History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
paperback. Providing heterogeneous accounts of the intersections between the fine art world with literature, jazz, film, and theater in New York, Paris, Milan, Brazil, and Cuba between 1959 and 1960, the contributors show this period to be pivotal in the culture and politics of Western Europe and the Americas. Editor(s): Guilbaut, Serge; O'Brian, John. Num Pages: 352 pages, 67 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1K; 3JJPG; ACXD; APFA; HBTB; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360414
- ISBN
- 9780822360414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
Hardback. Providing heterogeneous accounts of the intersections between the fine art world with literature, jazz, film, and theater in New York, Paris, Milan, Brazil, and Cuba between 1959 and 1960, the contributors show this period to be pivotal in the culture and politics of Western Europe and the Americas. Editor(s): Guilbaut, Serge; O'Brian, John. Num Pages: 352 pages, 67 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1K; 3JJPG; ACXD; APFA; HBTB; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360230
- ISBN
- 9780822360230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.01
€ 114.01
Hardback. This moving and beautifully illustrated book, developed from an award-winning research project, examines the experience of African-American GIs in Germany since 1945 and the unique insights they provide into the civil rights struggle at home and abroad. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104723
- ISBN
- 9780230104723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.85
€ 67.85
Paperback. Breaking the Codes is a cultural history of the fin-de-siecle that uses the "problem" of the criminal woman to examine both the debates around the appropriate place of women in French society and the ways in which issues of gender were central to the most important cultural transformations of the period. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 half-tones, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804726931
- ISBN
- 9780804726931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.75
€ 29.99
€ 27.75
Hardback. Breaking the Codes is a cultural history of the fin-de-siecle that uses the "problem" of the criminal woman to examine both the debates around the appropriate place of women in French society and the ways in which issues of gender were central to the most important cultural transformations of the period. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 half-tones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804716635
- ISBN
- 9780804716635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.17
€ 134.17
Paperback. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBTB; JKSR; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Updated, Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520277540
- ISBN
- 9780520277540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.38
€ 40.99
€ 29.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061581083
- ISBN
- 9780061581083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
paperback. This book tells the story of the education programme in the Transport and General Workers Union, from its foundation in 1922 until the end of the 20th century. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJ; HBT; KNG; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 2. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Lawrence And Wishart Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905007073
- ISBN
- 9781905007073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.65
€ 19.99
€ 18.65
Paperback. A fascinating history of sex and relationships. Breach of Promise was an archaic legal action brought about by a jilted lover (male or female) when their former intended broke off their engagement. This is the first ever non-academic book on the topic and reveals a fascinating romantic and legal underworld from the 1790s - 1960s. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783030361
- ISBN
- 9781783030361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.17
€ 27.99
€ 24.17
Paperback. Brazil under Construction tracks how Brazil's major public works projects and the fiction surrounding them mark a twofold construction of the nation: the functional construction of the country's public infrastructure and the symbolic construction of nationhood. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 210 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; HBTB; JFC; JPP; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458394
- ISBN
- 9781349458394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.60
€ 65.60
Paperback. A sweeping survey of Brazilian representations--encompassing literature, art, propaganda, mass media, and other realms--across five centuries of evolving identity, brimming with powerful photographs. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 408 pages, 79 b&w illus, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 185 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292718579
- ISBN
- 9780292718579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.73
€ 41.99
€ 37.73
Hardcover. An award-winning pastry chef's foolproof recipes and fresh take on the history of American desserts, from chocolate chip cookies to toaster pastries. Num Pages: 400 pages, 84 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCV; WBN; WBVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 216. .
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393239867
- ISBN
- 9780393239867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.13
€ 36.99
€ 32.13
Sheet map. A map of the Elizabethan London. It offers an insight into the geography of the capital and lives of its inhabitants. It features the infamous Tower of London, a bear baiting arena, the Charterhouse monastery, the monument at Chary-ncros, Old St Paul's Cathedral and even local wildlife in the grassy fields north of Holborn. Series: Old House. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 475 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 46. New.
- Publisher
- Old House Books
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908402271
- ISBN
- 9781908402271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 5.28
€ 20.99
€ 5.28
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 236 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; AJCR; HBJK; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 304. Weight in Grams: 1778.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764349300
- ISBN
- 9780764349300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 35.80
€ 53.99
€ 35.80
Paperback. The sometimes shocking, always fascinating history of brainwashing, from the bestselling author of COCAINE Num Pages: 448 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: HBT; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340831618
- ISBN
- 9780340831618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardback. Noam Maggor shows how the moneyed elite in Gilded Age Boston leveraged their wealth to forge transcontinental networks of commodities, labor, and transportation. With the decline of cotton-based textile manufacturing, these gentleman bankers found new business opportunities in the mines, railroads, and industries of the Great West. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 halftones, 7 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674971462
- ISBN
- 9780674971462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.41
€ 48.99
€ 41.41
Sheet map, folded. Series: George Bradshaw Railway Maps Collection. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: 1DF; 3JJC; HBTP1; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 126 x 7. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Historical Images Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844918058
- ISBN
- 9781844918058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.64
€ 19.99
€ 18.64
Sheet map. At the turn of the 20th century the rail network extended to over 23,000 miles, very nearly the circumference of the world - the greatest length it was ever to achieve. Some urban routes had closed and later, hundreds of rural lines and stations succumbed to the Beeching axe. This title shows the network in its heyday before the decline commenced. Series: Old House. BIC Classification: HBTP1; WGF; WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 7. Weight in Grams: 124. New.
- Publisher
- Old House Books
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Facsimile map
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908402134
- ISBN
- 9781908402134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.23
€ 12.23
Hardback. Offers a snapshot of Britain in the 1860s. This is a facsimile of the actual book, often referred to as "Bradshaw's Guide", that inspired the "Great British Railway Journeys" television series, and is possibly the only surviving example of the 1863 edition. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 177 x 44. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Old House Books
- Number of pages
- 512
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Premium ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908402486
- ISBN
- 9781908402486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.20
€ 40.99
€ 34.20