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Hardcover. A fascinating anthology of narratives from the period 1735-1830, by European women who recount their enslavement in North Africa. The first such collection, it includes an extensive introduction which links the discourse on contemporary Western women captives in Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq with that of former white captives in North Africa. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230221987
ISBN
9780230221987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.78
€ 145.69

Paperback. Attitudes toward homosexuality in the premodern Arab-Islamic world are commonly depicted as schizophrenic. This title argues that this apparent paradox is based on the anachronistic assumption that homosexuality is a timeless, self-evident fact to which a particular culture reacts with some degree of tolerance or intolerance. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFM; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
49267th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226729893
ISBN
9780226729893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.76

Edition
2nd
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340983256
ISBN
9780340983256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.49

Hardback. Series: Indigenous Confluences. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 2 maps, 20 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; JNAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295998268
ISBN
9780295998268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.46

Paperback.
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Main Market
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330346481
ISBN
9780330346481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Hardback. Kevin R. Kosar tells the colourful history of moonshine, with characters that range from crusading lawmen, earnest farmers and clever tinkerers looking for a thrill. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 176 pages, 60 illustrations, 40 in colour. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; WBXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 120. .
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780237428
ISBN
9781780237428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.91

Hardcover. An informative, concise narration of the story of whiskey, from obscure medieval origins to the globally-traded product that we know today. Kevin R. Kosar explains what whiskey is, how it is made, and how the types of whiskey - Bourbon, Corn, Rye, Irish and Scotch - differ. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 144 pages, 27 colour illustrations, 28 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; WBXD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861897800
ISBN
9781861897800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.17

Hardback. In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, more than a thousand pirates poured from the Atlantic into the Indian Ocean. This book explores the resulting global trade network located on the peripheries of world empires and shows the illicit ways American colonists met the consumer demand for slaves and East India goods. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 maps, 11 b/w images, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282902
ISBN
9780520282902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.61

Hardback. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571814296
ISBN
9781571814296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.25

Hardback. From black female prostitution to homosexual brothels, from taxi dance halls to speakeasies, Mumford reconstructs the mixed-race underworld of the Great Migration and the Progressive era to reveal how these subcultures transformed not only race relations, but American culture as well. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFMX; JFSG; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231104920
ISBN
9780231104920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.52

Paperback. Reveals a vibrant and contentious political culture punctuated by traditional civic pride and an understudied tradition of protest in the black community Series: American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 41 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL1; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814795637
ISBN
9780814795637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.27

paperback. The pub has been at the centre of Irish life for centuries. It has played many roles: funeral home, restaurant, grocery shop, music venue, job centre and meeting place for everyone from poets to revolutionaries. Often plain and unpretentious, it is a neutral ground, a leveller - a home away from home. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB; WBXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
The Collins Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848892750
ISBN
9781848892750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.15

Paperback. Offers an compendium on the roots and history of the documentary film. This book takes the reader on a tour of the evolution of documentary film as an polemical, experimental and entertaining form. It gathers a wide-ranging collection of writings. Num Pages: 496 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 135 x 40. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571225149
ISBN
9780571225149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.23

Hardcover. A lively chronicle of the 1960s through the surprisingly close and incredibly contentious friendship of its two most colorful characters. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 169 x 35. Weight in Grams: 738.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393088717
ISBN
9780393088717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.03

Hardcover. With a timely tale of a boat and the people it carried, of fisheries exploited, and of fortunes won and lost, this book offers an environmental history, a journey through time and across the sea, charting the ebb and flow of the cobalt waters of the Pacific coast. Num Pages: 184 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; 3JM; HBTB; KNAF; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226116761
ISBN
9780226116761
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.25

Paperback. Dividing Line Histories of William Byrd II of Westover Editor(s): Berland, Kevin Joel. Series: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia. Num Pages: 528 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBTQ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469633459
ISBN
9781469633459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.13

Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DVUA; HBJD; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 253 x 37. Weight in Grams: 678.
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781610394840
ISBN
9781610394840
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.32

Hardcover. Explores the nineteenth- and twentieth-century spread of modern industry to the global periphery to understand the economic, historical, and political implications of how, in the twenty-first century, economies in Asia, Latin America and even sub-Saharan Africa are converging on the historically-wealthy economies of Europe and North America. Editor(s): O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshoj; Williamson, Jeffrey Gale. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HBTK; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198753643
ISBN
9780198753643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.72

