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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. Environmental historian Philip L. Fradkin offers a history of earthquakes and a guide to the San Andreas Fault, the seismic scar that bisects the Golden State's spectacular scenery. He examines the mythology, culture, social implications, politics and science of earthquakes. Num Pages: 348 pages, 1 map, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBTP; JHMC; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University of California Press California
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KEX0216333
ISBN
9780520221192
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of the railways' vital role in changing the face of Britain. This work celebrates the vision and determination of the Victorian pioneers who developed this transport system and the navvies who cut through the land to enable a countrywide network to emerge. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2x 8 & 1x 4 pages of colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 388. A New History of the Railways in Britain. 384 pages, 2x 8 & 1x 4 pages of colour plates. The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of the railways' vital role in changing the face of Britain. This work celebrates the vision and determination of the Victorian pioneers who developed this transport system and the navvies who cut through the land to enable a countrywide network to emerge. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTK; WGF. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 30. Weight: 394.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843546306
ISBN
9781843546306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. Wallis's riveting expose of the French role in one of the darkest chapters of human history will provoke furious debate, denials, and outrage. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; HBJH; HBLW; HBTZ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780767727
ISBN
9781780767727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.71

Paperback. Concerned with issues that have shaped the history of women in particular places and eras, this title examines women in ancient civilizations; including women in China, Japan, and Korea; women and gender in South and South East Asia; Medieval women; women and gender in Colonial Latin America; and the history of women in the US up to 1865. Editor(s): Smith, Bonnie G. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252072499
ISBN
9780252072499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. This updated edition includes a substantive new preface that reconsiders some of the issues raised in the book. Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSA; HBAH; HBTZ1; JFC; JM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421414003
ISBN
9781421414003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.76

Hardback. This groundbreaking study looks at the tension between realism and idealism in Swedish diplomacy during the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and 1975 Helsinki Accords. Series: Contemporary European History. Num Pages: 300 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785332845
ISBN
9781785332845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.63

Hardback. Offers historical, cultural, and political account in English of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship. This book shows how this martial art evolved through a recurring process of "inventing tradition," which served the changing ideologies and needs of Japanese warriors and governments over the course of history. Num Pages: 328 pages, 19 b/w, 6 line drawings, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; WSTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520284371
ISBN
9780520284371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. This volume explores the politics of memory involved in 'coming to terms with the past' of mass dictatorship on a global scale. Considering how a growing sense of global connectivity and global human rights politics changed the memory landscape, the essays explore entangled pasts of dictatorships. Editor(s): Lim, Jie-Hyun; Walker, Barbara; Lambert, Peter. Series: Mass Dictatorship in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; HBTB; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137289827
ISBN
9781137289827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.78

Paperback. Discover the many twists and turns through history that led to the language, accents and turns of phrase which make up modern English Illustrator(s): Appleby, Barrie. Num Pages: 256 pages, 73. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; CBX; CFFD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445663821
ISBN
9781445663821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Nicholas Whyte's study of the role of science in Ireland examines the activities of Irish scientists during the period 1890 to 1930. It reveals the impact that Irish political events had on the fate of a number of distinguished Irish institutions. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 0. Weight in Grams: 307.
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859181850
ISBN
9781859181850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.00
€ 24.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 287 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Linden Publishing Co Inc United States
Number of pages
287
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941936859
ISBN
9780941936859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.27

Paperback. Paul Rabbitts celebrates the wonderful range of architecture to be found in British parks. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AMGD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445665627
ISBN
9781445665627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.75

Paperback. .
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099592525
ISBN
9780099592525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JPFC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674975491
ISBN
9780674975491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.94

Paperback. A shocking expose of the true story behind the death of the much-beloved UN Secretary General, Dag Hammarskjold Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJPK; HBJH; HBTW; JFHC; JPSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 34. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849048026
ISBN
9781849048026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.91

Paperback. Discover Flaming Janet, James IV's mistress; Elsie Watson who rode solo across South Africa on a motorcycle, the spymaster of Albanian agents in World War II, and more. Editor(s): Bennet, Susan; Byatt, Mary E.; Main, Jenny; Oliver, Anne; Trythall, Janet. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908373168
ISBN
9781908373168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719074493
ISBN
9780719074493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.58

Paperback. In 1901 no other city matched London in size, wealth and grandeur. Yet it was also a city where poverty and disease were rife. In the worlds of work and popular culture, politics and crime, through war, immigration and sexual revolution, this history shows how the city shaped their lives and how it in turn was shaped by them. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 337 x 44. Weight in Grams: 754.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847924537
ISBN
9781847924537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.60

Hardcover. Presents fresh insights into the relationships between missions and indigenous peoples, and the outcomes of mission activities in the processes of imperial conquest and colonisation. This book focuses on missions across the British Empire (including India, Africa, Asia, the Pacific), within transnational and comparative perspectives. Editor(s): Grimshaw, Patricia; May, Andrew. Num Pages: 207 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBTQ; HRCX7; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845193089
ISBN
9781845193089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.51

Paperback. Touching on aging central cities, technoburbs, and the ongoing conflict between inner-city poverty and urban boosterism, The Twentieth-Century American City offers a broad, accessible overview of America's persistent struggle for a better city. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBTB; JFSG; RPC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
third edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421420387
ISBN
9781421420387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.19

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