History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Offers an compendium on the roots and history of the documentary film. This book takes the reader on a tour of the evolution of documentary film as an polemical, experimental and entertaining form. It gathers a wide-ranging collection of writings. Num Pages: 496 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 135 x 40. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571225149
- ISBN
- 9780571225149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 15.91
€ 20.00
€ 15.91
Hardcover. This exciting interdisciplinary volume, featuring contributions from a group of leading international scholars, reflects on the long history of representations of transatlantic slaves and slavery, encompassing a broad chronological range, from the eighteenth century to the present day. Editor(s): Kaplan, Cora; Oldfield, Dr. J. R. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230578203
- ISBN
- 9780230578203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Paperback. Describes the daily experiences of Jewish and Italian immigrant women in New York City. Series: New Feminist Library. Num Pages: 303 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJG; HBTB; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853456827
- ISBN
- 9780853456827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.25
€ 14.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Comparative History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 64. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KLSA; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801488825
- ISBN
- 9780801488825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.38
€ 32.99
€ 32.38
Paperback. Tells the story of immigrants labour struggles, examining how unions can learn from their example, and explaining their activism in the face of terrific odds. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHBL; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592130412
- ISBN
- 9781592130412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.45
€ 34.99
€ 31.45
Paperback. Explores what it means to be a subject in the historical and poetic imagination of a southern Moroccan society. Incorporating poetic texts, legends, social spaces, folktales and conversations, this book is a synthesis of dissonant, often idiosyncratic voices from the Maghribi post-colonial present. Num Pages: 398 pages, 1 colour plate. BIC Classification: 1HBM; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226645322
- ISBN
- 9780226645322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.86
€ 42.99
€ 32.86
Paperback. This work brings together 16 essays in cultural history. Taken together, the essays aim to provide a reassessment of the complex process of cultural adjustment among the settler societies of colonial British and revolutionary America. Editor(s): Greene, Jack P. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813914084
- ISBN
- 9780813914084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.71
€ 43.71
Hardback. The author of this work explores the immediate aftermath of slavery in Maryland, which differed ways from other slaveholding states of the South: it never left the Union; white radicals had access to power; and, even before legal emancipation, a large free black population lived there. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 307 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 619.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823219629
- ISBN
- 9780823219629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.30
€ 104.30
Paperback. This booktraverses the Indian Ocean in the period when the British held sway over the major oceanic waters of the world. In reviving the history of the Andamans as an important imperial prize, it offers a fresh perspective on the history of British colonialism, nationalism and the creation of modern India from its geographic periphery." Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJF; HBL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349366057
- ISBN
- 9781349366057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.15
€ 62.15
Hardcover. This book traverses the Indian Ocean in the period when the British held sway over the major oceanic waters of the world. In reviving the history of the Andamans as an important imperial prize, it offers a fresh perspective on the history of British colonialism, nationalism and the creation of modern India from its geographic periphery. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576056
- ISBN
- 9780230576056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.87
€ 62.87
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBL; HBTB; HBTQ; HRC; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349492596
- ISBN
- 9781349492596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
Hardcover. Making an important addition to the highly Britain-dominated field of imperial studies, this book shows that, like numerous other evangelicals operating throughout the colonized world at this time, Danish missionaries invested remarkable resources in the education of different categories children in both India and Denmark. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DND; 1FKA; HBTB; HBTQ; HRCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137432988
- ISBN
- 9781137432988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70
€ 62.70
Hardcover. Imperial Citizen considers the geopolitical necessities of Ottoman-Iranian/Sunni-Shiite relations in the Iraqi frontier provinces in the late 19th-early 20th century through an examination of Ottoman centralization policies, and the impact of those policies on Ottoman citizenship laws and on the institution of marriage. Series: Gender and Globalization. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBTQ; LNDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632856
- ISBN
- 9780815632856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.21
€ 38.21
Paperback. In 1798 the armies of the French Revolution tried to transform Rome from the capital of the Papal States to a Jacobin Republic. Based on primary sources and incorporating two centuries of Italian, French, and international research, this work reveals what life was like for Romans in the age of Napoleon. Num Pages: 256 pages, 54 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226579733
- ISBN
- 9780226579733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.80
€ 25.99
€ 20.80
Hardback. Drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary sources, this book explores how far imperial culture penetrated antipodean city institutions. It argues that far from imperial saturation, the city 'Down Under' was remarkably untouched by the Empire. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 1MBN; 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137385727
- ISBN
- 9781137385727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.23
€ 63.23
Paperback. Drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary sources, this book explores how far imperial culture penetrated antipodean city institutions. It argues that far from imperial saturation, the city 'Down Under' was remarkably untouched by the Empire. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJM; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349481361
- ISBN
- 9781349481361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.28
€ 62.28
Paperback. Imperial Debris redirects critical focus from ruins as evidence of the past to "ruination" as the processes through which imperial power occupies the present. Editor(s): Stoler, Ann Laura. Num Pages: 384 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353614
- ISBN
- 9780822353614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.37
€ 35.99
€ 32.37
Paperback. Examines the mutual impact of Britain's colonization of India on Indian and British culture. This title shows that national culture in both India and Britain developed in relation to their shared colonial experience and that notions of religion and secularity were crucial in imagining the modern nation in both countries. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTQ; HRA; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691074788
- ISBN
- 9780691074788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.53
€ 52.99
€ 37.53
Paperback. In this fresh and controversial account of Britain's end of empire, Grob-Fitzgibbon reveals that the British government developed a successful strategy of decolonization following the Second World War based on devolving power to indigenous peoples within the Commonwealth. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 392 pages, 2 maps, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230248731
- ISBN
- 9780230248731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.01
€ 41.01
Hardcover. A wide-ranging edited collection that interrogates colonial expansion, and the mismatch between intention, perception and hype, and the actual realities. Editor(s): Varnava, Andrekos. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719097867
- ISBN
- 9780719097867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.68
€ 157.68