History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Tells the story of women in the 1950s: a time before the Pill, when divorce spelled scandal and two-piece swimsuits caused mass alarm. This book illustrates how the women of the 1950s yearned for the innovative technology of the era to liberate them from repetitive drudgery. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241958049
- ISBN
- 9780241958049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.05
€ 24.99
€ 21.05
Hardcover. A lucid and entertaining explanation of the evolution of modern steam power. Series: Railroads Past & Present. Num Pages: 216 pages, 185 b&w photos, 24 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; TRF; WGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780253342195
- ISBN
- 9780253342195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.00
€ 49.00
Paperback. Features the story of America's transformation from a nation of honest appetites into an obedient market for instant mashed potatoes. This work investigates a band of reformers at the turn of the twentieth century who were determined to modernize the American diet through a 'scientific' approach to cooking. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; HBTB; JFCV; JFSJ1; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257382
- ISBN
- 9780520257382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.02
€ 33.99
€ 25.02
Paperback. This work covers the story of an important antebellum reform movement: ecclesiastical abolitionism. It covers the struggle among the most radical religions to purge their churches and society of sin, especially slavery, and their uncompromising efforts to force morality into political discourse. Series: Religion and Politics. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; HR; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629245
- ISBN
- 9780815629245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.38
€ 29.38
Hardback. Building on the eighteenth-century commonplace that the theater could be a school for public virtue, this book illustrates the connections between the popularity of theatrical performances in eighteenth-century British North America and the British and American national identities that colonial and Revolutionary Americans espoused. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; AN; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812240245
- ISBN
- 9780812240245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.95
€ 76.95
Paperback. How can court testimony be used to rebuild a cohesive national identity for the Hutus and Tutsis? And how is it that dance and theater help to move forward the cause of justice and reconciliation? This title provides a satisfying analysis of the interplay between justice, performance, narrative, and memorialization. Num Pages: 264 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; AN; HBTZ; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 231 x 11. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857421081
- ISBN
- 9780857421081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.44
€ 35.99
€ 28.44
Paperback. Editor(s): Boesen, Elisabeth; Lentz, Fabienne; Margue, Michel; Scuto, Denis; Wagener, Renee. Series: Histoire. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 b/w. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837621167
- ISBN
- 9783837621167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.42
€ 50.99
€ 36.42
Hardback. The Nazis' attempt to annihilate the Jewish people, the Holocaust, continues to raise a disturbing question. About six million defenseless men, women, and children were murdered for no reason but their ancestry. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190661137
- ISBN
- 9780190661137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 41.66
€ 42.99
€ 41.66
Hardcover. New essays by prominent scholars in German and Holocaust Studies exploring the boundaries and confluences between the fields and examining new transnational approaches to the Holocaust. Num Pages: 328 pages, 31 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139610
- ISBN
- 9781571139610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.10€ 71.19
€ 113.10
€ 71.19
Hardcover. Editor(s): Benninga, Noah; Stoll, Katrina. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBAH; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 168 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Vallentine Mitchell
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910383056
- ISBN
- 9781910383056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.17
€ 115.17
Personal Justice Denied: Report of the Commission on Wartime Relocatio...
Commission On Wartime Relocation And Internme...
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSL; JHBD; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295975580
- ISBN
- 9780295975580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Hardcover. This text is based on extensive personal viewing of urban Chinese women and study of contemporary literature and articles in the periodical press that touched on the problems of rural women. Each chapter is devoted to one aspect of women's lives including: girlhood, sexuality, marriage, and work. Num Pages: 400 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 43. Weight in Grams: 725.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804714167
- ISBN
- 9780804714167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.74
€ 160.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The Merlin Press London
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850364392
- ISBN
- 9780850364392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. Legal thought in America has always focused on the rules rather than on the persons affected by the rules. This text aims to restore the balance by taking a person-centred view of the law. The author shows how even great jurists have chosen the "masks of the law" over persons. Num Pages: 227 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520235236
- ISBN
- 9780520235236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.86
€ 33.99
€ 24.86
Paperback. A collection of primary source materials and original essays, "Perspectives on American Book History" is designed for the growing number of courses in American print culture, as well as a supplement for courses in American literature and history. Editor(s): Casper, Scott E.; Chaison, Joanne D.; Groves, Jeffrey D. Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book. Num Pages: 480 pages, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; KNTP; WCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 925.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558493179
- ISBN
- 9781558493179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.85
€ 53.85
Paperback. This is the second edition of Stern's account of the Indians of the Ayachucho region of Peru during the century that followed the Spanish Conquest. Following ten years of historical interpretation, the author is now able to set his analysis of Huamanga in a larger perspective. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299141844
- ISBN
- 9780299141844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages, b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826328717
- ISBN
- 9780826328717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.67
€ 34.67
Hardcover. A study of the nature of the relationship between the Vichy regime and its Jewish citizens, particularly of its youth, in the period 1940 to 1942. Series: Oxford Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 black and white halftones and 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198707158
- ISBN
- 9780198707158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 214.31
€ 214.31
Hardcover. Editor(s): Balina, Marina; Dobrenko, Evgeny. Series: Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies. Num Pages: 334 pages, 36+ images. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 32. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 334
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843313106
- ISBN
- 9781843313106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.46
€ 140.46
Hardcover. Drawing from the Bodleian Library's collections, this richly-illustrated book features extracts from letters, journals, diaries and memoirs written by a diverse cast of onlookers. Put into context with introductory notes, these first-hand accounts give a fascinating insight into the tumultuous year of 1917. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 colour plates, 44 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BJ; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851244607
- ISBN
- 9781851244607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.05
€ 33.99
€ 25.05
Paperback. Analyzing the first Exposition Coloniale Internationale, held in Paris in 1931, this title shows how the exhibition's display of architecture gave a vision to the colonies that justified France's cultural prejudices, while stimulating the desire for further expansionism. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QSP; AB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822317876
- ISBN
- 9780822317876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.59
€ 32.99
€ 29.59
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526704085
- ISBN
- 9781526704085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.47
€ 33.99
€ 24.47
Paperback. A magnificent and timely examination of an age of fear, subversion, suppression and espionage, Adam Zamoyski explores the attempts of the governments of Europe to police the world in a struggle against obscure forces, seemingly dedicated to the overthrow of civilisation. Num Pages: 592 pages, With index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007282777
- ISBN
- 9780007282777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.30
€ 24.99
€ 18.30
Paperback. Makes important inroads into the widely discussed topic of historical memory, evoking the everyday lives of eleventh-century people and both their written and nonwritten ways of preserving the past. This title unearths a range of approaches to preserving the past as it was or formulating the past that an individual or group prefers to imagine. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 maps. 14 halftones. 4 figs. 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBA; HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691026039
- ISBN
- 9780691026039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.57€ 42.52
€ 53.57
€ 42.52