History: specific events & topics
Results 5329 - 5352 of 8605
History: specific events & topics
Hardback. In this oral history, Ogata Masato, fisherman and Minamata disease sufferer, tells of the devastation of methyl mercury poisoning and the impact of industrial pollution on his own life, on his extended family and on the fishing culture in Minamata Bay, Japan. Editor(s): Ogata, Masato; Colligan-Taylor, Karen. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBTD; RNP; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742500204
- ISBN
- 9780742500204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.39
€ 173.39
hardcover. Rather than envision themselves as agents of state-sponsored repression, the royal book censors of eighteenth-century France wished, through their reports and decisions, to guide the literary traffic of the Enlightenment and expand public awareness of progressive thought. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804763592
- ISBN
- 9780804763592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.23
€ 81.23
Paperback. Judith Millidge here describes the handful of British royal jubilees, how they have been celebrated, the similarities and differences between them, and illustrates examples of the myriad souvenir products that accompany these events. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 147 x 4. Weight in Grams: 146. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747811671
- ISBN
- 9780747811671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.89
€ 8.89
Hardcover. Num Pages: 244 pages, 300 B&W archive photographs, contemporary colour photographs, maps and plans. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWT; HBJD1; HBTK; HBW; KNDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 264 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1298.
- Publisher
- Folly Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780992855444
- ISBN
- 9780992855444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.98
€ 33.99
€ 32.98
Paperback. Looks at the relationship between monarchs and their doctors and reveals the complex and influential position that they held. This title includes topics ranging from the instigation of the royal doctor in medieval times and up to the present day, and the tales of secrets, murder, medical incompetence and revolutionary operations. Num Pages: 324 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 120 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752454696
- ISBN
- 9780752454696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.58
€ 17.99
€ 16.58
Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTV; HBWE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 287 x 40. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781447267546
- ISBN
- 9781447267546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 5.80
€ 25.99
€ 5.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.), 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 149 x 4. Weight in Grams: 136. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747810933
- ISBN
- 9780747810933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.89
€ 8.89
Hardback. This volume offers a variety of fresh and exciting perspectives on Royalist politics, religion and culture during the Interregnum. Between them, these essays are an important milestone in the recovery of the Royalist experience of the 1650s. Editor(s): McElligott, Jason; Smith, David L. (Professor). Series Editor(s): Lake, Peter; Milton, Anthony; Peacey, Jason; Gajda, Alexandra. Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719081613
- ISBN
- 9780719081613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.14€ 95.51
€ 107.14
€ 95.51
Paperback. Looking at rugby in late Victorian and Edwardian England, this title examines how class conflict tore rugby apart and led to the creation of rugby league. It focuses on how men and women became involved in rugby and the hostile reaction to them from rugby's middle-class leaders, and describes how the war for rugby's soul led to the 1895 split. Num Pages: 288 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, 14 black & white tables, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBT; WSJF2. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 232 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415396172
- ISBN
- 9780415396172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.41
€ 73.41
Hardcover. Richard Foss chronicles the evolution of rum from a raw spirit concocted for slaves five hundred years ago, to a beverage savoured by connoisseurs. Rum: A Global History features recipes for sweet and savoury rum dishes, obscure but delicious rum drinks, and many unusual illustrations of rum memorabilia. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 34 colour illustrations, 53 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; WBXD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 126 x 10. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861899262
- ISBN
- 9781861899262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. Opinionated and profoundly undeferential, taverngoers did more than drink; they forced their political leaders to consider whether and how public opinion could be represented in the counsels of a newly independent nation. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812216646
- ISBN
- 9780812216646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927527252
- ISBN
- 9781927527252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBTB; WST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 179 x 6. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781583941805
- ISBN
- 9781583941805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.59
€ 19.99
€ 17.59
Paperback. This work argues that slave resistance was much more prevalent and widespread than has usually been attributed, and, specifically, that slaves attempted to run away from their masters whenever they could. It examines contemporary documents to how slaves resisted and the punishments they were meted. Num Pages: 480 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195084511
- ISBN
- 9780195084511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.32
€ 40.32
Hardback. "Explores intimate accounts of lower-class women's struggles with poverty, deprivation, and marital strife in wartime Beijing between 1936 and 1945, revealing an urban underworld built on an informal economy and conducted primarily through neighborhood networks"-- Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 36. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088382
- ISBN
- 9780674088382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.56
€ 54.99
€ 46.56
Hardback. Collected here are dramatic first-person stories of more than 100 reporters and photographers who raced to the scenes of the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in rural Pennsylvania. Num Pages: 224 pages, 75. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 188 x 19. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742523166
- ISBN
- 9780742523166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.34
€ 32.99
€ 30.34
Ruptures in the Everyday: Views of Modern Germany from the Ground (Spe...
Bergerson, Andrew Stuart, Schmieding, Leonard...
Hardcover. Ruptures in the Everyday brings together twenty-six interdisciplinary researchers in an innovative, collectively authored work of scholarship that investigates Alltag-everyday life-through such fragmentary experiences. Editor(s): Bergerson, Andrew Stuart; Schmieding, Leonard. Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association. Num Pages: 370 pages, 22 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785335327
- ISBN
- 9781785335327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.11
€ 164.11
Hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1 maps, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFFN; JFSC; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295999241
- ISBN
- 9780295999241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
paperback. Rural Protest on Prince Edward Island is a comprehensive and fascinating examination of an important, but often overlooked, period in the history of Canada's smallest province. Num Pages: 386 pages, 1 figure, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCP; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780802072290
- ISBN
- 9780802072290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.72
€ 46.99
€ 41.72
Paperback. William Cobbett provides evocative descriptions of the 19th century southern English countryside, his encounters with labourers, and outbursts at the encroaching cities and sufferings of the poor. Ian Dyck places these accounts in the context of Cobbett's political and social beliefs. Num Pages: 576 pages, map, explanatory notes, further reading, indexes. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; DNF; HBTB; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435795
- ISBN
- 9780140435795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Hardback. This original and innovative book examines an intensive period in the development of London, when in the opening decades of the nineteenth century a concerted attempt was made to transform the metropolis into a modern European capital Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; AM; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719068201
- ISBN
- 9780719068201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.38
€ 147.38
Hardcover. Meletij Smotryc'kyj was at the centre of the debates that agitated Ruthenia in the period following the Union of Brest (1596). This collection of works, written by Smotryc'kyj over a period of 20 years, offers insight into the elite of early modern Rus' and their place in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Translator(s): Frick, David A. Series: Harvard Library of Early Ukrainian Literature. Num Pages: 880 pages, 9 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 180 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 880
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458645
- ISBN
- 9780916458645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.06
€ 37.99
€ 32.06
Hardback. An fascinating exploration of the history and nature of commuting. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; WG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 294 x 33. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781854068
- ISBN
- 9781781854068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 7.00
€ 19.99
€ 7.00
Paperback. Provides the first sustained modern critical reading of Ruskin's Fors Clavigera, placing this classic work in the context of its Victorian contemporaries: art journals, liberal and working-class periodicals, and popular criticism. In re-creating the intellectual climate, she demonstrates the sense of cultural crisis and change evident at the time. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938844
- ISBN
- 9780813938844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.04
€ 46.04