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Regional & national history

Paperback. Based upon extensive research in both manuscript and printed sources from the period between 1760 and 1830, this book will be of interest to historians of the early republic and economic historians as well as to students of technology, business, and industry. Series: Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH; KND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887505
ISBN
9780801887505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.66

Paperback. Lively and accessible, America and the World draws on the most recent scholarship to provide a historical introduction to one of today's vital and misunderstood issues. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402963
ISBN
9781421402963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.74

This first systematic study of how the United States responded to "Barbary Captivityshows how public reaction to international events shaped America domestically and its evolving place in the world during the early nineteenth century. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801891397
ISBN
9780801891397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.88

Paperback. In 1938, the United States abandoned the constraints imposed by the Washington Teaty and began work on a different class of super-battleships. This book covers the design, construction, and employment of the four Iowa-class battleships, the largest in the American fleet. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW; HBW; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 188 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846035111
ISBN
9781846035111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. The Frontier of Leisure examines the centrality of leisure to the history of Southern California, and how the region's tourist resorts and residential recreation influenced the nation, from ranch houses and the landscape of postwar suburbia to relations of labor and race, and the place of nature in everyday life. Num Pages: 336 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199891924
ISBN
9780199891924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.50

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691125701
ISBN
9780691125701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Hardcover. This volume offers eleven essays on colonial British North America and the American Revolution. Part I of the collection includes essays on aspects of the Revolution that reflect Gipson's interests, while the essays in Part II deal with social history. Editor(s): Shade, William G. Num Pages: 301 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Lehigh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934223577
ISBN
9780934223577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.45

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 524 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; ACQ; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
524
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691647685
ISBN
9780691647685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 261.22

Paperback. The author's work traces the experience of Irish-American Catholics from their beginnings as detested, unskilled pioneers of the urban ghetto to their rise as an essentially affluent, powerful, middle-class suburban community. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HRCC7; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Edition
Rev Upd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813208961
ISBN
9780813208961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.72

Paperback. * A book that is narrative-driven, but full of outstanding scholarship and insight. * Subtitled 'The Making and Unmaking of British India' - how the British Raj shaped the Indian sub-continent as it is today. Num Pages: 736 pages, Section: 24, B&W. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 1FKP; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 51. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349110127
ISBN
9780349110127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. A sustained analysis of the ways in which oral testimonies of survivors contribute to the understanding of the Holocaust. The book also aims to shed light on the forms and functions of memory as victims relive devastating experiences of pain, humiliation and loss. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: HBA; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300052473
ISBN
9780300052473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. 'My friends, I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking.' So began the first of Franklin D Roosevelt's famous Fireside Chats. This book illuminates the period from 1933 to 1938 by setting each of the Fireside Chats in context. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520265547
ISBN
9780520265547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.01

Hardback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; G; HBG; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFSR1; JHBD; JW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761821083
ISBN
9780761821083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.63

Hardback. The dictionary covers the history of Russia from its founding in the mid-ninth century to the reign of Peter the Great. It contains entries on politics, society, economy, literature, religion, art. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Ancient Civilizations & Historical Eras. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GBC; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810840805
ISBN
9780810840805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.04

Paperback. America's most beguiling metropolis started out as a snake-infested swamp. Through intense imperial rivalries and ambitious settlers who risked their lives to succeed in colonial America, the site became a crossroads for the Atlantic world. The author gives us the full sweep of the city's history from its founding through statehood. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725904
ISBN
9780674725904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.64

Paperback. Powell addresses the role that the Northern Planters had on the post-Reconstruction system. He deals with a variety of issues, including race relations, the planters' motivations, work habits, capital investment patterns and their gradual disillusionment as problems mounted and profits declined. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823218943
ISBN
9780823218943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Hardback. Powell addresses the role that the Northern Planters had on the post-Reconstruction system. He deals with a variety of issues, including race relations, the planters' motivations, work habits, capital investment patterns and their gradual disillusionment as problems mounted and profits declined. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823218936
ISBN
9780823218936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.83

Paperback. Provides an introduction to the key concepts of witchcraft and demonology through a detailed study of the notorious episodes of Scottish history, the North Berwick witch hunt, in which King James was involved as alleged victim, interrogator, judge and demonologist. Series: Exeter Studies in History S. Num Pages: 468 pages, 18 black & white plates, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBLH; HRQX5; HRQX9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 179 x 23. Weight in Grams: 980.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859893886
ISBN
9780859893886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.60

Hardback. Aging in America traces the story of aging over the course of the last half century, demonstrating our culture's negative attitudes toward a natural and inevitable human process and offering a deep understanding of the subject's past in order to help anticipate its future. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JFSP31. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248838
ISBN
9780812248838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 40.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBM; HBJF1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226317489
ISBN
9780226317489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

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