ISBN
- 9780811705066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.08
€ 25.99
€ 21.08
Paperback. Brilliant cartoons on Christmas that will amuse the whole family Series: Christmas Comes to. Num Pages: 64 pages, 64. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 5HC; HBTB; JFCA; WHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 125 x 10. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445667003
- ISBN
- 9781445667003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.08
€ 14.08
Paperback. Brilliant cartoons on Christmas that will amuse the whole family Series: Christmas Comes to. Num Pages: 64 pages, 64. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 5HC; HBTB; JFCA; WHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 125 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445663708
- ISBN
- 9781445663708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.08
€ 14.08
Paperback. Brilliant cartoons on Christmas that will amuse the whole family Series: Christmas Comes to. Num Pages: 64 pages, 64. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; 5HC; HBTB; JFCA; WHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 125 x 15. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445666983
- ISBN
- 9781445666983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.08
€ 14.08
Paperback. Brilliant cartoons on Christmas that will amuse the whole family Series: Christmas Comes to. Num Pages: 64 pages, 64. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMN; 5HC; HBTB; JFCA; WHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 125 x 10. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445663685
- ISBN
- 9781445663685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.08
€ 14.08
Paperback. Brilliant cartoons on Christmas that will amuse the whole family Series: Christmas Comes to. Num Pages: 64 pages, 64. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; 5HC; HBTB; JFCA; WHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 125 x 9. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445663661
- ISBN
- 9781445663661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.08
€ 14.08