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Paperback. Cutting Along the Color Line chronicles the cultural history of barber shops as businesses and civic institutions, demonstrating their central role in civil rights struggles throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223798
ISBN
9780812223798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Hardback. A large number of hill stations were developed by the British in the Indian colony and these were chosen as the summer capitals and seats of administrative authority of the Raj. This work looks at the way the Empire was built in the hills through the sites of the church, schools, and sport activities to imitate the lifestyle of the British. Num Pages: 456 pages, 27. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 38. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199463558
ISBN
9780199463558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.17

Hardback. This book explores the interplay between ritual performance of the opera Mulian and gentrified mercantile lineages in late imperial Huizhou. It shows how local elites appropriated the opera, turning it into a medium for conveying orthodox values and religious precepts and for negotiating local social and gender issues in a rising money economy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 tables, 13 figures, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; DSBD; DSG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804750325
ISBN
9780804750325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.75

Hardcover. Editor(s): Pitelka, Morgan; Purwanto, Bambang; Nordholt, Henk Schulte. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Univ Hawaii Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824851576
ISBN
9780824851576
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.77

paperback. Offers an analysis of the forms and uses of individualism in colonial and anti-colonial India. This book presents an examination of how concepts of individualism functioned in support of and resistance to British imperialism in India. It highlights the complexity of the multiple narratives that constitute British colonial history. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822327684
ISBN
9780822327684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.50

Num Pages: 143 pages, 225 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 286 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1042.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
143
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764332043
ISBN
9780764332043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. The first full-length study of slave memory in the South African context, this examines the relevance and effects of slave memory for contemporary negotiations of South African gendered and racialised identities. It reads memory as one way of processing t Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBTS. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145072
ISBN
9781868145072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.09

Num Pages: 264 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLS; AMX; HBJK; HBTB; HD; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 213 x 15. Weight in Grams: 703.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931745673
ISBN
9781931745673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.84

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636979
ISBN
9780691636979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.49

Paperback. This revised and updated edition of the standard introduction to the origins of the greatest of all revolutions incorporates and critically appraises the results of a new generation of research and interpretation. It thus remains the essential starting point for study of the subject. Num Pages: 256 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198731740
ISBN
9780198731740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.39

Paperback. Aristocracies dominated the social, economic, and institutional history of all European countries until only a few generations ago. William Doyle strips away the myths and beliefs which have always surrounded them, looking at how these very distinctive governing elites held onto power, and analyses when, how, and why they eventually lost it. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 15 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 173 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199206780
ISBN
9780199206780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. Series: African World Histories. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199764709
ISBN
9780199764709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.79

Paperback. A rich and fresh survey of women's lives between George III and the First World War Num Pages: 352 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753819890
ISBN
9780753819890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Shows that during the Third Reich, the Institute became the most important propaganda organ of German Protestantism, exerting a widespread influence and producing a nazified Christianity that placed anti-Semitism at its theological center. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTZ1; HRAX; HRCC2; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148052
ISBN
9780691148052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.81

Paperback. A new, wide-ranging book from the acclaimed author of The Serpent's Promise and Darwin's Island Num Pages: 384 pages, Integrated photos - on chapter openers. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBTV2; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408705940
ISBN
9781408705940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. A history of educational ideas from classical Greece to the 20th century, relating these ideas to the social, political and economic trends of significant periods of history. Series: Woburn Education Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFH; HBT; JFCX; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713040418
ISBN
9780713040418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.78

Paperback. This book traces M?ori engagement with handwriting from 1769 to 1826. Through beautifully reproduced written documents, it tells an image-led story about the earliest relationships between M?ori and P?keh? based around the written word. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 2PGPA; HBJM; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 175. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Huia Pub.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781869694784
ISBN
9781869694784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 30.26

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691637051
ISBN
9780691637051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.15

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; CFF; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691647654
ISBN
9780691647654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.69

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845208219
ISBN
9781845208219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.49

Paperback. Luke Gibbons revisits representations of the Famine, particularly those in Ireland's Great Hunger Museum to argue that images can not only give visual pleasure but demand ethical interventions on the part of spectators. Num Pages: 40 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 228 x 4. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Quinnipiac University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780990468622
ISBN
9780990468622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.00

Paperback. "Bloomsbury Sources in Ancient History." Series: Bloomsbury Sources in Ancient History. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBLA1; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441133458
ISBN
9781441133458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 40.19

Paperback. * A fascinating, thought-provoking book on the emotive subject of rape from the highly acclaimed author of FEAR. 'Joanna Bourke is a talented young historian' SUNDAY TIMES. Now out in paperback Num Pages: 576 pages, Integrated: 20, int pix. BIC Classification: HBT; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844081554
ISBN
9781844081554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.66

