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History: specific events & topics

Hardback. Arguing for Harlem as a crossroads between writers and the image, this book explores its power for canonical writers, whose work was profoundly responsive to the changing meanings and uses of photographs. It opens possibilities for understanding the entangled histories of literature and the photograph. Num Pages: 376 pages, 73 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2AB; 3JJG; DSBH; HBTB; JFSG; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130873
ISBN
9780691130873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.91

Paperback. Written in a lively style rich with anecdotes, Harlequin Britain establishes the emergence of eighteenth-century English pantomime, with its promiscuous blending of genres and subjects, as a key moment in the development of modern entertainment culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19, 13 black & white halftones, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; 3JF; AN; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421416939
ISBN
9781421416939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.39

Hardcover.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Wayne State Univ Pr
Number of pages
543
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st ed
SKU
KEX0212656
ISBN
9780814319338
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Hardback. The story of how the Nazi genocide of the Jews became an almost daily source of controversy in French politics. Joan Wolf argues that from the Six-Day War throughout the trial of Maurice Papon in 1997-98, the Holocaust developed from a Jewish trauma into a metaphor for oppression. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (L) ELT / TEFL; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804748896
ISBN
9780804748896
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.89

Paperback. Harriet Tubman is one of America's most beloved historical figures, revered alongside luminaries including Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. This book tells the story of Tubman's life as an American icon. Num Pages: 424 pages, 88 illustrations ( incl. 9 in color). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822340737
ISBN
9780822340737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
0.2495 kilograms
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316155946
ISBN
9780316155946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Forced to fight other Jews in bare-knuckle bouts for the perverse entertainment of SS officers, Harry quickly learned that his own survival depended on his ability to fight and win. Presenting a story of endurance, desperation, and love, this title provides the first-hand testimony of the author's father, Harry Haft, a holocaust victim. Series: Religion, Theology and the Holocaust. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations, 2 forewords. BIC Classification: BGS; HBJD; HBTZ1; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608233
ISBN
9780815608233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.06

Paperback. Henri de Monfried is inextricably linked to the Red Sea and the raffish ports between Suez and Aden in the early years of the twentieth century. This book is an account of how de Monfried becomes a collector and merchant of the fabled Gulf pearls, and is drawn into the shadowy world of arms trading, slavery, smuggling and drugs. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QSL; BG; BTC; HBTM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442105
ISBN
9780141442105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Hardcover. Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Series: Hatchments in Britain. Num Pages: 132 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Phillimore & Co.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1975
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850330854
ISBN
9780850330854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.40

Hardback. In Hating Empire Properly, Sunil Agnani produces a novel attempt to think the eighteenth-century imagination of the West and East Indies together, arguing that this is how contemporary thinkers Edmund Burke and Denis Diderot actually viewed them. This con Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HPCD; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 234 x 29. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823251803
ISBN
9780823251803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Wallflower Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905674350
ISBN
9781905674350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages, 30 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; JFHF; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764331497
ISBN
9780764331497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 55 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBTB; JFHF; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 230 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764331510
ISBN
9780764331510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 82 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; HBTB; JFHF; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 169 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764331343
ISBN
9780764331343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.24

Paperback. Looks at portrayals of Havana in literature, music, and the visual arts in the post-Soviet era, as the city is reinvented as a destination for international tourists and business ventures. Editor(s): Birkenmaier, Anke; Whitfield, Esther Katheryn. Num Pages: 344 pages, 14 photographs, 1 illustration, 1 table, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBJK; HBTV; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350705
ISBN
9780822350705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Hardback. Looks at portrayals of Havana in literature, music, and the visual arts in the post-Soviet era, as the city is reinvented as a destination for international tourists and business ventures. Editor(s): Birkenmaier, Anke; Whitfield, Esther Katheryn. Num Pages: 344 pages, 14 photographs, 1 illustration, 1 table, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBJK; HBTV; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822350521
ISBN
9780822350521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.33

paperback. The pub has been at the centre of Irish life for centuries. It has played many roles: funeral home, restaurant, grocery shop, music venue, job centre and meeting place for everyone from poets to revolutionaries. Often plain and unpretentious, it is a neutral ground, a leveller - a home away from home. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB; WBXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
The Collins Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848892750
ISBN
9781848892750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.51

Paperback. An assessment of the legal and cultural effects of the arbitrary correlation of blood and race imposed by the US government on the indigenous peoples of Hawai'i. It demonstrates how blood quantum, a system originally intended to restore land to Native Hawaiians, has in fact become an extension of US imperial power in Hawai'i. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822340799
ISBN
9780822340799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, 32 b/w & 6 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; ANF; ASDX; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837636697
ISBN
9783837636697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.46
€ 42.14

Hardback. Although better known for its sunny skies, Los Angeles suffers devastating flooding. This book explores a little-known chapter in the city's history - the failures to control floods that occurred throughout the twentieth century. It offers a lesson - both of things gone wrong and a glimpse of how they might be improved. Num Pages: 289 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFC; JFSG; RNR; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520238503
ISBN
9780520238503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37
€ 65.17

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