History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardcover. Why do military commanders, most of them usually quite capable, fail at crucial moments of their careers? Adopting a psycho-historical approach to understanding decision making in war, this book presents seven cases of military command failures, from Frederick the Great at Kunersdorf to Hitler's invasion of Russia. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: HBT; JM; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 169 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780253343789
- ISBN
- 9780253343789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.39
€ 33.39
Hardcover. How an ordinary country cloth became a symbol of the Indian nation Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780253348821
- ISBN
- 9780253348821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.30
€ 38.30
Hardcover. An account of the controversial actions of Pius XII, the man whom some have called "Hitler's Pope", and the Vatican during Europe's darkest years. Num Pages: 352 pages, 14 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HRCC7; HRCX1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253349309
- ISBN
- 9780253349309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.65
€ 34.65
Hardcover. The transition to modern war at sea began during the period of the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) and the Spanish-American War (1898) and was propelled forward by the advent of the dreadnought and WWI. By 1922, most of the elements that would define sea power in the 20th century were in place. This volume acknowledges this transformation. Num Pages: 568 pages, 17 b&w photos, 18 maps. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTM; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 173 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1064.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253352149
- ISBN
- 9780253352149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.61
€ 58.61
Hardcover. Retrieved after World War II from metal boxes and milk cans buried beneath the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto, the "Oyneg Shabes-Ringelblum Archive" was clandestinely compiled between 1940 and 1942 under the leadership of historian Emanuel Ringelblum. This book describes its contents. Editor(s): Epsztein, Tadeusz; Shapiro, Robert Moses. Num Pages: 568 pages, 92 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 1016. Weight in Grams: 989.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253353276
- ISBN
- 9780253353276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.90
€ 96.90
Paperback. Examines the rise and abrupt decline of anti-Catholic literature during the Progressive Era, as well as the issues and motivations that informed anti-Catholic writers and their "Romanist" opponents. This work explores the connection between anti-Catholicism and nationalism from 1910-1919. It is intended for scholars and students of history. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; HRCC7; JFCA; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268036058
- ISBN
- 9780268036058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.12
€ 37.99
€ 34.12
Paperback. This comparative look at vaqueros, cowboys, and buckaroos brings the mythical image of the American cowboy into focus and detail and honors the regional and national variations. Series: M.K. Brown Range Life Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 163 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBTB; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292712409
- ISBN
- 9780292712409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.64
€ 31.99
€ 28.64
Hardback. Using a wide variety of archaeological and archival evidence of indigenous clothing, jewelry, and hairstyles, scholars trace the history of costume in Ecuador from prehistory to the twentieth century. Series: Joe R. and Teresa Lozana Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture. Num Pages: 382 pages, 9 color and 194 b&w photos, 7 line drawings, 8 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292725911
- ISBN
- 9780292725911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. From the author of Restavec: From Haitian Slave Child to Middle-Class American, which has sold more than 25,000 copies, comes a searing memoir that puts a human face on the issue of child slavery and sounds a call to end it through advocacy and education Num Pages: 293 pages, 11 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KJH; BGA; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292729292
- ISBN
- 9780292729292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.87
€ 23.99
€ 21.87
Paperback. A seventeenth-century account of Inca history and customs. Translator(s): Hamilton, Roland. Series: Texas Pan American Series. Num Pages: 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780292730250
- ISBN
- 9780292730250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. Series: CMAS Mexican American Monograph. Num Pages: 179 pages, 1 b&w illus., 13 pages of cartoons. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292798038
- ISBN
- 9780292798038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.72
€ 20.72
Paperback. Editor(s): Kina, Laura. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 36 colour illustrations, 47 illus., 36 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBS; HBTB; JFSJ5; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295741376
- ISBN
- 9780295741376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.57
€ 43.99
€ 38.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 349 pages, Ill.1M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- SKU
- V9780295974446
- ISBN
- 9780295974446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Editor(s): Chirot, Daniel; Reid, Anthony. Series: Jackson School Publications in International Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1FM; HBTB; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295976136
- ISBN
- 9780295976136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. Presents the full text of Chief Seattle's 1887 speech delivered to Washington Territory governor Isaac Stevens, and examines its origins, historical context, and twentieth-century versions and interpretations. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295976334
- ISBN
- 9780295976334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.28
€ 26.99
€ 25.28
Paperback. Generations of scholars have debated the influence of Greco-Roman culture on Jewish society and the degree of its impact on Jewish material culture and religious practice in Palestine and the Diaspora of antiquity. Scholar Lee I. Levine examines this phenomenon from the aftermath of Alexander's conquest to the Byzantine era. 28 illustrations. Series: Samuel & Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, 28 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; HDD; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295976822
- ISBN
- 9780295976822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. Personal accounts of Japanese Americans kept in relocation camps during World War II express experiences with riots, unsanitary conditions, poor medical care, government inqueries, and divided families. Num Pages: 288 pages, 26 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295977850
- ISBN
- 9780295977850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Destroying almost 3 billion rubles' worth of property in European Russia between 1860 and 1904, accidental and arson fires acted as a brake on Russia's economic development. Using sources ranging from newspaper articles to statistical tables and court records, this work demonstrates the many meanings fire held for peasants and the educated elite. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 306 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295982090
- ISBN
- 9780295982090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Paperback. Explores the two-hundred-year-old American tradition of freewheeling, improvisational, and asymmetrical quilts, whose makers experimented boldly with design, color, and pictorial motifs. This work examines the aesthetics and the social history of quilts from the nineteenth century onwards, including Amish, African American, and modern art quilts. Num Pages: 176 pages, 66 illus., 48 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WFBQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295983097
- ISBN
- 9780295983097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
€ 37.99
€ 34.17
Paperback. First published in 1993, this illustrated volume defines the main components and sources for Russia's architectural traditions in their historical context. Subject to influences from east and west, it documents Russian architecture's distinctive approaches to building in four parts. Num Pages: 744 pages, 775 illus., 80 in color. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AM; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 215 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 744
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295983936
- ISBN
- 9780295983936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 50.17
€ 51.99
€ 50.17
Paperback. Offers a perspective on the colonial stereotype of the exotic Pacific island woman, tracing the evolution of female primitivism from Western antiquity to twentieth-century Hollywood. This book includes 37 illustrations of Pacific women from early etchings by shipboard artists. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 37 illus. BIC Classification: 1MK; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987651
- ISBN
- 9780295987651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Hardback. Reveals the extraordinary lives and times of remarkable explorers and scientists Editor(s): Glover, Denise M.; Harrell, Stevan; McKhann, Charles Fremont; Swain, Margaret Byrne. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 71 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTP; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991177
- ISBN
- 9780295991177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.23
€ 118.23
Hardcover. Increases our understanding of the history and development of the arts of the book Num Pages: 384 pages, 152 illus., 90 in color. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 5487 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1792.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295991917
- ISBN
- 9780295991917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.00
€ 81.00
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 maps, 21 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 21 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4; JPVH4; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995168
- ISBN
- 9780295995168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.74
€ 118.74