History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801474828
- ISBN
- 9780801474828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.99
€ 38.99
€ 37.99
Paperback. The Middle Ages inherited from antiquity a tradition of prophecy and gave it new life. This tradition foretold a millennium in which humanity would enjoy a new paradise on earth, free from suffering and sin. This is the story of those millenarian fanaticisms, and points to their persistence in the modern era. Series: Galaxy Books. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8pp halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195004564
- ISBN
- 9780195004564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.51
€ 41.51
Paperback. Part cycling story, part cold war and love story, this is Ben MacIntyre meets the great escape, a sporting equivalent of Anna Funder's seminal Stasiland. Num Pages: 416 pages, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJP; BGS; HBJD; HBTW; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Aurum Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781315361
- ISBN
- 9781781315361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. Presents an analysis of the co-evolution of educational attainment and the wage structure in the United States through the twentieth century. This book proposes that the twentieth century was not only the American Century but also the Human Capital Century. Num Pages: 496 pages, 51 line illustrations, 42 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; JN; JPHV; KCZ; KJMV3; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 6390th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035300
- ISBN
- 9780674035300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.56
€ 27.99
€ 24.56
Paperback. Abortion was one of Australia's most lucrative and longest-lasting criminal rackets. This book describes the rise and fall of an extraordinary web of influence, which culminated in the landmark ruling that made abortion legal, and a public inquiry that humiliated a powerful government and a glamorous police force. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBT; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522855784
- ISBN
- 9780522855784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.00
€ 29.00
Paperback. The Radcliffe Infirmary holds a special place in the history of medicine. It was here that penicillin was first used to treat infections, the first accident service was set up, and a flying squad to go to the aid of mothers in crisis in childbirth was created. This work presents a picture of hospital life since the Infirmary's foundation in 1770. Num Pages: 128 pages, 229 ilustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 169 x 7. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752442488
- ISBN
- 9780752442488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.35
€ 17.99
€ 16.35
Paperback. An extended participant-observation study of work and politics in state socialism, based on research into machine building and steel production in Hungary. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1DVH; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JH; JPFC; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226080420
- ISBN
- 9780226080420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.29
€ 34.99
€ 27.29
Paperback. "A great American tale told with a deft historical eye, painstaking analysis, and a supple clarity of writing."-Jean Baker Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393330656
- ISBN
- 9780393330656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.57
€ 18.99
€ 17.57
Paperback. Seeks to uncover the democratic, populist, and even anticapitalist legacy of the middle class. By examining, in particular, the independent small business sector or petite bourgeoisie, using Progressive Era Portland, Oregon, as a case study, this book shows that class still matters in America. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 424 pages, 37 halftones. 13 tables. 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126005
- ISBN
- 9780691126005
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.08
€ 54.99
€ 39.08
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679736882
- ISBN
- 9780679736882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.73
€ 20.99
€ 17.73
Paperback. James J. Gigantino II shatters the easy dichotomy between free and slave states in early America. The Ragged Road to Abolition illustrates how slavery in New Jersey persisted until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment and reveals the myriad ways this marginalized the state's free blacks. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223583
- ISBN
- 9780812223583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.59
€ 36.99
€ 35.59
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Birlinn General
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780272382
- ISBN
- 9781780272382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.39
€ 46.99
€ 42.39
Paperback. Pick, shovel, dynamite: the classic account of the men who built the railways. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784977344
- ISBN
- 9781784977344
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. "In December 1937, in what was then the capital of China, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred. The Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking (Na" Num Pages: 304 pages, 40pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBTZ; HBWQ. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 145 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465068364
- ISBN
- 9780465068364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.64
€ 20.99
€ 15.64
Paperback. Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 2011. Life is on the up. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 47959th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007267125
- ISBN
- 9780007267125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.24
€ 14.99
€ 11.24
Paperback. In "The Real American Dream" the author searches out the symbols and stories by which Americans have reached for something beyond worldly desire. It is a spiritual history ranging from the first English settlements to the present day. Series: The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 120 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674003835
- ISBN
- 9780674003835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.41
€ 35.99
€ 30.41
Paperback. Colin MacFarlane was born in Gorbals in the 1950s, 20 years after the publication of "No Mean City", the novel about pre-war life in what was once Glasgow's deprived district. The author witnessed the last days of old Gorbals as street boy as a regeneration programme was implemented. He reveals what it was really like to live in old Gorbals. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 x 8pp colour & b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845962074
- ISBN
- 9781845962074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. The Rebecca Riots in west Wales began in the summer of 1839. They ceased as suddenly as they had started, and for three and a half years the countryside was undisturbed. Then, in the winter of 1842, they broke out again with greater violence. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 30. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780708323960
- ISBN
- 9780708323960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.09
€ 26.99
€ 25.09
Hardcover. Testing the winds of history blowing from the Arab revolts. Translator(s): Elliott, Gregory. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844678792
- ISBN
- 9781844678792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.71
€ 19.99
€ 17.71
Paperback. Winner of the Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award. One of the American West's bloodiest-and least-known-massacres is searingly re-created in this generation-spanning history of native-white intermarriage. Num Pages: 368 pages, 35 illustrations; 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871408570
- ISBN
- 9780871408570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.51
€ 18.99
€ 17.51