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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. An engaging study of a great national institution, exploring the changing roles of museums and the perceived public role of a museum of science and technology. This book illuminates the ways in which we think about the collecting and display of objects and the often difficult relations between the state, business and industry, and museum funding. Editor(s): Morris, Peter. Num Pages: 390 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; GM; HBTB; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137349323
- ISBN
- 9781137349323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.56
€ 65.56
Paperback. The fascinating story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map, told for the first time by a brilliant young historian. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTP1; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847082541
- ISBN
- 9781847082541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.97
€ 17.99
€ 12.97
Paperback. This 250 year-old story will fascinate lovers of Guinness beer and memorabilia as well as those interested in this remarkable family of brewers and the industrial history of Ireland's most famous export. Num Pages: 176 pages, 160 black & white halftones, 1 biography. BIC Classification: HBTK; WBXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 175 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847178435
- ISBN
- 9781847178435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.27
€ 11.99
€ 11.27
Paperback. Jeremy Johns provides a pictorial history of smuggling in Cornwall. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BTC; HBJD1; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Ill
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445651682
- ISBN
- 9781445651682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.79
€ 19.00
€ 16.79
Paperback. In 1913 the shipyards of Britain were responsible for building half of all the world's ships; at the Clyde in Scotland at this time a new ship was launched every eighteen hours. This book looks at the subject's long history, from the Middle Ages through to the heyday of steam, providing a comprehensive guide to a transformed industry. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 151 x 6. Weight in Grams: 148. New.
- Publisher
- Shire
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747807292
- ISBN
- 9780747807292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.89
€ 8.89
Paperback. Jean Bottero and his colleagues take the reader on a voyage of discovery into the public and private realms of the lives of our first civilized ancestors, looking at everyday life in Ancient Mesopotamia. Translator(s): Nevill, Antonia. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748613885
- ISBN
- 9780748613885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.53
€ 41.99
€ 37.53
Paperback. The term 'subalternity' refers to a condition of subordination brought about by colonisation or other forms of economic, linguistic, and/or cultural dominance. This title examines the relationship between subalternity and representation by analysing the ways in which that relationship has been played out in the domain of Latin American studies. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- n
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324164
- ISBN
- 9780822324164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Hardback. Editor(s): Moyn, Samuel; Sartori, Andrew. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160483
- ISBN
- 9780231160483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.82€ 75.66
€ 99.82
€ 75.66
Hardcover. Editor(s): Duffy, Sean; Foran, Susan. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Four Courts Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846822230
- ISBN
- 9781846822230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.00€ 38.44
€ 45.00
€ 38.44
Paperback. In this deeply researched and engagingly argued work, Jeffers Lennox reconfigures our general understanding of how Indigenous peoples, imperial forces, and settlers competed for space in northeastern North America before the British conquest in 1763. Series: Studies in Atlantic Canada History. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442614055
- ISBN
- 9781442614055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.56
€ 44.99
€ 39.56
Sheet map. Depicts the Royal Mail steamship routes that carried the majority of the UK's international mail during the 1930s, framed by some illustrations of the transport links through which the post would pass. Series: Old House. Num Pages: colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTM; KNTT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 212 x 6. Weight in Grams: 108. New.
- Publisher
- Old House Books
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908402219
- ISBN
- 9781908402219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.23
€ 12.23
Paperback. An invaluable compendium of sources relating to the Great Exhibition Series: Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century. Num Pages: 248 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719099137
- ISBN
- 9780719099137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.85
€ 26.99
€ 26.85
Paperback. Most people born before 1950 can remember visiting or working in shops that had cash carriers - cash balls that ran on wooden rails, wire systems where the carrier was catapulted along an overhead steel wire, or pneumatic tube systems where the carrier was whisked off to the cash office. This title reveals details about these devices. Series: Shire Album S. Num Pages: 32 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBT; KNPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 147 x 4. Weight in Grams: 106. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 32
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747806158
- ISBN
- 9780747806158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.59
€ 7.59
Paperback. Roads Were Not Built for Cars is a history book, focussing on a time when cyclists had political clout, in Britain and especially in America. The book researches the Roads Improvement Association - a lobbying group created by the Cyclists' Touring Club in 1886 - and the Good Roads movement organised by the League of American Wheelmen. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; RPC; RPT; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 205 x 21. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Publisher
- Island Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd None ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610916899
- ISBN
- 9781610916899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.42
€ 40.99
€ 37.42
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138643482
- ISBN
- 9781138643482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.56
€ 53.56
Paperback. Che Guevara's dream was an epic one - to unite Latin America and the rest of the developing world through armed revolution, and to end once and for all the poverty, injustice and petty nationalisms that had bled it for centuries. This work tells the tale of revolution, international intrigue and covert operations. Num Pages: 832 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJPG; BGH; HBJK; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1072.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553406641
- ISBN
- 9780553406641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.45
€ 30.99
€ 20.45
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611487787
- ISBN
- 9781611487787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 51.70
€ 53.99
€ 51.70
Paperback. The lifeboats of Valentia have been in service since 1946, when the volunteer crew were summoned to action by the firing of maroon flares. This title includes accounts, images, and detailed records of the station. It gives a tribute to the people who have served here. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTM; JKSW3; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 560. 8vo Very good copy. Kerry
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KEX0277214
- ISBN
- 9781845887070
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.00
€ 10.00
Paperback. This text is an introductory survey of German society focusing on the post-unification situation. It raises questions relating to German identity and adopts an integrated approach, considering society, culture, politics, economics and history. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385. Some shelf wear , name on endpaper
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KTK0097297
- ISBN
- 9780415141246
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Every model of Corgi toy is shown in 128 color group photos with the history supplemented by detailed descriptions of all the models and their known variations. Includes up-to-date price guide. Series: Schiffer Book for Collectors Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 128 colour plates. BIC Classification: HBT; WCW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 546. Series: Schiffer Book for Collectors S. 224 pages, 128 colour plates. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBT; WCW. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 16. Weight: 548.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 4Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764322532
- ISBN
- 9780764322532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.64
€ 18.64
Paperback. First-hand account of Syrian uprising Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3JMG; HBJF1; HBLX; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 305 x 19. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044509
- ISBN
- 9781849044509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.79
€ 19.99
€ 19.79
Hardback. Academics and students researching modern and contemporary social and cultural history, sociology, cultural studies and human geography Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 black & white halftones, 2 maps, 2 figures, 8 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJPG; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719084737
- ISBN
- 9780719084737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.15
€ 150.15
Hardcover. This series promotes scholarly research covering all aspects of Scottish History. Series Editor(s): MacKillop, Andrew. Series: Scottish Historical Review Monographs. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 240 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516. Medieval Maritime Law and Its Practice in Urban Northern Europe. Series: Scottish Historical Review Monographs. 240 pages, maps. This series promotes scholarly research covering all aspects of Scottish History. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTM. Dimension: 166 x 240 x 19. Weight: 516. Series Editor(s) :MacKillop, Andrew.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748646241
- ISBN
- 9780748646241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.74
€ 138.74
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 line illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169026
- ISBN
- 9780691169026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.00
€ 53.48
€ 42.00