History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
paperback. The early 1970s were the age of gloom and glam. Under Edward Heath, the optimism of the Sixties had become a distant memory. Now the headlines were dominated by social unrest, fuel shortages, unemployment and inflation. This book tells the history of the gaudy, schizophrenic atmosphere of the early Seventies. Num Pages: 768 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141032153
- ISBN
- 9780141032153
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Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 16.46
€ 22.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. The Letter and the Cosmos is a sharp and entertaining examination of how languages, letterforms, orthography, and writing tools have reflected our hidden obsession with the alphabet, Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442628533
- ISBN
- 9781442628533
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
Paperback. (Re)Visualizing National History is a unique and interdisciplinary volume that offers insights on the dilemmas of present-day European culture, manifestations of nationalism in Europe, and the debates surrounding museums as sites for the representation of politics and history. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442627024
- ISBN
- 9781442627024
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.80
€ 36.99
€ 32.80
Paperback. Remembering Mass Violence breaks new ground in oral history, new media, and performance studies by exploring what is at stake when we attempt to represent war, genocide, and other violations of human rights in a variety of creative works. Editor(s): High, Steven; Little, Edward; Duong, Thi Ry. Num Pages: 376 pages, 19. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTD; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442614659
- ISBN
- 9781442614659
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.60
€ 43.99
€ 38.60
paperback. Red Quarter Moon is an enthralling journey into the past that offers a unique look at the lives of ordinary families and individuals in the USSR. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2, 16 halftones; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442611399
- ISBN
- 9781442611399
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.51
€ 45.99
€ 40.51
paperback. Living with Strangers tells the story of the Sioux who moved into the Canadian-American borderlands in the later years of the nineteenth century. David G. McCrady's award-winning study crosses national boundaries to examine how Native peoples on both sides of the border reacted to the arrival of the Sioux. Num Pages: 200 pages, 14 halftones; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442609907
- ISBN
- 9781442609907
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
paperback. Here, Professor Blanchard examines why slavery managed to survive for more than three decades after Peru declared its independence despite anti-slavery legislation passed by the liberators at that time. The book focuses on the economics of Peruvian slavery, slave life and the abolition movement. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 272 pages, index, bibliography, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842024297
- ISBN
- 9780842024297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.94
€ 59.94
paperback. Documentaries have dominated Canada's film production and have been crucial to the formation of Canada's cinematic identity. This volume will be an indispensable companion for anyone seriously interested in Canadian film studies. Editor(s): Leach, Jim; Sloniowski, Jeanette. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; APF; HBT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802082992
- ISBN
- 9780802082992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.54
€ 44.99
€ 39.54
Paperback. Discounted Labour is an essential new work for anyone interested in the historical struggle for gender equality in Canada. Series: Themes in Canadian History. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802078186
- ISBN
- 9780802078186
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.90
€ 36.99
€ 32.90
hardcover. Drawing on the work of a variety of other fields and disciplines - from the ancient Mediterranean to colonial Spain, and from anthropology to psychology - the author argues that colonialism in Africa needs to be understood through the medium of writing. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 468 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HBTQ; HBTR; JHMC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802048721
- ISBN
- 9780802048721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.87
€ 109.87
hardcover. A Heritage of Light is of equal importance to collectors and historians in the United States and Canada. This newly reprinted edition of Russell's classic 1968 study has a new introduction by Janet Holmes. Series: Rich: Reprints in Canadian History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 191 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 223 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802037657
- ISBN
- 9780802037657
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Condition: New
€ 96.07
€ 96.07
Hardback. During the last two decades Europe has experienced a rise in transnational contention. Citizens are crossing borders to advance alternative visions of Europe. They spread protest concepts and tactics and explore new ways of organizing dissent. Editor(s): Teune, Simon. Series: Protest, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 250 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JPW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457280
- ISBN
- 9781845457280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.37
€ 155.37
hardcover. The 20th century, declared at its start to be the Century of the ChildA" by Swedish author Ellen Key, saw an unprecedented expansion of state activity in and expert knowledge on child-rearing on both sides of the Atlantic. Children were seen as a crucial national resource whose care could not be left to families alone. Editor(s): Schumann, Dirk. Series: Studies in German History. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781845456962
- ISBN
