History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardcover. A fascinating anthology of narratives from the period 1735-1830, by European women who recount their enslavement in North Africa. The first such collection, it includes an extensive introduction which links the discourse on contemporary Western women captives in Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq with that of former white captives in North Africa. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221987
- ISBN
- 9780230221987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.67€ 136.12
€ 146.67
€ 136.12
Hardcover. Based on thousands of letters written by patients and their relatives and on a wide range of other sources, this book provides the first comprehensive account of how early modern people understood, experienced and dealt with common diseases and how they dealt with them on a day-to-day basis. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243439
- ISBN
- 9780230243439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.07
€ 142.07
Paperback. In this lively cultural history, Doherty demonstrates that wartime Hollywood was not a rigidly controlled propaganda machine, as is often assumed, but an ad-hoc collaborative effort between the government and film industry. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 381 pages, Film stills. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 381
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116350
- ISBN
- 9780231116350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.84
€ 41.84
Hardback. Translator(s): Anidjar, Gil. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149082
- ISBN
- 9780231149082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.66
€ 72.66
Paperback. A study of the struggle for environmental justice, focusing on conflicts over solid waste and pollution in Chicago. Series: Urban and Industrial Environments. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; RNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262661874
- ISBN
- 9780262661874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.68
€ 26.99
€ 22.68
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 32-page BW photo insert. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 5AK; HBTB; KCZ; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310271505
- ISBN
- 9780310271505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.06
€ 26.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. African slaves living in the Americas resisted subhuman treatment in myriad ways, from passive resistance to armed insurrection. This encyclopedia provides historical detail of how slaves struggled against bondage. It highlights key revolts and examines important cultural and religious currents that nurtured and fed slaves' hunger for freedom. Num Pages: 816 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 263 x 185 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1969.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 816
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313332715
- ISBN
- 9780313332715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 255.40
€ 255.40
Hardback. The essays which appear in this book for the most part originated as papers delivered at a conference on Britain and the cinema in the Second World War held in London in May 1985. Editor(s): Taylor, Philip M. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APF; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333434482
- ISBN
- 9780333434482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.43
€ 117.43
Hardcover. This text, based on a manuscript of 2000 jokes, sheds light on the lost laughter of the "Golden Age" in the Netherlands, and provides insight on their attitudes towards sexuality and religion and other aspects of life, before religious treatises and books of manners warned against laughter. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333746745
- ISBN
- 9780333746745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.43
€ 117.43
Hardcover. This study focuses on workers, women and peasants, and the ways in which their reading was constructed as a social and political problem, to analyze the fear of reading in 19th century France. The author presents a series of case studies of actual readers. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; CFC; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333921265
- ISBN
- 9780333921265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.67€ 138.06
€ 146.67
€ 138.06
Paperback. From ordinary soldiers to commanding officers, thirty-three tours of duty are presented in rough chronological order, from December 1962, when John F. Kennedy was still alive, to April 1975, when Saigon fell. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJF; HBJK; HBTD; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 108 x 176 x 23. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Presidio Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780345322791
- ISBN
- 9780345322791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.38
€ 10.38
Paperback. "This is one of those rare books that quickly became the standard work in its field. Professor White has done justice to the complexity of her subject."-Anne Firor Scott, Duke University Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 174 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393314816
- ISBN
- 9780393314816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.62
€ 18.99
€ 17.62
Paperback. "A great American tale told with a deft historical eye, painstaking analysis, and a supple clarity of writing."-Jean Baker Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393330656
- ISBN
- 9780393330656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.48
€ 19.99
€ 18.48
Paperback. An original book that will endure.. As a comprehensive and multilayered appreciation of the [slave] trade, The Diligent has no peer. --New York Times Book Review. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 32. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465028726
- ISBN
- 9780465028726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.45
€ 24.45
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470182574
- ISBN
- 9780470182574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.75
€ 37.99
€ 35.75
Paperback. Abortion was one of Australia's most lucrative and longest-lasting criminal rackets. This book describes the rise and fall of an extraordinary web of influence, which culminated in the landmark ruling that made abortion legal, and a public inquiry that humiliated a powerful government and a glamorous police force. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBT; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522855784
- ISBN
- 9780522855784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.59
€ 30.59
Hardcover. The events of the Great War intensified the relationship between the British Empire and Australia; the legacy can still be felt today. This volume explores both the immediate and long-term consequences of the war on this complex relationship, looking in particular at identity, history, gender, propaganda, economics and nationalism. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522869545
- ISBN
- 9780522869545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.18
€ 63.18
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679781240
- ISBN
- 9780679781240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.82
€ 31.99
€ 28.82
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780684855776
- ISBN
- 9780684855776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.66
€ 25.99
€ 22.66
Paperback. Presents the history of black colleges and universities in America. This work tells the story of educational institutions that offer African Americans an opportunity to transcend the legacy of slavery while also bearing its burden. It offers a portrait of the distinctive place black colleges and universities have occupied in American history. Num Pages: 368 pages, 62 tables. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBT; JFSL3; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691116327
- ISBN
- 9780691116327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.66€ 42.52
€ 53.66
€ 42.52