c 1800 to c 1900
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c 1800 to c 1900
Paperback. Those promoting Empire as an expression of white supremacy found Arthur Wharton, the world's first black professional footballer, a supreme irritation, and he eventually died in poverty. Series: Sport in the Global Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BGS; HBTB; JFSL3; WSJA; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714644592
- ISBN
- 9780714644592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.65
€ 73.65
Hardback. Designed for classroom use, this book gathers in one volume primary source materials related to the first two wars that Great Britain launched against native leaders of the Afghan region. It is a cautionary tale, unheeded by Western powers in the post-9/11 era. Editor(s): Burton, Antoinette. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1FCA; 3JH; HBJF1; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 23. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356509
- ISBN
- 9780822356509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.62
€ 117.62
Paperback. An illustrated study of the First Afghan War--a setback for British forces in the Great Game of the 19th century--that holds important lessons for modern forces in Afghanistan today. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, 35 b/w; 44 col. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 249 x 8. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472813978
- ISBN
- 9781472813978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.27
€ 20.99
€ 15.27
Hardback. Visit our website for sample chapters! Num Pages: 328 pages, 50 b&w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815411390
- ISBN
- 9780815411390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.89
€ 29.99
€ 26.89
Paperback. For more than a century, accounts of progress in the West foregrounded the technological feats performed while canals and railroads were built and lionized the capitalists who financed the projects. This book focuses on the suffering and survival of the workers who were treated as outsiders. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284609
- ISBN
- 9780520284609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. J.M.W. Turner's The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to her Last Berth to be Broken Up (1838) was his masterpiece. Sam Willis tells the real-life story behind this remarkable painting. Series: Hearts of Oak Trilogy. Num Pages: 416 pages, 32pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTM; HBWH; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 134 x 30. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849162616
- ISBN
- 9781849162616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.27
€ 21.99
€ 16.27
Hardback. Though Massachusetts banned slavery in 1780, prior to the Civil War a law prohibiting marriage between whites and blacks reinforced the state's racial caste system. Amber Moulton recreates an unlikely collaboration of reformers who sought to rectify what they saw as an indefensible injustice, leading to the legalization of interracial marriage. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 28. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674967625
- ISBN
- 9780674967625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.04€ 49.38
€ 54.04
€ 49.38
Paperback. "A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era."-Boston Globe Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations; 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 209 x 28. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393340662
- ISBN
- 9780393340662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.20
€ 19.99
€ 18.20
Paperback. "Marvelous..THE FEUD is popular history as it ought to be written." ---Wall Street Journal Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 Map, 47 photos fully integrated & 16pp b/w photo section. BIC Classification: 1KBBFW; 1KBBSK; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 32. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Back Bay Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316167079
- ISBN
- 9780316167079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.48
€ 23.99
€ 19.48
Hardback. This investigation of women's part in civic life provides a fresh approach to the 'public sphere', illuminates women as agents of a middle-class identity and develops the notion of a 'feminine public sphere', or the web of associations, institutions and discourses used by disenfranchised middle-class women to express their citizenship. Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719079665
- ISBN
- 9780719079665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 6.76
€ 29.99
€ 6.76
Hardback. Series: Office of Population Research. Num Pages: 506 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; JFSJ1; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1085.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691645681
- ISBN
- 9780691645681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 225.80€ 166.55
€ 225.80
€ 166.55
Paperback. A vital counter-interpretation of madness in women, showing how it is often a consequence of, rather than a deviation from, the traditional female role. Num Pages: 320 pages, Integrated: 29. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ1; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860688693
- ISBN
- 9780860688693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. Editor(s): McClellan, James. Num Pages: 656 pages, notes, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; JPA; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972896
- ISBN
- 9780865972896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.52
€ 14.99
€ 12.52
Paperback. Using transaction cost analysis and public choice theory, this book explores the growth of the federal bureaucracy and the political and economic obstacles to reforming it. It examines the political and economic forces that have shaped the civil service from the Pendleton Act of 1883 to today. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research - Long Term Factors in Economic Development. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 line drawings, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPQ; KCZ; KFFD; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226401713
- ISBN
- 9780226401713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.86
€ 42.99
€ 32.86
Hardcover. Charles Downing provides one of the first detailed descriptions of life in China by a western visitor. Num Pages: 1016 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1016
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784535865
- ISBN
- 9781784535865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 375.86
€ 375.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFFC1; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845888909
- ISBN
- 9781845888909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 19.69
€ 25.00
€ 19.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474088
- ISBN
- 9780801474088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.90
€ 36.99
€ 36.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 2 x 8pp B&W plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGL; DSBF; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408863169
- ISBN
- 9781408863169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.17
€ 21.99
€ 16.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, maps; 16-pp black and white photo section. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 27. Weight in Grams: 361.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812978728
- ISBN
- 9780812978728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.90
€ 19.99
€ 17.90
Hardcover. A cross-cultural study of opium in 19th-century China. It explores early Western observations of opium smoking, the formation of arguments for and against the legalization of opium, the portrayals of opium smoking in Chinese poetry and prose, and scenes of opium-smoking interactions in China. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742518025
- ISBN
- 9780742518025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.46
€ 172.46