- 9781845456962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.35
€ 155.35
Hardback. The contributors to this volume explore the role of emotions in history and ask how that exploration changes what we know about national and international history, and in turn how that affects the methodological study of history. In particular they focus on emotions in American history between the 18th century and the present.. Editor(s): Gienow-Hecht, Jessica C. E. Series: European Studies in American History. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 ills. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456429
- ISBN
- 9781845456429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.65
€ 155.65
hardcover. The nature of the currently emerging European society, which includes the economic and social transformation of Eastern and Central European countries, has been hotly debated. At its center is the relationship between markets and civil society within political and social contexts. Editor(s): Perez-Diaz, Victor. Series: European Civil Society. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; HBJD; HBLX; HBTB; KCP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781845456078
- ISBN
- 9781845456078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.75
€ 155.75
Hardback. This book explains why concerns that the Nazi past would be marginalized by the more recent Communist past proved to be misplaced. It examines the delicate East-West dynamics and the notion that the West sought to impose "victor's justice" (or history) on the East. Series: Contemporary European History. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455330
- ISBN
- 9781845455330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.45
€ 155.45
Hardback. In a work based on new archival, press, and literary sources, the author revises the picture of German imperialism as being the brainchild of a Machiavellian Bismarck or the "conservative revolutionaries" of the twentieth century. Instead, Fitzpatrick argues for the liberal origins of German imperialism.. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 237 pages, 8 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBTQ; JPFN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455200
- ISBN
- 9781845455200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.88
€ 154.88
Hardback. The first German women's movement embraced the belief in a demographic surplus of unwed women, known as the FrauenuberschuA , as a central leitmotif in the campaign for reform. Proponents of the female surplus held that the advances of industry and urbanization had upset traditional marriage patterns.. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 304 pages, 26 tables, 23 figs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454807
- ISBN
- 9781845454807
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Condition: New
€ 155.80
€ 155.80
Hardback. In 1944, Raphael Lemkin coined the term genocideA" to describe a foreign occupation that destroyed or permanently crippled a subject population. In this tradition, Empire, Colony, Genocide embeds genocide in the epochal geopolitical transformations of the past 500 years: the European colonization of the globe.. Editor(s): Moses, A. Dirk. Series: War and Genocide. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; HBTZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454524
- ISBN
- 9781845454524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.52
€ 205.52
Hardback. The Weimar Republic (1918-1933) was a crucial moment not only in German history but also in the history of both crime fiction and criminal science. This study approaches the period from a unique perspective - investigating the most notorious criminals of the time and the public's reaction to their crimes. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 169 pages, 15 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; JFC; JKV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 169
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454395
- ISBN
- 9781845454395
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Condition: New
€ 154.60
€ 154.60
hardcover. Examines the renewal of interest in British national identity at a popular, political and academic level. This volume demonstrates that far from being idiosyncratic or self-involved, the question of Englishness and its relationship to British national identity offers an important avenue for thinking about the politics of national identity. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453206
- ISBN
- 9781845453206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.77
€ 154.77
Hardback. Sugar was the single most valuable bulk commodity traded internationally before oil became the world's prime resource. This book questions some major assumptions about the nexus between sugar production and colonial societies in the Caribbean and Southeast Asia, especially in the second (post-1800) colonial era. Editor(s): Bosma, Ulbe; Guisti-Cordero, Juan A.; Knight, G. Roger. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTQ; KNAC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453169
- ISBN
- 9781845453169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.94
€ 154.94
Hardback. There has been great interest among historians in the history of the family and the household. This volume contains essays which explore two major transitions in kinship patterns - at the end of the Middle Ages and at the end of the eighteenth century - in an effort to reset the agenda in family history. Editor(s): Sabean, David Warren; Teuscher, Simon; Mathieu, Jon. Num Pages: 9 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452889
- ISBN
- 9781845452889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.09
€ 167.09
Hardback. Documents the phenomenon of feminised migration by analysing accounts of the lives of women migrants in the 'host' countries. Based on more than 100 interviews with women migrants from Hungary and Bulgaria and with 'host' women in Italy and the Netherlands, this book includes theoretical debates on migration and subjectivity, and more. Editor(s): Passerini, Luisa; Lyon, Dawn; Capussotti, Enrica. Num Pages: 335 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452773
- ISBN
- 9781845452773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.89
€ 166.89