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History: specific events & topics

Hardcover. Sociology began as a historical discipline, created by Marx, Weber and others, to explain the emergence and consequences of rational, capitalist society. Today, the best historical sociology combines precision in theory-construction with the careful selection of appropriate methodologies to address ongoing debates across a range of subfields. Series: What is Sociology?. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745660080
ISBN
9780745660080
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.12

Paperback. Sociology began as a historical discipline, created by Marx, Weber and others, to explain the emergence and consequences of rational, capitalist society. Today, the best historical sociology combines precision in theory-construction with the careful selection of appropriate methodologies to address ongoing debates across a range of subfields. Series: What is Sociology?. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745660097
ISBN
9780745660097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.53

Paperback. What is intellectual history? Those who practice intellectual history have described themselves as eavesdroppers upon the conversations of the past, explorers of alien ideological worlds, and translators between historic societies and our own, while their critics have often derided them as narrow-mindedly studying the ideas of dead white men. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644936
ISBN
9780745644936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.55

Hardback. What is intellectual history? Those who practice intellectual history have described themselves as eavesdroppers upon the conversations of the past, explorers of alien ideological worlds, and translators between historic societies and our own, while their critics have often derided them as narrow-mindedly studying the ideas of dead white men. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644929
ISBN
9780745644929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.49

Hardback. Across history, the ideas and practices of male identity have varied much between time and place: masculinity proves to be a slippery concept, not available to all men, sometimes even applied to women. This book analyses the dynamics of 'masculinity' as both an ideology and lived experience - how men have tried, and failed, to be 'Real Men'. Editor(s): Arnold, John H.; Brady, Sean. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 475 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 233 x 34. Weight in Grams: 860.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
475
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230278134
ISBN
9780230278134
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.26

Paperback. Across history, the ideas and practices of male identity have varied much between time and place: masculinity proves to be a slippery concept, not available to all men, sometimes even applied to women. This book analyses the dynamics of 'masculinity' as both an ideology and lived experience - how men have tried, and failed, to be 'Real Men'. Editor(s): Arnold, John H.; Brady, Sean. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 475 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137305602
ISBN
9781137305602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 118.89
€ 114.64

Paperback. Across history, the ideas and practices of male identity have varied much between time and place: masculinity proves to be a slippery concept, not available to all men, sometimes even applied to women. This book analyses the dynamics of 'masculinity' as both an ideology and lived experience - how men have tried, and failed, to be 'Real Men'. Editor(s): Arnold, John H.; Brady, Sean. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 475 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBLA; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Number of pages
475
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349325979
ISBN
9781349325979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.32

Hardback. The field of the history of medicine and health has expanded spectacularly in recent times. In What is Medical History? John C. Burnham explores the reasons for this expansion, introducing medical history for those who know little of the subject. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745632247
ISBN
9780745632247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.49

Paperback. * What is Medical History? will be an invaluable textbook for all students of the history of medicine and science. * The second title in Polity's new series, 'What is History?', designed to be a key introductory textbook for students of the history of medicine and science. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745632254
ISBN
9780745632254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.53

Paperback. What is slavery? It seems a simple enough question. Despite the long history of the institution and its widespread use around the globe, many people still largely associate slavery, outside of the biblical references in the Old Testament, to the enslavement of Africans in America, particularly the United States. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745671512
ISBN
9780745671512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.08

Paperback. The first full-length study of slave memory in the South African context, this examines the relevance and effects of slave memory for contemporary negotiations of South African gendered and racialised identities. It reads memory as one way of processing t Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBTS. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145072
ISBN
9781868145072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardcover. What is slavery? It seems a simple enough question. Despite the long history of the institution and its widespread use around the globe, many people still largely associate slavery, outside of the biblical references in the Old Testament, to the enslavement of Africans in America, particularly the United States. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745671505
ISBN
9780745671505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Paperback. What is the history of knowledge? This engaging and accessible introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of knowledge (or, as some scholars say, knowledges in the plural ) and how it differs from the history of science, intellectual history, the sociology of knowledge or from cultural history. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745669847
ISBN
9780745669847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.76

Hardcover. What is the history of knowledge? This engaging and accessible introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of knowledge (or, as some scholars say, knowledges in the plural ) and how it differs from the history of science, intellectual history, the sociology of knowledge or from cultural history. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745669830
ISBN
9780745669830
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.12

Paperback. This title explores the ideas of African American musicians, analyzing them on the context of meanings circulating around jazz. The text shows how much black musicians have struggled against the definations of racial authenticity and racism in the dominant culture. Series: Music of the African Diaspora. Num Pages: 425 pages, 16 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; HBT; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
425
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232969
ISBN
9780520232969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. * This is a new addition to Polity s highly successful What is History series. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745652689
ISBN
9780745652689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.49

Paperback. * This is a new addition to Polity s highly successful What is History series. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745652696
ISBN
9780745652696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.76

Paperback. Fiercely intelligent, always provocative, Joanna Bourke turns to the subject of the human animal Num Pages: 480 pages, Integrated: 20, int photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844086450
ISBN
9781844086450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. Inspirational stories of what women achieved against the odds Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473882249
ISBN
9781473882249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.36

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; HBTS; JFMX; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231181822
ISBN
9780231181822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

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