Paperback. These original interpretations of Renaissance culture focus on the English Renaissance as well as attending to work in a range of vernacular languages and on tne reception and transformation of the Greco-Roman literary, political and intellectual heritage. Series Editor(s): Hutson, Lorna. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360. English Renaissance Republicans, Modern Selfhoods and the Virtue of Vunerability. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture. 232 pages. These original interpretations of Renaissance culture focus on the English Renaissance as well as attending to work in a range of vernacular languages and on tne reception and transformation of the Greco-Roman literary, political and intellectual heritage. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 13. Weight: 360. Series Editor(s) :Hutson, Lorna.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748664870
ISBN
9780748664870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.97

Paperback. The West Indies Cricket Team, formed in 1884, made its first overseas tour to Canada and United States. The first match was played against the Montreal Cricket Club, 16-17 August 1886. This book speaks to the Canadian and American beginning of the West Indian cricket culture that emerged a century later as a powerful performance force of the game. Num Pages: 140 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KJW; 3JH; HBTB; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Canoe Press Jamaica
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9789768125866
ISBN
9789768125866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.59

Paperback. Splendid..the major overview of Anglo-Saxon clothing and textile from the 5th to 11th centuries. (..) Owen-Crocker has become the authority reconstructors call upon.. A wise and scholarly book. TOEBI Newsletter Num Pages: 428 pages, 263, 12 colour, 13 black and white, 238 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1092.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
428
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised and enlarged ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843835721
ISBN
9781843835721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.38

hardcover. The impact of the Norman conquest of Sicily and Southern Italy in the 11th and 12th centuries upon the society of that region forms the central theme of this text. It looks at the Norman relations with the Byzantine world, and includes several studies on the church. Series: Variorum Collected Studies. Num Pages: 326 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRAM9; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 150. Weight in Grams: 595.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860788034
ISBN
9780860788034
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.66

Hardcover. 276p. Hardback. D.W. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Pre
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Edition
Large type / Large print
SKU
KON0572488
ISBN
9780809306817
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 8.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Starkey, David J.; Harlaftis, Gelina. Series: Research in Maritime History. Num Pages: 423 pages. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
International Maritime Economic History Association Canada
Number of pages
423
Condition
New
SKU
V9780968128848
ISBN
9780968128848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.18

Hardcover. Those travelling on the seas have always been vulnerable to the attacks of predators acting within or without the law. This book focuses on the character of pirate communities in the Caribbean, the East Indies and China, and on the scale and significance of privateering operations based in the principal European maritime states. Editor(s): Starkey, David J.; Van Heslinga, E.S. van Eyck; Moor, J. A. de. Series: Exeter Maritime Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, maps, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FPC; 1QSC; 3JF; 3JH; HBTM; JKV; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 232 x 8. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859894814
ISBN
9780859894814
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.21

Paperback. Series: Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; ACBK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820348490
ISBN
9780820348490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.24

Paperback. The challenge of opening Africa and Australia to British imperial influence fell to a coterie of proto-professional explorers who sought knowledge, adventure, and fame but often experienced confusion, fear, and failure. Kennedy follows the arc of these explorations, from idea to practice, intention to outcome, myth to reality. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBJM; HBTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674503861
ISBN
9780674503861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.77

Paperback. This succinct and insightful account of decolonization analyses the tumultuous events that caused the shift from a world of colonial empires to a world of nation-states in the years after World War II. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 128 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBLW3; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 111. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199340491
ISBN
9780199340491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. The only book to investigate the sudden appearance of the haemophilia gene in the Royal Family. Num Pages: 190 pages, 32 illustrations, tables, map, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGR; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Sutton Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750911993
ISBN
9780750911993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.11

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; HBJH; HBTB; HBTQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649924
ISBN
9780691649924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 322.15

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; 3H; HBLC1; HBTB; HBWC; HRAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635897
ISBN
9780691635897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.35

Hardcover. Explores the ways in which music was used, appropriated, exhibited, listened to, and written about during the six months of the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris, thereby revealing the role and the sociopolitical uses of music in France and, more generally, Europe during the late nineteenth century. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 420 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; AVGC5; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 806.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
BOYE6
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580461856
ISBN
9781580461856
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 177.62

Paperback. A compelling and persuasive account of how the Romantic Movement permanently changed the way we see things and express ourselves. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; ACVC; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753828656
ISBN
9780753828656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. This cultural history of the evolution of modern marriage practices in colonial Bengal shows that arranged marriage as it is practiced today is a modern practice from the colonial era. Num Pages: 360 pages, 42 photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKB; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344780
ISBN
9780822344780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.02

Hardback. This cultural history of the evolution of modern marriage practices in colonial Bengal shows that arranged marriage as it is practiced today is a modern practice from the colonial era. Num Pages: 360 pages, 42 photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKB; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344629
ISBN
9780822344629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 214.70