History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Georgian London evokes images of elegant buildings and fine art, but it was also a city where prostitution was rife. Examining the nature of the sex trade, this title offers an insight into the impact of prostitution to give a vivid portraits of some of the women who became involved in its world. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 44. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099527961
- ISBN
- 9780099527961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.46
€ 21.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 278
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897126820
- ISBN
- 9781897126820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.37
€ 21.99
€ 16.37
Paperback. Details the life of the author from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his escape to the North in 1838: how he endured the daily physical and spiritual brutalities of his owners and drivers, how he learned to read and write, and how he grew into a man who could only live free or die. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 201 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143107309
- ISBN
- 9780143107309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.10
€ 11.99
€ 10.10
Paperback. A study of the political and cultural ramifications of international sports competitions in the decades before World War II. Focusing on the United States, Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union, it examines the transformation of events like the Olympic Games and the World Cup. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HBTB; JPS; WSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725706
- ISBN
- 9780674725706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.27
€ 36.99
€ 31.27
Sheet map, folded. Series: Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Cheshire. BIC Classification: 1DBKENC; 3JJC; HBTP1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 116 x 4. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Publisher
- Alan Godfrey Maps
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847843654
- ISBN
- 9781847843654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.00
€ 7.00
Paperback. A study of the differing views of the conscript based on evidence along the eastern border of France. The popular idea of the swaggering military folk-hero, a potent image for the peasant-conscript, contrasts with the elitist view of conscription as "the nation in arms". Num Pages: 408 pages, 54, 54 black & white illustrations, 54 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 33. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 410
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838432
- ISBN
- 9781843838432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.32
€ 34.99
€ 33.32
Paperback. Drawing on a plethora of sources, including decades of contact with senior Soviet figures, Raymond Garthoff offers the most authoritative assessment to date of how Soviet leaders and intelligence chiefs understood -- and misunderstood -- the United States during the Cold War. Num Pages: 160 pages, 5 tables, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; HBTW; JPHL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 242 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626162297
- ISBN
- 9781626162297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.19
€ 40.19
Paperback. Editor(s): Hamilton, Keith; Salmon, Patrick. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTS; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845195731
- ISBN
- 9781845195731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.56
€ 40.99
€ 35.56
Paperback. From Jonathan Glancey, the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of Spitfire: The Biography, comes his new bestseller telling the incredible story of the last days of the great steam locomotives. BIC Classification: HBTK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843547730
- ISBN
- 9781843547730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.31
€ 33.99
€ 24.31
Hardback. Munich 1919 is a vivid portrayal of the chaos that followed World War I and the collapse of the Munich Council Republic by one of the most perceptive chroniclers of German history. Translator(s): Spengler, Jessica. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509510580
- ISBN
- 9781509510580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.05
€ 65.05
Paperback. Tropical Africa was one of the last regions of the world to experience formal European colonialism, a process that coincided with the advent of a range of scientific specialties and research methods. This title studies the thorny relationship between imperialism and the role of scientific expertise in the colonization of British Africa. Num Pages: 528 pages, 8 colour plates, 2 halftones, 8 line drawings, 48 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226803470
- ISBN
- 9780226803470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.94
€ 41.99
€ 31.94
Paperback. A concise and accessible introduction to the gender histories of eastern Europe and the Soviet Union in the twentieth century. These essays juxtapose established topics in gender history such as motherhood, masculinities, work and activism with newer areas, such as the history of imprisonment and the transnational history of sexuality. Editor(s): Baker, Catherine. Series: Gender and History. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 337 x 15. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137528025
- ISBN
- 9781137528025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.64
€ 42.99
€ 35.64
Paperback. Has China's modernization over the last 100 years depended on turning to the West? What new problems has growing prosperity created for China? This sourcebook tells the momentous history of China since 1919 mainly from the viewpoints of participants. Editor(s): Lawrance, Alan. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 19. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415251426
- ISBN
- 9780415251426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.78
€ 50.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTZ1; HPQ; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Schocken Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised and Expanded Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805210606
- ISBN
- 9780805210606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.63
€ 18.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. 'Secret City of Durham' goes behind the facades of the familiar to discover the lesser-known aspects of the town's fascinating past. Series: Secret. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYD; AMX; HBTB; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445646961
- ISBN
- 9781445646961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.22
€ 28.22
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855327535
- ISBN
- 9781855327535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.40
€ 24.99
€ 21.40
Paperback. Showing the epistemological conditions that have made modern, social and economic knowledge possible, this text explores questions such as, "how did fact become modernity's most favoured unit of knowledge?". Num Pages: 444 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBTB; HPK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226675268
- ISBN
- 9780226675268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.25
€ 52.99
€ 40.25
Paperback. Discover Britain's culinary history through the kitchenware that created it Num Pages: 96 pages, 100. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; WB; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445657516
- ISBN
- 9781445657516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.04
€ 23.99
€ 21.04
Paperback. A factory was built at Broughton to construct Wellington Bombers for the RAF's expansion and wartime needs. Situated near Chester, the factory has remained part of the British aviation industry while older, traditional sites have come and gone. This book deals with the phenomenal success of this Welsh factory. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKWN; HBTK; KNDV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 11. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752441849
- ISBN
- 9780752441849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.29
€ 19.99
€ 18.29
perfect. .
- Publisher
- Stenlake Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840335293
- ISBN
- 9781840335293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.75
€ 21.99
€ 21.75