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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. Explores high and popular culture; family, race, gender and class relations; sexual attitudes and material conditions; science and technology - the diversity of social developments in Britain from 1945 to 2002. This book moves dexterously through a wide variety of sources, ranging from poetry through film and novels to opinion polls. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141005270
ISBN
9780141005270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.96

Paperback. Based on a close examination of letters, diaries and account books, this study offers an insight into the intimate and everyday lives of genteel women and transforms our understanding of the position of women in this period. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 448 pages, 66 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 194 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300102222
ISBN
9780300102222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.31

Paperback. The first comprehensive survey of women in the Weimar Republic, exploring the diversity and multiplicity of women's experiences in the economy, politics and society. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 29. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719088193
ISBN
9780719088193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPL; AJC; HBJH; HBTB; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 445.
Publisher
Protea Boekhuis
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
5th
Condition
New
SKU
V9781485303060
ISBN
9781485303060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.75

Hardcover. The Aerofilms company recorded one of the most tumultuous periods of British history. This gloriously illustrated book draws on thousands of aerial photographs to present a vivid picture of a nation in the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 224 pages, 200. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; AJRK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 307 x 247 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1664.
Publisher
English Heritage
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848022485
ISBN
9781848022485
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.39

Hardcover. The author has travelled the length and breadth of England to select his thousand best churches. Organised by county, each church is described - often with delightful asides - and given a star-rating from one to five. In this title, he contends that these churches house a gallery of vernacular art without equal in the world. Num Pages: 880 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AMN; HBTB; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1532.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
880
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846146640
ISBN
9781846146640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 34.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 366 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JH; HBJM; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 27. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Number of pages
366
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780425243077
ISBN
9780425243077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.05

Paperback. Hertzberg develops his daring thesis that the "modern, secular, anti-Semitism was fashioned not as a reaction to the Enlightenment and the Revolution, but within the Enlightenment and Revolution themselves." He finds that modern anti-Semitism owes less to Christian theological mentality than to doctrinaire libertarianism of figures such as Voltaire, d'Holbach, Diderot, and Marat. Num Pages: 420 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSR1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 136 x 30. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231073851
ISBN
9780231073851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Food and cuisine are important subjects for historians across many areas of study. Food, after all, is one of the most basic human needs and a foundational part of social and cultural histories. This book delivers an unprecedented review of the state of historical research on food, endorsed by the American Historical Association. Editor(s): Freedman, Paul; Chaplin, Joyce E.; Albala, Ken. Num Pages: 424 pages, 3 charts, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCV; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283589
ISBN
9780520283589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.70

Hardcover. Seeks to define exactly what it is that makes Britain's capital the international urban HQ for creativity and innovation. Why and how has the city become a creative universe of its own making? This book unlocks the secret passions, undress social mundanities and address outrageous profanities. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJP; 3JM; AJCR; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 332 x 319. Weight in Grams: 4674.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500970713
ISBN
9780500970713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.53
€ 56.72

Paperback. Children of the 1950s have much to look back on with fondness: Muffin the Mule, Andy Pandy, and Dennis the Menace became part of the family for many, while for others the freedom of the riverbank or railway platform was a haven away from the watchful eyes of parents. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747812357
ISBN
9780747812357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.34

Paperback. What is intellectual history? Those who practice intellectual history have described themselves as eavesdroppers upon the conversations of the past, explorers of alien ideological worlds, and translators between historic societies and our own, while their critics have often derided them as narrow-mindedly studying the ideas of dead white men. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644936
ISBN
9780745644936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.42

Paperback. With first-hand testimonies from those involved in Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain, Black Saturday on 7th September 1940 when the Luftwaffe began the Blitz, to its climax on the 10th May 1941, this work present the oral history of a period when Britain came closer to being overwhelmed by the enemy than at any other time in modern history. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 36. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Ebury Press
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091910044
ISBN
9780091910044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; HPS; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 232 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691176116
ISBN
9780691176116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.30

Paperback. This is the diary of Lady Murasaki, the Japanese prose writer. It describes the Heian court at its apogee and offers an intimate picture of the author's life as tutor and companion to the timid Empress Shoshi. It reveals the underside of imperial splendour from a female point of view. Translator(s): Bowring, Richard John. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations, geneal. table,map,plans. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; BGA; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435764
ISBN
9780140435764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Drawing on a rich collection of personal, national, and international studies in history education, Levesque offers a coherent and innovative way of looking at how historical expertise in the domain intersects with the 'pedagogy of history education.' Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442610996
ISBN
9781442610996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 37.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, approx 130 mostly colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Lasse Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993306914
ISBN
9780993306914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.75

Hardcover. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of social welfare and social policy in Britain before the modern welfare state. It examines the role played by voluntary social provision (including self-help and mutual aid), as well as the growth of state intervention, in meeting welfare needs. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 753. "Includes bibliographical references (p. 376-382) and index. Commissioning organisation: Bernard Harris. xii, 402 p. ill. 24 cm. Paperback. As new." Keywords: "Business, Finance & Law - Careers - Community Services,History - Other Historical Subjects - General,His"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2004th Edition
SKU
KEX0166456
ISBN
9780333649978
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 60.75

Paperback. This generously illustrated book is the first history of the garden and arboretum for more than a century and provides an essential introduction to one of Oxford's much-loved haunts. Num Pages: 144 pages, 66 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; HBTB; WMB; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 173. .
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851244652
ISBN
9781851244652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.17

Paperback. The first history of black slavery in the Maritimes, North to Bondage is a startling corrective to the enduring myth of Canada as a land of freedom at the end of the Underground Railroad. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 325 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774832298
ISBN
9780774832298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.94

Hardcover. An examination of how women's writings, over two hundred centuries, shaped public opinion and morality. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History. Num Pages: 300 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Royal Historical Society
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861933433
ISBN
9780861933433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWQ; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 30. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349138725
ISBN
9780349138725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 49. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; HBJH; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801474927
ISBN
9780801474927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300216110
ISBN
9780300216110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.53

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