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Paperback. At the periphery of the Chinese empire, a group of innovative entrepreneurs built companies that dominated the Chinese salt trade and created thousands of jobs in the Sichuan region. This book challenges long-held beliefs that social structure, absence of modern banking, and cultural bias against business precluded industrial development in China. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 432 pages, 9 halftones, 10 line drawings, 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231135979
ISBN
9780231135979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.63

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473822948
ISBN
9781473822948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.33

hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801449024
ISBN
9780801449024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801476099
ISBN
9780801476099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.69

Paperback. The arrest in 1998 and subsequent detention in London of General Augusto Pinochet on the orders of Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon occasioned worldwide debate and raised numerous issues of critical significance for politics, human rights and international law. This paper traces the progress of the case against Pinochet from its inception. Num Pages: 78 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; HBTV; JPVR; JPWQ; LB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Institute of Latin American Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900039352
ISBN
9781900039352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.75

Paperback. This book examines the development of social history and the complex relationship between social history and social theory. It covers the major developments within social history, and offers an introduction to many of the most important social theorists, as well as to current debates within historiography. Series: Theory & History. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333947470
ISBN
9780333947470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.94

hardcover. Examines the renewal of interest in British national identity at a popular, political and academic level. This volume demonstrates that far from being idiosyncratic or self-involved, the question of Englishness and its relationship to British national identity offers an important avenue for thinking about the politics of national identity. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453206
ISBN
9781845453206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.21

Paperback. Nine writers record two centuries worth of human history, tracing the evolution of trading routes into the Rockies' largest park. Series: Mountain Cairns: A Series on the History and Culture of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Num Pages: 400 pages, colour photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 190 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888644831
ISBN
9780888644831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.03

Num Pages: 240 pages, 400+ b/w & colour photos. BIC Classification: 1D; HBT; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1524.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764325885
ISBN
9780764325885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.31
€ 45.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 487 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; JFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 678.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
487
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801485084
ISBN
9780801485084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.75

Sheet map. Depicts the Royal Mail steamship routes that carried the majority of the UK's international mail during the 1930s, framed by some illustrations of the transport links through which the post would pass. Series: Old House. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTM; KNTT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 900 x 28 x 1. Weight in Grams: 80. New.
Publisher
Old House Books
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402264
ISBN
9781908402264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 5.28

Sheet map. New.
Publisher
Old House Books
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402417
ISBN
9781908402417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 5.28

Paperback. Contains essays and articles from seventeen noted film studies experts. Chapters provide the reader with a well-rounded view of the societal influences that inspired the films and the techniques that directors, filmmakers, and actors used to portray the world around them. Editor(s): MacCann, Richard Dyer. Series: American Movies: The First Thirty Years S. Num Pages: 144 pages, 8 b&w photographs, illustrations, plans, transparencies, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APF; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810832565
ISBN
9780810832565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.04

Paperback. Contains essays including theoretical reflections, literary criticism, and historical and ethnographic case studies focused on Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Brazil, the Andes, and the Caribbean. This book highlights the relation of Marxist thought, dependency theory, and liberation theology to Latin Americans' experience of coloniality. Editor(s): Morana, Mabel; Dussel, Enrique; Jauregui, Carlos A. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 640 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 38. Weight in Grams: 924.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
664
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341697
ISBN
9780822341697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.28

Spiral bound. Paperback, red spiral binder. 40pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Thomas Reed Publications London
Format
Spiralbound
Publication date
1983
SKU
KON0819351
ISBN
9780900335846
Spiralbound
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 71.71
€ 5.49

Hardcover. This volume describes, analyzes, and evaluates the first 25 years of the collaboration between Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Editor(s): Abelmann, W.H. Num Pages: 346 pages, 18pp illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBT; JNMN; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674014589
ISBN
9780674014589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.88

Paperback. The third edition of From Memory to Written Record is a thorough update of this scholarly classic. Written for students and scholars of medieval history, it traces the development of literacy in England and serves as an introduction to medieval books and documents for graduate students around the world. Num Pages: 418 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 826.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
418
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405157919
ISBN
9781405157919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.45

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691648118
ISBN
9780691648118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 228.48

Paperback. Editor(s): McAuliffe, Mary; O'Donnell, Katherine; Lane, Leeann. Series: Palgrave Advances. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2009th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781403932167
ISBN
9781403932167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.39

Paperback. This book offers a comparative analysis of the major systems of servitude present in the world since 1500. Slavery, serfdom, debt bondage, indentured service and convict labour all provided labour and service through the legal subjection of one person to another, but remained very different. Series: Themes in History. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745617305
ISBN
9780745617305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.39

