History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
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€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
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€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
paperback. Examines the homoerotic and other culturally transgressive aspects of the pirate's world Num Pages: 184 pages, all B & W. BIC Classification: HBTM; JFC; JFSJ2; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814782248
- ISBN
- 9780814782248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
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€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
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
€ 18.99€ 17.02
€ 18.99
€ 17.02
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
€ 38.53
€ 38.53
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€ 45.96
€ 54.99
€ 45.96
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
€ 31.99€ 28.84
€ 31.99
€ 28.84
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
€ 166.19
€ 166.19
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
€ 52.12
€ 52.12
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
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.95
€ 46.99
€ 41.95
Hardcover. Presents a study of the transformation of New Russia - the region north of the Black and Azov seas - from its conquest by the Russian Empire in the late 18th Century to the revolutionary tumult of 1905. This book talks about the dynamic and multifaceted relations between the region's peasants, European colonists, and Russian estate owners. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932650006
- ISBN
- 9781932650006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.79
€ 45.99
€ 37.79
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€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
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
€ 139.03
€ 139.03
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€ 31.88
€ 37.99
€ 31.88
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
Hardback. Russia played a fundamental role in the outcome of Napoleonic Wars; the wars also had an impact on almost every area of Russian life. Russia and the Napoleonic Wars brings together significant and new research from Russian and non-Russian historians and their work demonstrates the importance of this period both for Russia and for all of Europe. Editor(s): Hartley, Janet M.; Keenan, Paul; Lieven, Dominic. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 maps, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; HBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137527998
- ISBN
- 9781137527998
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.28
€ 189.28
Hardback. To mark the centennial of the Bolshevik takeover of Russia, one of its greatest scholars has written a searing and defining account of the Russian Revolution, the fall of the old order, and the creation of the Soviet state. Num Pages: 848 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4; HBWN. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199794218
- ISBN
- 9780199794218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 29.09
€ 39.99
€ 29.09
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198734826
- ISBN
- 9780198734826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.36
€ 41.99
€ 41.36
Paperback. Series Editor(s): Umland, Andreas. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1MTN; HBTB; JP. Dimension: 215 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838207537
- ISBN
- 9783838207537
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.01
€ 31.99
€ 23.01
Paperback. Offers a discussion on how Russia prepares its cosmonauts for spaceflight. This title contains interviews and photographs with information obtained by the authors on visits to Star City. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 420 pages, 220 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBT; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 244 x 22. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387218946
- ISBN
- 9780387218946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.77
€ 46.99
€ 39.77
Paperback. In 1921, Lenin called for the legalization of private trade and manufacturing. This New Economic Policy (NEP) spawned many thousands of private entrepreneurs, dubbed Nepmen. This title examines where the Nepmen came from, their importance in the Soviet economy, and the consequences of their "liquidation" at the end of the 1920s. Num Pages: 243 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520071742
- ISBN
- 9780520071742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.80
€ 34.99
€ 25.80
Hardcover. A historical and empirical study of Russian economic and social policy, tracing long-term evolutions across the Soviet and Russian periods. Circumstances explain the failure of transition policies that worked elsewhere, leading Christensen to re-examine accepted "post-communist" transition theory. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBL; JPFC; JPFF; JPQB; KCZ; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875802534
- ISBN
- 9780875802534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.62
€ 49.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBTB; JHBL; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 108. .
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books United States
- Number of pages
- 174
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608465453
- ISBN
- 9781608465453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.89
€ 13.99
€ 12.89