History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. This book focuses on the city of St Petersburg, the capital of the Russian empire from the early eighteenth century until the fall of the Romanov dynasty in 1917. It uses the Russian court as a prism through which to view the various cultural changes that were introduced in the city during the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311597
- ISBN
- 9781137311597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Hardback. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528. Freak Shows and Modern British Culture. 288 pages, ill. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight: 528.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257689
- ISBN
- 9780520257689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.58€ 64.51
€ 83.58
€ 64.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008210007
- ISBN
- 9780008210007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 15.76
€ 20.00
€ 15.76
Hardback. The mission UNESCO, as defined just after the end of World War II, is to build 'the defenses of peace in the minds of men'. In this book, historians trace the routes of selected UNESCO mental engineering initiatives from its headquarters in Paris to the member states, to assess UNESCO's global impact. Editor(s): Duedahl, Poul. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JPSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137581181
- ISBN
- 9781137581181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.46
€ 109.46
Paperback. Investigates the social and sexual world of these sea rovers Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814712368
- ISBN
- 9780814712368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. Manorial records Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 186 x 10. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860772993
- ISBN
- 9781860772993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.42
€ 19.99
€ 18.42
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Verso
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781683002
- ISBN
- 9781781683002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.79
€ 19.99
€ 16.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 100 b&w/colour. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTD; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 180. .
- Publisher
- Merrion Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785370939
- ISBN
- 9781785370939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.29
€ 24.99
€ 21.29
Paperback. Birmingham has been a key innovator in the gun trade since the seventeenth century and the Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof house operates to this day. This book tells the story of the technology and history of gun making. Covering the period 1720 to 1950, it sees the mechanical engineering technology of the 'lock, stock and barrel' firearm change. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; HBTB; KNDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 173 x 13. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752432373
- ISBN
- 9780752432373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.42
€ 24.99
€ 21.42
Paperback. How do immigrants and their children forge their identities in a new land - and how does the ethnic culture they create thrive in the larger society? This book brings together scholarship on the cultural history of consumption, immigration, and ethnic marketing to explore these questions. Editor(s): Cinotto, Simone. Translator(s): Anglemire, Carlie; O'Byrne, Anne E. Series: Critical Studies in Italian America (FUP). Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; HBTB; JFC; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823256242
- ISBN
- 9780823256242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.95
€ 47.95
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198706854
- ISBN
- 9780198706854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.07
€ 26.99
€ 20.07
Paperback. The third edition of "The Trial and Death of Socrates" presents G. M. A. Grube's distinguished translations, as revised by John Cooper for Plato, Complete Works. A number of new or expanded footnotes are also included along with a Select Bibliography. Translator(s): Grube, G. M. A. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBT; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 5. Weight in Grams: 62.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 58
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872205543
- ISBN
- 9780872205543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.05
€ 13.05
Paperback. Examines the history of the Fante people of southern Ghana during the transatlantic slave trade, 1700 to 1807. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 3J; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464789
- ISBN
- 9781580464789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 36.78
€ 38.99
€ 36.78
Paperback. This comprehensive examination of 18th and 19th-century architecture explores its extreme diversity within the context of social, economic and political upheaval. It offers an analysis of the ways issues of style functioned to make architecture one of the most experimental art forms in the period. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 336 pages, colour and black and white halftones throughout. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; ACV; AM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 169 x 20. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Publisher
- Oxford Paperbacks
- Number of pages
- 332
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192842220
- ISBN
- 9780192842220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.98
€ 31.99
€ 22.98
Paperback. Written when George Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties, this is a memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGL; DNF; HBTB; JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184388
- ISBN
- 9780141184388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. The former Prime Minister examines the history of one of the great loves of his life. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: HBTB; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007183654
- ISBN
- 9780007183654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.28
€ 19.99
€ 14.28
Hardcover. In the post-1945 years, German women played a major role in post-war economic and social reconstruction. These changes preceded other shifts in values and gender relations by 20 years. The author examines these developments and provides an updated survey of women in German society. Series: German Studies Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, tables, bibliography, index, appendices. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 557. Hardback, no dustjacket, in very good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Berg Publishers
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- SKU
- KRF0012013
- ISBN
- 9780854963911
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752491097
- ISBN
- 9780752491097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.24
€ 13.99
€ 13.24
Paperback. Commemorative projects, born out of conflicting memories, can be problematic. Catherine Marshall challenges the coarsening of history by the construction of commemorative monuments that are thought to provide closure over the events that they mark. Num Pages: 36 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 229 x 3. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Quinnipiac University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780990468608
- ISBN
- 9780990468608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107182561
- ISBN
- 9781107182561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.94€ 98.41
€ 105.94
€ 98.41