History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Lavishly illustrated with photos, maps, paintings and objects from the museum's many coll. BIC Classification: 1QMP; HBTM; RGR; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472948694
- ISBN
- 9781472948694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.33
€ 26.99
€ 20.33
paperback. Patrick Pearse founded an Irish language school for boys in 1908, to create Irish male citizens from the ancient models of masculinity. This book explores how the idea of a modern Irish boyhood was created through Christian iconography and mythology as well as a preoccupation with patriotism, Gaelic games, theatre and juvenile literature Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- CORK UNIV PR
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859183953
- ISBN
- 9781859183953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 21.31
€ 25.00
€ 21.31
Paperback. Offers insight on the origins and evolution of women's activism in the United States by examining more than 200 exclusively female antislavery societies that persisted from the 1820s through the Civil War. Num Pages: 243 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806198
- ISBN
- 9780875806198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. In Shanghai, China's largest industrial centre prior to 1949, cotton was king and the majority of mill workers were women. This book presents detailed information on all aspects of the life of this group of urban workers. Num Pages: 316 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804720120
- ISBN
- 9780804720120
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.19
€ 40.99
€ 36.19
Paperback. Examines how African American artists and intellectuals turn to the subject of slavery to understand and challenge the ongoing exclusion of African Americans from the founding narratives of the United States Num Pages: 248 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFFN; JHMC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372. Citizenship and Racial Democracy in the Post-Civil Rights Imagination. 240 pages, 5 illustrations. Examines how African American artists and intellectuals turn to the subject of slavery to understand and challenge the ongoing exclusion of African Americans from the founding narratives of the United States. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFFN; JHMC; JPVH1. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352617
- ISBN
- 9780822352617
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.99
€ 33.99
€ 30.99
paperback. In 2000, the University of Virginia Art Museum mounted an exhibition called "Hindsight/Fore-site: Art for the New Millennium", in which 24 artists created works inspired by Thomas Jefferson's legacy. This text contains essays which explore the art-historical significance of the exhibition. Editor(s): Hartz, Jill. Num Pages: 110 pages, 60 colour and 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; GM; HBT; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 110
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813921839
- ISBN
- 9780813921839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.83
€ 39.83
Hardback. Octavia Hill, William Glyn-Jones, Mary Richmond, George William Brown, Mary Parker Follet, and Bryan Keith-Lucas were all united by a shared conviction that citizenship involved more than just voting. This text examines the various initiatives they spearheaded over the past two centuries. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBTB; JPF; JPQB; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739102336
- ISBN
- 9780739102336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.64
€ 163.64
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099574873
- ISBN
- 9780099574873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
paperback. First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 508 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 2AB; 3JH; DSB; HBTB; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138981966
- ISBN
- 9781138981966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.14
€ 31.14
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841986
- ISBN
- 9781603841986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.15
€ 21.99
€ 17.15
A memoir of a life in the Qing dynasty. It reveals a sensitive and artistic man, who failed at the civil service examinations that were the gateway to official employment and had to settle for becoming an itinerant private secretary, dabbling unsuccessfully in making a living as an artist and a merchant. Translator(s): Sanders, Graham. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841993
- ISBN
- 9781603841993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.56€ 42.52
€ 53.56
€ 42.52
Paperback. Contemplates modern history from the perspective of Tibetan women. This book uncovers stories of Tibetan women's courage, resourcefulness, and spiritual strength in the face of the loss and hardship since the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1950. Num Pages: 278 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBTD; JFSJ1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989532
- ISBN
- 9780295989532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.62
€ 44.62
Paperback. In this illustrated history, Alastair Cameron explores the history and heritage of the slate mining industry in the Lake District. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; HBJD1; HBTK; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445651309
- ISBN
- 9781445651309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.75
€ 21.99
€ 16.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 125 x 10. Weight in Grams: 188. 148 pages, Illustrations, maps. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTB; KCZ. Dimension: 182 x 125 x 10. Weight: 186.
- Publisher
- Llygad Gwalch Cyf
- Number of pages
- 148
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845240684
- ISBN
- 9781845240684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.55
€ 14.55
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTK; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226123097
- ISBN
- 9780226123097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.65
€ 32.99
€ 25.65
Paperback. Investigates how African Americans have narrated, remembered, and represented slave-breeding practices. Smithers argues that while social and economic historians have downplayed the significance of slave breeding, African Americans have refused to forget the violence and sexual coercion associated with the plantation South. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTS; JFSL3; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813049601
- ISBN
- 9780813049601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Paperback. Tells the tragic story of how slavery expanded in a new nation dedicated to the principle of equality among free men. This book reveals the enormous significance and consequences of its spread into the region that became the Deep South. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024168
- ISBN
- 9780674024168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.95
€ 34.99
€ 29.95
Paperback. This study addresses the question of why the troubling figure of Aunt Jemima has endured in American culture. The author traces the evolution of the mammy from her roots in Old South slave reality and mythology to Aunt Jemima's symbolic role in the Civil Rights movement. Series: American South Series. Num Pages: 221 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFC; JFSL3; KJSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918112
- ISBN
- 9780813918112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.40
€ 33.40
Paperback. Tying together legal, historical, social, political and literary strands to show how the law itself was implicated in the persistence of slavery, this work sheds new light on slavery and Southern history, as it probes the conscience of a troubled jurist incapable of fully transcending his times. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; LA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612710
- ISBN
- 9780700612710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.26
€ 32.26
Paperback. Series: Modern Library Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Random House Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679783282
- ISBN
- 9780679783282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.39
€ 15.99
€ 15.39