History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Tells the story of Josiah E DuBois, Jr, a young Treasury Department lawyer who risked his career to alert the world to the Holocaust. This book tells how Dubois exposed the inequities in America's refugee policy and forced the United States government to take action to rescue the displaced Jews. Editor(s): Medoff, Dr. Rafael. Series: Shofar Supplements in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535078
- ISBN
- 9781557535078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.56
€ 26.56
Paperback. Tells the story some of the most coveted scraps of paper in existence, from Amuritius' Port Louis to Bordeaux, India and Great Britain, Switzerland and Japan, into the fantasies and imagination of stamp collectors everywhere. Num Pages: 336 pages, integrated prints & line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: HBT; WCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books London
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843544364
- ISBN
- 9781843544364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.50
€ 19.99
€ 14.50
Paperback. Traces public housing's history in Chicago from its New Deal roots through mayor Richard M Daley's Plan for Transformation. In the process, the author chronicles the Chicago Housing Authority's own transformation from the city's most progressive government agency to its largest slumlord. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 28 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226360867
- ISBN
- 9780226360867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.64
€ 34.99
€ 27.64
Paperback. In 1869, when five women enrolled at university for the first time in British history, the average female brain was thought to be 150 grams lighter than a man's. Doctors warned that if women studied too hard their wombs would wither and die. This title tells the story of the fight for female education in Britain. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16pp b/w photographic inset. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141029719
- ISBN
- 9780141029719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.16
€ 26.99
€ 20.16
Paperback. A guided tour of Blyth, showing how the areas people know and love have changed over the past century and more. Series: History Tour. Num Pages: 96 pages, 50. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYN; HBTB; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445664279
- ISBN
- 9781445664279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.37
€ 17.37
Paperback. A history of small craft used from the earliest times, when water was the only highway, to the 20th century's recreational use of motor boats on the waterways of the Adirondacks. Num Pages: 344 pages, 250 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; TRL; WSSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 210 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815603740
- ISBN
- 9780815603740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.11
€ 33.11
Hardcover. In the French Third Republic, nursing was an occupation caught in the crosscurrents of conflicting notions about the role of women. This deft political history shows how the turmoil and transformation of nursing during this period reflected the political and cultural tensions at work in the nation. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674004917
- ISBN
- 9780674004917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.47€ 82.23
€ 91.47
€ 82.23
Paperback. This reader on world history emphasizes the centrality of raced, sexed, and classed bodies as sites on which imperial power was imagined and exercised, in order to examine the effects of global politics, capital and culture on everyday spaces and local cultural encounters Editor(s): Ballantyne, Tony; Burton, Antoinette. Num Pages: 464 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334675
- ISBN
- 9780822334675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.82
€ 34.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. This is the first book to provide serious scholarly insight into the methodological practices that shape lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer oral histories. Each of the fourteen chapters pairs an oral history excerpt with an original essay in which the oral historian addresses his or her methods and practices. Editor(s): Boyd, Nan Alamilla; RamIrez, Horacio N. Roque. Series: Oxford Oral History Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBA; HBTD; JFSJ; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199742738
- ISBN
- 9780199742738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.30
€ 84.30
Paperback. In this energetic new study, Wendy Mitchinson traces medical perspectives on the treatment of women in Canada in the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 456 pages, 24. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442614314
- ISBN
- 9781442614314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.92
€ 46.99
€ 41.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, 9 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1H; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 232 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114231
- ISBN
- 9780226114231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. It has been said that democratic populism is Scandinavia's gift to modern world. But the critical role that sports has played in development of this particular form of society has gone unremarked. This book analyses how the growth of physical culture in the region has both reflected and contributed to the parallel rise of Scandinavian nationalism. Editor(s): Nielsen, Niels Kayser. Num Pages: 180 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779341777
- ISBN
- 9788779341777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.91
€ 23.91
Paperback. The story of the most controversial Test series in cricket's history. Num Pages: 480 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: HBT; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 344. The Full Story of the Most Sensational Test Cricket Series: Australia V England 1932-33. 480 pages, b&w photographs. The story of the most controversial Test series in cricket's history. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBT; WSJC. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight: 332.
- Publisher
- Aurum Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854109316
- ISBN
- 9781854109316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.16
€ 27.99
€ 20.16
Hardback. Explores the construction and emergence of 'Bohemia' in American literature and culture. This title presents a study that follows la vie boheme from its earliest expressions in the US until its explosion in Greenwich Village in the 1920s. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804760836
- ISBN
- 9780804760836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.32
€ 86.32
Hardcover. Boiotia in the Fourth Century B.C. works from the premise that the traditional picture of hegemony and great men tells only a partial story. The volume's essays present exciting new perspectives based on recent archaeological work and the discovery of new material evidence. Editor(s): Gartland, Samuel D. Num Pages: 248 pages, 38 illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248807
- ISBN
- 9780812248807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.23
€ 89.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRCX4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 206 x 15. Weight in Grams: 199.
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310532217
- ISBN
- 9780310532217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.37
€ 12.37
Paperback. Presents a social and cultural history of exploitation films. Analysing many films, such as "The Road to Ruin", "Modern Motherhood", and more, this book demonstrates that these films were more than simply 'bad' movies. It shows how they evolved during a period of forty years and how, during that time, they shaped public policies and attitudes. Num Pages: 488 pages, 59 b&w photographs, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; APF; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822323747
- ISBN
- 9780822323747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.70
€ 34.99
€ 31.70
paperback. Editor(s): Mendoza, Glen. Num Pages: 85 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; HBJK; HBTB; KCY; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 11. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 85
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634848862
- ISBN
- 9781634848862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.47€ 88.07
€ 116.47
€ 88.07
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Willow Publishing,Timperley
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780946361465
- ISBN
- 9780946361465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.51
€ 23.99
€ 20.51
Paperback. On a freezing night in January 2013, an assailant hurled acid in the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, Sergei Filin. The crime, organized by a lead soloist, dragged one of Russia's most illustrious institutions into scandal. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; ASDL; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007576630
- ISBN
- 9780007576630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Paperback. Translator(s): Odom, William. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632203120
- ISBN
- 9781632203120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.48
€ 16.99
€ 15.48
Num Pages: 176 pages, 100 b&w, 200 colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTW; JPQ; JWKW; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1186. How the U.S. Government Misled Itself and Its People into Believing They Could Survive a Nuclear Attack. 176 pages, 100 b&w, 200 colour. Lays bare the buried truths of America's family fallout shelter obsession. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTW; JPQ; JWKW; JWMN. Dimension: 264 x 235 x 24. Weight: 1186.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Pointed Leaf Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780982358573
- ISBN
- 9780982358573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.64€ 48.98
€ 51.64
€ 48.98
Hardback. For the first time, this book provides the global history of labor in Central Eurasia, Russia, Europe, and the Indian Ocean between the sixteenth and the twentieth centuries. It contests common views on free and unfree labor, and compares the latter to many Western countries where wage conditions resembled those of domestic servants. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTS; KCF; KCY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382508
- ISBN
- 9781782382508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.37
€ 155.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBTS; KJVW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231158497
- ISBN
- 9780231158497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.94
€ 33.99
€ 24.94