History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
A biography of Zephaniah Kingsley Jr., merchant, African slave trader, ship captain, plantation owner, slave master, miscegenist, polygamist, and, later, partial supporter of abolition and founder of a colony in Haiti for free persons of color. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813044620
- ISBN
- 9780813044620
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.59
€ 38.99
€ 33.59
Hardcover. The second of a two-volume history of the Jewish community of St Louis covering the St Louis Jewish population of the 20th century and continuing where volume one concluded. Num Pages: 632 pages, 75 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 44. Weight in Grams: 989.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826214140
- ISBN
- 9780826214140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.68€ 63.10
€ 68.68
€ 63.10
Hardback. The zombie has shuffled with dead-eyed, remorseless menace from its beginnings in folklore and primitive superstition to become the dominant image of the undead. Roger Luckhurst sifts material from anthropology, folklore, long-forgotten pulp literature, B-movies, medical history and cultural theory to give a definitive introduction to the zombie. Num Pages: 176 pages, 60 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; VXQM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780235288
- ISBN
- 9781780235288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.74
€ 32.74
Paperback. Zombies: A Cultural History, now available in paperback, gives a definitive short introduction to the zombie, exploring the manifold meanings of this compelling, slow-moving yet relentless monster. Num Pages: 224 pages, 54 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFHF; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780236698
- ISBN
- 9781780236698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.24
€ 15.99
€ 13.24
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10, 5 tables, 3 maps, 2 charts. BIC Classification: HBTV; HBW; JHB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 257 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453540
- ISBN
- 9780801453540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.89
€ 53.89
Paperback. Mixing personal and family experiences with an idiosyncratic social history of Irish immigration, this book draws on Mathieu's travels to Ireland and her interviews with the Irish in rural Roscrea and environs and in New York City to survey the landscape of emigration in Ireland and in the US. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606130
- ISBN
- 9780815606130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.39
€ 21.99
€ 20.39
Paperback. The Beginning of 'the Works' has entered into the mythology that is now part and parcel of the history of Swindon and its famous parents - the Great Western Railway. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWW; HBTD; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 235 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752445267
- ISBN
- 9780752445267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.22
€ 19.99
€ 18.22
Paperback. This title weaves together the elements of the 'manufacture' of masculinity in the period world-famous 'public' school system for the privileged which serviced the largest empire, the world has ever known, at the zenith of its control and which has had a significant influence in the formation of the modern world. Series: Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; HBTQ; JFC; JFSC; JHB; JHBA; JHMC; JNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 175 x 25. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415849418
- ISBN
- 9780415849418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.19€ 53.44
€ 58.19
€ 53.44
Paperback. An investigation into the teaching of classics in the colonial education of West Africa in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: Classical Diaspora. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ; JNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- NIPPOD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472584090
- ISBN
- 9781472584090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.64
€ 56.64
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Canada
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552665824
- ISBN
- 9781552665824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.20
€ 21.99
€ 20.20