History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. During the Second World War, Chinese Americans contributed to the war effort by joining the armed forces and working in the defense industries. This title traces the history of the 14th Air Service Group, a segregated outfit of Chinese Americans sent to China in support of the American Army Air Corps and the Chinese Air Force. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592138401
- ISBN
- 9781592138401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Was Christmas always as commercialized as it is today? Is Thanksgiving a religious or secular holiday? When did we begin trick-or-treating on Halloween? This book reveals answers to questions about each holiday's traditions. Num Pages: 232 pages, 30 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5H; ASZP; HBJK; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284722
- ISBN
- 9780520284722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.28
€ 27.99
€ 21.28
Paperback. "A superb, all-encompassing survey of music in America." -Kirkus Reviews Num Pages: 992 pages, 200 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AV; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393327267
- ISBN
- 9780393327267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.92
€ 37.99
€ 31.92
Hardback. Informed by a breadth of historical scholarship and based squarely on primary sources, this volume remains the standard text for future teachers and scholars of education. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- updated edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400167
- ISBN
- 9781421400167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.97€ 60.29
€ 65.97
€ 60.29
Paperback. Series: Photographic Memories. Num Pages: 96 pages, Historical photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKESU; AJCP; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Frith Book Company Ltd. United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Pbk ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859373408
- ISBN
- 9781859373408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.92
€ 19.99
€ 15.92
Paperback. Highly acclaimed in previous editions, this classic work by John Hostetler has been expanded and updated to reflect current research on Amish history and culture as well as the new concerns of Amish communities throughout North America. Num Pages: 448 pages, 91 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HRCC99; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 4th
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801844423
- ISBN
- 9780801844423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.66
€ 33.99
€ 28.66
Paperback. The Revolution s aspiration was summed up by the phrase life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Yet the American founding was also a bid for inclusion in the community of nations. According to Eliga Gould, America aspired to diplomatic recognition under international law and the authority to become an Atlantic colonizing power itself." Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; JPH; JPS; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416949
- ISBN
- 9780674416949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.66
€ 36.99
€ 30.66
Hardback. A poignant, affectionate history of the peoples of Syria, their fragile coexistence and how sectarianism is unravelling a once proud country. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; HBJF1; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044004
- ISBN
- 9781849044004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.34
€ 26.99
€ 25.34
Hardcover. Amsterdam's Atlantic puts Dutch Brazil back on the front pages and argues that the way the Amsterdam media constructed Atlantic events was a key element in the transformation of public opinion in Europe. Series: The Early Modern Americas. Num Pages: 272 pages, 51 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 30. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248661
- ISBN
- 9780812248661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.12
€ 52.12
Paperback. A ride on a rollercoaster is the highlight of any trip to an amusement or theme park. From the first mass-produced rollercoaster, the Switchback Railway, through to the giant wooden coasters of the inter-war period, the author uses historic postcards and photographs to chart their development and that of other amusement rides. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: HBTB; WTHT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 149 x 4. Weight in Grams: 130. New.
- Publisher
- Shire
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747811541
- ISBN
- 9780747811541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.89
€ 8.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGL; DSK; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 163 x 10. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New Updated Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780708326725
- ISBN
- 9780708326725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.86
€ 10.86
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474230162
- ISBN
- 9781474230162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.51
€ 31.99
€ 28.51
Hardcover. Eric R. Schlereth places religious conflicts between deists and their opponents at the center of early American public life. This history recasts the origins of cultural politics in the United States by exploring how everyday Americans navigated questions of religious truth and difference in an age of emerging religious liberty. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812244939
- ISBN
- 9780812244939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.31
€ 108.31
paperback. Celebrates a bygone American era, focusing on life in 1920s Terre Haute, Indiana. Series: Quarry Books. Num Pages: 288 pages, 82 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 381. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Quarry Books United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221292
- ISBN
- 9780253221292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
An American in Victorian Cambridge. Charles Astor Bristed's "Five Year...
Bristed, Charles Astor. Ed(S): Stray, Chris
Hardback. "An American in Victorian Cambridge" is a richly detailed account of student life in the Cambridge of the 1840s. The rationale for the book, which is as appealing today as it was then, is that this is pre-eminently a book about an American student at an English university. In this new edition, some substantial additions have been made. Editor(s): Stray, Chris. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 3JH; BM; HBTB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 36. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898249
- ISBN
- 9780859898249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.04
€ 133.04
Paperback. "An American in Victorian Cambridge" is a richly detailed account of student life in the Cambridge of the 1840s. The rationale for the book, which is as appealing today as it was then, is that this is pre-eminently a book about an American student at an English university. In this new edition, some substantial additions have been made. Editor(s): Stray, Chris. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 3JH; BM; HBTB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898256
- ISBN
- 9780859898256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.02
€ 11.02
Paperback. This text is a history of how the obsession with homosexuality is deeply tied to changing American anxieties about social and sexual order in the modern age. It argues that homosexuality served as a marker of the "abnormal" against which contradictory concepts of the "normal" were defined. Num Pages: 416 pages, 14 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226793672
- ISBN
- 9780226793672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Looks at how the Anglican Church coped with mass migration from Britain in the first half of the nineteenth century Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTQ; HRCC91. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719087226
- ISBN
- 9780719087226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 152.33
€ 152.33
Hardback. Ernesto Bassi examines the lives of those who resided in the Caribbean between 1760 and 1860 to trace the configuration of a dynamic geographic space he calls the transimperial Greater Caribbean, where residents made their own geographies and futures while trade, information, and people circulated freely across borders. Num Pages: 360 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JF; HBJK; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362203
- ISBN
- 9780822362203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.33
€ 115.33
Paperback. Ernesto Bassi examines the lives of those who resided in the Caribbean between 1760 and 1860 to trace the configuration of a dynamic geographic space he calls the transimperial Greater Caribbean, where residents made their own geographies and futures while trade, information, and people circulated freely across borders. Num Pages: 360 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JF; HBJK; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822362401
- ISBN
- 9780822362401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60