History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. A fascinating history of sex and relationships. Breach of Promise was an archaic legal action brought about by a jilted lover (male or female) when their former intended broke off their engagement. This is the first ever non-academic book on the topic and reveals a fascinating romantic and legal underworld from the 1790s - 1960s. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783030361
- ISBN
- 9781783030361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.11
€ 26.99
€ 23.11
Hardcover. Norwegians in colonial Africa and Oceania had varying aspirations and adapted in different ways to changing social, political and geographical circumstances in foreign, colonial settings. This collection reveals narratives of the colonial era that are often ignored or obscured by the national histories of former colonial powers. Editor(s): Kjerland, Kirsten Alsaker; Bertelsen, Bjorn Enge. Num Pages: 404 pages, 36 ills, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 1H; 1MK; HBJ; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385394
- ISBN
- 9781782385394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.60
€ 167.60
Hardcover. Between 1935 and 1940, the Nazis incorporated large portions of Europe into the German Reich. The contributors to this volume analyze the evolving anti-Jewish policies in the annexed territories and their impact on the Jewish population, as well as the attitudes and actions of non-Jews, Germans, and indigenous populations. Editor(s): Gruner, Wolf; Osterloh, Jorg. Series: War and Genocide. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21 illus., 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384434
- ISBN
- 9781782384434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.77
€ 167.77
Hardcover. For many years, histories of the Holocaust focused on its perpetrators, & only recently have more scholars begun to consider in detail the experiences of victims & survivors, as well as the documents they left behind. This title provides an introduction and overview of Jewish narratives of the Holocaust. Editor(s): Goda, Norman J. W. Series: Making Sense of History. Num Pages: 314 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384410
- ISBN
- 9781782384410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.75
€ 155.75
Hardcover. Rivers figure prominently in a nation's historical memory, and the Volga and Mississippi have special importance in Russian and American cultures. Beginning in the pre-modern world, both rivers served as critical trade routes connecting cultures in an extensive exchange network, while also sustaining populations through their surrounding wetlands. Series: Environment in History: International Perspectives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; HBTB; HBTP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384311
- ISBN
- 9781782384311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.82
€ 154.82
Hardcover. Based on archival materials and featuring memoirs of Holocaust survivors, this volume offers a rich array of both tragic and inspiring studies of the sanctification of life as practiced by Jewish medical professionals. Editor(s): Grodin, Michael A. Num Pages: 316 pages, 15 ills. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; MBN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384175
- ISBN
- 9781782384175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.88
€ 155.88
Hardcover. Offering a sweeping transatlantic perspective, this book explains the current obsession with automobiles by delving deep into the motives of early car users. It provides a synthesis of our knowledge about the emergence and persistence of the car, using a broad range of material including novels, poems, films, and songs.. Series: Explorations in Mobility. Num Pages: 820 pages, 37 ills, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; HBTB; PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 263 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383772
- ISBN
- 9781782383772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 230.09
€ 230.09
Hardcover. Bohemia and Moravia, today part of the Czech Republic, was the first territory with a majority of non-German speakers occupied by Hitler's Third Reich on the eve of the World War II. Tens of thousands of Jewish inhabitants in the so called Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia soon felt the tragic consequences of Nazi racial politics. Series: Making Sense of History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 ills. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382942
- ISBN
- 9781782382942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.20
€ 155.20
Hardcover. The authors emphasize how local actors constructed their own adaptation of colonialism, identity, and autonomy, creating a multi-centric and entangled history of modern education. In both formal as well as informal aspects, they demonstrate that transnational and cross-cultural exchanges in education have been characterized by appropriation.. Editor(s): Bagchi, Barnita; Fuchs, Eckhardt; Rousmaniere, Kate. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 ill. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JNB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382669
- ISBN
- 9781782382669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.32
€ 155.32
Hardcover. Everyday life in the Crown colony of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) was characterized by a direct encounter of people with modernity through the consumption and use of foreign machines - in particular, the Singer sewing machine, but also the gramophone, tramway, bicycle and varieties of industrial equipment. Num Pages: 176 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: 1FKS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382423
- ISBN
- 9781782382423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.74
€ 154.74
Hardcover. As the first historical study of East Germany's sepulchral culture, this book explores the complex cultural responses to death since the Second World War. Topics include the interrelated areas of the organization and municipalization of the undertaking industry; the steps taken towards a socialist cemetery culture such as issues of design.. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 33 tables & figs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782380139
- ISBN
- 9781782380139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.20
€ 155.20
Paperback. "First published 1944"--Title page verso. Num Pages: 416 pages, 28 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Edition
- Anniversary Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629145143
- ISBN
- 9781629145143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.73
€ 17.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, B&W photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ASZH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 228 x 31. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629144962
- ISBN
- 9781629144962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.47
€ 17.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. Despite the frequency with which criminals were sentenced to death, crime was still on the rise in England in the mid-1700s. Men were thrown in jail daily for everything from associating with gypsies to cutting down fruit trees and stealing sheep. This collection features the stories of the crimes committed and the subsequent punishments assigned. Num Pages: 176 pages, 55 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 529.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626360440
- ISBN
- 9781626360440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.55
€ 16.99
€ 16.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRJ; HRLD; HRLM; JFSR1; VSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Backlist, LLC United States
- Edition
- Original ed.
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623611002
- ISBN
- 9781623611002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.47
€ 17.99
€ 16.47
Series: Imperial Encounters in Russian History. Num Pages: 375 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781618114280
- ISBN
- 9781618114280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 152.05
€ 152.05
Hardback. Series: Israel: Society, Culture, and History. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; HRHS; HRJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781618113795
- ISBN
- 9781618113795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.90
€ 138.90
Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTZ1; JFFJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Independent Institute,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781598131611
- ISBN
- 9781598131611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 34.88
€ 42.99
€ 34.88
Paperback. Editor(s): Gurman, Hannah. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JWA; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595588258
- ISBN
- 9781595588258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.77
€ 19.99
€ 18.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTV; JFCA; LNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Thought Catalog
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576877708
- ISBN
- 9781576877708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.65
€ 14.99
€ 12.65
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781565840393
- ISBN
- 9781565840393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.70
€ 25.99
€ 23.70
Paperback. Series: The Library of Black America. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- A Cappella Books United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556523861
- ISBN
- 9781556523861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.41
€ 27.99
€ 26.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 398 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vehicule Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550653274
- ISBN
- 9781550653274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.29
€ 30.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. Editor(s): Conn, David R. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harbour Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550176261
- ISBN
- 9781550176261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.33
€ 26.99
€ 23.33