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Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 649.
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813118178
ISBN
9780813118178
Condition: New

€ 46.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBTB; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 226 x 13. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589791718
ISBN
9781589791718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.92

Hardback. A new international maritime order was forged in the early modern age, yet histories of the period have dealt almost exclusively with the Atlantic and Indian oceans. This book brings the Mediterranean and Catholic piracy into the broader context of early modern history, and focuses on commerce and the struggle for power in this volatile age. Series: Princeton Modern Greek Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: HBLH; HBTM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141978
ISBN
9780691141978
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.72

hardcover. In this era of tweets and blogs, it is easy to assume that the self-obsessive recording of daily minutiae is a recent phenomenon. In this title, the author explores how vital these unassuming and easily overlooked stationery staples were to those who used them. Num Pages: 280 pages, 34 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226033211
ISBN
9780226033211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.66

Paperback. In this era of tweets and blogs, it is easy to assume that the self-obsessive recording of daily minutiae is a recent phenomenon. In this title, the author explores how vital these unassuming and easily overlooked stationery staples were to those who used them. Num Pages: 280 pages, 34 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226033358
ISBN
9780226033358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.38

Paperback. Against the historical background of slavery and colonialism, this study investigates how white and Afro-Caribbean women writers have responded to feminist, abolitionist and post-emancipationist issues. It aims to reveal a relationship between colonial exploitation and female sexual oppression. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231082235
ISBN
9780231082235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.29

paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813037202
ISBN
9780813037202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.98

Hardback. European colonial conquest included many instances of indigenous peoples being exterminated. Cases where invading commercial stock farmers clashed with hunter-gatherers were particularly destructive, often resulting in a degree of dispossession and slaughter that destroyed the ability of these societies to reproduce themselves. Editor(s): Adhikari, Mohaemd. Series: War and Genocide. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ; HBTZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782387381
ISBN
9781782387381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.70

Paperback. Editor(s): Romani, Gabriella. Series: Texts and Translations. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The Modern Language Association of America
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873529358
ISBN
9780873529358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.20

Hardback. On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht, Mitchell Bard provides a comprehensive and penetrating account [of the events of that night] that should be read not only as a history of Holocaust, but as a lesson for the future. (Abraham H. Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League). Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781599214450
ISBN
9781599214450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 23.75

Hardback. This volume presents intersections of Black and German history over eight centuries while mapping continuities and ruptures in Germans' perceptions of Blacks. Juxtaposing these intersections demonstrates that negative German perceptions of Blackness proceeded from nineteenth-century racial theories.. Editor(s): Honeck, Mischa; Klimke, Martin; Kuhlmann-Smirnov, Anne. Series: Studies in German History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 ills, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857459534
ISBN
9780857459534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.81

Paperback. Celebrating 200 years of the humble bicycles, in stunning photographs Num Pages: 144 pages, 104 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: AJC; HBT; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 170. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750980050
ISBN
9780750980050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816526000
ISBN
9780816526000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.40

Paperback. Interviews twelve experts on oral history to discuss the medium's status within the social sciences in light of recent technological breakthroughs. This title addresses many of the challenges of oral history, from its inherent subjectivity to whether it should be treated as a discipline or simply a method for research. Editor(s): Vanek, Miroslav. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 145 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9788024622262
ISBN
9788024622262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.96

Paperback. Revisits an important moment in black cultural history, the years 1922 to 1938, to explore how visual elements were used in poems, novels, and photography to undermine stereotypes. Thaggert identifies an early form of black American modernism characterize Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558498310
ISBN
9781558498310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.07

Paperback. Presents the history of Japanese mass culture during the decades preceding Pearl Harbor. This work argues that the new gestures, relationship, and humor of ero-guro-nansensu (erotic grotesque nonsense) expressed a self-consciously modern ethos that challenged state ideology and expansionism. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 390 pages, 33 b/w photographs, 6 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
390
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260085
ISBN
9780520260085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.90

Hardback. Reassesses the celebrated Maoist health care model through the lens of Mao's famous campaign against snail fever. This volume documents how economic, political, and cultural realities led to grassroots resistance. It reconsiders the relationship between science and political control during the ostensibly antiscientific Maoist era. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 b/w, 1 map, 5 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288836
ISBN
9780520288836
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.02

Paperback. Drawing on family and communal records, diaries, memoirs, literary works, and other sources, the author reconstructs the fascinating story of how Portuguese immigrant - merchants, professionals, and intellectuals, for the most part - reasserted their Judaism, while maintaining their Iberian heritage. Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1DSP; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253213518
ISBN
9780253213518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.99

