History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. This work explores the changing meaning of furniture from the mid-17th to the early-20th century. Analyzing furniture makers, sellers, buyers and arbiters, the book reveals how the aesthetics of everyday life were as integral to political events as economic and social transformations. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 526 pages, 68 b&w photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: AFT; AMR; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 526
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520213654
- ISBN
- 9780520213654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.19
€ 43.99
€ 31.19
Paperback. Series: Studies in Sensory History. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081705
- ISBN
- 9780252081705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Hardback. Series: Studies in Sensory History. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252040252
- ISBN
- 9780252040252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.65
€ 125.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBTB; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Prospect Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903018637
- ISBN
- 9781903018637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.29
€ 18.99
€ 17.29
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781681771632
- ISBN
- 9781681771632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.50
€ 29.99
€ 24.50
Hardback. Explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that developed between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520277502
- ISBN
- 9780520277502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 71.25
€ 94.08
€ 71.25
Paperback. Explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that developed between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520277519
- ISBN
- 9780520277519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.82
€ 40.99
€ 28.82
Paperback. Num Pages: full colour photographs, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WBXD2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 177 x 26. .
- Publisher
- Storey Publishing LLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Revised, Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612127774
- ISBN
- 9781612127774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.64
€ 20.99
€ 15.64
Paperback. A book on tattoo literature and culture. It traces the origins and significance of tattoo in the works of nineteenth and twentieth-century artists, travelers, missionaries, scientists, and such writers as Herman Melville, Margaret Mead, and Albert Wendt. It shows how culture has been etched on the human form and on a body of literature. Num Pages: 304 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: AFY; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231143691
- ISBN
- 9780231143691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.94
€ 40.99
€ 28.94
Paperback. Challenging the prevailing view that taverns tended to break down class and gender differences, Salinger persuasively argues they did not signal social change so much as buttress custom and encourage exclusion. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16, 6 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801878992
- ISBN
- 9780801878992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.29
€ 38.99
€ 32.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBTB; JFS; KNGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Updated
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474392
- ISBN
- 9780801474392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.78
€ 24.99
€ 24.78
Hardcover. Tea Sets and Tyranny offers a political history of politeness in early America, from its origins in the late seventeenth century to its remaking in the age of the Revolution. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248609
- ISBN
- 9780812248609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.11
€ 64.11
Paperback. The tale of Britain's greatest love affair begins with the arrival of tea here in the seventeenth century. Since then it has shaped our lives, our history, our work and our culture. So put the kettle on, and read the amazing story of tea. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; WBXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 8. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445633497
- ISBN
- 9781445633497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.84
€ 18.84
Paperback. This work reveals the existence of a previously unknown stratum of literate women among the urban gentry in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century China. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 line diagrams 18 half-tones 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723596
- ISBN
- 9780804723596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.73
€ 36.99
€ 33.73
Hardback. Explores different perspectives and reflections on teaching about the Holocaust through fourteen essays by prominent teachers in the field. Editor(s): Totten, Samuel; Jacobs, Steven Leonard; Bartrop, Paul R. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275982324
- ISBN
- 9780275982324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.62€ 70.19
€ 77.62
€ 70.19
Hardback. An edition of the recently discovered notebook used in the seventeenth-century by John Wallis to teach language to the 'deaf mute' Alexander Popham, who could not inherit unless he could speak - one of the most famous cases in the history of deaf education. David Cram and Jaap Maat place the work in its personal, social, and scientific contexts. Editor(s): Cram, Dr. David; Maat, Jaap. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; CFA; CFZ; HBTB; HPC; PDA; PDX. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199677085
- ISBN
- 9780199677085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.74
€ 167.74
Paperback. This volume addresses the multiplicity of issues concerning the presentations to students of post-colonial literature. This collection focuses upon specific strategies for teaching post-colonial literature within particular political environments. Editor(s): Collett, Anne; Jensen, Lars; Rutherford, Anna. Series: Dolphin S. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772883786
- ISBN
- 9788772883786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.15
€ 10.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBTV; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474996
- ISBN
- 9780801474996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
Hardback. The massive drought/famine that killed at least ten million people in north China during the late 1870s remains one of China's most severe disasters and provides a window through which to study the social side of a nation's tragedy. This book presents the history of a horrific famine that took place and focuses on cultural responses to trauma. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 360 pages, 9 b/w photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253025
- ISBN
- 9780520253025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.50€ 64.18
€ 83.50
€ 64.18
Paperback. The first memoir from a woman born and raised in South Darfur. An incredibly powerful first-hand account of the horrors of the genocide. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JMC; BM; HBJH; HBLX; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340963579
- ISBN
- 9780340963579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31