History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. An epic history of a landmark village. Series: American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 276 pages, 25 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780814747629
- ISBN
- 9780814747629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
paperback. Addresses the mythical figure of Europe that is often taken to be the original site of modernity in many histories of capitalist transition in non-Western countries. This book proposes that every case of transition to capitalism is a case of translation as well and categories into the categories and self-understandings of capitalist modernity. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTQ; JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New edition with a New preface by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130019
- ISBN
- 9780691130019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.89
€ 43.99
€ 30.89
Paperback. Around the year 1215, female mystics and their sacramental devotion were among orthodoxy's sophisticated weapons in the fight against heresy. While studies of sanctity and heresy tend to be undertaken separately, this book brings these two avenues of inquiry together. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; HBTB; HRAM7; HRLK2; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118604
- ISBN
- 9780691118604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.00
€ 53.48
€ 42.00
Paperback / so. Num Pages: colour illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; HBT; JKSN2; JM; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 191 x 16. Weight in Grams: 541.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623157081
- ISBN
- 9781623157081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.67
€ 17.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Granville Island Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894694001
- ISBN
- 9781894694001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.12
€ 25.99
€ 18.12
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBTB; JFCA; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691636580
- ISBN
- 9780691636580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.35
€ 180.35
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199688463
- ISBN
- 9780199688463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 620 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 40. Weight in Grams: 938. 620 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 40. Weight: 936.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 620
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801499791
- ISBN
- 9780801499791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.62
€ 41.99
€ 37.62
Paperback. Throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries, illegitimate offspring of elite families in colonial Spanish America appealed to the Council of the Indies in Spain to purchase legitimations. This analysis provides a detailed picture of attitudes to illegitimacy in colonial Spanish America. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 tables 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3J; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731485
- ISBN
- 9780804731485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.12
€ 37.99
€ 34.12
Hardcover. Providing a compelling analysis of debates in and about the modern city, this book draws upon architecture, history, literary studies, new media and sociology to explore the multiple connections between location, speech and the emerging modern metropolis. It concludes by reflecting on public speaking in the construction of the virtual city. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; JFSG; YQN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218093
- ISBN
- 9780230218093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.78
€ 63.78
Paperback. A study of the role of marriage in national policy, law and political rhetoric. This book examines the political history of marriage, analyzing the shaping of the accepted model of consensual, lifelong monogamy by legislators and judges throughout American history. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008755
- ISBN
- 9780674008755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.75
€ 36.99
€ 30.75
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691646428
- ISBN
- 9780691646428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.26
€ 150.26
Hardcover. A story of the transformation of the British pub, this book draws on sources from gender studies, cultural history, literature, architecture, and urban planning, without neglecting the crucial role of ideology, economics, and politics. It appeals to specialists, and also to those interested in the history of a pivotal English social institution. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 721.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875803357
- ISBN
- 9780875803357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.16
€ 62.16
Hardcover. Num Pages: 324 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Clear Light Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940666399
- ISBN
- 9780940666399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.63
€ 34.99
€ 23.63
Paperback. Building its incisive narrative from a wide range of archival sources, interviews, and accounts of Puerto Rican life in New York, this book illuminates the history of a group that is still invisible to many scholars and transforms the way we understand this community's integral role in shaping our sense of citizenship in 20th-century America. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL4; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226151762
- ISBN
- 9780226151762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.71
€ 37.99
€ 29.71
Hardback. By the end of the 1920s, more than 45,000 native Puerto Ricans had left their homes and entered the United States, citizenship papers in hand, forming one of New York City's most complex and unique migrant communities. This work unravels the many tensions that defined the experience of this group of American citizens before and after World War II. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780226796086
- ISBN
- 9780226796086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
€ 95.07
€ 78.49
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813571324
- ISBN
- 9780813571324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.56
€ 44.99
€ 39.56
Marking the centennial of the founding of Columbia University's school of journalism, this candid history of the school's evolution is set against the backdrop of the ongoing debate over whether journalism can-or should-be taught in America's universities. Num Pages: 337 pages, 32 Photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBT; JNMN; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 239 x 27. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130905
- ISBN
- 9780231130905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.61
€ 95.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ASZM; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486449036
- ISBN
- 9780486449036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.15
€ 11.99
€ 10.15
Paperback. The kinds of punishment used in a society have been considered an important criterion in judging whether a society is civilized or barbaric, advanced or backward, modern or premodern. This title asks how such distinctions have affected our understanding of the past and contributed to the proliferation of kinds of barbarity in the modern world. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 halftones. 1 line illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130309
- ISBN
- 9780691130309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.81
€ 52.99
€ 37.81
A close look at milk and its history as a pure and modern consumer product in American culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 hts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBTB; JFCV; TDCT; TVHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199899128
- ISBN
- 9780199899128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 98.87
€ 98.87
paperback. This work synthesizes various source materials including newspapers, mortician trade journals, and popular magazines, to offer a historical study of cremation in the United States. The changing view of cremation from a universally condemned practice, to accepted necessity is examined. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236882
- ISBN
- 9780520236882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.19
€ 43.19
Hardback. How can we comprehend the sociopolitical processes that give rise to extreme violence, ethnic cleansing, or genocide? This title demonstrates that it is indeed possible to compare the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide, and ethnic cleansing in Bosnia-Herzegovina while respecting the specificities of each appalling phenomenon. Series: The CERI Series in Comparative Politics & International Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JFFE; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231142823
- ISBN
- 9780231142823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.67
€ 129.67
Paperback. Philosophical consideration of genocide Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JPA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 27. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849043939
- ISBN
- 9781849043939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.89
€ 33.99
€ 30.89