History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. This is the story of a cultural phenomenon which embraced Andy Warhol, Jim Morrison, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Patti Smith, The Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop, and more. Documenting a time of self-destruction and peverse innocence, this text has contributions from both stars and groupies. Num Pages: 544 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: AVGU; HBTD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349108803
- ISBN
- 9780349108803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Hardback. Editor(s): Mathieson, Charlotte. Num Pages: 283 pages, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137581150
- ISBN
- 9781137581150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.38
€ 124.38
Paperback. Editor(s): Pinnock, Sarah K. Series: Stephen S. Weinstein Series in Post-Holocaust Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JFSR1; JHBZ; JMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295999272
- ISBN
- 9780295999272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.60
€ 41.60
Paperback. A moving and revealing insight into the real experiences of children evacuated during the Second World War and the families they left behind Num Pages: 368 pages, 8pp b-w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847398765
- ISBN
- 9781847398765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. An authoritative and accessible history of the cultural miracle that is the written word. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848873636
- ISBN
- 9781848873636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.50
€ 19.99
€ 14.50
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198718000
- ISBN
- 9780198718000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.82
€ 11.99
€ 10.82
Hardback. Behind Enemy Lines draws on personal testimonies, official records and film to explore the experiences of male and female clandestine agents who were recruited and trained by a British organisation and infiltrated into Nazi-Occupied France to encourage sabotage and subversion during the Second World War. Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 black & white tables, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719075698
- ISBN
- 9780719075698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.31
€ 149.31
Paperback. An authoritative, illustrated account of saints, shrines, and pilgrimage in Britain that will appeal to all those interested in the history of the Church and medieval history in general. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 80 pages, 40 b/w; 7 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; HRCC2; HRCR; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 209 x 8. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Shire Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747814023
- ISBN
- 9780747814023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.09
€ 11.99
€ 10.09
Hardcover. Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Series: Hatchments in Britain. Num Pages: 132 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Phillimore & Co.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850330854
- ISBN
- 9780850330854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.40
€ 13.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. "A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era."-Boston Globe Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations; 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 209 x 28. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393340662
- ISBN
- 9780393340662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.49
€ 19.99
€ 18.49
Paperback. A concise introduction to the Russian Revolution and its origins dating back to the emancipation of the Russian peasant serfs in 1861. Series: Lancaster Pamphlets. Num Pages: 120 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 116
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415307345
- ISBN
- 9780415307345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.78
€ 49.78
Hardcover. Explores the role of bishops at the heart of thirteenth-century English politics, examining their culture and political theology. Under King John and Henry III, the bishops acted as peacemakers, supporting royal power when it was threatened, but between 1258 and 1265, led by Simon de Montfort, they became partisans, helping to overturn royal power. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198754022
- ISBN
- 9780198754022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.70
€ 145.70
Paperback. Dana Arnold presents an analysis of the social and cultural significance of the country house, the focal point of Georgian architecture, landscape and society, exploring the meaning of this distinct cultural form using a wide range of examples and approaches. Num Pages: 256 pages, 159 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; AMKH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750934701
- ISBN
- 9780750934701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.74
€ 26.99
€ 23.74
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 106
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 2nd Expanded ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805210156
- ISBN
- 9780805210156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.32
€ 25.99
€ 19.32
Paperback. A popular concise guide - one of the clearest available on the Russian Revolution. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations, 2maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582355590
- ISBN
- 9780582355590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 47.16
€ 48.99
€ 47.16
Hardback. Literary Networks and Dissenting Irish Print Culture examines the origins of Irish labouring-class poetry produced in the liminal space of revolutionary Ulster (1790-1815), where religious dissent fostered a unique and distinctive cultural identity. Num Pages: 298 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; DSBF; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471529
- ISBN
- 9781137471529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.38
€ 65.38
Paperback. This book is a richly detailed exploration of the complex and cosmopolitan urban culture inhabited by the Presbyterian elite of late-Georgian Belfast, which will prove to be of interest to a wide range of scholars working on the political, cultural and intellectual histories of both Ireland and Britain during the age of reform. Series: Reappraisals in Irish History. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786940124
- ISBN
- 9781786940124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.93
€ 37.99
€ 33.93
Hardback. This book focuses on the city of St Petersburg, the capital of the Russian empire from the early eighteenth century until the fall of the Romanov dynasty in 1917. It uses the Russian court as a prism through which to view the various cultural changes that were introduced in the city during the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311597
- ISBN
- 9781137311597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.30
€ 65.30
Hardback. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528. Freak Shows and Modern British Culture. 288 pages, ill. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight: 528.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257689
- ISBN
- 9780520257689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.37€ 64.66
€ 84.37
€ 64.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008210007
- ISBN
- 9780008210007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 15.96
€ 23.99
€ 15.96