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History: specific events & topics

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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. The North American cruise industry is the largest sector of the trade by a long way. Of the 2007 cruise market, US cruise vacationers alone represented over 70 per cent of the total. From the big players, the luxury market and niche cruising, to disasters and predictions, this illustrated book covers the whole industry, past, present and future. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 247 x 7. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752449111
ISBN
9780752449111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.78

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; 3H; HBLC1; HBTB; HBWC; HRAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635897
ISBN
9780691635897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.37

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 382 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691641898
ISBN
9780691641898
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.33

paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 382 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691614236
ISBN
9780691614236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 51.18

Paperback. Spanning the history of the island from pre-Columbian times to the present, this highly acclaimed survey examines Cuba's political and economic development within the context of its international relations and continuing struggle for self-determination. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 204 x 23. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
5 Rev ed
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199301447
ISBN
9780199301447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 133.28

paperback. Num Pages: 239 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Monthly Review Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853458906
ISBN
9780853458906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; KJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 202 x 20. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Anchor
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345802804
ISBN
9780345802804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. Cuisine and Culture, Third Edition presents a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic approach to understanding how and why major historical events have affected and defined the culinary traditions in different societies. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations ; map. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470403716
ISBN
9780470403716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.28
€ 60.92

Paperback. Probing beneath the apparent confusion of dozens of cuisines, this book shows how merchants, missionaries, and the military took cuisines over mountains, oceans, deserts, and across political frontiers. It emphasizes how cooking turns farm products into food. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 488 pages, 68 b/w photographs, 10 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBT; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286313
ISBN
9780520286313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Hardback.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
460
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520266452
ISBN
9780520266452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.63

Hardback. A collection that features an assortment of ephemera, or paper collectibles, related to food. Suitable for food lovers, collectors, designers, and curators alike, it includes images of postcards, match covers, menus, labels, posters, brochures, valentines, packaging, advertisements, and other materials from 19th- and 20th-century America. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 354 color illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 209 x 24. Weight in Grams: 974.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259775
ISBN
9780520259775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Hardback. Cultivated Power explores the collection, cultivation, and display of flowers in early modern France at the historical moment when flowering plants piqued the curiosity of European gardeners and botanists, merchants and ministers, and dukes and kings alike. Series: Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 color, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; HBTB; TVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 980.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
REV and Illustrated ed.
SKU
V9780812238266
ISBN
9780812238266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.81

Paperback. The voices of Chinese immigrants who settled in the pre-1950s Canadian prairies come alive in this extraordinary record of migration, settlement, and community life. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774828017
ISBN
9780774828017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Hardback. This bold and original study looks at the performance of identity in the public sphere, using the concept of 'plumage' to capture the countless elements that go together to make up a shared identity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AKTH; HBTB; JHMC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526114587
ISBN
9781526114587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.03

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526114594
ISBN
9781526114594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.70

Hardback. A provocative and historical reading of the relations between Victorian liberalism and aestheticism that challenges critical assumptions concerning liberal agency and aesthetic experience more generally. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812237542
ISBN
9780812237542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.26

Paperback. Demonstrates that speculation and capital, the commodity, the crowd, traffic, and the street, often thought to be historically specific to nineteenth-century urban culture, were in fact already at work in early modern London and Paris. This title challenges the notion of a rupture between premodern and modern societies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141107
ISBN
9780691141107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.87

Hardback. Editor(s): Martin, Scott C. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742527706
ISBN
9780742527706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.33

Paperback. Editor(s): Martin, Scott C. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742527713
ISBN
9780742527713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.01

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 730.
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810859678
ISBN
9780810859678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.45

Hardcover. Argues that destruction of Iraqi culture was aimed at remaking Iraq as US client state. Editor(s): Baker, Raymond William; Ismael, Shereen T.; Ismael, Tareq Y. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBTB; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780745328133
ISBN
9780745328133
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.01
€ 84.13

Paperback. The history of the British-Spanish Society, an example of 'soft' or cultural diplomacy between countries. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DSE; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBTB; JHMC; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781781382752
ISBN
9781781382752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 6.23

Hardback. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBTB; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156996
ISBN
9780691156996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 462 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTP; JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
462
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226317588
ISBN
9780226317588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.04
€ 48.36

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