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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. Written by the greatest authority on the French Revolution, this masterly overview has taken its place as the definitive account. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415253932
ISBN
9780415253932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.85

Hardback. This book presents articles on the French Revolution, introduced and contextualised for student readers. It includes interpretations from a number of world-renowned historians and covers topics including: the Enlightenment; the origins of the revolution; and class, cultural and social perspectives. Editor(s): Schechter, Ronald. Series: Blackwell Essential Readings in History. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631212706
ISBN
9780631212706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.73

Paperback. This book presents ten selections from the most important scholarship on the French Revolution over the past quarter century, introduced and contextualized for student readers. Editor(s): Schechter, Ronald. Series: Blackwell Essential Readings in History. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631212713
ISBN
9780631212713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.20

Paperback. Theorizes the experiences of women in wartime, and specifically of African women during Zimbabwe's anti-colonial struggle. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTR; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 171 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280. Women and Local Resistance in the Zimbabwean Liberation War. Series: African Issues. 210 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Theorizes the experiences of women in wartime, and specifically of African women during Zimbabwe's anti-colonial struggle. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTR; JFSJ1. Dimension: 216 x 171 x 13. Weight: 304.
Publisher
James Currey
Number of pages
210
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010407
ISBN
9781847010407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.77

Paperback. The Frontier of Leisure examines the centrality of leisure to the history of Southern California, and how the region's tourist resorts and residential recreation influenced the nation, from ranch houses and the landscape of postwar suburbia to relations of labor and race, and the place of nature in everyday life. Num Pages: 336 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199891924
ISBN
9780199891924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.50

Paperback. Translator(s): Riley, Gillian. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; HBTB; WBT; WMPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 226. 176 pages. A new edition of classic early 17th-century food writing, by an Italian refugee from the Inquisition in Venice, horrified by the English diet. He explains and promotes the use of fruit and vegetables, and the book contains both recipes and vignettes of his life in Italy. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; HBTB; WBT; WMPF. Dimension: 188 x 143 x 14. Weight: 224. Translator(s): Riley, Gillian.
Publisher
Prospect Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903018644
ISBN
9781903018644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.57

Hardcover. If someone who is rich and powerful comes to you for a favor, you don't persecute him you help him. Having such a person indebted to you is a great insurance policy. There was one nation that did treat the Jews as if they were powerful and rich. The Japanese never had much exposure to Jews, and knew very little about them." Num Pages: 287 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBTZ; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House Israel
Edition
1st Gefen Ed
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652293299
ISBN
9789652293299
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.17

paperback. Life in mid-19 century New York was tough, and violence and corruption were rife. Two gangs, the Dead Rabbits and the Native Americans, were locked in an endless battle for supremacy. Amsterdam Vallon, son of the Rabbits' murdered leader, is seeking vengeance for his father's death at the hands of Bill 'The Butcher'. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099436744
ISBN
9780099436744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. The extraordinary human story of London's most infamous prison Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780719561337
ISBN
9780719561337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781108076593
ISBN
9781108076593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.30

paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, 16 pp. color + 87 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 33. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300212358
ISBN
9780300212358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.36

hardcover. The Gargantuan Polity examines political, legal, theological, and literary texts in the late Middle Ages, to show how individuals were defined by contracts of mutual obligation, which allowed rulers to hold power due to approval of their subjects. Num Pages: 432 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSBD; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802098146
ISBN
9780802098146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.75

Hardback. Offers a sampling from the pages of "Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture" - including essays, poetry, interviews, memoirs, and a selection of the artwork that has made Gastronomica so distinctive. This book investigates topics from early hominid cooking to Third Reich caterers to the Shiite clergy. Editor(s): Goldstein, Darra. Num Pages: 376 pages, 46 color illustrations, 14 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 204 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259393
ISBN
9780520259393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.48

Paperback. Presents the urban biography of Omaha. This book describes the building of the transcontinental railroad, the penetration of the Great Plains by homesteaders, the establishment of the meat packing industry, and the creation of an elaborate national defense system. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Enlarged ed.
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803279674
ISBN
9780803279674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.53

Hardcover. Hardback, in very good condition. With dustjacket in protective mylar wraps.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Julian Messner, Inc.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1955
Edition
1st U.S. Edn.
SKU
KRF0040031
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Traces the evolution of University Extension at Harvard from the Lyceum movement in Boston to its creation by the newly appointed president A Lawrence Lowell in 1910. Series: Harvard University Extension School. Num Pages: 250 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: HBT; JNM; JNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 190 x 22. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674036161
ISBN
9780674036161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.61

Paperback. Deals with a thousand-mile migration marked by hardship and sudden death - but unique in American history for its purpose, discipline, and solidarity. Num Pages: 348 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
SKU
V9780803292130
ISBN
9780803292130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.11

paperback. Emphasising the integration of traditional labour history topics with historical accounts of gender, female subjectivity, and community, this volume explores working women's agency and consciousness and offers details regarding women's lives as daughters, housewives, mothers, factory workers, trade union leaders, and political activists. Editor(s): French, John D.; James, Daniel. Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 b&w photographs, 5 figures, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822319962
ISBN
9780822319962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. Analyzes the scientific work and social implications of the flourishing field of genetic history. In this book, the author examines genetic history's working assumptions about culture and nature, identity and biology, and the individual and the collective. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226154701
ISBN
9780226154701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.71

hardcover. Many genealogists have likely tried to find family information on the World Wide Web. The Internet has become a popular place to do research. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: GBCR; HBTG; UDBR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1111.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9780842028646
ISBN
9780842028646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.03

Hardback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; GTB; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 34. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761810971
ISBN
9780761810971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.25

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 748 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; JHB; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
748
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691644387
ISBN
9780691644387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 359.71

Paperback. Covers various aspects of western feminine life, which include a good deal about the western male. This book shows that the reactions of the women to their frontier experience were as important as male reactions in the development of American mores and American democracy. Num Pages: 335 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803250253
ISBN
9780803250253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.12

Paperback. Based on a close examination of letters, diaries and account books, this study offers an insight into the intimate and everyday lives of genteel women and transforms our understanding of the position of women in this period. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 448 pages, 66 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 194 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300102222
ISBN
9780300102222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.27

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