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Regional & national history

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231164269
ISBN
9780231164269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 72.21

Paperback. Eighty per cent of Americans have no British ancestors. According to David Hackett Fischer, however, their day-to-day lives are profoundly influenced by folkways transplanted from Britain to the New World with the first settlers. This text examines the transfer of values from Old World to New. Series: America: a Cultural History. Num Pages: 972 pages, 80 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFC; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
972
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195069051
ISBN
9780195069051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 41.58

From one of America's preeminent historians comes a magisterial study of the development of open societies focusing on the United States and New Zealand Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MBF; 1MBN; HBJK; HBJM; HBTB; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 49. Weight in Grams: 974.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
656
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199832705
ISBN
9780199832705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.65

Paperback. 1914-18: the first air war, fought by true pioneers not only of aerial combat but of flight itself. British pilots, observers and gunners played a vital part in the Allied war effort around the globe, from the desolation of the Western Front and the mountains of Italy to the deserts of Egypt and Mesopotamia, and the freezing Russian steppes. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 216 x 4. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780747813682
ISBN
9780747813682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.87

Paperback. The astonishing story of the 1930s project that gave birth to Mass Observation Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780227801
ISBN
9781780227801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Offering an introduction to and an overview of postwar social science in the United States, this title explores a critical period in the evolution of American sociology's professional identity. It contends that from the late 1940s through the early 1960s leading sociologists encouraged a professional secession from public engagement. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592137145
ISBN
9781592137145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.92

Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 215. .
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764352935
ISBN
9780764352935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 28.51

Hardcover. The Cyprus problem has defeated all attempts to resolve it for more than forty years. From 1996 onwards the UN, with strong support from the US, the UK and other EU members, mounted the most sustained of all the efforts to reach an agreement, so that a reunited Cyprus could join the EU in May 2004. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVC; HBJF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850436652
ISBN
9781850436652
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 54.65

Paperback. Focusing on the lives of the apprentices at Quarry Bank Mill, David Hanson's book uses a wealth of first-person source material including letters, diaries, mill records, to tell the stories of the children who lived and worked at Quarry Bank throughout the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENC; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; KNDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472220431
ISBN
9781472220431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.78

Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566638593
ISBN
9781566638593
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.64

Paperback. American historical writing has traditionally been a form of moral reflection. However this study argues that, in the disillusionment following the 1960s, history abandoned its redemptive potential, and adopted the methodology of the social sciences. It describes the reasons for this change. Num Pages: 318 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; HBA; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Paperback Printing
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226316178
ISBN
9780226316178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801448270
ISBN
9780801448270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.77

Paperback. A Sunday Times Bestseller. David Hart Dyke's compelling personal testimony is rejacketed and relaunched in paperback. 'Superbly frank and unsentimental.. The literature of the Falklands War would be much the poorer without this pithy, well constructed and brutally honest account of the fighting at sea.' Saul David, Daily Telegraph Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; BGHA; HBJQ; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306. A Captain's Story of War at Sea. 304 pages. HMS Coventry's job during the Falklands War was to provide early warning of approaching enemy aircraft. On 25 May, Coventry was attacked by two Argentine Skyhawks and hit by three bombs. Her Captain, David Hart Dyke, himself badly burned, climbed down her starboard side and into a life-raft. This book tells his story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; BGHA; HBJQ; HBW; JWF. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843545910
ISBN
9781843545910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.53

Paperback. .
Publisher
Adventures Unlimited Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780932813022
ISBN
9780932813022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.09

Paperback. Since late 2001 more than fifty percent of the babies born in California have been Latino. When these babies reach adulthood, they will, by sheer force of numbers, influence the course of the Golden State. This study suggests that the future of Latinos in California will be neither complete assimilation nor unyielding separatism. Num Pages: 280 pages, 35 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; JFSL4; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Second Edition, Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520292536
ISBN
9780520292536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 22.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPA; JPHC; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812981599
ISBN
9780812981599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.68

Paperback. Henkin explores the influential but little-noticed role reading played in New York City's public life between 1825 and 1865. The "ubiquitous urban texts"--from newspapers to paper money, from street signs to handbills--became both indispensable urban guides and apt symbols for a new kind of public life that emerged first in New York. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 28 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231107457
ISBN
9780231107457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. The Black Death is considered by many to be the great watershed in medieval history, as it ravaged a continent, killed millions and decimated economies. The author sees in this catastrophe the birth of technologically advanced societies, struggling to create labour-saving devices. Editor(s): Cohn Jr., Samuel K. Series: European history series. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFC; MBN; MBX; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674076136
ISBN
9780674076136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.57

Paperback. With a barrage of "ask your doctor about" advertisements competing for attention with shocking news of drug company malfeasance, Happy Pills is an invaluable look at how the commercialization of medicine has transformed American culture since the end of World War II. Num Pages: 292 pages, 16, 14 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFFH1; JM; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801898143
ISBN
9780801898143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594037085
ISBN
9781594037085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.33

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