Hardback. The French Revolution invented the notion of the citizen, but it also invented the noncitizen--the person whose rights were nonexistent. The South American outpost of Guiana became a depository for these outcasts of the new French citizenry, and an experimental space for the exercise of new kinds of power and violence against marginal groups. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057548
ISBN
9780674057548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.27

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843836339
ISBN
9781843836339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.25

Paperback. Paperback, white cover. Cover is slightly stained. 63pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Ministry of Tourism and Recreation Toronto
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
SKU
KON0819164
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 5.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: AKTX; HBTB; JFCK; JFD; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 239 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360308
ISBN
9780822360308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.61

Paperback. Hong Kong has faced many changes,challenges and opportunities since the retrocession from British colonial rule to Chinese sovereignty. This volume presents an assessment of the major developments and unfolding trends in the initial years of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Editor(s): So, Alvin Y. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9789622096073
ISBN
9789622096073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837628548
ISBN
9783837628548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.03

hardcover. Editor(s): Zhou, Min; Ocampo, Anthony C. Num Pages: 688 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1129.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
3rd ed.
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479829231
ISBN
9781479829231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.46

Paperback. Editor(s): Zhou, Min; Ocampo, Anthony C. Num Pages: 688 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
3 Rev ed
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479826223
ISBN
9781479826223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.80

Paperback. War, Debt, and Other Refugee Passages. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. 304 pages, 4 photographs. Develops a new critique of United States empire and its self-interested claims to provide for others the advantage of human freedom. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTR; JPVH1. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 17. Weight: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352396
ISBN
9780822352396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.09

Paperback. A memoir of recovering the history of a German village where Jews' and Christians' claims of congeniality were often proved true. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BM; HBTB; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803226401
ISBN
9780803226401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.67

Paperback. Editor(s): Klein, Milton M. Num Pages: 864 pages, 139. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 177 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
864
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801489914
ISBN
9780801489914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

Paperback. Chronicling the career of Beriah Green (1795-1874), theologian, educator, reformer and one of Now York's most important abolitionists, this book is a history of Green and his attempt to create a model biracial society. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630227
ISBN
9780815630227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.43

Paperback. The North Star was both an astronomical reference guiding slaves north to freedom, and a symbol of the moral enterprise that sought to end slavery. This work begins with a history of slavery in upstate New York and ends with John Brown's execution and burial in the Adirondacks. Series: New York State History & Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 illustrations, 1 map, 1 table, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629153
ISBN
9780815629153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.41

Paperback. Harriet Tubman is one of America's most beloved historical figures, revered alongside luminaries including Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. This book tells the story of Tubman's life as an American icon. Num Pages: 424 pages, 88 illustrations ( incl. 9 in color). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822340737
ISBN
9780822340737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.47

Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, 220 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AJCR; HBTB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 266 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873515047
ISBN
9780873515047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.46

Paperback. Colin Miller chronicles developments of the 1940s and '50s through the eyes of a Norfolk schoolboy and teenager. Series: In Old Photographs. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; 3JJPG; BT; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750942478
ISBN
9780750942478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.84

Hardcover. Exploring the relationship between power and knowledge in European engagement with Asia, this work examines the East India Company at work and reveals how writing and print shaped authority on a global scale in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It also uncovers the intellectual and political legacies of early modern trade and empire. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; HBTK; KNTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226620411
ISBN
9780226620411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 442 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; HBTQ; JFFN; JPS; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640501
ISBN
9780691640501
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 212.24

hardcover. Series: Critical Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 photographs, 2 figures, 2 maps, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJD; HBTQ; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813584485
ISBN
9780813584485
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.62

paperback. Series: Critical Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 photographs, 2 figures, 2 maps, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJD; HBTQ; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813584478
ISBN
9780813584478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.21

Paperback. This environmental history of the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta places the Delta's economic and cultural history in an environmental context. It reveals the human aspects of the region's natural history, including land reclamation, slave and sharecropper economies, ethnic and racial perceptions of land ownership and stewardship, and even blues music. Num Pages: 376 pages, 6 b/w photos, 5 tables, 3 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HBJK; HBTB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820326733
ISBN
9780820326733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.74

Paperback. Uproariously funny stories that give a behind-the-scenes look at daily life in the Soviet Union of Zoshchenko's time Translator(s): Monas, S. Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300. "Publishers cloth ~ Good clean copy in original brown cloth and title in black on spine, small cartoon-like illustration of a man on front board, well defined edges and tight binding, suggestion of buffing and some dust dulling to edges of original dw incl". Keywords: "Special Features - Used Books - Fiction - Authors, A-Z - ( Z ),Special Features - Used Books - Fiction - Short Stories - Historical,Special Features - Used Books - Fiction - Short Stories - World,Spec"
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1962
SKU
KEX0155887
ISBN
9780472060702
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 50.81