History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Travelling throughout the remote Celtic world, the author describes the pressure on Celtic communities to assimilate. He also warns that a distinct Celtic identity may not survive. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBT; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 608. 398pp. Index. Plates
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300115352
- ISBN
- 9780300115352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 14.60
€ 32.99
€ 14.60
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 306 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1036.
- Publisher
- Halsgrove
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857041272
- ISBN
- 9780857041272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.67
€ 33.99
€ 28.67
Paperback. Last Season of Innocence discusses the lives of the preteens and teenagers who were in junior high school, high school, and the first year of college in the 1960s. Brooks offers a unique account of this much-chronicled decade by examining the experiences of these often overlooked young people. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442255951
- ISBN
- 9781442255951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.49
€ 50.49
Paperback. An important historical record of life at sea during the last quarter of the 20th century, a way of life now vanished. A tale of a highly charged and turbulent life written in a captivating and arresting style. A unique travel story, which paints the world in a way where even the mundane becomes strangely compelling. Num Pages: 192 pages, 18 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BM; HBTM; WGG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
- Publisher
- Whittles Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849952538
- ISBN
- 9781849952538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.71
€ 21.99
€ 20.71
Paperback. Eleven original, moving accounts which celebrate the lives and recount the final voyages of well-known yachtsmen, all friends of or known to the author. Including racers like Eric Tabarly and Rob James, cruisers and adventurers like Peter Tangvald and Bill Tilman and the ill-prepared Donald Crowhurst. An excellent tribute to some great sailors. Series: Making Waves. Num Pages: 240 pages, 22 black & white photos. BIC Classification: BTP; HBTM; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Fernhurst Books Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909911550
- ISBN
- 9781909911550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.71
€ 13.99
€ 12.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVUF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781875559725
- ISBN
- 9781875559725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.05
€ 26.99
€ 19.05
Hardcover. Some beg for forgiveness. Others claim innocence. At least three cheer for their favorite football teams. This book presents an oral history of American capital punishment, as heard from the gallows, the chair, and the gurney. It explores the cultural value of these final statements and asks what we can learn from them. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226202686
- ISBN
- 9780226202686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.27
€ 26.99
€ 22.27
Paperback / so. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Sports Publishing LLC United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613212370
- ISBN
- 9781613212370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.78
€ 16.99
€ 15.78
Hardback. what did late ancient people know about them, and how was that knowledge expressed in people's actions? This book explores the activity of knowing in late antiquity by focusing on thirteen major concepts from the intellectual, social, political, and cultural history of the period. Editor(s): Chin, Catherine M.; Vidas, Moulie. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520277175
- ISBN
- 9780520277175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.22€ 73.05
€ 94.22
€ 73.05
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843836735
- ISBN
- 9781843836735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 50.93
€ 52.99
€ 50.93
Paperback. Bestselling, magisterial melding of global environmental history and global political history Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; 1KLSB; 3JH; HBTB; JFFC1; JPV; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784786625
- ISBN
- 9781784786625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.85
€ 17.99
€ 16.85
Hardback. Spanning from the 1876 exposition in Philadelphia, through Paris 1889, and culminating in Paris 1900, this book examines how Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico forged the image of a modernizing Latin America at the moment of their insertion into the new visual economy of capitalism. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137561947
- ISBN
- 9781137561947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Hardcover. This text focuses on a key period in Latin American history, the transition from colonial status, via the revolutions for independence, to national organization. The essays provide in-depth studies of 18th-century society, the colonial state, and the roots of independence in Spanish America. Series: Institute of Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 519.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333786789
- ISBN
- 9780333786789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardcover. This book compares rebel media use in three Mesoamerican rebellions: the Nicaraguan Revolution, the Salvadoran civil war and the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, Mexico. Directly comparing media use in all three rebellions provides a richer understanding of the role of media in social change, particularly violent change. Series: The Palgrave MacMillan Series in International Political Communication. Num Pages: 235 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBTV; JFD; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604438
- ISBN
- 9780230604438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. Includes maps and illustrations, as well as a chronology of the Wars for Independence, suggestions for further reading, and a thorough index. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208636
- ISBN
- 9780872208636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.05
€ 23.99
€ 18.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 186 pages, 1facsim. BIC Classification: 2ADL; CJB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582487284
- ISBN
- 9780582487284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.15
€ 64.15
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813539850
- ISBN
- 9780813539850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.73
€ 41.99
€ 37.73
Laughter, Humor, and the (Un)making of Gender: Historical and Cultural...
. Ed(S): Foka, Anna; Liliequist, Jonas
paperback. "The present volume shows how humor and laughter are not only fundamental to the construction and reproduction of gender norms and identities, but also provide powerful rhetorical tools for subversion and change. Scholars from a variety of disciplines have been invited to reflect on this claim before the nineteenth century"-- Editor(s): Foka, Anna; Liliequist, Jonas. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349501397
- ISBN
- 9781349501397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 115.97
€ 115.97
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ackley, Kristina; Stanciu, Cristina. Series: The Iroquois and Their Neighbors. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633907
- ISBN
- 9780815633907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.01
€ 59.01
hardcover. This study of northern Taiwan during the period 1840-1895 explores the social significance of the traditional Chinese legal system and investigates how individuals utilized the courts to resolve criminal and civil disputes. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JH; HBT; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804722728
- ISBN
- 9780804722728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Paperback. Offers a study of the political and social history of the 1960s. This book presents an account of how the issues of street crime and civil unrest enhanced the popularity of conservatives, eroded the credibility of liberals, and transformed the landscape of American politics. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115131
- ISBN
- 9780231115131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.39
€ 36.99
€ 27.39
Paperback. A collection that focuses on the role of European law in colonial contexts andengages with recent treatments of this theme inknown works written largely from within the framework of postcolonial studies, which implicitly discuss colonial deployments of European law and politics via the concept of ideology." Editor(s): Hunter, I.; Dorsett, Shaunnagh. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBTB; HBTQ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349289134
- ISBN
- 9781349289134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. A collection that focuses on the role of European law in colonial contexts and engages with recent treatments of this theme in known works written largely from within the framework of postcolonial studies, which implicitly discuss colonial deployments of European law and politics via the concept of ideology. Editor(s): Dorsett, Shaunnagh; Hunter, Ian. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBTQ; LAB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104556
- ISBN
- 9780230104556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674517875
- ISBN
- 9780674517875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39