History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Buttressed by historical documentary sources, and by painstaking linguistic researches, Maureen Warner-Lewis offers a re-issue and thematic expansion of her classic collection of essays on the forced and voluntary migration to Trinidad of West and West-Central Africans during the 1800s, extending through both the slavery and post-emancipation eras. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTS; JFC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of the West Indies Press
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789766405052
- ISBN
- 9789766405052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.49
€ 59.49
Gulag Voices: Oral Histories of Soviet Incarceration and Exile (Palgra...
Gheith, Jehanne M, Jolluck, Katherine R.
Paperback. This volume brings the powerful voices of Gulag survivors to and English-speaking audience for the first time through oral histories, rather than written memoirs. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBTD; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230610637
- ISBN
- 9780230610637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.81
€ 36.81
Paperback. Reveals one of the greatest horrors of the 20th century: the system of Soviet camps that are responsible for the deaths of countless millions. This work presents history of the camp: from its origins under the tsars, to its colossal expansion under Stalin's reign of terror, its zenith in the late 1940s and eventual collapse in the era of glasnost. Num Pages: 624 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Penguin Edition
- SKU
- 9780140283105
- ISBN
- 9780140283105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.38
€ 19.99
€ 13.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 364 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTZ1; JFFJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Independent Institute,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781598131628
- ISBN
- 9781598131628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.90
€ 23.99
€ 21.90
Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTZ1; JFFJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Independent Institute,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781598131611
- ISBN
- 9781598131611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.61
€ 40.99
€ 34.61
Paperback. Firearms have long been at the core of our national narratives. This title documents and analyzes the history of firearms in America, exploring various aspects of gun manufacture, ownership, and use - and importantly, the cultural and political implications which this history reveals. Editor(s): Dizard, Jan E.; Muth, Robert M.; Andrews, Stephen P. Num Pages: 517 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; HBT; JFC; WSXS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 517
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814718797
- ISBN
- 9780814718797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Why has human history unfolded so differently across the globe? The author puts the case that geography and biogeography, not race, moulded the contrasting fates of Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, sub-Saharan Africans, and aboriginal Australians. Num Pages: 480 pages, 32 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JHMC; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099302780
- ISBN
- 9780099302780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.37
€ 16.99
€ 12.37
From 1911 to 1917 Craftman Farms was the home of Gustav Stickley, one of the central figures in the American Arts and Crafts Movement. This book unravels the, sometimes contradictory, ideas that informed many of the artists and literary figures in the progressive era in America. Num Pages: 280 pages, 85 b&w photographs, 15 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFT; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606895
- ISBN
- 9780815606895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.48
€ 40.99
€ 35.48
Paperback. Major transformations in society are always accompanied by parallel transformations in systems of social communication D what we call the media. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745672588
- ISBN
- 9780745672588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.65
€ 26.65
Hardcover. Major transformations in society are always accompanied by parallel transformations in systems of social communication D what we call the media. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745672571
- ISBN
- 9780745672571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.49
€ 71.49
Hardcover. Num Pages: 376 pages, 60 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGS; HBT; WSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 168 x 31. Weight in Grams: 984.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Edition
- Har/DVD
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772898278
- ISBN
- 9788772898278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09€ 51.90
€ 67.09
€ 51.90
Hardback. By focusing on processes of social construction, stigmatization and categorization, the authors offer new insights into the development of government policies towards itinerants in general and the ethnicization of some in particular. They analyze the western images and representations of gypsies focusing on their functions for the labour market. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DD; HBTB; JFSL; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333682418
- ISBN
- 9780333682418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.10
€ 119.10
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902806495
- ISBN
- 9781902806495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.29
€ 19.99
€ 18.29
Hardback. Num Pages: 151 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 151
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319410562
- ISBN
- 9783319410562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.68
€ 67.68
Paperback. By the early 20th century, Gypsies in Germany and Italy were pushed outside the national community and subjected to the arbitrary whims of executive authorities. This book offers an account of these exclusionary policies and their links to the rise of nationalism, liberalism, and the modern bureaucratic state. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349486502
- ISBN
- 9781349486502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.39
€ 61.39
Paperback. Explores the history of this lifestyle, looking at how Gypsies have maintained their distinctive culture and how they have adapted to the twenty-first century, and focusses on a range of traditional Gypsy occupations including harvesting, horse-dealing, fortune-telling and rat-catching. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747812364
- ISBN
- 9780747812364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.84
€ 8.84
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226335339
- ISBN
- 9780226335339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 35.62
€ 46.99
€ 35.62
Paperback. Offers a fresh perspective on Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, telling the story of how American Jewish women played a leading role in achieving Zionist goals and shaping the state of Israel. This book also traces Hadassah's involvement in the child rescue movement, which saved thousands of children from Nazi-occupied Europe. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBT; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 176 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742549388
- ISBN
- 9780742549388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.36
€ 59.36
Paperback. Two world wars, the Civil Rights movement, and a Jheri curl later, Blacks in America continue to have a complex and convoluted relationship with their hair. This book takes a chronological look at the culture behind the ever-changing state of Black hair - from fifteenth-century Africa to the present-day United States. Editor(s): Byrd, Ayana. Num Pages: 258 pages, 50 black & white illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Griffin
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250046574
- ISBN
- 9781250046574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.41
€ 19.99
€ 17.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781605989556
- ISBN
- 9781605989556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.37
€ 27.99
€ 23.37