×


 x 

Shopping cart

Regional & national history

Results 11561 - 11580 of 21996

Regional & national history

Paperback. A compelling and genuine first hand account of an activist during the most exciting and turbulent period of Irish history - the only first person account of 1916 ever published. Num Pages: 368 pages, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGA; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
O'Brien Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847170590
ISBN
9781847170590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.21

Paperback. Seasons of Misery offers a boldly original account of early English settlement in American by placing catastrophe and crisis at the center of the story. Donegan argues that the constant state of suffering and uncertainty decisively formed the colonial identity and produced the first distinctly colonial literature. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223774
ISBN
9780812223774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.86

Paperback. "Moving beyond an 'Indians and Europeans' story, DuVal looks instead at competing and overlapping stories involving multiple Native groups who operate from different positions with different strategies and experiences, and incorporate an array of outsiders."-Colin G. Calloway, Dartmouth College Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812219395
ISBN
9780812219395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.27

Hardback. For two weeks in the fall of 1909, New York City threw itself the biggest party it had ever seen - attracting millions of people to a sprawling festival, from Brooklyn up the Hudson River to Albany. This event, the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, was meant to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson's discovery of the river bearing his name. Num Pages: 204 pages, 17 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 973.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823230211
ISBN
9780823230211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.73

Paperback. Tinkering takes a fresh look at early automotive design from the bottom up, as a process that included manufacturers, engineers, designers, advice experts, and consumers, from savvy buyers to grass-roots inventors. Num Pages: 232 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812221589
ISBN
9780812221589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.86

Paperback. Translator(s): Freeman, Kathleen. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872203068
ISBN
9780872203068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.77

Paperback. The origins of racism and slavery in British North America from the perspective of gender are examined in this book. The author argues that gender was both a basic social relationship and a model for other social hierarchies, and assesses its role in the construction of racism in Virginia. Num Pages: 584 pages, 10 illustrations, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTS; JFFJ; JFSJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807846230
ISBN
9780807846230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLW; JFFN; JFSL1; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801484407
ISBN
9780801484407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.07

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Adams Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781440586484
ISBN
9781440586484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.11

Paperback. The emergence of the northern French county of the Perche, and the rise of the Rotrou family from obscure origins to princely power, 11-13c. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838340
ISBN
9781843838340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.92

Hardback. Garrett and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is a vivid account of Garrett's twenty-six-year reign. Num Pages: 416 pages, 29, 28 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 1KBBNH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421422206
ISBN
9781421422206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.32
€ 47.64

Hardback. Kathryn Allamong Jacob's engaging account shows how the "kingearned his crown through cookery and conversation and how this son of wealth and privilege helped to create a questionable profession in a city that then, as now, rested on power and influence. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801893971
ISBN
9780801893971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.94

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780932885289
ISBN
9780932885289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.67

hardcover. Drawing on newly available archival case records, this book demonstrates that Chinese women's rights to property changed substantially from the Song through the Qing dynasties, and even more dramatically under the Republican Civil Code of 1929-30. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 256 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735261
ISBN
9780804735261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.31

Hardcover. Examining rents and taxes in 19th- and 20th-century China, this text shows how in real terms, tax burdens on landlords rose due to higher state levies. Simultaneously, rents earned by landlords fell due to state interference and peasant resistance, csusing a progressive weakening of landlord power. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804718806
ISBN
9780804718806
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.92

Paperback. Kathryn Burns shows how the biases and practices of Spanish notaries and their clients in colonial Cuzco shaped official records and, therefore, the archive on which contemporary historians rely. Num Pages: 264 pages, 27 illustrations, 3 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 1KLSX; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348689
ISBN
9780822348689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

Using archival materials, this work explains how and why the United States came to assume control as the dominant western power in Vietnam during the 1950s. This work examines diplomatic maneuvers in Paris, Washington, London, and Saigon to detail how Western alliance members failed to work together against the Communist threat. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 703.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813124407
ISBN
9780813124407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.46

Hardback. American women who have participated in politics, the Civil Rights movement, environmental protection, religious tolerance, and many other issues here express their convictions. The contributors range from Abigail Adams and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Alice Walker and Betty Friedan. Num Pages: 664 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFK; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 43. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
664
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815411857
ISBN
9780815411857
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.83

Paperback. From the 1930s to the 1960s, millions of British people chose to spend their annual summer break at a holiday camp, taking advantage of the all-in package that included accommodation, food, and plentiful entertainment. This title celebrates the communal and the kitsch, grandmother competitions, chalets, Redcoats and the other well-known symbols. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 148. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
9780747807759
ISBN
9780747807759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.21

Paperback. Old-fashioned seaside holidays inspire a great deal of nostalgic affection among British people. Focusing on the hundred year period from 1870 to 1970, this title takes a journey through the promenades, deckchairs and sandcastles to discover how ordinary people spent their seaside holidays. Series: Shire History. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 192 x 11. Weight in Grams: 458. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780747807278
ISBN
9780747807278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.07

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!