History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Walter Laqueur has drawn on interviews, memoirs and his own experiences to present a generational history of the young people who were forced to flee their homelands in the decade following Hitler's rise to power in 1933. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFFD; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860648854
- ISBN
- 9781860648854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.99
€ 34.99
€ 29.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 801 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1351.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 801
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403975935
- ISBN
- 9781403975935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.87€ 176.12
€ 213.87
€ 176.12
Hardback. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403975904
- ISBN
- 9781403975904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.26€ 134.76
€ 165.26
€ 134.76
hardcover. Num Pages: 476 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2090
- Number of pages
- 476
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403975898
- ISBN
- 9781403975898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 243.04€ 195.24
€ 243.04
€ 195.24
Paperback. Arditi's study offers a history of mores from the High Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. Drawing on the ideas of Elias, Foucault and Bourdieu, as well as through analysing courtesy manuals and etiquette books of the times, he examines the relationship between power and social practices and traces how power changes over the centuries. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; JFCX; JH; WJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226025841
- ISBN
- 9780226025841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. Orientalism, as explored by Edward Said in 1978, was a far more complex phenomenon than many suspected, being homogenous along the lines of neither culture nor time. This title provides a genealogy for the critique of orientalism by examining the divergence of the British and French colonial experiences. Editor(s): Burke, Edmund, III; Prochaska, Assoc Professor David. Num Pages: 460 pages, 33 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803213425
- ISBN
- 9780803213425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.85
€ 32.99
€ 29.85
Hardback. Genius as a historical concept, rather than as a presumed trans-historical fact, is surprisingly underexamined, even as millions of daily decisions-personal, institutional, and governmental-are made according to unexamined assumptions about it. The essays in this book show that the origins and uses of concepts of genius warrant careful examination. Editor(s): Chaplin, Joyce E.; McMahon, Darrin M. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497659
- ISBN
- 9781137497659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Paperback. Genius as a historical concept, rather than as a presumed trans-historical fact, is surprisingly underexamined, even as millions of daily decisions-personal, institutional, and governmental-are made according to unexamined assumptions about it. The essays in this book show that the origins and uses of concepts of genius warrant careful examination. Editor(s): Chaplin, Joyce E.; McMahon, Darrin M. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 graphs. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497642
- ISBN
- 9781137497642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.18
€ 38.18
Paperback. Identity, race, and social networks in the African diaspora Editor(s): Byfield, Judith A.; Denzer, LaRay; Morrison, Anthea. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 344 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221537
- ISBN
- 9780253221537
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. In the 1950s, science fiction invasion films played a complicated part in supporting and criticizing Cold War ideologies. By reading these invasion narratives as performances of middle-class, white Americans' excitement and anxiety about social and political issues, George shows how they often played out as another round in the battle of the sexes. Num Pages: 206 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458103
- ISBN
- 9781349458103
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Condition: New
€ 65.57
€ 65.57
hardcover. Editor(s): Molony, Barbara; Uno, Kathleen S. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1012.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674017801
- ISBN
- 9780674017801
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Condition: New
€ 60.61€ 55.91
€ 60.61
€ 55.91
Paperback. The role of gender in the history of the working class world Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 585. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780252073939
- ISBN
- 9780252073939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. Resources are of particular interest from a gender perspective, and this book sheds light on the importance of resources for women's struggles for political rights. Highlighting the financial strategies of the first wave of Swedish middle-class and socialist women's movements and comparing them with similar organizations around the world. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 284 pages, 31 figs & tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 284
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452719
- ISBN
- 9780857452719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.64
€ 162.64
Paperback. Focusing on African and European women and men, five articles explore generational conflict, connections between representation and violence, the incorporation of gendered power into state formation, memory and forgetting, and consumption and commodity cultures. Editor(s): Hunt, Nancy Rose; Quataert, Jean (Binghamton University, USA); Liu, Tessie P. Series: Gender and History Special Issues. Num Pages: 148 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1H; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631204763
- ISBN
- 9780631204763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.14
€ 32.14
Hardcover. This volume addresses war, developing political and national identities and the changing gender regimes of Europe and the Americas between 1775 and 1830. Military and civilian experiences of war and revolution, in free and slave societies, both reflected and shaped gender concepts and practices, in relation to class, ethnicity, race and religion. Editor(s): Hagemann, Karen; Mettele, Gisela; Rendall, Jane. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 391 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218000
- ISBN
- 9780230218000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.89
€ 128.89
Paperback. This volume addresses war, developing political and national identities and the changing gender regimes of Europe and the Americas between 1775 and 1830. Military and civilian experiences of war and revolution, in free and slave societies, both reflected and shaped gender concepts and practices, in relation to class, ethnicity, race and religion. Editor(s): Hagemann, Karen; Mettele, Gisela; Rendall, J. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 391 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 391
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349304097
- ISBN
- 9781349304097
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Condition: New
€ 128.08
€ 128.08
Hardcover. A unique study of how syphilis, better known as the French disease in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, became so widespread and embedded in the society, culture and institutions of early modern Venice due to the pattern of sexual relations that developed from restrictive marital customs, widespread migration and male privilege. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; HBTB; JFSJ; MBNS; MBX; MJCJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252929
- ISBN
- 9780230252929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. A unique study of how syphilis, better known as the French disease in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, became so widespread and embedded in the society, culture and institutions of early modern Venice due to the pattern of sexual relations that developed from restrictive marital customs, widespread migration and male privilege. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349322558
- ISBN
- 9781349322558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Hardcover. Investigates women's employment in the British Civil Service and London County Council during the twentieth century, providing a new perspective on the development of the women's movement. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090271
- ISBN
- 9780719090271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.92
€ 156.92
Hardcover. Sarah Hicks Williams was the northern-born wife of an antebellum slaveholder. Rebecca Fraser traces her journey as she relocates to Clifton Grove, the Williams' slaveholding plantation, presenting her with complex dilemmas as she reconciled her new role as plantation mistress to the gender script she had been raised with in the North. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300705
- ISBN
- 9780230300705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Sarah Hicks Williams was the northern-born wife of an antebellum slaveholder. Rebecca Fraser traces her journey as she relocates to Clifton Grove, the Williams' slaveholding plantation, presenting her with complex dilemmas as she reconciled her new role as plantation mistress to the gender script she had been raised with in the North. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349336500
- ISBN
- 9781349336500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.96
€ 65.96
Paperback. Analyzing ninety professional women's autobiographies from 1900-1920, the first part of this book concentrates on the endeavours of groups such as headmistresses, doctors, nurses, artists and writers to record their own lives, while the second part examines frontispiece photos, prefatory marginalia and the role of silences in autobiography." Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBTB; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349305414
- ISBN
- 9781349305414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJF; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349297665
- ISBN
- 9781349297665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Gender, Labour, War and Empire: Essays on Modern Britain (Genders and ...
Levine, Philippa, Grayzel, Susan R.
Hardcover. A lively collection of essays on the cultures of nineteenth and twentieth-century Britain. Topics range from prostitution and slavery to the effect of war on fashion magazine reporting to inter-racial marriage in the postwar years. Particular areas of focus include the Second World War, its legacies and the reactions to postwar decolonization. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230521193
- ISBN
- 9780230521193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28