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c 1800 to c 1900

Paperback. The amazing and forgotten story of Wall Street's first black millionaire in pre-Civil War New York. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JH; BGB; HBJK; KFFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 286 x 35. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781250099815
ISBN
9781250099815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.40

Hardback. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349948710
ISBN
9781349948710
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.44

Hardback. Offers a treatment of the professionalization and institutionalization of the academic discipline of geography in Europe and North America, with emphasis on the 20th century and the last quarter of the 19th. This book contains essays. It is intended for geographers, as well as practitioners of the social sciences, and historians of science. Editor(s): Dunbar, Gary S. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; PDX; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402000195
ISBN
9781402000195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.62

Hardback. Attempts a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding how terrain has affected the outcome of warfare in history. This book examines the American Civil War, the Anglo-Zulu War, the Boer War, the Great War of 1914-1918, the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War. Editor(s): Doyle, Peter; Bennett, Matthew R. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 390 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402004339
ISBN
9781402004339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 248.29

Hardback. Rudolf Magnus's work on the physiology of posture was initiated in 1908. This biography describes Magnus' family background and his student years. His lectures on Goethe as a scientist are also included. This is followed by Magnus' life as Professor of Pharmacology in Utrecht, and his studies on animal postures and experimental pharmacology. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; MJ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 174 x 27. Weight in Grams: 917.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402004612
ISBN
9781402004612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.74

Hardback. Intends to answer the following questions: What made it possible to create the Cavendish Laboratory in the 1870s? What was the Laboratory's principal role within Cambridge University and how did this role change over time? Who performed research at the Cavendish, when did they work there, and what topics did they investigate? And more. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1190.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402004759
ISBN
9781402004759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 181.17

Hardback. Developed in the context of a radical arithmetization of mathematics and logic, this book covers the many-faceted heritage of Kronecker's work, which includes Hilbert and also Frege, Cantor, Husserl and Brouwer. It is useful for those interested in the foundations of mathematics and the philosophical implications of constructivist mathematics. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJF; 3JJG; PBCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402006890
ISBN
9781402006890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.12

Hardback. Modern Spain: 1808 to the Presentis a comprehensive overview of Spanish history from the Napoleonic era to the present day. Series: A New History of Modern Europe (NWME). Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405186797
ISBN
9781405186797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.75

Paperback. Slaves focused their energy and attention, however, not on making money, as slaveholders increasingly did, but on keeping their kin out of the human coffles of the slave trade. Series: Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421400365
ISBN
9781421400365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.46

Written by three prominent historians of the period, Slavery's Ghost forces readers to think critically about the way we study the past, the depth of racial prejudice, and how African Americans won and lost their freedom in nineteenth-century America. Series: The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402352
ISBN
9781421402352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.07

This collection continues the conversation Warren began fifty years ago, although taking it in unorthodox and challenging directions, to offer fresh and stimulating perspectives on the war's presence in the collective imagination of the nation. Editor(s): Brown, Thomas J. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402505
ISBN
9781421402505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.28

Featuring fifty-eight newly translated documents, meticulous annotations, and trenchant contextual analysis, this documentary history is an indispensable resource for anyone seeking to understand the Inquisition in general and its nearly three-hundred-year reign in the New World in particular. Editor(s): Chuchiak, John F., IV. Translator(s): Chuchiak, John F., IV. Num Pages: 464 pages, 17, 15 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HRAM9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 998.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421403854
ISBN
9781421403854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.60

Her interdisciplinary approach allows a deeper understanding of a time when exploration of the natural world was a culture-wide enchantment. Num Pages: 400 pages, 49, 49 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSA; DSBH; PDX; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 728.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405179
ISBN
9781421405179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.16

The broader social context in which scientists work is just as important to the project of naming, describing, classifying, and, ultimately, explaining life. Num Pages: 392 pages, 11, 11 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BGTA; PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421406008
ISBN
9781421406008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.28

Weaving together the stories of the Old World apple in America and the life and myth of John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard casts new light on both. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11, 7 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; TVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421407289
ISBN
9781421407289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.20

Scholars, students, and general readers interested in indigenous and military history in the early American republic will appreciate these important memoirs, along with Benn's helpful introductions and annotations. Series: Johns Hopkins Books on the War of 1812. Num Pages: 208 pages, 22, 17 black & white illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BM; HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 471 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421412184
ISBN
9781421412184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.98

Hardcover. Harry V. Jaffa, one of Strauss's most influential students and an ardent participant in the internal divisions among Straussians, brings together his key contributions to the battle to define Strauss's legacy. The collection includes an important original essay, published here for the first time, "Straussian Geography: A Memoir and Commentary." Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442217119
ISBN
9781442217119
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.65

Hardcover. Freedom's Dawn is the first book devoted exclusively to John Brown during the six weeks between his arrest and execution. Louis A. DeCaro traces Brown's evolution from prisoner to convicted felon, to a prophetic figure, and then martyr, finally examining the rise of his legacy. Num Pages: 476 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442236721
ISBN
9781442236721
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 34 B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; 3JH; 3JJ; BGS; JFSL3; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 231 x 33. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781510704169
ISBN
9781510704169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.94

Hardcover. Fin-de-siecle Vienna remains a central event in the birth of the century's modern culture. Our understanding of what happened in those key decades in Central Europe at the turn of the century has been shaped in the last years by an historiography presided over by Carl Schorske's Fin de Siecle Vienna.. Editor(s): Beller, Steven. Series: Austrian History, Culture & Society S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1QDU; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571811394
ISBN
9781571811394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.23

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