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History: specific events & topics
Hardcover. The first study of its kind. The book explores the rich, complex maritime inheritance of Cornwall on a national and international scale, considering the importance of the different historical periods from the medieval to the twentieth century. Num Pages: 496 pages, 30 tables, 73 b& w illustrations, 28 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; HBJD1; HBTM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 213 x 269 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1828.
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898508
- ISBN
- 9780859898508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.95
€ 142.95
Paperback. The central theme of this study of American life in the early 19th century is the establishment of capitalism. The author argues that, following the Industrial Revolution, two distinct societies were created in the USA: rich and poor, proprietors and labourers, city dwellers and farmers. Num Pages: 512 pages, bibliog. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 509
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195089202
- ISBN
- 9780195089202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.49
€ 44.49
paperback. "For German townsmen, life during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was characterized by a culture of arms, with urban citizenry representing the armed power of the state. This book investigates how men were socialized to the martial ethic from all sides, and how masculine identity was confirmed with blades and guns"-- Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 401 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 593.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- SKU
- V9781349366477
- ISBN
- 9781349366477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 228.18
€ 228.18
Hardcover. For German townsmen, life during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was characterized by a culture of arms, with urban citizenry representing the armed power of the state. This book investigates how men were socialized to the martial ethic from all sides, and how masculine identity was confirmed with blades and guns. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 401 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTJ; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576568
- ISBN
- 9780230576568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 228.93
€ 228.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBTB; HPS; HRAX; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349529193
- ISBN
- 9781349529193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Paperback. Examines the social and cultural significance of masculinity during the generations born between the Black Death and Protestant Reformation. This title discovers that social relations between men, founded on the ideals of honesty and self-restraint, were at least as important as their domination and control of women in defining their identities. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226569574
- ISBN
- 9780226569574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. This book traces the history of the civil war that has blighted Liberia in the 1990s and looks at its roots in the way governments have been established in West Africa during the 20th century. Num Pages: 370 pages, illustrations maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1HFDL; 3JJ; HBJH; HBT; HBW; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Hurst & Co Ltd
- Number of pages
- 370
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850654179
- ISBN
- 9781850654179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.33
€ 25.99
€ 24.33
Paperback. The Mass Image situates the creation of the first photographically illustrated magazines within the social relations of the emerging popular culture of late Victorian London. It demonstrates how photomechanical reproduction allowed the illustrated press to envisage modern life on a much more intense scale than ever before. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; HBJD1; HBTB; JFD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349363070
- ISBN
- 9781349363070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. The role of massacre in history has been given little focused attention either by historians or academics in related fields. This is surprising as its prevalence and persistence surely demands that it should be a subject of serious and systematic exploration. What exactly is a massacre? When - and why - does it happen? Editor(s): Levene, Mark; Roberts, Penny. Series: War and Genocide. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 half-tones, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819345
- ISBN
- 9781571819345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.80
€ 162.80
The Masters and the Slaves: Plantation Relations and Mestizaje in Amer...
Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond
Hardcover. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1K; HBTS; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403965639
- ISBN
- 9781403965639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 79 halftones. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691171319
- ISBN
- 9780691171319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.24
€ 40.24
paperback. Editor(s): Walker, Harlan. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Prospect Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903018248
- ISBN
- 9781903018248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.35
€ 44.35
Hardcover. Num Pages: 326 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLSX; HBJK; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1198.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884024033
- ISBN
- 9780884024033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.99€ 68.33
€ 73.99
€ 68.33
Hardback. Drawing on hundreds of unpublished court records, Marie Kelleher examines how women in the fourteenth-century Crown of Aragon engaged with patriarchal assumptions to shape their own legal identities, thus playing a crucial role in the formation of a gendered legal culture that shaped women's lives throughout Europe for centuries afterwards. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; JFSJ1; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812242560
- ISBN
- 9780812242560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
Paperback. The Media of Testimony explores testimony relating to the Stasi in different cultural forms: autobiographical writing, memorial museums and documentary film. Combining theoretical models from diverse disciplines, it presents a new approach to the study of testimony, memory and mediation. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFR; HBAH; HBTB; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349473205
- ISBN
- 9781349473205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.84
€ 65.84
Hardcover. The Media of Testimony explores testimony relating to the Stasi in different cultural forms: autobiographical writing, memorial museums and documentary film. Combining theoretical models from diverse disciplines, it presents a new approach to the study of testimony, memory and mediation. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; APFR; HBTW; JFD; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137364036
- ISBN
- 9781137364036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536276
- ISBN
- 9781349536276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 148.87
€ 148.87
Hardcover. The chastity belt is one of those objects people have commonly identified with the 'dark' Middle Ages. This book analyzes the origin of this myth and demonstrates how a convenient misconception, or contorted imagination, of an allegedly historical practice has led to profoundly flawed interpretations of control mechanisms used by jealous husbands. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403975584
- ISBN
- 9781403975584
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.83
€ 149.83
Paperback. The figure of the medieval cook revealed, in the context of time and circumstance. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19, 19 black & white illustrations, 19 black and white. BIC Classification: 3H; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838265
- ISBN
- 9781843838265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.85
€ 26.99
€ 23.85
Paperback. Have you ever wondered what life was like for the ordinary housewife in the Middle Ages? Or how much power a medieval lady really had? Find out in this fascinating book. Num Pages: 96 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 3H; HBLC1; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445643700
- ISBN
- 9781445643700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.91
€ 20.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268020446
- ISBN
- 9780268020446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 43.30
€ 47.99
€ 43.30
Hardcover. In The Medieval Kitchen, Hannele Klemettila presents a richly illustrated history of medieval food and cookery in Western Europe and Scandinavia. The book is also a practical cookbook, with a collection of more than 60 originally sourced recipes that can easily be prepared in today's modern home. Num Pages: 224 pages, 114 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 200 x 22. Weight in Grams: 970.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861899088
- ISBN
- 9781861899088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.96
€ 40.99
€ 28.96
Hardcover. Num Pages: 390 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 35. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774166143
- ISBN
- 9789774166143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.41
€ 77.41
Hardback. The modern prison is commonly thought to be the fruit of an Enlightenment penology that stressed man's ability to reform his soul. This book challenges this view by tracing the institution's emergence to a much earlier period beginning in the late thirteenth century, and provides a view of medieval prison life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBTB; JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135335
- ISBN
- 9780691135335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.89€ 42.58
€ 52.89
€ 42.58