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History: specific events & topics

Crouch, Lighter Than Air brings to life the color and excitement of buoyant flight. Num Pages: 192 pages, 110, 80 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 219 x 21. Weight in Grams: 836.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801891274
ISBN
9780801891274
Condition: New

€ 51.39

Using an array of personal and public writings, The Overflowing of Friendship will transform our understanding of early American manhood as well as challenge us to reconsider the ways we think about gender in this period. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801891205
ISBN
9780801891205
Condition: New

€ 49.12

Lucsko offers a rich and heretofore untold account of the culture and technology of the high-performance automotive aftermarket in the United States, offering a fresh perspective on the history of the automobile in America. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25, 25 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTK; KNDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 684.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801889905
ISBN
9780801889905
Condition: New

€ 67.68

Presents essays that share a common concern with investigating Enlightenment categories of historical understanding and determining how these categories helped shape Enlightenment culture. This work addresses the question of how eighteenth-century writers make sense of the past for their own practical, aesthetic, and ideological purposes. Editor(s): Zionkowski, Linda; Thomas, Professor Downing A. Num Pages: 300 pages, 12, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; AB; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887956
ISBN
9780801887956
Condition: New

€ 55.52

Paperback. Here Thomas Vennum brings this world to life. Num Pages: 378 pages, 77, 77 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9; WSJJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887642
ISBN
9780801887642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.39

Paperback. Contrary to widespread belief, Roberts concludes, the ironclad program set Navy shipbuilding back a generation. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 300 pages, 26, 9 black & white halftones, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTM; JWF; TRL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887512
ISBN
9780801887512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.22

Cassidy's investigation reveals the factors-ethical, cultural, political, and economic-that have shaped the racing tradition. Series: Animals, History, Culture. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887031
ISBN
9780801887031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.41

Strikingly argued, richly researched, and methodologically sound, this wide-ranging look at how choices about sex triumphed over established class systems and artificial racial boundaries supplies a refreshing contribution to the history of early Louisiana. Series: Early America: History, Context, Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801886805
ISBN
9780801886805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Paperback. A capacious and synthetic historical investigation, The Secret History of Domesticity exemplifies how the methods of literary interpretation and historical analysis can inform and enrich one another. Num Pages: 904 pages, 97, 2 black & white halftones, 84 black & white line drawings, 11 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
904
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801885402
ISBN
9780801885402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.36

Revealing the complex interplay of nationalism and regionalism in the lives of southern men, Glover brings new insight to the question of what led the South toward sectionalism and civil war. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801884986
ISBN
9780801884986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.43

Paperback. Breaking new ground in ritual studies and cultural history, Practicing Protestants offers a distinctive history of American Protestant practice. Editor(s): Maffly-Kipp, Laurie F.; Schmidt, Leigh Eric; Valeri, Mark. Series: Lived Religions. Num Pages: 376 pages, 23, 23 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HRCC2; HRCC9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801883620
ISBN
9780801883620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.65

French Huguenots were colonial New York City's most successful artisans, turning out unrivaled works of furniture that were distinguished by unique designs and arcane details. Series: Early America: History, Context, Culture. Num Pages: 1088 pages, 190, 178 black & white halftones, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 54. Weight in Grams: 2406.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
1088
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801873904
ISBN
9780801873904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.55

Bred for Perfection provides the historical context in which this system arose, adding to our understanding of how domestication works and how our welfare-since the dawn of time-has been intertwined with the lives of animals. Series: Animals, History, Culture. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBT; JFFZ; PDX; TVHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801873447
ISBN
9780801873447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.55

David Macey, Jr., " Et in Arcadia Ego?: Thomas Amory, Mary Hamilton, and the (Re)Construction of Arcadia"Howard Irving, "John Marsh and the Ancient-Modern Polemic"Amy Wyngaard, "Revising Rousseau: Young Legrand d'Aussy and the Challenge to Enlightenment Constructions of the Peasantry, 1787-1794" Editor(s): Mostefai, Ourida; Ingrassia, Catherine. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; AB; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801872563
ISBN
9780801872563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.11

Paperback. We invent the past, Wood concludes, in our own image-as nineteenth-century villagers did quite literally and as suburban developers do today. Num Pages: 248 pages, 82, 82 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801866135
ISBN
9780801866135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.83

Paperback. The only way to reverse the historical trends that have made Los Angeles increasingly unliveable, Fulton concludes, is to confront the prevailing "cocoon citizenship,the mind-set that prevents the city's inhabitants and leaders from recognizing Los Angeles's patchwork of communities as a single metropolis. Num Pages: 424 pages, 74, 13 maps, 61 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBT; JPQB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801865060
ISBN
9780801865060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.27

Paperback. This collection of true stories illuminates the experiences of a young Polish boy before World War II, through the gathering storm of Nazism, into the death camps, to poignant reunions many years later. Num Pages: 248 pages, 21, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Expanded ed
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801863103
ISBN
9780801863103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.63

Paperback. For a million soldiers, sailors and marines, Hawaii was the "first strange place" on a journey to war - and to the new American post-war society. Drawing on documents, diaries, memoirs and interviews, this book shows how these changes were tested and explored in the environment of wartime Hawaii. Num Pages: 296 pages, 37 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBJM; HBTB; HBTD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801848674
ISBN
9780801848674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.92

Paperback. An evocative history of long frustration and ultimate failure, A Spirited Resistance tells of a creative people, whose insights, magic, and ritual add a much-needed dimension to our understanding of the American Indian. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801846090
ISBN
9780801846090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
Third
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9780781813020
ISBN
9780781813020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.54

Num Pages: 96 pages, 86 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBTB; WTH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764351617
ISBN
9780764351617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Num Pages: 2 pages, over 700 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1572. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF. Dimension: 305 x 236 x 24. Weight: 1574.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
2
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764339486
ISBN
9780764339486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.06
€ 53.37

Hardcover. This book in the series described the technical and tactical development of these light tanks - from the Reichswehr years to the World War II campaigns in Poland, France and Russia. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 200 b/w photos, line schemes. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBT; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1220. From Reichswehr to Wehrmacht. 160 pages, 200 b&w photographs, line schemes. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBT; JWM. Dimension: 289 x 223 x 22. Weight: 1218.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764326240
ISBN
9780764326240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.67
€ 39.25

This volume in the series is a collection of lesser-known German armor developments including the Maus, Hummel, Wespe, Karl, Goliath and others. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 300 b/w photos, line schemes. BIC Classification: HBT; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1168. Development - Production - Operations. 160 pages, 300 b&w photographs, line schemes. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBT; JWM. Dimension: 290 x 225 x 21. Weight: 1162.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764326226
ISBN
9780764326226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.67
€ 39.25

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