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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardcover. The brutal story of African slavery in the British colonies of the West Indies and North America is told in this history. All aspects of African slavery up to 1776 are covered, including: the situation of women; flight and rebellion; disease and death; and the conditions on the slave ships. Num Pages: 344 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KB; 1KJW; 1QDB; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLH; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631229599
ISBN
9780631229599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.73

Paperback. Describes the history of how the 'Africa Trade' formed the backbone of the British Empire. This book retells the story of how the international commodity market in Africans operated, how transportation of millions of Africans over thousands of miles developed and how the experience affected slaves both in bondage and then in freedom. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 230.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752444277
ISBN
9780752444277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. * Argues that slavery transformed the tastes and economy of the western world * Illustrated with frequent reference to individual lives * New edition incorporates recent scholarly findings * Notes and bibliography have been updated. Num Pages: 344 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KB; 1KJW; 1QDB; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLH; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631229605
ISBN
9780631229605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.00

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473822894
ISBN
9781473822894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.68

Paperback. A biography of the poet and libertine the Earl of Rochester. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 684. The Life of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. 480 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. A biography of the poet and libertine the Earl of Rochester. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight: 646.
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463362
ISBN
9781580463362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.10

Hardcover. Editor(s): Feldman, James W. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, 10 b&w illus., 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; JWMN; KNBN; RNQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999616
ISBN
9780295999616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43

Paperback. Editor(s): Feldman, James W. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, 10 b&w illus., 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; JWMN; KNBN; RNQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 218 x 29. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999623
ISBN
9780295999623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardcover. James W. Ely Jr, tells the history of the rail industry, showing that two institutions - the railroad and American law - had a profound effect on each other. It also documents the change and innovation the railroad brought the country. Num Pages: 376 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; LNKT; TRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700611447
ISBN
9780700611447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.98

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 402 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; KCX; KNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
402
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691630083
ISBN
9780691630083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.85

Hardback. During the Spanish Civil War, foreign military officers wrote highly elaborate reports of their experiences at the front. One was attache Col. Stephen O. Fuqua of the US Army. Fuqua's reports contained important observations about Spanish armament and troop movements. James W. Cortada brings Fuqua's - and others' - insightful observations to light. Num Pages: 374 pages, 11 b 11 maps; appendix; chronology; notes; bibliographic essay. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597975568
ISBN
9781597975568
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.37

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JFSL3; JPVH1; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691643489
ISBN
9780691643489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.89

Paperback. An introductory textbook charting a global history of modern Britain from 1750 to the present. Series: Cambridge History of Britain. Num Pages: 450 pages, 84 b/w illus. 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107686007
ISBN
9781107686007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99

Paperback. What does it mean to live in the modern world? How different is that world from those that preceded it, and when did we become modern? This book argues that the world was made modern not by revolution, industrialization, or the Enlightenment. Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies. Num Pages: 184 pages, 11 b/w images, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282049
ISBN
9780520282049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.42

Paperback. James Melton's lucid and accessible 2001 study examines the rise of 'the public' in eighteenth-century Europe. Series: New Approaches to European History. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484. Series: New Approaches to European History. 300 pages. James Melton's lucid and accessible 2001 study examines the rise of 'the public' in eighteenth-century Europe. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFCX. Dimension: 223 x 151 x 18. Weight: 484.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521469692
ISBN
9780521469692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.69

Hardback. In 1581, after four days of debating six leading Anglican divines at the Tower of London, Jesuit Edmund Campion (1540-1581) was put to death because he would not deny his faith. This volume contains Catholic manuscripts of those debates. Num Pages: 249 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 3JB; DNF; HRA; HRCC7; HRCC91. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 471.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823218875
ISBN
9780823218875
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBLH; HRAM1; HRAM2; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691645018
ISBN
9780691645018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.53
€ 98.34

Paperback. An antholgy that collects the writings of James Thurber, author of 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty', in which an ordinary man's fantasies have a more powerful hold on him than reality. It also includes his essays, poetry and cartoons. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
871st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141395975
ISBN
9780141395975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardback. Written as a character study, Young Hamilton, explores the first twenty-six years of Alexander Hamilton's life and is designed to reveal how Hamilton's early years shaped him into the statesman he became. Num Pages: 497 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 978.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
497
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823217892
ISBN
9780823217892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; JPHL; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pegasus Books United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781605984094
ISBN
9781605984094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.74

Paperback. The 1970s were critical years for the British motor industry. British family motorists carried on buying British as long as they could, and the industry produced an array of cars which entered the public consciousness as symbols of their times. This title illustrates the history of these workhorses. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, 30 b/w; 40 col. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; WGCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Shire
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747811497
ISBN
9780747811497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

Hardcover. A guide to the twenty-seven bus manufacturers of the period 1945-1975 - large and small - are dealt with in A-Z order, from AEC to Vulcan. Num Pages: 192 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; WGCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 279 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1040.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Herridge & Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906133382
ISBN
9781906133382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.29
€ 48.94

Paperback. E-type Jaguar; Triumph Spitfire; MGA; Austin-Healey - nobody built sports cars like British manufacturers in the 1950s and '60s. This book tells the story of the British sports car in the 1950s and '60s. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, 30 b/w; 40 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; WGCB; WSPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 212 x 4. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747814320
ISBN
9780747814320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.33

Hardback. Tells the story of how the two companies worked together to produce the Rover 800 and its cousin, the Honda Legend. This book sets out the full history looking at the design and development of all models: saloons, Fastbacks and Coupes; the Sterling in North America; contemporary after market modifications; Police usage and export variants. Num Pages: 192 pages, 250 colour and black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJPN; WGCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 269 x 21. Weight in Grams: 934.
Publisher
The Crowood Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785002243
ISBN
9781785002243
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.74

Paperback. A fully illustrated and affectionate look at British luxury cars of the 1950s and '60s with appeal to classic car enthusiasts and those interested in the history of the British car industry. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, 90 b/w; 32 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; WGCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Shire Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784420642
ISBN
9781784420642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.14

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