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paperback. Identifies the factors and causes of the South's festering propensity for aggression that contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. This title asserts that the South was dominated by militant white men who resorted to violence in the face of social, personal, or political conflict. It details the consequences of antebellum aggression. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 209 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252070693
ISBN
9780252070693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.82

paperback. Tomi Reichental, who lost 35 members of his family in the Holocaust and was the subject of the documentary "Till The Tenth Generation", gives his account of being imprisoned as a child at Belsen concentration camp. Num Pages: 368 pages, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVKS; 3JJH; BGA; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
O'Brien Press Ltd
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9781847177933
ISBN
9781847177933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.99

paperback. Records of prices span the entire range of history, from medieval grain prices to modern statistics. Going beyond the economic data, this text gives a history of the people of the Western world: the economic patterns they lived in, and the politics, culture and society they created as a result. Num Pages: 552 pages, tables, graphs, and maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JHBC; KCC; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9780195121216
ISBN
9780195121216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 31.97

paperback. An enlightening look at a unique and remarkable Jewish community Num Pages: 332 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Brandeis University Press United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781611683097
ISBN
9781611683097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.51

paperback. Alice Taylor takes her readers along the byways of Ireland and into the heart of the country. In stories by turn comic and poignant, she explores the character of family and friends, testing the bonds of concern and kindness which hold people together. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BM; HBTB; VFV; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 196 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
BRANDON PUBLISHING
Condition
New
SKU
9781847178749
ISBN
9781847178749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.87

Paperback. 1066 is perhaps the most important date in English history. The elite Normans themselves brought England much closer to Continental Europe, and brought in novel styles of military training. This title explores their lifestyle and the ways in which they interacted with the Anglo-Saxon English as they changed the face of the country forever. Series: Shire Living Histories. Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 145 x 7. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Shire
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747808008
ISBN
9780747808008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.40

paperback. The first accessible, authoritative and complete account of Vasco da Gama's historic and audacious attempt to seize the spice routes and re-conquer the Holy Land. Num Pages: 560 pages, 1x8pp plate. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 42. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9781848870192
ISBN
9781848870192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Heywood, Anthony J.; Smele, Jonathan D. Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415654135
ISBN
9780415654135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.58

Paperback. States that a nation's standards of private cleanliness reveal much about its ideals of civilization, fears of disease, and expectations for public life. Starting with the shake-up of European practices that coincided with Atlantic expansion, this title traces attitudes toward 'dirt' through the mid-nineteenth century. Series: Society and the Sexes in the Modern World. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; MBNH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300171556
ISBN
9780300171556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.37

Paperback. A study of 'community unionism' that examines the tenacity of union loyalty and communal values within the confines of a one-industry town: Anaconda, Montana, home to the world's largest copper smelter and the namesake of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. It depicts the vibrant life of the smelter city at full steam. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; HBJK; HBTB; JFSC; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252069888
ISBN
9780252069888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

hardcover. The Huaorani of Ecuador lived as hunters and gatherers in the Amazonian rainforest for hundred of years, largely undisturbed by western civilization. This book provides description of Huaorani society and culture according to modern standards of ethnographic writing. Series: Historical Ecology Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, Color Illus.: 12,. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231118446
ISBN
9780231118446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.70

Paperback. Few scholarly fields have developed in recent decades as rapidly and vigorously as Holocaust Studies. The persecution and murder perpetrated by the Nazi regime have become the subject of an enormous literature in multiple academic disciplines. Forty-seven contributors debate the key issues at the start of the twenty-first century. Editor(s): Hayes, Peter; Roth, John K. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 792 pages, 8 in-text black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBLW; HBTZ1; HRAM; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
792
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199668823
ISBN
9780199668823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.51

Hardcover. Shows how the issues confronted America in the late twentieth century have roots in the fifties, some apparent at the time, others only in retrospect: civil rights, environmentalism, the counterculture, and "movements" on behalf of women, Chicanos, and Native Americans. This book is useful for instructors of American history survey courses. Series: America in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11 black-&-white photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631033
ISBN
9780815631033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.91

paperback. Starting with the American Indian settlements and the early days when the southern-most tip of Manhattan held little more than a bleak outpost of Dutch fur traders, this title tracks the economic development and journeys north, from the Village's beginnings as a refuge from dreaded summer fevers to the Dominican enclave of Washington Heights. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 464 pages, 126 illustrations, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566392891
ISBN
9781566392891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.77

hardcover. "The Book of Sports" was the royal declaration which sanctioned popular participation in traditional pastimes after church attendance on Sunday. This book takes a fresh look at the events surrounding the re-publication of the "Book of Sports" in 1633 and reassesses the role of Charles I himself in the controversy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HBWE; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898560
ISBN
9780859898560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.46

Hardcover. Editor(s): Nickols, Sharon Y.; Kay, Gwen. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820348063
ISBN
9780820348063
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.99

hardcover. Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBTS; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820348025
ISBN
9780820348025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.31

Paperback. Considers the changing identity and status of women in India today - how they view themselves and how they are viewed - through the current work of seven anthropologists, historians and sociologists from India, the UK and the US. The essays illustrate the overall problem of women's subjectivity. Editor(s): Kumar, Nita. Series: Feminist Issues: Practice, Politics, Theory S. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; JFC; JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813915227
ISBN
9780813915227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.98

paperback. Between 1640 and 1660, England, Scotland, and Ireland faced civil war, invasion, religious radicalism, parliamentary rule, and the restoration of the monarchy. This work offers the history that connects these cataclysmic events and the development of the infant plantations from Newfoundland to Surinam. Num Pages: 356 pages, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674024120
ISBN
9780674024120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.24
€ 48.27

Paperback. Rescuing the pre-modern family from the grim picture many historians have given us of life in early Europe, this text offers a major reassessment of a crucial aspect of European history, and tells a story of age-old domesticity inextricably linked, and surprisingly similar, to our own. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 halftones, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTG; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674004849
ISBN
9780674004849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.82

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