History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Cannibalism is one of the oldest and deepest seated taboos. This work provides a lively and easily digestible account from the earliest incidents through to the modern day. It includes ritual cannibalism in primitive societies; cases in mythology, literature and fairy tales and contemporary figures. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 illusrations. BIC Classification: BTC; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750943734
- ISBN
- 9780750943734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. Before Easter 1916 Dublin had been a city much like any other British city, comparable to Bristol or Liverpool and part of a complex, deep-rooted British world. The devastating events of that Easter changed everything. This book focuses on these events. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141982472
- ISBN
- 9780141982472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Ireland's Easter Rising of 1916 is one of the handful of modern historical events that instantly created its own mythology and changed millions of lives forever. Charles Townshend's remarkable new book vividly re-creates this extraordinary time when a powerful narrative was born and Ireland was launched into a new world. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 35. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566639651
- ISBN
- 9781566639651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.85
€ 45.85
Paperback. On September 27, 1939, after the Nazi invasion, Poland ceased to exist as a nation. Ten-year-old Hanna Davidson's father, Simon, and older brother, Kazik, had been drafted to defend Warsaw. Hanna and her mother, Sofia, found themselves subjected to Hitlers efforts to dehumanize Poland's Jewish population. This title tells their story. Num Pages: 218 pages, 31 B/W photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896726277
- ISBN
- 9780896726277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.91
€ 24.99
€ 22.91
Hardcover. These two volumes document the topography, monuments, inscriptions, and sighted coins of the north-eastern frontier of the Roman Empire, looking in detail at strategic roads, bridges, forts, watch and signalling systems, and interpreting the literary and epigraphic evidence for the frontier and its garrisons. Num Pages: 736 pages, Two colour plates sections, including 28 maps, and 310 black and white in-text figures. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA1; HBTQ; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 219. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198725176
- ISBN
- 9780198725176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 511.31
€ 511.31
Paperback. During the Second World War, East Kent was at the forefront of the defence of the United Kingdom. In 1940 the ports of Dover, Ramsgate, Folkestone and Margate took part in the Dunkirk evacuation, while airfields such as Manston, Hawkinge and Lympne were active in refuelling aircraft involved in the Battle of Britain. Series: Britain in Old Photographs. Num Pages: 192 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 166 x 9. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750907743
- ISBN
- 9780750907743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardback. In contrast to the dissident movements of Eastern Europe, the East German movement remained committed to the revisionist reform of the communist regime. This book argues that the peculiarities of German history and culture prevented the possibility of a "national" opposition to communism. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; HBTV; JPFC; JPWF; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333617397
- ISBN
- 9780333617397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.20
€ 128.20
Early Writings: Collected Works of Norbert Elias, Vol 1
Edited By Richard Kilminster Edmund Jephcott
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press Dublin
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904558392
- ISBN
- 9781904558392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 38.29
€ 44.99
€ 38.29
Paperback. An in-depth study of early modern women's modesty rhetoric from the English Reformation to the Restoration. This book provides new readings of modesty's gendered deployment in the works of Anne Askew, Katharine Parr, Mary Sidney, Aemilia Lanyer and Anne Bradstreet. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; DSB; DSC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349348589
- ISBN
- 9781349348589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. Offers a history of the early modern Jewish experience. From Krakow and Venice to Amsterdam and Smyrna, this title examines the historical and cultural factors unique to Jewish communities throughout Europe, and how these distinctions played out amidst the rest of society. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: HBLH; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152882
- ISBN
- 9780691152882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.96
€ 33.99
€ 24.96
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Blue Dome Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935295839
- ISBN
- 9781935295839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.45
€ 26.99
€ 25.45
Hardback. Num Pages: 130 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 55 colour illustrations, 55 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 3JF; 3JH; HBTP1; RBGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319224879
- ISBN
- 9783319224879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.05
€ 61.05
Hardcover. This volume redefines the origins of the 19th-century women's rights campaigns in Britain, demonstrating that a vibrant feminist network existed during the 1830s and 1840s. Their pioneering work is shown to have fed directly into the women's rights movement of the subsequent decades. Series: Studies in Gender History. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333633823
- ISBN
- 9780333633823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.38
€ 194.38
Hardback. The censuses from the first half of the nineteenth century provided invaluable information about English economy and society. This new edition corrects earlier errors and omissions, in particular to make good the failure to record men in the armed forces and at sea. An accompanying CD contains the largest data tables. Editor(s): Wrigley, E. A. Series: Records of Social and Economic History New Series. Num Pages: 210 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBTB; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197264799
- ISBN
- 9780197264799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.59
€ 128.59
Paperback. "Early Eighteenth-century Britain: 1700-1729". Series: Shire Living Histories. Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 182. New.
- Publisher
- Shire
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747808374
- ISBN
- 9780747808374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.57
€ 9.57
Image archivist and transportation historian Jim Harter follows his work, Early Farm Tractors, with an even larger collection of images from advertising line art from 1880 to 1930, this time focused on Early Automobiles. Nearly 250 entrancing illustrations are gems of the art of commercial engraving. Num Pages: 234 pages, 250 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Wings Press United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609404895
- ISBN
- 9781609404895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.01
€ 41.01
Hardback. In "Howards End", Forster remarks that the imperialist "hopes to inherit the earth" and with the strong temptation he has to acclaim it "as a superyeoman, who carries his country's virtue overseas". This volume explores the realm of Forster' politics and imperialism. Translator(s): Beer, J. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333741368
- ISBN
- 9780333741368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HPCD1; HRQA5; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691644394
- ISBN
- 9780691644394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.23
€ 196.23
Paperback. This work examines the musical influences of a Malaysia's Portuguese community, whose roots lie in the conquest of Malacca in 1511 by the Portuguese seafarer Afonse D'Albuquerque. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 234 pages, 18 halftones, 2 maps, 12 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1FMM; AS; AVGH; AVGW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226734996
- ISBN
- 9780226734996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Hardcover. Photographs of discarded items such as toothbrushes, playing cards, worn-out trainers, teargas canisters and children's dolls present an alternative portrait of residents of 'The Jungle' refugee camp in Calais, France. Num Pages: 80 pages, 40 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AJB; AJC; HBTB; JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 225. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- GOST Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910401156
- ISBN
- 9781910401156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.04
€ 33.99
€ 29.04
Hardback. This book focuses on the neglected cultural front of the Cold War in Asia to explore the mindsets of Asian actors and untangle the complex cultural alliances that undergirded the security blocs on this continent. Editor(s): Vu, Tuong; Wongsurawat, Wasana. Num Pages: 247 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; HBTW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621947
- ISBN
- 9780230621947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Chronicles 150 years of scientific warfare against the grapevine's worst enemy: phylloxera. This title describes the biological and economic disaster that unfolded when a tiny, root-sucking insect invaded the south of France in the 1860s, spread throughout Europe, and journeyed across oceans to Africa, South America, Australia, and California. Num Pages: 336 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 5 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; TVP; TVSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265486
- ISBN
- 9780520265486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.45€ 65.36
€ 83.45
€ 65.36
Paperback. The first book to provide a detailed analysis of the body-trafficking networks of the dead poor that underpinned the expansion of medical education from Victorian times. With an even-handed approach to the business of anatomy, Hurren uses remarkable case histories which still echo a vibrant body-business on the internet today in a biomedical age. Num Pages: 400 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 11 figures, 15 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405890
- ISBN
- 9781137405890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12