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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. Summarizes Grenfell's first contact with the residents of Labrador Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 108 x 23. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780982170335
ISBN
9780982170335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.70

Paperback. Weeping Violins provides a history of the Gypsy people in Europe. Betty Alt and Silvia Folts trace the origins of the Gyspsy people and tell the story of their expansion, treatment by other ethnic groups, and struggles during the Holocaust. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Jefferson (Thomas) University Press United States
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9780943549392
ISBN
9780943549392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.31

Hardback. This book is a memoir by William Kornbluth which traces his life in pre-World War II Poland, his survival in four concentration camps, and his postwar life in the United States. Illustrated. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJD; HBTD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934223300
ISBN
9780934223300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.98

Hardback. This collection of essays examines select historical questions about the interrelationship between the sciences and Harvard University as an organizational, intellectual, and social context for science in the United States. The essays span the period from the seventeenth century to World War II. Editor(s): Rossiter, Margaret W. Num Pages: 380 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBTB; JNM; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934223126
ISBN
9780934223126
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.21

Hardback. A remarkable memoir of our age by a public servant, innovative developer, and leader in the world Jewish community. "Intensely interesting."-Publishers Weekly. Num Pages: 405 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 39. Weight in Grams: 871.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
405
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929587646
ISBN
9780929587646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.57

Paperback. A devoted chronicle..of a man who showed emourmous skill, resource and courage in the first voyage of its kind in history. Joshua Slocum was a sensational seaman. New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 384 pages, photos, maps, boat plans. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780924486524
ISBN
9780924486524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.58

hardcover. The story of one of the landmark censorship trials of the 20th century. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; LA; LNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Roberts Rinehart United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9780911797480
ISBN
9780911797480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.34
€ 52.85

Hardback. The story of one of the landmark censorship trials of the 20th century. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; LA; LNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 176 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Roberts Rinehart Publishers United States
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9780911797404
ISBN
9780911797404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.77

Hardback. Ever since coinage was developed in ancient Lydia, an element of society has sought to debase the coin of the realm for personal gain not only by counterfeiting, but also by shaving away precious metal. Num Pages: 304 pages, full color illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JKV; KCBM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 216. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
American Numismatic Society,U.S. United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780897223270
ISBN
9780897223270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.09

Hardback. When Britain agreed to 'restore' Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China in 1984, British spokesmen explained that the Communist Chinese were reforming and would allow Hong Kong to continue its dynamic capitalist ways. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPCH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFN; JPS; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Ethics & Public Policy Center Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896331624
ISBN
9780896331624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.94

Hardback. Before Thomas Edison, light and fire were thought to be one and the same. Turns out, they were separate things altogether. This book explores how our sudden interconnectedness, both physically, as through the railroad, and through inventions like the telegraph, changed our concept of time and place forever. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892728169
ISBN
9780892728169
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.10

Paperback. A conceptual poetry book that plays with the idea of historical First Nations' representation through visual and erasure poems. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBK; DCF; DQ; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Talon Books,Canada Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889227880
ISBN
9780889227880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.75

Paperback. Exotic postcards from playwright, novelist and screenwriter Drew Hayden Taylor's globetrotting adventures, with news about aboriginal peoples around the world. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CBV; HBTB; JFSL9; WH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Talon Books,Canada Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889226432
ISBN
9780889226432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.29

Hardback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 269 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9. Dimension: 222 x 147. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9780882291383
ISBN
9780882291383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.92

Hardback. Bela Kiraly recounts his personal experiences of war, revolution, and regime change during a volatile century. Forced to become a professional officer, he rose to the position of commander in chief of Hungary's National Guard in the 1956 revolution and emigrated to the United States following Soviet suppression. Num Pages: 568 pages, ports., maps. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; HBW; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 34. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335799
ISBN
9780880335799
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.91

Hardback. Based on newly available archival sources, Krausz examines the holocaust in the Soviet Union and contrasts it with the genocide in Hungary. He studies the roots of Soviet anti-Semitism and its impact on politics before the holocaust. He also explains why the holocaust was a taboo subject in Eastern Europe before the collapse of communism.

Num Pages: 128 pages, 23 cm. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1DVU; 3JH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 181 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335690
ISBN
9780880335690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.97

Hardback. This volume is a study of the most important organization of Polish political exiles in Western Europe during the revolutions of 1848-1849. It recounts the group's political and military activities in France, Germany, Hungary, and their own partitioned Polish homeland. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335638
ISBN
9780880335638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.41

Hardback. This volume, by Hungary's preeminent scholar of Eastern European social history, illustrates the similarities and differences among the region's social and governmental structures by focusing on the cases of Prussia, Mecklenburg, the Habsburg Empire, the Russian empire, and Romania. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335553
ISBN
9780880335553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.75

Hardback. This collection of seminal studies sheds light on many controversial issues relating to the Holocaust in Hungary. The author, regarded as the world's leading authority on the catastrophe that befell Hungarian Jewry during the Nazi era, explores the factors that made the Hungarian chapter of the Holocaust unique. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880334471
ISBN
9780880334471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.51

Hardback. An interesting set of studies on external perceptions of Yugoslavia during World War II by diverse observers including those by General de Gaulle and The Duke of Spoleto. Series: East European Monographs S. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 224 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880330817
ISBN
9780880330817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.96

Hardback. To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 222 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9780876685952
ISBN
9780876685952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.44

hardcover. Leikin draws on his own translations of trial transcripts (found in the personal library of his father, who served as chief rabbi in the town of Kazan, Russia) to chronicle a 1911 trial in Kiev that was trumped up to launch a vicious anti-Jewish campaign. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portla Editor(s): Leikin, Ezekiel. Num Pages: 241 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Jason Aronson, Inc. United States
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780876681794
ISBN
9780876681794
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.50

Hardback. In his ?Terrae-Filius ?essays of 1721, Nicholas Amhurst describes and satirizes Oxford life as he saw it during the 1710s and early 1720s. He considers the political, religious, social, and moral issues that often worked to undercut the university's academic goals. This critical edition reprints all the essays. Num Pages: 504 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 3JF; HBT; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874138016
ISBN
9780874138016
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.04

Hardback. An account of Delaware's experience of educational modernization led by Pierre S. du Pont, from a local-based collection of school districts to a coherent state system that by the 1930s ranked near the top in the nation. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 310 x 200. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874133189
ISBN
9780874133189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.93

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