History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. In the preface to this 2000 edition, the authors point out that with the advent of the millennium, it is important to take stock of the 20th century, which has been labelled as the "Age of Genocide". Editor(s): Wallimann, Isidor; Dobkowski, Michael N. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815628286
- ISBN
- 9780815628286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.16
€ 36.16
Paperback. The Holocaust and justice: how can one link these terms? Is justice possible for crimes of such magnitude? Weighing these and other questions, a group of scholars attempt to untangle the complex and often contradictory relationship between the Holocaust and justice. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810119161
- ISBN
- 9780810119161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.18
€ 42.18
Hardcover. What would it mean to "get over slavery"? Is such a thing possible? Is it even desirable? Featuring original essays from an array of established and emerging scholars in the interdisciplinary field of African American studies, The Psychic Hold of Slavery offers a nuanced dialogue upon these questions. Editor(s): Colbert, Soyica Diggs; Patterson, Robert J.; Levy-Hussen, Aida. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFM; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813583969
- ISBN
- 9780813583969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.75
€ 206.75
Paperback. "Proceedings of the twenty-third annual symposium of the Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization - Harris Center for Judaic Studies, October 24-25, 2010" -- P. [i]. Editor(s): Greenspoon, Leonard Jay. Series: Studies in Jewish Civilisation. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536297
- ISBN
- 9781557536297
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Condition: New
€ 49.35
€ 49.35
Paperback. Shows that although plantation slavery was a horrible reality for many Africans and their descendants in Latin America, blacks experienced many other realities in Iberian colonies. This work analyses a treatise by a seventeenth-century Muslim scholar in Morocco and argues it shaped the slave trade to Latin America. Editor(s): Landers, Jane G.; Robinson, Barry M. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826323972
- ISBN
- 9780826323972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.94
€ 41.94
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hammond, John Craig; Mason, Matthew. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813931050
- ISBN
- 9780813931050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.21
€ 85.21
Paperback. Argues that the Haitian Revolution nonetheless had an enduring cultural and political impact, particularly on peoples and communities that have been marginalized in the historical record and absent from the discourses of Western historiography. This book interrogates the literary, historical, and political discourses that the Revolution produced. Editor(s): Garraway, Doris L. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926865
- ISBN
- 9780813926865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.67
€ 35.67
Paperback. This book serves as a memorial to loved ones who do not even have a grave, as well as a tribute to those who risked their lives and families to save a Jewish child. A wide variety of experiences during the Nazi occupation of Poland are related. Translator(s): Bussgang, Julian; Bussgang, Fay; Cygielski, Simon. Series: Jewish Lives S. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810122390
- ISBN
- 9780810122390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.24
€ 40.99
€ 39.24
Paperback. Southern music has flourished as a meeting ground for the traditions of West African and European peoples in the region, leading to the evolution of various traditional folk genres, bluegrass, country, jazz, gospel, rock, blues, and southern hip-hop. This volume celebrates this essential element of southern life. Num Pages: 512 pages, 47 illustrations, 2 maps, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; GBC; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807859087
- ISBN
- 9780807859087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.75
€ 46.75
Paperback. From semitropical coastal areas to high mountain terrain, from swampy lowlands to modern cities, the environment holds a fundamental importance in shaping the character of the American South. This volume surveys the dynamic environmental forces that have shaped human culture in the region - and the ways humans have shaped their environment. Num Pages: 336 pages, 26 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; GBC; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807858561
- ISBN
- 9780807858561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.14
€ 44.14
Hardcover. Examines the transition from slavery to free labor during the tumultuous first months after the Civil War. This volume reveals the connection between developments in workplaces across the South and an intensifying political contest over the meaning of freedom and the terms of national reunification. Editor(s): Hahn, Steven; Miller, Steven F. (University of Maryland); O'Donovan, Susan Eva; Rodrigue, John C.; Rowland, Leslie S. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 15 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 76. Weight in Grams: 1678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807831472
- ISBN
- 9780807831472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.36
€ 171.36
