History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. This book provides a unique and moving account of a country in transition and the pivotal roles played by those on the ground in the final years of empire. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 black white integrated. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 33. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780769967
- ISBN
- 9781780769967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.63€ 53.95
€ 58.63
€ 53.95
paperback. Tells the story of a national obsession. This title presents a tale of dark deeds and guilty pleasures, a riveting investigation into the British soul by one of our finest historians. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- BBC Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781849906517
- ISBN
- 9781849906517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.73
€ 16.99
€ 13.73
Paperback. In A Twisted Root, Patricia Craig traces the remarkable story of her ancestry, weaving the threads of her forebears' stories into the sweeping panorama of Irish history. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, geneal. tables, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BM; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 33. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Blackstaff Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856409042
- ISBN
- 9780856409042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.96
€ 16.96
Paperback. By the mid-nineteenth century, the most prominent British and French liberal thinkers vigorously supported the conquest of non-European people. This work explains that this reflected a rise in civilizational self-confidence, as theories of human progress became more triumphalist, less nuanced, and less tolerant of cultural difference. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBTQ; HBTR; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127910
- ISBN
- 9780691127910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.90
€ 52.92
€ 41.90
Paperback. Offering insights on how to delve into one's past, this book is intended both for beginners and experienced researchers and provides inspiration to those who believe that their search may be hampered by having a mixed parentage or a history of migration through the ages. Num Pages: 202 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190. The Guide to Tracing African, Anglo and Asian Ancestry in the Caribbean. 202 pages, Illustrations, map. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTG. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905147816
- ISBN
- 9781905147816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. Series: The traveller's history. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTP; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Interlink Pub Group Inc
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566562836
- ISBN
- 9781566562836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.77
€ 16.99
€ 16.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 349. Paperback in good to very good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- SKU
- KRF0020529
- ISBN
- 9780306803529
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In 1986, the USX Homestead Works closed, with the loss of thousands of jobs. This book looks at the people of Homestead and how they dealt with the trauma that affected them, detailing the modifications and revisions of domestic strategies in a public crisis. Num Pages: 284 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSG; KCZ; KNJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822956761
- ISBN
- 9780822956761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardback. Series: Nature | History | Society. Num Pages: 512 pages, 13 photos, 4 graphs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 263 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774828413
- ISBN
- 9780774828413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.18
€ 113.18
Paperback. Series: The A to Z Guide Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; GBC; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810855106
- ISBN
- 9780810855106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.54
€ 65.54
Paperback. An historical overview of slavery through the ages, from prehistoric times to the 21st century. It details slavery's different forms and the circumstances existing in numerous countries and regions. It also explores the causes and cures of slavery, and the plight of those who fought against it. Series: The A to Z Guide Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810845596
- ISBN
- 9780810845596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.52
€ 65.52
Paperback. An exploration of the personal, social, and cultural meanings of the iconic Canadian cottage. Num Pages: 308 pages, , maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774826082
- ISBN
- 9780774826082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.74
€ 36.99
€ 36.74
Paperback. Provides an examination of the production, consumption, and circulation of tea. This book reveals how the female tea-pluckers seen in advertisements came to symbolise the heart of colonialism in India. It exposes how this image has distracted from working conditions, low wages, and coercive labour practices enforced by the patronage system. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 440 pages, 27 b&w photos, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSJ1; JFSL; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822326748
- ISBN
- 9780822326748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.59
€ 33.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. A Tender Voyage is the first full-length study of the history of childhood and children's lives in late imperial China. Num Pages: 378 pages, 47 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804757546
- ISBN
- 9780804757546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.71
€ 46.99
€ 46.71
Hardback. A Temperate Empire explores how early North American settlers understood the widespread process of climate warming and tried to remake local climates through colonial settlement and economic development. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 244 x 29. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190206598
- ISBN
- 9780190206598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.06
€ 126.06
paperback. Examines culinary writing and practices as forces for the production of social order and, at the same time, points of cultural resistance. This book offers a close reading of a wide variety of sources and genres to uncover the intersections of food, politics, and privilege in American culture. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 283 pages, 8 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284982
- ISBN
- 9780520284982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.77
€ 33.99
€ 24.77
Hardback. Part Regency mystery, part imperial history, this title presents a tale of adventure and deceit across two worlds - British aristocrats and Australian felons - bound together in an emerging age of opportunity and individualism, where personal worth was battling power based on birth alone. It illuminates the darker side of this age of liberty. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1M; BTC; HBJD1; HBJM; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674052789
- ISBN
- 9780674052789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.19
€ 35.99
€ 30.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190672164
- ISBN
- 9780190672164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.85
€ 52.85
Paperback. From the author of the acclaimed biography of Turner comes a major new work that explores the relationship between art and business in nineteenth-century Britain. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ACV; HBJD1; HBTB; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 43. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782395188
- ISBN
- 9781782395188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.40
€ 19.99
€ 14.40
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190627805
- ISBN
- 9780190627805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.48
€ 20.48