History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. This book outlines the history of theatres and music halls from the late 16th century to the present time, noting changing fashions in entertainment and evolving official attitudes to safety that have, at various times, influenced the architectural characters of the buildings. Series: Shire album. Num Pages: 56 pages, illustrations, (some colour ). BIC Classification: 1DBK; AN; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 168. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747806271
- ISBN
- 9780747806271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. British State Romanticism examines how late Romantic writers rethought aesthetics and agency in order to take part in a modernizing British state. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804762281
- ISBN
- 9780804762281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.75
€ 88.75
Paperback. Explores high and popular culture; family, race, gender and class relations; sexual attitudes and material conditions; science and technology - the diversity of social developments in Britain from 1945 to 2002. This book moves dexterously through a wide variety of sources, ranging from poetry through film and novels to opinion polls. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141005270
- ISBN
- 9780141005270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
paperback. This is the first book of its kind to look across disciplines at this vital aspect of British art, literature and culture. It brings the various intertwined histories of social realism into historical perspective, and argues that this sometimes marginalized genre is still an important reference point for creativity in Britain. Editor(s): Tucker, D. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; DSA; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349317868
- ISBN
- 9781349317868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.19
€ 54.19
Hardback. Takes stock of the 'new British queer history'. Topics range from newspaper reporting of sodomy cases, to homoerotic representations in art, to queer autobiographical accounts, to oral histories of Scottish lesbians, and much else besides. Editor(s): Lewis, Brian. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 223 x 30. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719088940
- ISBN
- 9780719088940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.78€ 90.20
€ 100.78
€ 90.20
Paperback. Takes stock of the 'new British queer history'. Topics range from newspaper reporting of sodomy cases, to homoerotic representations in art, to queer autobiographical accounts, to oral histories of Scottish lesbians, and much else besides. Editor(s): Lewis, Brian. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719088957
- ISBN
- 9780719088957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.83
€ 26.99
€ 26.83
Hardback. The story of hugely ambitious and risky long-distance private voyages, only one of which brought huge returns for investors. Num Pages: 250 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270200
- ISBN
- 9781783270200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.32
€ 97.32
Hardback. An in-depth analysis of Great Britain's policy in the oil-rich Persian Gulf region during the last years of British imperialism in the area, covering the period from the independence of Kuwait to the decision of the Wilson Government to withdraw from the Gulf. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137326713
- ISBN
- 9781137326713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.44
€ 65.44
Hardback. This book examines British naval policy during the mid-Victorian period, emphasising the political, economic, and foreign relations contexts within which naval policy was formulated. Num Pages: 376 pages, 17 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804729819
- ISBN
- 9780804729819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.05
€ 91.05
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 584 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTM; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 971.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691650890
- ISBN
- 9780691650890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 279.42
€ 279.42
Paperback. British Literature of the Blitz interrogates the patriotic, utopian ideal of the People's War by analyzing conflicted representations of class and gender in literature and film. Its subtitle Fighting the People's War describes how British citizens both united to fight Nazi Germany and questioned the nationalist ideology binding them together." Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AP; DSBH; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349364787
- ISBN
- 9781349364787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.10
€ 63.10
Hardback. The first balanced account of the rise and fall of the Mexican business empire of nineteenth-century British entrepreneur Weetman Pearson (Lord Cowdray), showing him to be much more an agent of Mexican national development than of British imperialism. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804774451
- ISBN
- 9780804774451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.58
€ 89.58
Paperback. Editor(s): Coates, Ken. Num Pages: 35 pages, 8ill. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 207 x 4. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851240787
- ISBN
- 9780851240787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.30
€ 9.30
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138817739
- ISBN
- 9781138817739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.46
€ 72.46
Hardcover. Major new book from leading historian of British Empire. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 222 x 25. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Sew
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784534455
- ISBN
- 9781784534455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 49.23
€ 53.36
€ 49.23
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; APFA; HBJD1; HBTB; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1228.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691637228
- ISBN
- 9780691637228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.55€ 188.33
€ 252.55
€ 188.33
Paperback. This book surveys the British decorations and medals from the origins in the Crimean War of 1854-6 up to the end of the twentieth century. Series: Shire Album S. Num Pages: 64 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBT; JWTU; WCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Edition
- UNKNOWN
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747805168
- ISBN
- 9780747805168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.37
€ 12.37
Paperback. This text explores Britain's role in international affairs from the age of Gladstone and Disraeli to the end of the World War One. It explores such themes as the scramble for Africa and the foreign policy of Lord Salisbury. Series: Questions and Analysis in History. Num Pages: 128 pages, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTQ; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415203388
- ISBN
- 9780415203388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.28
€ 56.28
Hardback. How did Britain manage the transportation of large numbers of troops to French controlled territory during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and successfully land them? Num Pages: 296 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 14 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBTM; HBWH; JWF; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843839491
- ISBN
- 9781843839491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.60
€ 149.60
Paperback. A beautifully illustrated guide to the trains that took over as the Age of Steam was drawing to a close in the 1950s. It will appeal to anyone interested in Britain s railways and the evolution of rail transport." Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, 73 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBTK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 210 x 7. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Shire Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784420338
- ISBN
- 9781784420338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.09
€ 11.99
€ 10.09
Hardback.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848320499
- ISBN
- 9781848320499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 41.44
€ 53.36
€ 41.44
Paperback. This essential survey of British society and culture during World War I focuses on the lives of ordinary Britons: how they were affected by the war, how they attempted to understand the conflict, and how they have dealt with its legacies. This timely new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated in the light of the latest scholarship. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137307507
- ISBN
- 9781137307507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.10
€ 42.99
€ 36.10
Paperback. Challenges fundamental assumptions and conclusions about European colonialism in Africa, especially British colonialism in northern Nigeria. Whereas others have presented the thesis of a welcome reception of the imposition of British colonialism by the people, the study has found physical resistance and tremendous hostility towards that imposition; Num Pages: 576 pages, maps + illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 45. Weight in Grams: 874.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Amalion Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782359260472
- ISBN
- 9782359260472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.24
€ 53.99
€ 45.24
Paperback. Explores how the study of classics spread English values in the British Empire and beyond. Editor(s): Hallett, Judith P.; Stray, Chris. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: G; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602583337
- ISBN
- 9781602583337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.11
€ 37.11