History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Series: Modern Literature Initiative. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSA; DSB; HBTQ; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813939230
- ISBN
- 9780813939230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.93
€ 57.93
Paperback. Presents case studies with evidence from surviving letters that indicate a kind of "love" existing between the ex-slave mistress and her former master. The author follows the journey of these women and children from the south to Cincinnati, which had the largest per capita population outside the South during the antebellum period. Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 200 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875807232
- ISBN
- 9780875807232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.77
€ 33.99
€ 30.77
Paperback. Provides an introduction to the women's movement and women's organizations in Russia and shows how their ability to organize was constrained by social structures and state policies. This book focuses on the development of women's activism and the challenges for activists in a time of resurgent nationalism and turmoil over democratic reform. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566395212
- ISBN
- 9781566395212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.52
€ 43.99
€ 38.52
Paperback. A vivid reconstruction of a once-vibrant African American community in northern New England. Num Pages: 200 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEN; 3JJC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584654995
- ISBN
- 9781584654995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Hardback. The Cold War continues to shape international relations almost twenty years after being acknowledged as the central event of the last half of the twentieth century. Interpretations of how it ended thus remain crucial to an accurate understanding of global events and foreign policy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBA; HBTW; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597971744
- ISBN
- 9781597971744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Hardcover. Sissy home boys or domestic outlaws? Through a series of vivid case studies taken from across the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Matt Cook explores the emergence of these trenchant stereotypes and looks at how they play out in the home and family lives of queer men. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 344 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKESL; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTD; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 220 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221390
- ISBN
- 9780230221390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.83
€ 142.83
paperback. This collection of fascinating historical case studies reveals the remarkable inner workings of the modern food provisioning system and the complex web of institutions that move food from the farm to the dinner table. Editor(s): Belasco, Warren; Horowitz, Roger. Series: Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 26 illus. BIC Classification: HBTK; KNAC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812221343
- ISBN
- 9780812221343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
€ 37.99
€ 34.17
Hardcover. Masculinity, Class and Same-Sex Desire in Industrial England, 1895-1957 explores the experiences of men who desired other men outside of the capital. In doing so, it offers a unique intervention into the history of sexuality but it also offers new ways to understand masculinity, working-class culture, regionality and work in the period. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 black & white halftones, 11 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137470980
- ISBN
- 9781137470980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.38
€ 130.38
Hardcover. A realistic understanding of the mafia must avoid depictions both of a monolithic organization and of localized, isolated groups. Here, renowned historian Salvatore Lupo analyzes the mafia as a network of varied relationships and institutions, the result of a complex cultural and social encounter that was shaped by multiple, diverse environments. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBTB; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137491350
- ISBN
- 9781137491350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.83
€ 142.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 414 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403980090
- ISBN
- 9781403980090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.09€ 88.80
€ 89.09
€ 88.80
Gathers Ernesto Galarza's key writings, reflecting a constructive concern for the working class in the face of America's growing influence over Mexico's economic system. Editor(s): Torres, Rodolfo; Ibarra, Armando. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252037672
- ISBN
- 9780252037672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 133.86
€ 133.86
An important contribution to the historical study of sexuality and the growing feminist literature on the state Series: Social History, Popular Culture, & Politics in Germany. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472032150
- ISBN
- 9780472032150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.25
€ 27.99
€ 26.25
Hardcover. Bringing together a diverse array of photographs, this collection provides a visual record of life in Kansas, from 1936-1949. The photographs portray, for example, FSA-aided farmers and striking coal miners, dust-bowl debris and tumbleweeds, and a failed bank and a thriving stockyard. Editor(s): Schulz, Constance B. Num Pages: 160 pages, 94 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBTB; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 204 x 17. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700607990
- ISBN
- 9780700607990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.13
€ 72.13
Paperback. Environmental history has traditionally told the story of Man and Nature. This book reintroduces gender as a meaningful category of analysis for environmental history, showing how women's actions, desires and choices have shaped the world and seeing men as gendered actors as well. Editor(s): Scharff, Virginia J. (Professor of History, University of New Mexico, USA). Num Pages: 344 pages, 18 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBT; JFSJ; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612857
- ISBN
- 9780700612857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.86
€ 34.86
How the Chinese community became an indispensable part of multicultural Canada. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; 3JM; HBTB; JFFN; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773541498
- ISBN
- 9780773541498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.84
€ 48.84
Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801443848
- ISBN
- 9780801443848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.69
€ 71.69
paperback. A richly textured narrative that seeks to capture the role played by the law in the definition of race and shoring up of racial repression in Canada. Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802082862
- ISBN
- 9780802082862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 43.93
€ 48.99
€ 43.93
Hardcover. Examines the transition from slavery to free labor during the tumultuous first months after the Civil War. This volume reveals the connection between developments in workplaces across the South and an intensifying political contest over the meaning of freedom and the terms of national reunification. Editor(s): Hahn, Steven; Miller, Steven F. (University of Maryland); O'Donovan, Susan Eva; Rodrigue, John C.; Rowland, Leslie S. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 15 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 76. Weight in Grams: 1678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807831472
- ISBN
- 9780807831472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.87
€ 134.87
Paperback. From semitropical coastal areas to high mountain terrain, from swampy lowlands to modern cities, the environment holds a fundamental importance in shaping the character of the American South. This volume surveys the dynamic environmental forces that have shaped human culture in the region - and the ways humans have shaped their environment. Num Pages: 336 pages, 26 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; GBC; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807858561
- ISBN
- 9780807858561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. Southern music has flourished as a meeting ground for the traditions of West African and European peoples in the region, leading to the evolution of various traditional folk genres, bluegrass, country, jazz, gospel, rock, blues, and southern hip-hop. This volume celebrates this essential element of southern life. Num Pages: 512 pages, 47 illustrations, 2 maps, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; GBC; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807859087
- ISBN
- 9780807859087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.35
€ 37.35