Hardback. This book offers a comparative analysis of the major systems of servitude present in the world since 1500. Slavery, serfdom, debt bondage, indentured service and convict labour all provided labour and service through the legal subjection of one person to another, but remained very different. Series: Themes in History. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745617299
ISBN
9780745617299
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.13

Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Num Pages: 508 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; GBC; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 917.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810871922
ISBN
9780810871922
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.05

Paperback. Starting from the events surrounding the First World War, the author traces the history of the modern Middle East and puts the Arab Spring into context. McMillan breaks down the nuances of Western involvement in the Middle East, alliances and divisions between Middle Eastern peoples and nations, and the role of religion in these conflicts. Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBTV; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137522047
ISBN
9781137522047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.63
€ 122.43

hardcover. Series: Princeton Studies in History. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691652627
ISBN
9780691652627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.19

hardcover. Editor(s): Ehrlich, M. Avrum. Num Pages: 1254 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 186 x 56. Weight in Grams: 3102.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
ABC-CLIO Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1254
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781851098736
ISBN
9781851098736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 181.27
€ 166.07

Hardcover. Num Pages: 206 pages, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTQ; HBW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Helion and Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909982819
ISBN
9781909982819
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.13

Hardback. Multimedia Histories: From the Magic Lantern to the Internet is the first book to explore in detail the vital connections between today's digital culture and an absorbing history of screen entertainments and technologies. Its range of coverage moves from the magic lantern, the stereoscope and early film to the DVD and the internet. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 302 pages, illustrated with about 30 photographs. BIC Classification: APF; APT; HBT; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897723
ISBN
9780859897723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.59

Hardcover. This highly original work reveals the profound impact that the railroad and the cinema have had on Western society and modern urban industrial culture. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 348 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: APFA; HBTB; JFC; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895286
ISBN
9780859895286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.68

Paperback. This text documents the active history of the vast peasant rebellion against collectivization between 1928-1932. It reveals the manifestation in Stalin's Russia of universal strategies of peasant resistance in what amounted to virtual civil war between state and peasantry. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JFSF; JPWQ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Number of pages
324
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195131048
ISBN
9780195131048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 110.58

Hardback. Num Pages: 1036 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; HRQX2; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1407.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1943
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
1036
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231087957
ISBN
9780231087957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.96

Hardback. Num Pages: 766 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; HRQX2; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 200. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1953
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
766
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231087988
ISBN
9780231087988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.98

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 382 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691637488
ISBN
9780691637488
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages, 16 black & white images. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; DSBB; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813062075
ISBN
9780813062075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC; JFD; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226769677
ISBN
9780226769677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.38

Paperback. Offers a perspective on everyday life in ancient Egypt. This book provides discussions of topics of debate, including the body, sexuality and issues of identity, and also addresses some of the traditional questions in archaeology about society and self, the individual and social relations. Series: Social Archaeology. Num Pages: 260 pages, b/w figs and pls. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631212997
ISBN
9780631212997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.47

Hardback. Offers a perspective on everyday life in ancient Egypt. This book provides discussions of topics of debate, including the body, sexuality and issues of identity, and also addresses some of the traditional questions in archaeology about society and self, the individual and social relations. Series: Social Archaeology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631212980
ISBN
9780631212980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 211.07

Hardcover. Relates the founding of Florence Nightingale's school at St Thomas' Hospital and her guidance of its teaching for the rest of her life. This title reveals her evolving views on nursing, and on germ theory. It presents material on the early years of the school. It covers the crisis of its near breakdown in the early 1870s. Editor(s): McDonald, Lynn. Num Pages: 944 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGH; DN; HBTB; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
935
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889204676
ISBN
9780889204676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.87

Hardcover. Florence Nightingale is famous as the 'lady with the lamp' in the Crimean War, 1854-56. This title reports on Nightingale's correspondence from the war hospitals and on the staggering amount of work she did post-war to ensure that the appalling death rate from disease (higher than that from bullets) did not recur. Num Pages: 1096 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: BGH; DN; HBTB; JW; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 63. Weight in Grams: 1630.
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Number of pages
785
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889204690
ISBN
9780889204690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.00

Paperback. This study argues that morphology was integral to the life sciences of the 19th century. It traces the development of morphological research in German universities and illuminates significant institutional as well as intellectual changes in 19th-century German biology. Num Pages: 428 pages, 9 halftones, 1 map, 7 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBTB; JNU; PDX; PSVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226610887
ISBN
9780226610887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

Paperback. "A tour de force."-Gordon S. Wood, New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HBT; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Presumed to be 1st as edition is unstated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393331998
ISBN
9780393331998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.03