History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. The first Great Lakes history to expose the heroism, villainy, courage, and confusion surrounding the tragedy of the freighter "Cedarville" Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 3JJPK; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472030637
- ISBN
- 9780472030637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.36
€ 19.36
Paperback. Much has been written about the lives and art of Heide, but finally the remaining members of the inner circle have entrusted the truth to be told through this intimate biography of John and Sunday Reed. Equal parts romance and tragedy, Modern Love explores the lives of these champions of successive generations of Australian artists and writers. Num Pages: 304 pages, Colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJ; ABQ; BGFA; HBJM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522862812
- ISBN
- 9780522862812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.50
€ 50.99
€ 50.50
Paperback. Tying together legal, historical, social, political and literary strands to show how the law itself was implicated in the persistence of slavery, this work sheds new light on slavery and Southern history, as it probes the conscience of a troubled jurist incapable of fully transcending his times. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; LA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612710
- ISBN
- 9780700612710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.26
€ 32.26
Paperback. As this work makes clear, even the most civilized among us do not know how to behave ourselves in public. This work should be of interest to dancers and dance historians interested in accurately reproducing 19th-century dance scenes and the surrounding social mechanisms. Num Pages: 225 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; ASDR; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810109131
- ISBN
- 9780810109131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.91
€ 34.91
Paperback. Editor(s): Loewy, Hanno. Translator(s): Goldstein, Brigitte. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 369.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810114890
- ISBN
- 9780810114890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.27
€ 41.27
Paperback. The Holocaust and justice: how can one link these terms? Is justice possible for crimes of such magnitude? Weighing these and other questions, a group of scholars attempt to untangle the complex and often contradictory relationship between the Holocaust and justice. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810119161
- ISBN
- 9780810119161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Hardcover. Num Pages: 488 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810126367
- ISBN
- 9780810126367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99
€ 53.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMC; ANB; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810129429
- ISBN
- 9780810129429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Paperback. Based on a vast amount of archival research, Adrienne Macki Braconi's illuminating study of three important community-based theaters in Harlem shows how their work was essential to the formation of a public identity for African Americans and the articulation of their goals, laying the groundwork for the emergence of the Civil Rights movement. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; AN; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810132252
- ISBN
- 9780810132252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Paperback. In 1738, the Spanish established the fort-town of Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose as the first legal, free Black community in the United States. This book shows how the people of "Fort Mose" shaped Spanish international policy on slavery and provided inspiration for all slaves. Num Pages: 64 pages, 125 colour photographs, 84 b&w photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS; HD; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 280 x 6. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813013527
- ISBN
- 9780813013527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.80
€ 21.80
Paperback. Examining excavated underwater "treasure sites" and terrestrial pirate lairs found off the coast of Madagascar, throughout the Caribbean, and within the United States, this book explores the romanticized "Golden Age of Piracy," and the "gentleman pirate" Jean Lafitte. Editor(s): Skowronek, Russell K.; Ewen, Charles R. Series: New Perspectives on Maritime History & Nautical Archaeology S. Num Pages: 368 pages, 153 b&w illustrations, 20 tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1K; HBTM; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813030791
- ISBN
- 9780813030791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.02
€ 33.02
Jacksonville, Florida, was the king of the infant film industry. By 1914, fifteen major companies - including Fox and Metro Pictures - had set up shop there. This book uses first-person accounts, filmmaker biographies, newspaper reports, and city and museum archives to present a little-known aspect of film history. Num Pages: 208 pages, 19 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; APF; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813032436
- ISBN
- 9780813032436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.29
€ 32.29
Paperback. Heralded by Brazilians as the 'Father of Flight', Alberto Santos-Dumont made the first of several spectacular flights in his lighter-than-air dirigible in France in 1901, two years before the Wright brothers' first fixed-wing flight in North Carolina. This illustrated book tells their story. Num Pages: 616 pages, 16 colour, 232 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBT; TRP; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813035093
- ISBN
- 9780813035093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.82
€ 34.82
Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813061528
- ISBN
- 9780813061528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.89
€ 39.89
Paperback. Series: Florida History and Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 91 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; HBJK; HBTB; WQN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813061849
- ISBN
- 9780813061849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.75
€ 21.99
€ 21.75
Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: WBXD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 122 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813141732
- ISBN
- 9780813141732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.84
€ 16.99
€ 15.84
Hardcover. The year 1919 in Jerusalem marked the conclusion of hundreds of years of Ottoman rule and the beginning of British occupation, a period of great change that would transform the city. This memoir presents a portrait of life in post-WWI Jerusalem as seen through the eyes of a spirited young English girl. Num Pages: 176 pages, 45 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJG; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608721
- ISBN
- 9780815608721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.32
€ 21.99
€ 21.32
Paperback. In the preface to this 2000 edition, the authors point out that with the advent of the millennium, it is important to take stock of the 20th century, which has been labelled as the "Age of Genocide". Editor(s): Wallimann, Isidor; Dobkowski, Michael N. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815628286
- ISBN
- 9780815628286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.31
€ 29.31
Hardcover. Since the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps and recognition of the Holocaust as a watershed event, the capacity of art to represent this event adequately has been questioned. Contributors provide case studies that include a artists from North America, Europe and Israel, and examine some of the dominant themes of their work. Editor(s): Feinstein, Stephen C. Series: Religion, Theology and the Holocaust. Num Pages: 328 pages, 69 photographs, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: ACX; AG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630838
- ISBN
- 9780815630838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.09
€ 51.09
Hardcover. This volume of Memory Ireland focuses on the impact of the Famine and the Troubles on the formation and study of Irish cultural memory. Editor(s): Frawley, Oona. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633518
- ISBN
- 9780815633518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.09
€ 51.09