Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. Jet, a hard, black, shiny gen, closely related to coal, has been fashioned into jewellery and trinkets for generations, but during the Victorian period, when the ritual surrounding death and the long mourning of Queen Victoria made black fashionable, jet became hugely popular. This book traces the history of jet and the Whitby jet industry. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; HBJD1; HBTK; WCP; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 150 x 4. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747807315
- ISBN
- 9780747807315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.44
€ 11.44
Hardback. An examination of how the feminine was viewed in early medieval Ireland, through a careful study of a range of texts. Num Pages: 231 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271160
- ISBN
- 9781783271160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
paperback. Until recently, women in the Red Army have only been a small part of the history of the Long March Num Pages: 304 pages, 31. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252074561
- ISBN
- 9780252074561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.37
€ 29.99
€ 27.37
Paperback. On 4 July 1918, a new commandant took control of a closely guarded house in the Russian town of Ekaterinburg. His name was Yakov Yurovsky, and his prisoners were the Imperial family. Thirteen days later, at Yurovsky's command, the family was gunned down in a blaze of bullets. This title presents the story of those murders. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099520092
- ISBN
- 9780099520092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Between the first revolution in February 1917, and Lenin's Bolshevik coup in October, Petrograd was in turmoil. Foreign visitors who filled hotels, bars and embassies were acutely aware of the chaos breaking out on their doorsteps. Among them were journalists, diplomats, businessmen, governesses and volunteer nurses. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Windmill Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099592426
- ISBN
- 9780099592426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. When Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, died in December 1861 the nation was paralysed with grief. His death was a catastrophe for Victoria, who not only adored her husband but had, through twenty-one years of marriage, utterly relied on him: as companion, father of their children, friend, confidant, and unofficial private secretary. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099537465
- ISBN
- 9780099537465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardback. Moving beyond the more familiar stories of residential schools, two generations of Tsimshian students recall their experiences attending day and public schools in northwestern British Columbia. Num Pages: 448 pages, 34 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; JNAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774830195
- ISBN
- 9780774830195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.64
€ 107.64
Hardback. * A reassessment of the history of the Spanish Inquisition. * Challenges the reputation of the Inquisition as an instrument of religious persecution, torture and repression. * Looks at the wider role of the Inquisition as an educative force in society. Series: Historical Association Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631205999
- ISBN
- 9780631205999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.38
€ 116.38
Paperback. Challenges the reputation of the Spanish Inquisition as an instrument of religious persecution, torture and repression and looks at its wider role as an educative force in society. This book presents a reassessment of the history of the Spanish Inquisition. Series: Historical Association Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631206002
- ISBN
- 9780631206002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 45.50
€ 46.99
€ 45.50
Hardcover. Masculinity, Class and Same-Sex Desire in Industrial England, 1895-1957 explores the experiences of men who desired other men outside of the capital. In doing so, it offers a unique intervention into the history of sexuality but it also offers new ways to understand masculinity, working-class culture, regionality and work in the period. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 black & white halftones, 11 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137470980
- ISBN
- 9781137470980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.95
€ 138.95
Paperback. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349566020
- ISBN
- 9781349566020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 137.79
€ 137.79
Paperback. Editor(s): Strudwick, Helen M. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDAE; GBC; HBJH; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 333 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1998.
- Publisher
- Amber Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782744368
- ISBN
- 9781782744368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.74
€ 33.99
€ 27.74
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€ 32.37
€ 41.99
€ 32.37
Hardcover. This work is a cultural history of Baroque Dresden, the capital of Saxony and the most important Protestant territory in the Empire from the mid-16th to the early 18th century. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333984482
- ISBN
- 9780333984482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardback. Letters of seamen below the rank of commissioned officer which tell us a great deal about shipboard life and about seamen's attitudes. Num Pages: 688 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTM; HBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1254.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838968
- ISBN
- 9781843838968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.36
€ 176.36
Paperback. A guided tour of the Golden Age of New York City. It is a warm salute to the men and women of the Greatest Generation and the city that embraced, thrilled and entertained them during World War II. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Old House
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908402653
- ISBN
- 9781908402653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.06
€ 11.06
Hardcover. In the early 1900s the Catholic Church appealed, for the first time in its history, directly to women to reassert its religious, political and social relevance in Italian society. This book examines how the highly successful conservative Catholic women's movements that followed, and how they mobilized women against secular feminism. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HRCC7; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137406330
- ISBN
- 9781137406330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University School of Archaeology United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905905188
- ISBN
- 9781905905188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.74
€ 75.74
Paperback. Editor(s): Hamerow, Helena. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; HDD; HDDM; YQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 211 x 10. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University School of Archaeology United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905905287
- ISBN
- 9781905905287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.20
€ 86.20
paperback. Ladakh, a beautiful desert land up in the Western Himalayas, has few resources and an extreme climate, but for over 1000 years it has been home to a thriving culture. Then came "development". This book explores the whole notion of progress and the root causes of the malaise of industrial society. Num Pages: 240 pages, b&w photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; HBJF; HRLK2; JFC; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rider
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780712606561
- ISBN
- 9780712606561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10