Paperback. Environmental history has traditionally told the story of Man and Nature. This book reintroduces gender as a meaningful category of analysis for environmental history, showing how women's actions, desires and choices have shaped the world and seeing men as gendered actors as well. Editor(s): Scharff, Virginia J. (Professor of History, University of New Mexico, USA). Num Pages: 344 pages, 18 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBT; JFSJ; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612857
- ISBN
- 9780700612857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.72
€ 38.99
€ 35.72
Hardcover. Bringing together a diverse array of photographs, this collection provides a visual record of life in Kansas, from 1936-1949. The photographs portray, for example, FSA-aided farmers and striking coal miners, dust-bowl debris and tumbleweeds, and a failed bank and a thriving stockyard. Editor(s): Schulz, Constance B. Num Pages: 160 pages, 94 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBTB; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 204 x 17. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700607990
- ISBN
- 9780700607990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.57
€ 41.99
€ 37.57
Paperback. Editor(s): Kostash, Myrna. Num Pages: 238 pages, 10 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897126462
- ISBN
- 9781897126462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.67
€ 27.99
€ 19.67
paperback. Editor(s): Walker, Harlan. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Prospect Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903018248
- ISBN
- 9781903018248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.80
€ 38.99
€ 33.80
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Black Rose Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781895431766
- ISBN
- 9781895431766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.43
€ 17.99
€ 16.43
paperback. The ten essays in this richly illustrated volume detail Nova Scotia's industrial history. Covering coal, steel, iron, ropeworks, and railways, this work presents a rich and diverse industrial heritage that includes a discussion of the impact of industrialization on humans, the role of external capital, and the involvement of unions. Editor(s): Candow, James E. Num Pages: 225 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KBCV; HBTB; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 183 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552660607
- ISBN
- 9781552660607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.54
€ 26.99
€ 23.54
hardcover. Editor(s): Kowarick, Lucio. Translator(s): Fisher, William; Mundy, Kevin. Num Pages: 269 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBTV; JFSG; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853458623
- ISBN
- 9780853458623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.75
€ 38.99
€ 33.75
Paperback. Discusses the story of the shrinking bathing suit and the evolution of the black singlet. This book on the role of clothes in our history shows the way in which clothes reveal and identify, embody tradition and memory, are both local and global. Editor(s): Labrum, Bronwyn; McKergow, Fiona; Gibson, Stephanie. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations (colour section). BIC Classification: 1MBN; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 100 x 100 x 100. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Auckland University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869403973
- ISBN
- 9781869403973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.90
€ 44.90
Paperback. The fourteenth volume in this acclaimed paperback series includes articles on Cornish mining history, the Cornish and Breton languages compared, the history and revival of Cornish, the poet Charles Causley, and twentieth-century Anglo-Cornish poetry written by women. Editor(s): Payton, Philip. Series: Cornish Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897990
- ISBN
- 9780859897990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.53
€ 44.53
Hardcover. The primary aim of this book is to focus on contemporary issues and to promote interdisciplinary approaches within the subject. Written by international scholars and practitioners in fields such as folklore, ethnomusicology, art history, religious studies, tourism and education, the book brings together in one volume a wide range of perspectives. Editor(s): Hale, Amy; Payton, Philip. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; JFHF; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Ill
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896221
- ISBN
- 9780859896221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.15
€ 139.15
Paperback. This volume of readings examines the revolutions, civil wars, guerrilla struggles, insurgencies, counter-insurgencies, and interventions of this period. Offering a solid perspective on the Independence period, The Wars of Independence is an excellent text for Latin American survey courses and courses focusing on the colonial era. Editor(s): Archer, Christon. Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842024693
- ISBN
- 9780842024693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Hardcover. Draws on a wide range of cultural materials in order to challenge Eurocentric readings of decolonisation. Editor(s): Craggs, Ruth; Wintle, Claire. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 255 x 29. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719096525
- ISBN
- 9780719096525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.47
€ 151.47
Hardback. Translator(s): Ebrey, Patricia Buckley. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640327
- ISBN
- 9780691640327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.11
€ 193.11