History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Tells the story of Johannesburg's MuseumAfrica, a South African history museum that embodies one of the most dynamic and fraught stories of colonialism and postcolonialism, its life spanning the eras before, during, and after apartheid. This title focuses on racism and its institutionalization in South Africa. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; GM; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226030302
- ISBN
- 9780226030302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.32
€ 44.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. Arditi's study offers a history of mores from the High Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. Drawing on the ideas of Elias, Foucault and Bourdieu, as well as through analysing courtesy manuals and etiquette books of the times, he examines the relationship between power and social practices and traces how power changes over the centuries. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; JFCX; JH; WJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226025841
- ISBN
- 9780226025841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74
Paperback. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the public had had enough of sex and death. This title offers a new way to understand sensationalism in both newspapers and reform movements. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226021539
- ISBN
- 9780226021539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.92
€ 34.99
€ 27.92
Hardcover. Offers a way to understand sensationalism in newspapers and reform movements. This title explains how the social and political realities of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century society changed, slowly marginalizing this kind of journalism in favor of a ethical style that demonstrated the significance of race, and gender, to its readers. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226021362
- ISBN
- 9780226021362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
€ 95.07
€ 78.49
Paperback. Over the past three centuries, supporters of German music ranging from music scholars to politicians have nurtured the notion that the German speaking world possesses a peculiar strength in the cultivation of music. This volume explores this notion and the role of music in identity Editor(s): Applegate, Celia; Potter, Pamela M. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AV; HBJD; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226021317
- ISBN
- 9780226021317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74
Paperback. Suitable for those interested in early modern literature or the history of food, this title tells the story of how early modern Europeans put food into words and words into food, and created an experience all their own. It features illustrations and a handful of recipes. Num Pages: 376 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226021270
- ISBN
- 9780226021270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
Paperback. Throughout history, Western culture has often viewed disease as punishment for sin. "The Wages of Sin" offers a remarkable history of this perception and explains how these ancient views continue to shape contemporary life and public policy. Num Pages: 226 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JH; MBX; MJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226014616
- ISBN
- 9780226014616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.82
€ 31.99
€ 24.82
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226010663
- ISBN
- 9780226010663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.82
€ 32.99
€ 25.82
Paperback. Reveals that the globalization of American mass culture that seems unstoppable today began as early as the mid-nineteenth century. This book narrates how the circuses, amusement parks, vaudeville, mail-order catalogs, dime novels, and movies that developed after the Civil War actually doubled as agents of American cultural diplomacy abroad. Num Pages: 232 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; JFCA; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226007120
- ISBN
- 9780226007120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.01
€ 31.99
€ 25.01
Hardcover. Reveals the many ways that the Salem witch trials loomed over the American collective memory from the Revolution to the Civil War and beyond. Shedding new light on the many, varied American invocations of Salem, the author ultimately illuminates the function of collective memories in the life of a nation. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRQX5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226005416
- ISBN
- 9780226005416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
€ 95.07
€ 78.49
Paperback. Between the early 1900s and the late 1950s, the attitudes of white Californians toward their Asian American neighbors evolved from outright hostility to relative acceptance. The author examines this transformation through the lens of California's urban housing markets. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 halftones, 9 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226004181
- ISBN
- 9780226004181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.67
€ 36.99
€ 28.67
Paperback. In this history of the Chicago School of Sociology, Andrew Abbott investigates central topics in the emergence of modern scholarship, paying special attention to "schools of science" and how such schools reproduce themselves over time. Num Pages: 262 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBTB; JH; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226000992
- ISBN
- 9780226000992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.52
€ 40.99
€ 31.52
Hardback. This text examines how the political cultures of the elite and of the common people intersected during the 17th century in England. It looks at politics at all social levels and investigates how it was affected by expectations about women's roles in politics. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198206125
- ISBN
- 9780198206125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.22
€ 117.22
Paperback. His new epilogue is partly a guide for new historians to tackle the complexities of Cold War studies. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801851957
- ISBN
- 9780801851957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.89
€ 31.99
€ 26.89
Paperback. Details one of the most important rescues in Irish American history Editor(s): Fennell, Philip; King, Marie. Num Pages: 225 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JH; HBTM; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814727744
- ISBN
- 9780814727744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137028143
- ISBN
- 9781137028143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Paperback. Explores the links between the Cold War and the global environment, ranging from the environmental impacts of nuclear weapons to the political repercussions of environmentalism. Editor(s): McNeill, Professor J. R.; Unger, Corinna R. Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 b/w illus. 1 map 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBTW; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 172 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107694354
- ISBN
- 9781107694354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.24
€ 56.24
Paperback. A definitive study of coin production in medieval England, tracing the development, significance and wider context of mints and money. Num Pages: 596 pages, 55 b/w illus. 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 31. Weight in Grams: 105.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 596
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107564985
- ISBN
- 9781107564985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.03
€ 49.03
Paperback. This history of Paris in 1919 explores the global implications of French political activism at the end of World War I. Series: New Studies in European History. Num Pages: 356 pages, 22 b/w illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107521230
- ISBN
- 9781107521230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.14
€ 43.14
Paperback. This book analyzes representations of the places of British slavery - Africa, the Caribbean, and Britain - in writings by planters, slaves and travellers. Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 38.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107438163
- ISBN
- 9781107438163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.15
€ 50.15
Hardback. Deirdre Coleman shows how the growing popularity of the anti-slavery movement gave a utopian cast to the debate about colonization. Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521632133
- ISBN
- 9780521632133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.39
€ 124.39
Paperback. A comprehensive survey of the history of the family in Western Europe and North America. Series: New Studies in Economic and Social History. Num Pages: 104 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521557931
- ISBN
- 9780521557931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.89
€ 36.89
Paperback. The first ethnohistory of Siberia in English, analysing ethnographic and linguistic features of the native peoples. Num Pages: 476 pages, 27 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3J; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521477710
- ISBN
- 9780521477710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 44.49
€ 46.99
€ 44.49
Hardback. The story of the modern research university in Europe and its expansion to other continents, first published in 2004. Editor(s): Ruegg, Walter. Series: A History of the University in Europe. Num Pages: 776 pages, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX; JNM; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 236 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 776
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521361071
- ISBN
- 9780521361071
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.06
€ 246.06