History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Recreates a time when World War III seemed imminent. This book explores a central dimension of American culture and politics - the postwar preoccupation with captivity. It reveals how 'menticide', the calculated destruction of individual autonomy, struck many Americans as a more immediate danger than nuclear annihilation. Num Pages: 352 pages, 29 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257313
- ISBN
- 9780520257313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 1KBB; HBTW; JPS; JPVN; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 789. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252039690
- ISBN
- 9780252039690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.80
€ 58.80
Hardback. Reconfiguring women's activism in the Cold War era Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252037269
- ISBN
- 9780252037269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.08
€ 55.08
Paperback. * A fasinating expose' of previously highly classified subject matter. * The extent, cost and secrecy of these vital installations will amaze the reader. * Likely to attract media attention. Num Pages: 281 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBTW; HBW; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783030101
- ISBN
- 9781783030101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.57
€ 21.99
€ 17.57
Paperback. Submarines had a vital, if often unheralded, role in the superpower navies during the Cold War. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HBTM; JWF; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781574885309
- ISBN
- 9781574885309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.04
€ 46.99
€ 42.04
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472529589
- ISBN
- 9781472529589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.49
€ 39.49
Paperback. For too long, American women have been hidden in the history of the Cold War. This title recovers their significance by examining the activities and ambitions of American women's organisations in the long period of uneasy peace. It is suitable for those in the field of gender and women's history, cultural studies, and American history. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW3; HBTW; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719080449
- ISBN
- 9780719080449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.95
€ 21.95
Paperback. This is volume five of a comprehensive history of the British Communist Party in the 20th century, and covers the period from 1951 to 1968. Num Pages: 322 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBT; JPFC; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 400. Cold War, Crisis and Conflict: The CPGB 1951-68. 322 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. This is volume five of a comprehensive history of the British Communist Party in the 20th century, and covers the period from 1951 to 1968. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBT; JPFC; JPL. Dimension: 215 x 134 x 25. Weight: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Lawrence And Wishart Ltd
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853159582
- ISBN
- 9780853159582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.32
€ 24.99
€ 21.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEA; 3JJP; HBTW; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 8. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750956383
- ISBN
- 9780750956383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.40
€ 20.99
€ 19.40
hardcover. This illustrated volume examines the environmental and historical influences that contributed to the development of the rich natural and cultural landscapes on the Hook peninsula, county Wexford. The diverse elements of the modern landscape and its inhabitants are identified, analysed and placed in their historical context. Series: Irish Rural Landscape S. Num Pages: 260 pages, 400 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTP; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 309 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781859183786
- ISBN
- 9781859183786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.00€ 43.96
€ 59.00
€ 43.96
Paperback. Collecting in a Consumer Society outlines the history of museum collecting from ancient civilizations to the present. It also looks at aspects of consumer culture and how this relates to the activity of collecting. Series: Collecting Cultures. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GLH; HBT; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415258487
- ISBN
- 9780415258487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.72
€ 56.72
Paperback. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718194437
- ISBN
- 9780718194437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.72
€ 19.99
€ 14.72
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271062174
- ISBN
- 9780271062174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.96
€ 44.99
€ 34.96
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847688135
- ISBN
- 9780847688135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.54€ 20.53
€ 130.54
€ 20.53
Paperback. Four companies - John Hargreaves, George Hargreaves, Brooks & Pickip and the Cliviger Coal Co - dominated coalmining in the North East Lancashire area and between them sank many pits. This title the story of those pits, of those who sunk and financed them, and of those who toiled, laboured, even perished, within their depths. Num Pages: 128 pages, 220 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBT; KNBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 165 x 7. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752428031
- ISBN
- 9780752428031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.38
€ 19.99
€ 18.38
Hardback. This collection of eight essays and 24 supporting documents concerning mainland British North America includes essays about Native Americans, the transatlantic slave trade, regulation of the sexual behaviour of white and black women, and the creation of new religious practices. Editor(s): Fischer, Kirsten; Hinderaker, Eric. Series: Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History. Num Pages: 408 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631218531
- ISBN
- 9780631218531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.50
€ 130.50
Paperback. This collection of eight essays and 24 supporting documents concerning mainland British North America includes essays about Native Americans, the transatlantic slave trade, regulation of the sexual behaviour of white and black women, and the creation of new religious practices. Editor(s): Fischer, Kirsten; Hinderaker, Eric. Series: Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History. Num Pages: 408 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631218548
- ISBN
- 9780631218548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Hardback. This book's focused case studies analyze each of America's quasi-colonies, revealing how the perpetuation of a this 'imperialist' strategy has rendered the inhabitants second class citizens. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; HBTR; JPHC; JPQB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739103036
- ISBN
- 9780739103036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.57
€ 128.57
Hardcover. The essays in this book present new research on the interactions between Phoenicians, Greeks and indigenous people in the Iberian Peninsula during the first millennium BC. Num Pages: 323 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLA; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226148472
- ISBN
- 9780226148472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.56€ 58.80
€ 70.56
€ 58.80
Hardback. Series: Harvard-Hallym Series on Korean Studies. Num Pages: 325 pages, 3 maps, 2 figures, 41 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; GTF; HBTQ; HBTR; JHBL; KCF; KNJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780674142404
- ISBN
- 9780674142404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.52
€ 49.99
€ 41.52