History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Spanning nearly 500 years, this book describes the Catholic experience from the arrival of Columbus and the other European explorers to the present day. Jay P. Dolan discusses Catholicism as it spread across the New World, transforming - and being transformed by - the land and its people. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBTB; HRCC7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268006396
- ISBN
- 9780268006396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.59
€ 33.99
€ 33.59
Hardcover. Takes us on a well-researched journey across America - from Augusta to Sacramento, Albany to Baton Rouge - shedding light along the way on the historical circumstances that led to their appointment, their success or failure, and their evolution over time. Series: University of Chicago Geography Research Papers S. Num Pages: 392 pages, 21 halftones, 6 line drawings, 42 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226080482
- ISBN
- 9780226080482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.67€ 60.06
€ 70.67
€ 60.06
Paperback. Traces both the history of civil rights and black power politics as well as the history of suburbanization and home-owner politics. This work shows that racial inequities in both New Deal and Great Society liberalism precipitated local struggles over land, jobs, taxes, and race within postwar metropolitan development. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 408 pages, 30 halftones. 8 tables. 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691124865
- ISBN
- 9780691124865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.91
€ 46.91
Hardback. A colorful social and cultural history of the often-overlooked independent radio stations of the 1920s, which played an integral role in shaping the American broadcast system through innovative commercial practices, all the while incurring the wrath of the large corporate stations trying to fulfill radio's utopian cultural potential. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBTB; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238716
- ISBN
- 9780812238716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.57
€ 59.57
Paperback. Visual texts demonstrate the contested terms of American identity. This book offers an account of how photography and the sciences of biological racialism joined forces in the nineteenth century to offer an idea of what Americans look like - or 'should' look like. Num Pages: 302 pages, 60 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AJ; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ; JFSL1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691004785
- ISBN
- 9780691004785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.33
€ 52.99
€ 37.33
Paperback. This work examines the movement to abolish slavery in the US, from the origins of the movement in the 18th century through to the Civil War and the abolition of slavery in 1865. Within a basic chronological framework it also considers black abolitionists, feminism, and anti-slavery violence. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, chronology, glossary, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 175 x 12. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582357389
- ISBN
- 9780582357389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.83
€ 48.99
€ 40.83
Hardback. A study of Birmingham, Alabama, and the black struggle for civil rights. It argues that Alabama's path to industrialism differed significantly from that in the North and Midwest. No other industrial city in the United States depended so much upon the exploitation of black labour. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847694808
- ISBN
- 9780847694808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.32
€ 181.32
Paperback. A study of the decade that swept America into the modern age and changed it forever, this book looks at the 1920s as framed by the aspirations, scandals, and attitudes of the Wilson, Harding, Collide and Hoover presidencies, examining how Victorian values transformed into the Jazz Age. Series: America in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630333
- ISBN
- 9780815630333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.79
€ 26.79
Paperback. Traces the political and social saga of America as it passed through the momentous transformation of the Industrial Revolution and the settlement of the West. This title includes chapters that are focusing on immigration, labor, the great cities, and the American Renaissance. Num Pages: 442 pages, 50 photographs, 10 black and white drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814714959
- ISBN
- 9780814714959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.64
€ 36.99
€ 35.64
Hardcover. Shows how the issues confronted America in the late twentieth century have roots in the fifties, some apparent at the time, others only in retrospect: civil rights, environmentalism, the counterculture, and "movements" on behalf of women, Chicanos, and Native Americans. This book is useful for instructors of American history survey courses. Series: America in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11 black-&-white photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631033
- ISBN
- 9780815631033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.17
€ 61.17
Paperback. Shows how the issues confronted America in the late twentieth century have roots in the fifties, some apparent at the time, others only in retrospect: civil rights, environmentalism, the counterculture, and "movements" on behalf of women, Chicanos, and Native Americans. This book is useful for instructors of American history survey courses. Series: America in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11 black-&-white photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631286
- ISBN
- 9780815631286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.40
€ 36.40
Paperback. This collection situates over seventy essential primary documents in their historical context to illustrate the American experience during the interwar period (1919-1941). Editor(s): Welky, David. Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444338973
- ISBN
- 9781444338973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.37
€ 51.37
Hardcover.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Number of pages
- 466
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KNW0010655
- ISBN
- 9780446532730
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardback. Describes modern American society, examines America's domestic and foreign policy, and identifies trends in government. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231069229
- ISBN
- 9780231069229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.03€ 56.36
€ 73.03
€ 56.36
Paperback. A revealing new look at the groundbreaking form of contraception that enabled women to control their lives and transform the world Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465024599
- ISBN
- 9780465024599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.83
€ 16.99
€ 14.83
Hardcover. Three distinguished diplomatic historians offer an assessment of the Cold War in the realist tradition that focuses on balancing the objectives of foreign policy with the means of accomplishing them. Series: Praeger Security International. Num Pages: 686 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1383.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 686
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313385254
- ISBN
- 9780313385254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.81€ 121.25
€ 137.81
€ 121.25
Hardback. This groundbreaking study looks at the tension between realism and idealism in Swedish diplomacy during the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and 1975 Helsinki Accords. Series: Contemporary European History. Num Pages: 300 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332845
- ISBN
- 9781785332845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.67
€ 152.67
Paperback. Born out of expansion in 1962, the New York Mets have more than filled the void left by the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants.Amazing Mets Trivia: From Stengal to Piazza tests the memories of Mets fans of all ages with hundreds of questions and facts about Mets players, coaches, managers, and others. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBT; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589790353
- ISBN
- 9781589790353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.15
€ 14.15
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BTP; HBTB; HBW; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 150. .
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652298812
- ISBN
- 9789652298812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.71
€ 34.99
€ 23.71
Paperback. David Birchall explores the history of Anfield Bicycle Club through its extensive archive. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBJD1; HBTB; WSBX; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 233 x 9. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Ill
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445650951
- ISBN
- 9781445650951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.57
€ 26.57
Hardcover. 78pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Kosmos Stuttgart
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1933
- SKU
- KON0819558
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 5.49
€ 20.99
€ 5.49
Hardcover. How history was saved in seventeenth-century Mexico Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826520975
- ISBN
- 9780826520975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.92
€ 108.92
Sheet map, folded. Series: Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Cheshire. BIC Classification: 1DBKENC; 3JJC; HBTP1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 116 x 4. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Publisher
- Alan Godfrey Maps
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847843654
- ISBN
- 9781847843654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 7.00
€ 7.00
Hardcover. This is the first book to study representations of the non-Western world in European modernist cinema. In offering new perspectives on the history of Soviet montage cinema and on the British documentary movement, it connects with the growing body of work analysing manifestations of orientalism, Eurocentrism and colonial discourse in the cinema. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 line drawings/halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; APF; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896047
- ISBN
- 9780859896047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.49
€ 134.49