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History: specific events & topics
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
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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
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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
Paperback
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
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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
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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
Paperback. Suitable for all those interested in the many-faceted history of modern Vietnam and of Communism in the non-Western world, this title offers the dozens of such works by veterans of the 1924-45 struggle in Vietnam to be published in English translation. Editor(s): Binh Tu, Tran; Marr, David G. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 8. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896801196
- ISBN
- 9780896801196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.48
€ 19.48
Paperback. American progressives - those middle-class citizens who support fundamental change in American life - have always presented a mystery. This work investigates the lives of such reformers as Charles and Mary Beard and Wesley Clair, to investigate their influences and inspiration. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JHBK; JPA; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121477
- ISBN
- 9780231121477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.53
€ 42.99
€ 30.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 33 hts. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTM; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190655266
- ISBN
- 9780190655266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.07
€ 149.07
Hardback. Describes the evolving pattern of settlement and the changing relationships of people and land in Canada from the end of the 15th century to the Confederation years of the late 1860s and early 1870s. This book shows how a deeply indigenous land was reconstituted in European terms. Num Pages: 1036 pages, 50 b/w illustrations, 106 maps, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTP; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 1036
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814492
- ISBN
- 9780774814492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.10
€ 120.10
Paperback. The only way to reverse the historical trends that have made Los Angeles increasingly unliveable, Fulton concludes, is to confront the prevailing "cocoon citizenship,the mind-set that prevents the city's inhabitants and leaders from recognizing Los Angeles's patchwork of communities as a single metropolis. Num Pages: 424 pages, 74, 13 maps, 61 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBT; JPQB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801865060
- ISBN
- 9780801865060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.95
€ 40.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613733806
- ISBN
- 9781613733806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.34
€ 30.99
€ 28.34
Hardcover. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674015524
- ISBN
- 9780674015524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.14€ 121.91
€ 137.14
€ 121.91
Paperback. Translator(s): Maraniss, James E. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSC; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822318651
- ISBN
- 9780822318651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.29
€ 32.99
€ 31.29