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History: specific events & topics

Hardcover. Tea Sets and Tyranny offers a political history of politeness in early America, from its origins in the late seventeenth century to its remaking in the age of the Revolution. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248609
ISBN
9780812248609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.12

Paperback. The tale of Britain's greatest love affair begins with the arrival of tea here in the seventeenth century. Since then it has shaped our lives, our history, our work and our culture. So put the kettle on, and read the amazing story of tea. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; WBXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 8. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445633497
ISBN
9781445633497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.89

Paperback. This work reveals the existence of a previously unknown stratum of literate women among the urban gentry in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century China. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 line diagrams 18 half-tones 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804723596
ISBN
9780804723596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBTV; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801474996
ISBN
9780801474996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Hardback. The massive drought/famine that killed at least ten million people in north China during the late 1870s remains one of China's most severe disasters and provides a window through which to study the social side of a nation's tragedy. This book presents the history of a horrific famine that took place and focuses on cultural responses to trauma. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 360 pages, 9 b/w photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253025
ISBN
9780520253025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.88
€ 64.99

Paperback. The first memoir from a woman born and raised in South Darfur. An incredibly powerful first-hand account of the horrors of the genocide. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JMC; BM; HBJH; HBLX; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340963579
ISBN
9780340963579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

paperback. Drawing upon art, science, philosophy, and the history of culture, this title explains the origin of the machine age and traces its social results, asserting that the development of modern technology had its roots in the Middle Ages rather than the Industrial Revolution. Num Pages: 522 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; PDR; PDX; TBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
522
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226550275
ISBN
9780226550275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.84

Hardcover. * Examines technology from a social, cultural and phenomenological perspective. * Presents a new conceptual and methodological framework for studying technology. . Series: Social Archaeology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBTB; HD; HPCF3; JHM; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781577181231
ISBN
9781577181231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.59

Paperback. * Examines technology from a social, cultural and phenomenological perspective. * Presents a new conceptual and methodological framework for studying technology. . Series: Social Archaeology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBTB; HD; HPCF3; JHM; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781577181248
ISBN
9781577181248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.11

Paperback. Drawing on three detailed case studies the sewing machine, a glass bottle blowing factory, and the cyanide process for gold and silver refining, this book explores a central paradox of economic growth in nineteenth-century Mexico. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 line drawings, 18 b/w images, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTK; KCZ; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520284906
ISBN
9780520284906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

paperback. This study examines a critical point in US broadcasting, when a strong opposition emerged to challenge network-dominated, advertising-supported media such as radio. Num Pages: 416 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBTB; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780195093940
ISBN
9780195093940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.33

Hardback. Integrating three major concerns - television as an industry, a technology, and an art - this book is a basic primer on the complex, and often overlooked story of television and its impact on American life. It also includes interview segments with industry insiders, pictures, and sidebars to illustrate important figures, trends, and events. Num Pages: 152 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HBT; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631215431
ISBN
9780631215431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.40

Paperback. Integrating three major concerns - television as an industry, a technology, and an art - this book is a basic primer on the complex, and often overlooked story of television and its impact on American life. It also includes interview segments with industry insiders, pictures, and sidebars to illustrate important figures, trends, and events. Num Pages: 152 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HBT; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631215448
ISBN
9780631215448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.67

Explaining the bias of union members - most of whom were classical or jazz music performers - against rock music and musicians, this book addresses issues of race and class; questions of what qualified someone as a "skilled" or professional musician. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVG; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 20. Weight in Grams: 513.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354635
ISBN
9780822354635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 110.55

paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 35. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse University Press Distributed for Arl
Condition
New
SKU
V9780905223872
ISBN
9780905223872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 20.66

Paperback. A collection of essays, which considers the meaning and nature of life history narrative in India. Editor(s): Arnold, David; Blackburn, Stuart. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HBTB; HBTD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217271
ISBN
9780253217271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.35

Paperback. These two memoirs provide windows into the Sumatran past, in particular, and the early 20th-century history of south-east Asia, in general. In reconstructing their own passage into adulthood, the writers tell the story of their country's turbulent journey to independence. Editor(s): Rodgers, Susan. Num Pages: 348 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; BGHA; HBAH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520085473
ISBN
9780520085473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.14

Paperback. In this text, Stuart Sherman argues that innovations in prose emerged simultaneously with the 17th-century revolution in clock technology, enabling authors to recount the new kind of time by which England was learning to live and work. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; PGZ; TDPB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226752778
ISBN
9780226752778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. From the pioneers of early America to the builders of modern India, from west to east and back again, this book follows the processes of exchange and adaptation that collectively moulded the colonial experience and which in their turn transformed the culture, economy and identity of the British Isles. Num Pages: 544 pages, 24 pp colour inset. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3J; HBG; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141047782
ISBN
9780141047782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. Presents an account of the Russian revolution. This book describes the events in Petrograd in November 1917, when Lenin and the Bolsheviks finally seized power. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442129
ISBN
9780141442129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.82

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