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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Steam, and then cumbersome motor, tractors existed in small numbers before 1914. The rivals of Ford brought in novelties such as diesel engines, pneumatic tyres, and hydraulic implement lifts. After the Second World-War, an indigenous tractor industry was led by Ferguson, David Brown, Nuffield and Ford. This book highlights these developments. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WGCT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 6. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747807544
- ISBN
- 9780747807544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.95
€ 11.99
€ 9.95
Hardback. Brings together work by area specialists and the research on the sea itself in the early modern period, the maritime trade that flourished there, the ships which travelled it and the men who sailed them. This book is suitable for those interested in maritime history, naval history, and the history of the early modern world. Editor(s): Fusaro, Maria; Heywood, Colin; Omri, Mohamed-Salah. Series: International Library of Historical Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848851634
- ISBN
- 9781848851634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.89€ 135.20
€ 152.89
€ 135.20
Hardback. Discusses the complexities of a trading network in this period, outling commodity chains, links between colonies and colonial centres, and tensions between local polities and competing empires. Series: Worlds of the East India Company. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FM; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270699
- ISBN
- 9781783270699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.34
€ 96.34
Paperback. In this sweeping collection of essays, one of America's leading colonial historians reexamines struggles between Native peoples and Europeans in early America in terms of how each understood the material basis of power. Num Pages: 328 pages, 35 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 487.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780812223804
- ISBN
- 9780812223804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.64
€ 36.99
€ 35.64
Paperback. This work explores the role played by party politics in US trade policy. The author offers detailed case studies of almost all of the major trade issues of the Reagan, Bush and Clinton eras, including administrative and legislative efforts to curb auto, steel and other imports. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5 figures, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBT; JPL; JPQB; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227924
- ISBN
- 9780807849750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801476099
- ISBN
- 9780801476099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.47
€ 41.99
€ 41.47
hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801449024
- ISBN
- 9780801449024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.17
€ 138.17
Paperback. A new edition of Katz's study of European Jewish society at end of the Middle Ages. It taps into a rich source, the "responsa" literature of the Rabbinic establishment of the time, a time when self-governing communities of Jews dealt with their own civil and religious issues. Translator(s): Cooperman, Bernard Dov. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815628279
- ISBN
- 9780815628279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.76
€ 25.99
€ 24.76
Hardback. Editor(s): Shively, Donald H. Series: Studies in the modernization of Japan. Num Pages: 712 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 38. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 712
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691644332
- ISBN
- 9780691644332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 309.30€ 226.87
€ 309.30
€ 226.87
Paperback. Published as part of a year-long celebration of the centennial of the School of Information Sciences, this volume interweaves anecdotes about individuals with facts and dates to provide a detailed history and a picture of the people who made the school what it is today. Num Pages: 196 pages, 20 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JJ; GLM; HBT; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 210 x 12. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840881
- ISBN
- 9780810840881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.71
€ 73.71
Paperback. Editor(s): Fejfer, Jane; Moltesen, Mette; Rathje, Annette. Num Pages: 480 pages, 85 colour plates, 45 b/w plates, 22 maps & 10 tables. BIC Classification: HBLA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 247 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1074.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763542586
- ISBN
- 9788763542586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.56€ 54.48
€ 70.56
€ 54.48
hardcover. Using thousands of examples, the book identifies the genesis and evolution in African name formation and meaning. Each entry discusses the origins of the name, its meaning, and the wide cultural and social connotations of its use. Num Pages: 416 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1H; CFF; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 143 x 28. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810836433
- ISBN
- 9780810836433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.25
€ 173.25
Paperback. The bestselling account of the Battle of Trafalgar, by the authors of FINEST HOUR - 'A landmark book' - Observer Num Pages: 480 pages, 2 x 8pp colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 33. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340830284
- ISBN
- 9780340830284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.72
€ 19.99
€ 14.72
Paperback. Trafficked children are portrayed by the media - and even by child welfare specialists - as hapless victims who are forced to migrate from a poor country to the United States, where they serve as sex slaves. But as Elzbieta M. Gozdziak reveals in Trafficked Children in the United States, the picture is far more complex. Series: Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFSP1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813569697
- ISBN
- 9780813569697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.01
€ 41.99
€ 41.01
Paperback. Editor(s): Boxer, C. R. Num Pages: 528 pages, 6 halftones, 13 line illustrations, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1QS; HBG; HBLH; HBTM; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 31. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816638901
- ISBN
- 9780816638901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.23
€ 29.99
€ 29.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 16 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780385239547
- ISBN
- 9780385239547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.47
€ 19.99
€ 17.47
Hardback. Unlike many United States industries, railroads are intrinsically linked to American soil and particular regions. Divided into sections that focus on particular aspects of the impending impact of railroads on the landscape, this book moves seamlessly between historical and contemporary analysis. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTK; KNGT; RPT; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926681
- ISBN
- 9780813926681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.83
€ 48.83
Paperback. In the mid-nineteenth century, American railroading was burgeoning--a growth too fast for safe operations. Despite the grim statistics of 19th and early 20th century train wrecks that resulted, one cannot help but find the photographs and public prints of the day interesting. Train buffs will see the antecedents of their hobby. Num Pages: 184 pages, 298 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AJC; HBTB; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764301360
- ISBN
- 9780764301360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.90
€ 25.99
€ 17.90
Paperback. An autobiography of John Treasure Jones who went to sea when he was 15, and worked his way up to become Captain of the most famous ocean liner afloat, Cunard's RMS Queen Mary. Editor(s): Tennant, R. J. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGA; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752446257
- ISBN
- 9780752446257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.09
€ 36.99
€ 31.09
Paperback. Editor(s): Kummels, Ingrid; Rauhut, Claudia; Rinke, Stefan; Timm, Birte. Num Pages: 300 pages, 20 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBTQ; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837626070
- ISBN
- 9783837626070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.73€ 40.57
€ 51.73
€ 40.57