History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. In conventional anthropological literature, 'landscape' is the term applied to the meaning local people bestow on their cultural and physical surroundings. This work explores these landscapes an individual or cultural group has constructed to define the origins or beginnings of that cultural group as revealed through shared or traditional memory. Editor(s): Christie, Jessica Joyce. Num Pages: 280 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355609
- ISBN
- 9780817355609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.67
€ 34.67
Paperback. Originally published in German, Erika Thurner's NATIONAL SOCIALISM AND GYPSIES IN AUSTRIA is the ground-breaking study of Nazi policy toward Gypsies during the Third Reich. The recent upsurge of anti-Gypsy violence in Austria illustrates both the horror of the treatment of Gypsy tribes and the timeliness of this volume. Illustrated. Num Pages: 240 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817353292
- ISBN
- 9780817353292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.67
€ 34.67
"Among the Garifuna: Family Tales and Ethnography from the Caribbean Coast "is an intimate ethnographic narrative of one indigenous family in the twentieth-century Caribbean, offering original insights on daily life, gender, culture, ethnicity, and religion. " Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817318710
- ISBN
- 9780817318710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.19
€ 61.19
The essays in "Transforming the Dead: Culturally Modified Bone in the Prehistoric Midwest" explore the numerous ways that Eastern Woodland Native Americans selected, modified, and used human bones as tools, trophies, ornaments, and other objects imbued with cultural significance in daily life and rituals. Editor(s): Hargrave, Eve; Schermer, Shirley; Hedman, Kristin; Lillie, Robin. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; HDDA; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817318611
- ISBN
- 9780817318611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.40
€ 76.40
In 1948, just as the Cold War was settling into the form it would maintain for nearly half a century, major antagonists the United States and Russia began maneuvering into a series of dangerously hostile encounters. Into this difficult situation the Americans placed General William Henry Tunner. Num Pages: 312 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLW3; HBTW; HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817316921
- ISBN
- 9780817316921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.14
€ 56.14
Paperback. In this volume, 25 female survivors of the Holocaust give their story of experiences during the period. They describe their efforts to evade Nazi laws and subsequent dehumanization, protect their children and siblings, and maintain their Jewish identity. Editor(s): Gurewitsch, Brana. Series: Judaic Studies S. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817309527
- ISBN
- 9780817309527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Paperback. A pivotal in the study of history and politics, not only in Alabama but in the other states of the South. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; HBJK; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817302559
- ISBN
- 9780817302559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.67
€ 34.67
Nature's Northwest: The North Pacific Slope in the Twentieth Century (...
Robbins, William G., Barber, Katrine
Paperback. Series: The Modern American West. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816529599
- ISBN
- 9780816529599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 178 x 10. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816528219
- ISBN
- 9780816528219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.45
€ 37.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816527496
- ISBN
- 9780816527496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99
€ 53.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816526000
- ISBN
- 9780816526000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.00
€ 40.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816520893
- ISBN
- 9780816520893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.45
€ 37.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; ACX; DSK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 196 x 64. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- First Paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816516834
- ISBN
- 9780816516834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.00
€ 40.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Salamini, Heather Fowler; Vaughan, Mary Kay. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816514311
- ISBN
- 9780816514311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.54
€ 56.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 327 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- 50553rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816512980
- ISBN
- 9780816512980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Hardcover. This volume of Memory Ireland focuses on the impact of the Famine and the Troubles on the formation and study of Irish cultural memory. Editor(s): Frawley, Oona. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633518
- ISBN
- 9780815633518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.09
€ 51.09
Hardcover. Since the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps and recognition of the Holocaust as a watershed event, the capacity of art to represent this event adequately has been questioned. Contributors provide case studies that include a artists from North America, Europe and Israel, and examine some of the dominant themes of their work. Editor(s): Feinstein, Stephen C. Series: Religion, Theology and the Holocaust. Num Pages: 328 pages, 69 photographs, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: ACX; AG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630838
- ISBN
- 9780815630838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.09
€ 51.09
Paperback. In the preface to this 2000 edition, the authors point out that with the advent of the millennium, it is important to take stock of the 20th century, which has been labelled as the "Age of Genocide". Editor(s): Wallimann, Isidor; Dobkowski, Michael N. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815628286
- ISBN
- 9780815628286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.31
€ 29.31
Hardcover. The year 1919 in Jerusalem marked the conclusion of hundreds of years of Ottoman rule and the beginning of British occupation, a period of great change that would transform the city. This memoir presents a portrait of life in post-WWI Jerusalem as seen through the eyes of a spirited young English girl. Num Pages: 176 pages, 45 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJG; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608721
- ISBN
- 9780815608721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.32
€ 21.99
€ 21.32
Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: WBXD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 122 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813141732
- ISBN
- 9780813141732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.84
€ 16.99
€ 15.84
Paperback. Series: Florida History and Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 91 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; HBJK; HBTB; WQN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813061849
- ISBN
- 9780813061849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.75
€ 21.99
€ 21.75
Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813061528
- ISBN
- 9780813061528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.89
€ 39.89
Paperback. Heralded by Brazilians as the 'Father of Flight', Alberto Santos-Dumont made the first of several spectacular flights in his lighter-than-air dirigible in France in 1901, two years before the Wright brothers' first fixed-wing flight in North Carolina. This illustrated book tells their story. Num Pages: 616 pages, 16 colour, 232 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBT; TRP; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813035093
- ISBN
- 9780813035093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.82
€ 34.82
Jacksonville, Florida, was the king of the infant film industry. By 1914, fifteen major companies - including Fox and Metro Pictures - had set up shop there. This book uses first-person accounts, filmmaker biographies, newspaper reports, and city and museum archives to present a little-known aspect of film history. Num Pages: 208 pages, 19 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; APF; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813032436
- ISBN
- 9780813032436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.29
€ 32.29