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Paperback. In the century before the great famine of the late 1840s, the Irish people, and the poor especially, became dependent on the potato for their food. So when potato blight struck, causing the tubers to rot in the ground, they suffered a grievous loss. This account looks at the political and social consequences of the great Irish potato famine. Num Pages: 320 pages, 100 b&w illustrations, 23 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFFC1; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 792.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750929288
ISBN
9780750929288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.01

paperback. The Irish famine of 1845-51 was a pivotal event in the development of modern Ireland. This work explores aspects of it, including the rise in crime, the food export controversy, the role of religion, the growth of the Orange Order, and the impact of the uprising in 1848. Series: British History in Perspective. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave
Condition
New
SKU
9780333677735
ISBN
9780333677735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.34

Paperback. The Great Irish Famine tells of the last great famine in European history. First-hand accounts and writings by four contemporary real people are used to give a complete and personal picture of the historic tragedy. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFFC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780717160105
ISBN
9780717160105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.15

paperback. The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. The impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. This book provides a definitive account. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 map; portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Good clean copy. Covers sunned to spine and showing light shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031433
ISBN
9780140145151
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 16.99
€ 14.00

paperback. The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. The impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. This book provides a definitive account. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 map; portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
Penguin
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
9780140145151
ISBN
9780140145151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.53

Hardcover. An investigation of life in the great household of late mediaeval England. Based on household accounts and related primary documents, it looks at the daily routines, weekly and annual patterns, and the life-cycle observances of birth, childhood, marriage, death and burial. Num Pages: 262 pages, 24 colour plates, 54 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 22. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300076875
ISBN
9780300076875
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.54

Hardback. The Civil War revealed what united as well as what divided Americans in the nineteenth century - not only in its deadly military conflict, but also in the broader battle of ideas, dueling moral systems, and competing national visions that preceded and followed. This title reveals a city at the heart of the cultural civil war. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674052888
ISBN
9780674052888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.28

Paperback. 'Peter Hopkirk is truly the Laureate of the Great Game' Jan Morris Num Pages: 592 pages, 8pp black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; 1FC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 41. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719564475
ISBN
9780719564475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. By relating it to other regional actors, Sergeev creates a more accurate view of the game's impact on later wars and on the shape of post-World War I Asia. Num Pages: 552 pages, 7, 5 black & white illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FC; HBJD; JPB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 768.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415574
ISBN
9781421415574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.16

Paperback. In the early hours of 2 September 1666 a small fire broke out in a bakery in Pudding Lane. In the five days that followed it grew into a conflagration that would devastate the third largest city in the Western world. This is a guide to the Great Fire of London and includes first-hand descriptions from the diaries of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 177 x 10. Weight in Grams: 76.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872144
ISBN
9781784872144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.68

Paperback. Offers a selection from author's startlingly vivid and candid diary, including his famous account of the Great Fire. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; DNF; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 161 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397542
ISBN
9780141397542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.52

Paperback. A fascinating insight into one of history's greatest catastrophes Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752450254
ISBN
9780752450254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. The horrors of the Great Famine (1315-1322), one of the severest catastrophes ever to strike northern Europe. This work provides a comprehensive inquiry into the Famine from Ireland to western Poland, from Scandinavia to central France and western Germany. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058917
ISBN
9780691058917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.62

Paperback. .
Publisher
University Press of America
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761861676
ISBN
9780761861676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 44.65

Paperback. An invaluable compendium of sources relating to the Great Exhibition Series: Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century. Num Pages: 248 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719099137
ISBN
9780719099137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.96

Paperback. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. 3 line illus. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 10.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691175737
ISBN
9780691175737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.77

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353720
ISBN
9780822353720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. In classical Chinese, 'The Great Enterprise' means winning The Mandate of heaven to rule over China, the Central Kingdom. This first of a two-volume work on 'The Great Enterprise' of the Manchus is the first scholarly narrative in any language relating their conquest of China during the seventeenth century. Num Pages: 680 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
680
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520235182
ISBN
9780520235182
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.85
€ 72.84

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JB; 3JD; HBJF; HBLC; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172288
ISBN
9780231172288
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.21
€ 51.02

Paperback. A fresh look at the nation's formative years through the lens of the clash between Washington and Jefferson. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8 pages black-&-white photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306824517
ISBN
9780306824517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. Editor(s): Ledbetter, James; Roth, Daniel B. Num Pages: 288 pages, B/W photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Condition
New
SKU
9781586489014
ISBN
9781586489014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.75

Paperback. .
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393353723
ISBN
9780393353723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.65

Hardcover. A panoramic, eye-opening history of the vast migration of Eastern Europeans to the West by a recent winner of a MacArthur Fellowship. Num Pages: 400 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393078015
ISBN
9780393078015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.77

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 160 photos and 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 202. .
Publisher
Amber Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782745136
ISBN
9781782745136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.23

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