History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
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
€ 84.25€ 64.66
€ 84.25
€ 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
Paperback. Investigates the social and sexual world of these sea rovers Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814712368
- ISBN
- 9780814712368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.67
€ 32.99
€ 29.67
Paperback. Manorial records Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 186 x 10. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860772993
- ISBN
- 9781860772993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Verso
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781683002
- ISBN
- 9781781683002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.91
€ 19.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 100 b&w/colour. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTD; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 180. .
- Publisher
- Merrion Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785370939
- ISBN
- 9781785370939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.29
€ 24.99
€ 21.29
Paperback. Birmingham has been a key innovator in the gun trade since the seventeenth century and the Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof house operates to this day. This book tells the story of the technology and history of gun making. Covering the period 1720 to 1950, it sees the mechanical engineering technology of the 'lock, stock and barrel' firearm change. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; HBTB; KNDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 173 x 13. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752432373
- ISBN
- 9780752432373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.58
€ 24.99
€ 21.58
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198706854
- ISBN
- 9780198706854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.16
€ 26.99
€ 20.16
Paperback. Examines the history of the Fante people of southern Ghana during the transatlantic slave trade, 1700 to 1807. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 3J; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464789
- ISBN
- 9781580464789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.27
€ 42.27
Paperback. This comprehensive examination of 18th and 19th-century architecture explores its extreme diversity within the context of social, economic and political upheaval. It offers an analysis of the ways issues of style functioned to make architecture one of the most experimental art forms in the period. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 336 pages, colour and black and white halftones throughout. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; ACV; AM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 169 x 20. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Publisher
- Oxford Paperbacks
- Number of pages
- 332
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192842220
- ISBN
- 9780192842220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.18
€ 31.99
€ 31.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 68 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBG; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; HRCC99; JFC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 5. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 68
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- F First Paperback Edition Used
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781898595243
- ISBN
- 9781898595243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.17
€ 14.17
Paperback. Written when George Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties, this is a memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGL; DNF; HBTB; JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184388
- ISBN
- 9780141184388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. The former Prime Minister examines the history of one of the great loves of his life. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: HBTB; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007183654
- ISBN
- 9780007183654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.28
€ 19.99
€ 14.28
Hardcover. In the post-1945 years, German women played a major role in post-war economic and social reconstruction. These changes preceded other shifts in values and gender relations by 20 years. The author examines these developments and provides an updated survey of women in German society. Series: German Studies Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, tables, bibliography, index, appendices. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 557. Hardback, no dustjacket, in very good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Berg Publishers
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- SKU
- KRF0012013
- ISBN
- 9780854963911
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752491097
- ISBN
- 9780752491097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.35
€ 13.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. Commemorative projects, born out of conflicting memories, can be problematic. Catherine Marshall challenges the coarsening of history by the construction of commemorative monuments that are thought to provide closure over the events that they mark. Num Pages: 36 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 229 x 3. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Quinnipiac University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780990468608
- ISBN
- 9780990468608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107182561
- ISBN
- 9781107182561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.59
€ 116.59
Paperback. Presents a theoretical analysis of Japanese thinkers and activists' efforts to reintegrate the natural environment into Japan's social and political thought in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 table, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356998
- ISBN
- 9780822356998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. This text examines how the French nation has dealt with "les annees noires" of defeat, occupation and repression, specifically studying what this proud nation has chosen to remember and what it has chosen to conceal. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 400 pages, 7 halftones , 7 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674935396
- ISBN
- 9780674935396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.75
€ 42.99
€ 35.75
Paperback. This book examines the commemoration of 9/11 in American memorial culture. It argues that the emergence of counter-memories of September 11 has been compromised by the dominance of certain narrative paradigms - or, frames of memory - that have mediated the representation of the attacks across cultural, critical, political, and juridical discourses. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBTB; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349494392
- ISBN
- 9781349494392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.68
€ 62.68