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Paperback. On May 15, 1916, a crowd of 15,000 witnessed the lynching of an 18-year-old black farm worker named Jesse Washington. Most central Texans of the time failed to call for the punishment of the mob's leaders. This work seeks to explain how a culture of violence that nourished this practice could form and endure for so long among ordinary people. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074301
ISBN
9780252074301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

paperback. "Magnificent.. the best work of economic and business history I've ever read."-Paul Krugman Num Pages: 592 pages, illustrations facsimiles, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFSG; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 39. Weight in Grams: 878.
Publisher
W. W. Norton
Number of pages
556
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393308730
ISBN
9780393308730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.65

Paperback. First published in 1993, this illustrated volume defines the main components and sources for Russia's architectural traditions in their historical context. Subject to influences from east and west, it documents Russian architecture's distinctive approaches to building in four parts. Num Pages: 744 pages, 775 illus., 80 in color. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AM; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 215 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
744
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295983936
ISBN
9780295983936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 50.17

Paperback. William Cobbett provides evocative descriptions of the 19th century southern English countryside, his encounters with labourers, and outbursts at the encroaching cities and sufferings of the poor. Ian Dyck places these accounts in the context of Cobbett's political and social beliefs. Num Pages: 576 pages, map, explanatory notes, further reading, indexes. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; DNF; HBTB; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435795
ISBN
9780140435795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Hardcover. Uses the history of the university and reframes the "Protestant Ethic" to consider the conditions of knowledge production in the world. The author argues that the research university developed in response to market forces and bureaucracy, producing a kind of academic whose goal was to establish originality and achieve fame through publication. Num Pages: 576 pages, 20 tables, 50halftones. BIC Classification: HBT; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 237 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226109213
ISBN
9780226109213
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.65
€ 78.49

Paperback. Presents an argument that the research university developed in response to market forces and bureaucracy, producing a academic whose goal was to establish originality and achieve fame through publication. This book investigates the origins and evolving fixtures of academic life: the lecture catalog, the library catalog, and the grading system. Num Pages: 668 pages, 51 halftones, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JHBC; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 36. Weight in Grams: 914.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
668
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226109220
ISBN
9780226109220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.55

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. In the nineteenth century, the Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt famously defined the Renaissance as a period of progress, reason, the emergence of the individual, and the beginning of modernity. Series: Contesting the Past. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405123709
ISBN
9781405123709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.28

Hardcover. In the nineteenth century, the Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt famously defined the Renaissance as a period of progress, reason, the emergence of the individual, and the beginning of modernity. Series: Contesting the Past. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405123693
ISBN
9781405123693
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.73

paperback. Several hundred tribes of Native Americans were living within or hunting and trading across the borders of Texas when Cabeza de Vaca and his shipwrecked companions washed up on a Gulf Coast beach in 1528. This title describes the historic Native peoples of Texas by geographic regions. Num Pages: 366 pages, 1 line drawing, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 738. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292717930
ISBN
9780292717930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.12

Paperback. Taste 5,000 years of brewing history as a time-travelling home-brewer rediscovers and re-creates the great beers of the past. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; WBXD2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 295 x 25. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393351996
ISBN
9780393351996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. This text examines the forces - both destructive and dynamic - which have shaped 20th-century South Africa. The book draws on the rich and lively tradition of radical history writing on the country and weaves economic and cultural history into the political narrative. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3 maps, 4 tables and 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192893185
ISBN
9780192893185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Paperback. The crew of the HMS Enterprise, searching for the missing Franklin expedition, sees steadily worsening relations between captain and officers. Num Pages: 332 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1MTN; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
332
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888644725
ISBN
9780888644725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Based on the criminal trial records and related documents from the regions of central Mexico and Oaxaca, this book attempts to discover how peasants conceived of their role under Spanish rule, how they behaved under various kinds of street, and how they felt about their Spanish overlords. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804711128
ISBN
9780804711128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 black and white and colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 332 x 27. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Gibbs M. Smith Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781423641230
ISBN
9781423641230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.51

Paperback. Traces the ways in which negative attitudes toward blacks became deeply embedded in French culture. Examining the forces that shaped these views, this book shows the inequality of French interactions with blacks in Africa and in the slave colonies of the West Indies. It is useful for those dealing with issues of racism, ethnicity, and identity. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
1st Pbk. Ed. /
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253216502
ISBN
9780253216502
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardback. Combining theoretical work with careful historical description and the analysis of new data sources, this volume makes a case for a more historical economics both by argument and example. Seventeen essays use both economic theory and historical cases to explore how and why "history matters". Editor(s): Sundstrom, William A.; Guinnane, Timothy W.; Whatley, Warren C. Num Pages: 528 pages, 29 tables, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 39. Weight in Grams: 866.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804743983
ISBN
9780804743983
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.06

Hardback. During the years between the world wars, a small but dynamic community of African American jazz musicians left the US and settled in Paris. This book looks at this cultural moment, one in which African American musicians could flee the racism of the United States to pursue their lives and art in the relatively free context of bohemian Europe. Series: Music of the African Diaspora. Num Pages: 210 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; HBT; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520225374
ISBN
9780520225374
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.90

Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of U.S. Politics and Political Eras. Num Pages: 492 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 167 x 40. Weight in Grams: 894.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
492
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810855878
ISBN
9780810855878
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.63

Paperback. The role of slaves and free blacks in the politics of secession. Series: Civil War America. Num Pages: 408 pages, 19 illustrations, 16 tables, 4 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807856611
ISBN
9780807856611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.06

Hardback. Geography and the Classical World explores the emergence of classical geography,particularly the ancient Greek and Roman world. At its inception, the subject flourished in Britain and America.But in the 1920s it declined and an important tradition was lost. In recovering it, Professor Koelsch has written an outstanding scholarly work. Series: Tauris Historical Geography Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 b/w integrated. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBLA1; HBTP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 240 x 42. Weight in Grams: 892.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780760643
ISBN
9781780760643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.81
€ 137.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 166 pages, 36 b/w photos & 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Edition
First Canadian
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888394866
ISBN
9780888394866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.75

Hardback. Tells the story of an American Indian community in the Housatonic Valley of northwestern Connecticut. Editor(s): Starna, William A. Translator(s): Dally-Starna, Corinna. Series: The Iroquoians & Their World. Num Pages: 4 photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRCX7; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1157.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803224278
ISBN
9780803224278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.62

Paperback. .
Publisher
United Nations University Japan
Number of pages
297
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9789280811414
ISBN
9789280811414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.52

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