History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Born a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, DC, in 1841. He spent the next twelve years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. During this time he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life. In this book, he gives an account of his captivity. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; BM; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143106708
- ISBN
- 9780143106708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
€ 17.99
€ 13.53
Paperback. A history that brings to life the real country house servants Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719597305
- ISBN
- 9780719597305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 bw integrated, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1KJ; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780763873
- ISBN
- 9781780763873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.46
€ 23.46
Paperback. After the American Civil War, southern black women, such as household labourers and washerwomen, constructed their own world of work, play, negotiation, resistance and community organization. This book traces their struggles as they resisted efforts to keep them economically depressed. Num Pages: 322 pages, 15 halftones; 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HBTS; JFSJ1; JFSL3; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Presumed to be 1st as edition is unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674893085
- ISBN
- 9780674893085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.03
€ 34.99
€ 30.03
Paperback. On the afternoon of December 30, 1903, during a sold out matinee performance, a fire broke out in Chicago's Iroquois Theatre. This work provides a chronicle of this event to assess the titanic tragedy of the fire itself and also the municipal corruption that kindled the flames beforehand and the political cover-ups hidden in the smoke. Num Pages: 240 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJC; BT; HBTB; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809327218
- ISBN
- 9780809327218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.59
€ 37.59
Paperback. Draws on a variety of eyewitness accounts, letters, and governmental documents to examine the causes of the Haitian Revolution and the impact it had on the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Num Pages: 262 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208650
- ISBN
- 9780872208650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.33
€ 25.99
€ 24.33
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 100 black & white illustrations, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 202 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1128.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752491882
- ISBN
- 9780752491882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.04
€ 33.99
€ 29.04
Hardback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750953566
- ISBN
- 9780750953566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.82
€ 25.99
€ 22.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.), 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 149 x 4. Weight in Grams: 136. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747810933
- ISBN
- 9780747810933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.89
€ 8.89
Paperback. A colourful and fascinating history of our favourite spirit told through the life and times of our capital city. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472215345
- ISBN
- 9781472215345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Sheet map, folded. Series: Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Nottinghamshire. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMN; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 121 x 3. Weight in Grams: 26. Nottinghamshire Sheet 38.06. Series: Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Nottinghamshire. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEMN; HBTP1. Dimension: 210 x 121 x 3. Weight: 24.
- Publisher
- Alan Godfrey Maps
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Facsimile edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847844262
- ISBN
- 9781847844262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.05
€ 7.05
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Verso
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781688045
- ISBN
- 9781781688045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.11
€ 17.99
€ 15.11
Paperback. Translator(s): Odom, William. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632203120
- ISBN
- 9781632203120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.99
€ 16.99
€ 15.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Plume
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780147516374
- ISBN
- 9780147516374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.70
€ 23.99
€ 17.70
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750948876
- ISBN
- 9780750948876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.47
€ 13.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. "Early Eighteenth-century Britain: 1700-1729". Series: Shire Living Histories. Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 182. New.
- Publisher
- Shire
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747808374
- ISBN
- 9780747808374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.57
€ 9.57
Paperback. Founded in the final years of the Enlightenment, the Louvre became the model for all state art museums subsequently established. This text chronicles the formation of the museum from its origins in the French royal picture collections to its apotheosis during the Revolution and Napoleonic Empire. Num Pages: 302 pages, 84 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: GM; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBT; WTHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502. Art, Politics and the Origins of the Modern Museum in Eighteenth-Century Paris. 302 pages, 84 b&w illustrations. Founded in the final years of the Enlightenment, the Louvre became the model for all state art museums subsequently established. This text chronicles the formation of the museum from its origins in the French royal picture collections to its apotheosis during the Revolution and Napoleonic Empire. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GM; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBT; WTHM. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight: 506.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 302
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221765
- ISBN
- 9780520221765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.88
€ 36.99
€ 26.88
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198709879
- ISBN
- 9780198709879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Offers a both controversial and comprehensive historical analysis of how the British Empire worked. This book shows how diverse, contradictory and in many ways chaotic the British Empire really was, controlled by interests that were often at loggerheads, and as much driven on by others' weaknesses as by its own strength. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16 bw interleaved. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJD1; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846140891
- ISBN
- 9781846140891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Displayed on European stages from 1810 to 1815 as the Hottentot Venus, Sara Baartman was one of the most famous women of her day. This book tells the entwined histories of an illusive life and a famous icon. It raises questions about the possibilities and limits of biography for understanding those who live among different cultures. Num Pages: 248 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGH; HBTQ; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147963
- ISBN
- 9780691147963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68