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History: specific events & topics
Culture and Values: A Survey of the Western Humanities, Volume 2
Reich, John; Cunningham, Lawrence A.; Fichner...
paperback. Takes you on a tour of some of the world's significant examples of art, music, philosophy, and literature, from the beginnings of civilization to today. This book covers the High Renaissance to the 21st Century. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 274 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wadsworth Publishing United States
- Edition
- 8th Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781285458199
- ISBN
- 9781285458199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 252.56
€ 252.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 538 pages. BIC Classification: CB; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; HBW; JHBZ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 993.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 538
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138270053
- ISBN
- 9781138270053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.29
€ 84.29
Paperback. Abortion in the Weimar Republic is a compelling subject since it provoked public debates and campaigns of an intensity rarely matched elsewhere. It proved so explosive because populationist, ecclesiastical and political concerns were heightened by cultural anxieties of a modernity in crisis. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451668
- ISBN
- 9780857451668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.90
€ 44.90
paperback. A view of the minds of the founders of the American Constitution. Organized topically, it brings together selections from the constitutional convention in Philadelphia as well as representative selections from the subsequent debates over ratification. Editor(s): Ellis, Richard J. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JPHC; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847694990
- ISBN
- 9780847694990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.78
€ 76.78
Paperback. Chronicles the first decades of an informal lottery called the jogo do bicho, or animal game, which originated in Rio de Janeiro in 1892, and remains popular in Brazil today. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 368 pages, 30 photos, 11 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349884
- ISBN
- 9780822349884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.11
€ 40.11
Paperback. Detroit is home to one of the largest and most diverse Arab communities outside the Middle East. This collection of memoirs, poetry, interviews and essays brings together the work of 25 contributors to paint a colourful portrait of Detroit's Arab community. Editor(s): Abraham, Nabeel; Shryock, Andrew. Series: Great Lake Books Series. Num Pages: 544 pages, 72 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; DQ; HBTB; JFSG; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814328125
- ISBN
- 9780814328125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.58
€ 41.58
hardcover. This study uses the Holocaust to raise issues of memory and representation. Marla Morris argues that history is the systematization of memory and examines the way that the Holocaust is represented in historical texts and in novels. Series: Studies in Curriculum Theory Series. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJD; HBTZ1; JNKC; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780805838121
- ISBN
- 9780805838121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 208.57
€ 208.57
Paperback. Examines black newspapers in general and four in particular - the "Chicago Defender", the "Pittsburgh Courier", the "Black Dispatch", and the "Jackson Advocate" - and their coverage of national events. The beginnings of the black press are detailed, focusing on how they reported the anti-slavery movement, the Civil War, and the Reconstruction era. Num Pages: 205 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL3; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- McFarland & Co Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786426072
- ISBN
- 9780786426072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.50
€ 38.50
paperback. The author situates the work experience in Latin America's broader history in a chronological order and divided into five periods. With each period, he discusses the chief economic, political and social characteristics as they relate to work, identifying with continuities from the previous period. Num Pages: 220 pages, tables, maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBTB; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765602084
- ISBN
- 9780765602084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.05
€ 61.05
Paperback. Explores the decade through the controversies between radicals, liberals, and conservatives. This book focuses on four main areas of contention social welfare; civil rights; foreign relations; and social order. It also examines the emergence of the New Left and the modern conservative movement. Series: Debating Twentieth-Century America. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBTB; JH; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742522138
- ISBN
- 9780742522138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.96
€ 48.96
Paperback. Lays out the links between political, economic, social, and cultural phenomena that have made Russia what it is - a world at once familiar and mysterious to Western observers. Num Pages: 496 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1DVUA; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 32. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674030534
- ISBN
- 9780674030534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.06
€ 35.99
€ 31.06
Paperback. This study of colonial memory asks the question, how do once-colonized people remember the colonial period? Drawing on an ethnography of the social practices of remembering and forgetting in one community in Madagascar, the book develops a practice-based approach to social memory. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 378 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HSM; 1K; GTB; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228467
- ISBN
- 9780520228467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.42
€ 44.42
Paperback. The US has experienced a dramatic increase in births to unmarried women - from 4 per cent of births in 1950, with most of the babies then adopted, to more than 30 per cent. This book analyses this radical change in family formation to compare and contrast the lives of these mothers of varying ages and economic circumstances. Num Pages: 483 pages, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218307
- ISBN
- 9780520218307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.94
€ 45.94
Paperback. Ranging across American culture of the middle 20th century this study depicts the shifting characterizations of teens from invisible young adults to young soldiers in training, to bobby soxers and zoot suiters, to rock'n'rollers and juvenile delinquents, from hippies to savvy consumers. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFC; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465007660
- ISBN
- 9780465007660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.13
€ 30.13
Paperback. Between 1492 and 1820, about two-thirds of the people who crossed the Atlantic to the Americas were Africans. Over the years, however, huge strides have been made in the study of the history of slavery and emancipation in the Atlantic world. This collection brings together some of the key contributions to this growing body of scholarship. Editor(s): Dubois, Laurent; Scott, Julius S. Series: Rewriting Histories. Num Pages: 424 pages, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415994460
- ISBN
- 9780415994460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.23
€ 74.23
Paperback. Series: Themes in World History. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBG; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415716611
- ISBN
- 9780415716611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.69
€ 61.69
paperback. An examination of the relationship of overseas Japanese and their descendents (Nikkei) with their home and host nations, focusing on their political, social and economic struggles. The authors suggest some of the ways in which diasporas are transforming global society today. Editor(s): Adachi, Nobuko. Num Pages: 308 pages, 7 black & white tables, 1 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415497459
- ISBN
- 9780415497459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.01
€ 85.01
Paperback. This text explores Britain's role in international affairs from the age of Gladstone and Disraeli to the end of the World War One. It explores such themes as the scramble for Africa and the foreign policy of Lord Salisbury. Series: Questions and Analysis in History. Num Pages: 128 pages, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTQ; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415203388
- ISBN
- 9780415203388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.30
€ 59.30
paperback. This vital guide provides an educational companion for all those reading about the Holocaust. It will challenge student use of primary resources and encourage extra-disciplinary analysis. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 line figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415161442
- ISBN
- 9780415161442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.07
€ 56.07
Paperback. Offers a unique account of Marxist theories of Imperialism. It has been fully updated and expanded to cover all the developments since its initial publication and will be essential reading for any student of Marxism or Imperialism. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415044691
- ISBN
- 9780415044691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.36
€ 86.36