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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. In 1932 the Al Saud family incorporated the kingdom of Hijaz, once the cultural hub of the Arabian world, in to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This book traces the fortunes of distinctive and resilient culture of the Hijazis, from the golden age of Hashemite Mecca to Saudi domination to its resurgence. Num Pages: 248 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845118242
ISBN
9781845118242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.93

hardcover. Craft Capitalism focuses on Hamilton, Ontario, and demonstrates how the preservation of traditional work arrangements, craft mobility networks, and other aspects of craft culture ensured that craftsworkers in that city enjoyed an essentially positive introduction to industrial capitalism. Series: Canadian Social History Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; AFT; HBJK; HBLW; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802091277
ISBN
9780802091277
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.06

Paperback. Examines the role of the vernacular arts in Mexico s transformation from a regionally and culturally fragmented country into a modern nation-state with an inclusive and compelling national identity. Num Pages: 424 pages, 16 color illustrations, 23 b&w, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822347033
ISBN
9780822347033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.77

Paperback. From bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose, a dual biography of two great nineteenth century warriors, General Custer and Crazy Horse, culminating in the Battle of Little Bighorn. Num Pages: 544 pages, 2 x 8pp b-w plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 38. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471158797
ISBN
9781471158797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.49

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 black and white and colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 332 x 27. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Gibbs M. Smith Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781423641230
ISBN
9781423641230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.46

Hardback. In the early 1900s, British Columbia embarked on a brief but intense effort, with long consequences, to manufacture a modern countryside. For the first time, the state directly intervened in planning and implementing land settlement. This work examines how this process unfolded and assesses its consequences. Series: Nature, History, Society. Num Pages: 268 pages, 18 b/w illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJC; HBTB; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774813372
ISBN
9780774813372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.28

paperback. In the early 1900s, British Columbia embarked on a brief but intense effort, with long consequences, to manufacture a modern countryside. For the first time, the state directly intervened in planning and implementing land settlement. This title examines how this process unfolded and assesses its consequences. Series: Nature | History | Society. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17 b/w photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJ; HBTB; RGC; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774813389
ISBN
9780774813389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.49

Hardback. Creating Canada's Peacekeeping Past delves into diverse representations of Canadian peacekeeping, including National Film Board documentaries, political rhetoric, and high school textbooks to show how peacekeeping became a symbol of Canadian national identity in both French and English Canada. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 544 pages, 17 photographs, 22 line art, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBTB; HBW; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774832489
ISBN
9780774832489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.93

Paperback. This work traces the development of country music and its institutionalization from Fiddlin' John Carson's pioneering recordings in Atlanta in 1923 to the posthumous success of Hank Williams. The book also explores what it means to be authentic within popular culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 233 x 36. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226662855
ISBN
9780226662855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.79

Hardback. The "cold war university" is the academic component of the military-industrial-academic complex. This work discusses the role played by university administrators in making their universities dependent upon military foundation and industrial patronage. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JNKG; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205413
ISBN
9780520205413
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.70
€ 49.28

Paperback. Shows how seemingly irrational business decisions, inspired in part by the self-interest of the owners but also by their nostalgia for the game, transformed baseball into the national pastime. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; KNSP; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058856
ISBN
9780691058856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.32

Paperback. Series: Visible Evidence. Num Pages: 296 pages, 21 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AFKV; HBTZ; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816676231
ISBN
9780816676231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. Series: Visible Evidence. Num Pages: 296 pages, 21 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AFKV; HBTZ; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816676224
ISBN
9780816676224
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

Paperback. This reference on Irish mathematicians includes biographies on: Thomas Harriot (1560-1621); William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865); Robert Murphy (1806-1843); George Boole (1815-1864); George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903); George Salmon (1819-1904); and John Casey (1820-1891). Editor(s): Houston, Ken. Num Pages: 160 pages, 12pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG; HBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 232 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621496
ISBN
9781900621496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.56

Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism. Num Pages: 352 pages, 19 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231168083
ISBN
9780231168083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Hardcover. The first full-length account of Scotland's major change from burial to cremation Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBZ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 35. Weight in Grams: 814.
Publisher
John Donald Short Run Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
9781906566791
ISBN
9781906566791
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.00

Paperback. .
Publisher
Steve Savage Publishers Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904246350
ISBN
9781904246350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.84

Hardback. Innovative in its scope and conceptual frameworks, Creole America reveals how literary culture in the New Republic is formed by a push for commercial empire in the hemisphere via the routes of the treacherous West Indian trades and, in turn, aestheticizes U.S.-West Indian relations as an integral aspect of the national imaginary. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780812239300
ISBN
9780812239300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.82

Paperback. Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816677764
ISBN
9780816677764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Editor(s): Godfrey, Barry; Dunstall, Graeme. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 521.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781843921073
ISBN
9781843921073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.23

Paperback. Representing a wave of legal history that has emerged in recent years, this title presents essays about the relationship between ordinary people and the law. It is suitable for scholars in Latin American studies and to those interested in the social and cultural history of law. Editor(s): Salvatore, Ricardo Donato; Aguirre, Carlos A.; Joseph, Gilbert M. Num Pages: 480 pages, 11 tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JKV; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822327448
ISBN
9780822327448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.94

Hardback. Landsman discusses the difficulties inherent in prosecuting crimes against humanity, from the Eichmann trial to Milosevic. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; JWXK; LBBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 36. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812238471
ISBN
9780812238471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.91

Paperback. Exploring how crises have shaped economic and social life from the thirteenth century to the twenty-first Editor(s): Brown, A. T.; Burn, Andy; Doherty, Rob. Series: People, Markets, Goods: Economies and Societies in History. Num Pages: 420 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 18 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 30. Weight in Grams: 718.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270422
ISBN
9781783270422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.80

Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDT; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784535100
ISBN
9781784535100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.79
€ 137.06

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