Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. Chronicles the political, economic, and social changes that revolutionized Europe during the nineteenth century. This text facilitates assignment of supplemental readings. It includes chronologies, reading lists, maps, and illustrations for ease of reference. This text is useful for any undergraduate course on 19th-Century European history. Num Pages: 416 pages, Numerous maps, tables, halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195156225
- ISBN
- 9780195156225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.98
€ 130.98
The gripping story of the 1950s polio scare and of the intense-and intensely bitter-competition to find the first vaccine. Num Pages: 368 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; MBN; MBX; MJN; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195152944
- ISBN
- 9780195152944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.26
€ 41.99
€ 36.26
Paperback. This study consists of an examination of the presidency, the personalities who defined it, and the strategies that led to their triumphs or defeats. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195145823
- ISBN
- 9780195145823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.08
€ 21.99
€ 21.08
Paperback. The Classical Roman Reader provides access to literary, artistic, social, religious, political, scientific, and philosophical texts that shaped Roman thinking and helped form the backbone of Western culture. Editor(s): Atchity, Kenneth John. Num Pages: 480 pages, 49 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AH; DSB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 187 x 32. Weight in Grams: 843.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195127409
- ISBN
- 9780195127409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.43
€ 40.43
Paperback. This study integrates a wide range of material on the women of ancient Greece and Rome into one volume. It gathers primary written and visual documentation on the lives of these women and presents them in a chronological sequence, within their historical and cultural contexts. Num Pages: 448 pages, numerous halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 24. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195098624
- ISBN
- 9780195098624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 186.35
€ 186.35
Paperback. Twentieth century Los Angeles has been the focus of one of the most profound and complex interactions between distinct cultures in U.S. history. In this pioneering study, Sanchez explores how Mexican immigrants "Americanized" themselves in order to fit in, thereby losing part of their own culture. Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 halftones & line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195096484
- ISBN
- 9780195096484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.02
€ 33.02
Paperback. This history of Latin America during its period of independence has been revised and updated to include new material based on recently published research, as well as augmented references covering areas of special contemporary interest. The bibliography has also been updated. Num Pages: 352 pages, halftones, map. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195084023
- ISBN
- 9780195084023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 147.77
€ 147.77
Paperback. Secession Debated is a colorful and gripping tale told in the words of the actual participants, one which sheds new light on one of the great and hitherto neglected verbal showdowns in American history. It is essential to a full understanding of the origins of the war between the states. Editor(s): Freehling, William W.; Simpson, Craig M. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195079456
- ISBN
- 9780195079456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.87
€ 36.87
Describes how the Nazi propaganda machine produced conscripts for Hitler's army who were fully convinced of the view of "inferior peoples", and argues that these ideas, rather than the exigencies of war, motivated the atrocities of the SS during World War II. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ; JPFQ; JPVN; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195079036
- ISBN
- 9780195079036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.79
€ 30.79
Paperback. This treatise argues that the American West serves as a testament to a dependence upon water as the "shaping force" of a region's history and development. It defines the West as a "modern hydraulic society" dependent on man-made systems of irrigation such as dams, irrigation ditches and canals. Num Pages: 416 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; KNBW; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195078060
- ISBN
- 9780195078060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.20
€ 25.20
Hardcover. Integrating all aspects of life, from politics and law to the economy and culture, "Empire of Liberty" offers a marvelous account of this pivotal era when America took its first unsteady steps as a new and rapidly expanding nation. Series: Oxford History of the United States. Num Pages: 800 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 244 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1218.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195039146
- ISBN
- 9780195039146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 44.22
€ 45.99
€ 44.22
Paperback. Examines Black pre-Civil War culture and the slave family, detailing sexual attitudes, courtship practices and wedding ceremonies, childrearing, familial roles, language, and discipline. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Revised, Enlarg
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195025637
- ISBN
- 9780195025637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 148.93
€ 148.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190672164
- ISBN
- 9780190672164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.85
€ 52.85
Paperback. Louis P. Masur uses Abraham Lincoln's final public address in April 1865 to trace the debate over reconstruction policies from the earliest days of the Civil War. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190620097
- ISBN
- 9780190620097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.88
€ 21.88
Expelling the Poor argues that immigration policies in nineteenth-century New York and Massachusetts, driven by cultural prejudice against the Irish and more fundamentally by economic concerns about their poverty, laid the foundations for American immigration control. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 1KBBEY; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFFN; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 171 x 31. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190619213
- ISBN
- 9780190619213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 90.48
€ 90.48
Paperback. A groundbreaking and lyrically written work that explores the world of the Pacific Ocean. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 hts. BIC Classification: HBJM; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190498757
- ISBN
- 9780190498757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.33
€ 53.33
Paperback. Filling a gap in presidential history, Roosevelt's Second Act uncovers in complex detail what lay behind Roosevelt's decision to stand for an unprecedented third term, and examines the multiplicity of conflicting forces at work on him. Num Pages: 392 pages, 28 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190266288
- ISBN
- 9780190266288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.34
€ 25.34
An original study based on never before seen State Department documents, this book examines reactions around the world to the execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; HBTW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190265885
- ISBN
- 9780190265885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.92
€ 41.99
€ 40.92
In the Beginning Was the Word provides a sweeping, engaging, and insightful survey of the relationship between the Bible and public issues from the beginning of European settlement through the American Revolution. Num Pages: 448 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HRAM2; HRAX; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190263980
- ISBN
- 9780190263980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.21
€ 34.99
€ 32.21
Paperback. The Oxford Handbook of the American Revolution introduces scholars, students and generally interested readers to the formative event in American history. In thirty-three individual essays, the Handbook provides readers with in-depth analysis of the Revolution's many sides. Editor(s): Gray, Edward G.; Kamensky, Jane. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 700 pages, With illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 170 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 700
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190257767
- ISBN
- 9780190257767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.48
€ 76.48
A study of the massacre at Wounded Knee in history and memory. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190249038
- ISBN
- 9780190249038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.36
€ 67.36
The narrative of the discovery of a hacked up body outside of Philadelphia leads to a police investigation and trial of a woman and man, which sheds like on post-Reconstruction America, the history of African Americans, illicit sex, and domestic violence. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190241216
- ISBN
- 9780190241216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.98
€ 29.99
€ 25.98
Paperback. Sick from Freedom provides the first study of the health conditions of emancipated slaves and reveals the epidemics, illnesses, and poverty that former slaves suffered from when slavery ended and freedom began. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190218263
- ISBN
- 9780190218263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.16
€ 48.16
Paperback. From household objects to maps and ideas of race, Kariann Yokota examines early US history through the lens of postcolonial theory. While its leaders went to great lengths to establish their "civility,"what really distinguished the new nation were its unlimited natural resources, slavery, and the displacement of native societies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 50 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 174 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190217877
- ISBN
- 9780190217877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.84
€ 59.84