Hardcover. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226297088
ISBN
9780226297088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.07

Paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
3rd ed.
SKU
V9780816649884
ISBN
9780816649884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Zondervan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310274889
ISBN
9780310274889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Editor(s): Bales, Kevin B.; Trodd, Zoe. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BG; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801474385
ISBN
9780801474385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.87

Paperback. Presents ideas and insights that can lead to slavery's extinction. This book recounts the author's personal journey in search of the solution and explains how governments and citizens can build a world without slavery. Num Pages: 274 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257962
ISBN
9780520257962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.58

Paperback. Examines slavery's historical roots to illuminate today's puzzles. The author explores our basic ideas about what slavery is and how the phenomenon fits into our moral, political, and economic worlds. He asks how we can study and measure this mostly hidden crime. Throughout, he emphasizes that to end global slavery, we must first understand it. Num Pages: 222 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 2 drawings, 2 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
222
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520245075
ISBN
9780520245075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.67

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 Black and white photos. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 257 x 32. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812995763
ISBN
9780812995763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.52

Paperback. There are 27 million slaves alive today - more than at any point in history Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 3JM; HBTS; JFF; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851688159
ISBN
9781851688159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.26

Paperback. The authoritative introduction to the history of black civil rights in the USA, providing a clear and useful guide to the political, social and cultural history of black Americans and their pursuit of equality from 1865 to the present day. Series: Introductions to History. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 134 x 9. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415238885
ISBN
9780415238885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 B&W drawings. BIC Classification: HBT; WBXD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 319. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Greystone Books,Canada
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771641197
ISBN
9781771641197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.00

Hardback. A singular narrative woven from the biographies of four generations of women in southwestern Utah

" Num Pages: 480 pages, 51 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BGH; HBTB; HBTG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 975.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Utah Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607815167
ISBN
9781607815167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.75

Num Pages: 272 pages, over 100 b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBTM; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764302275
ISBN
9780764302275
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.61

Paperback. An updated account of the situation facing Kurds in Iraq and the danger of civil war. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Edition
Rev ed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745326627
ISBN
9780745326627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742552746
ISBN
9780742552746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.49

Paperback. In the 1960s and 1970s, New Orleans experienced one of the greatest transformations in its history. This book looks back at that era to explore how a few thousand locals tried to bring the Great Society to Dixie. It offers a detailed portrait of the complex city that developed after its last epic reconstruction. Num Pages: 424 pages, 15 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JJP; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329000
ISBN
9780820329000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.00

Paperback. Expanding on the ex-pat Scottish communities abroad, MacAskill and McLeish turns to organisations specifically designed around the Scottish culture in places such as Singapore, Tokyo, Java and Buenos Aires, as well as the United States, Canada and Australia. This book contains series of conducted interviews, and investigates varied personalities. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905222681
ISBN
9781905222681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. The 'honorable men' who ruled the Old South had a language that comprised apparently outlandish features, yet revealed much about the lives of masters and the nature of slavery. This book demonstrates the language of honor that embraced a system of phrases, gestures, and behaviors centered on values, asserting authority and maintaining respect. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691017198
ISBN
9780691017198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

Hardcover. Traces five centuries of conflict and change in the life of the clergy in Brazil. This book examines how priests participated in the colonization of Brazil, educated the elite and poor in the faith, propped up the socioeconomic status quo, and reinforced the institution of slavery, all the while living in relative freedom from church authority. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBTB; HRCC7; HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 33. Weight in Grams: 789.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268041199
ISBN
9780268041199
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.72

paperback. Demythologizing Sutter while giving him a more secure place in western history, this collective portrait exemplifies revisionist scholarship at its best. Editor(s): Owens, Kenneth N. Num Pages: 138 pages, 1 photograph, 1 illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 11. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
138
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780803286184
ISBN
9780803286184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.33

Paperback. .
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820327921
ISBN
9780820327921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 bw integrated, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1KJ; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780763873
ISBN
9781780763873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.80

Hardcover. Examining the sermons and writings of Protestant clergy, the author finds that clerics on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line (the dividing line between North and South before the Civil War) displayed unanimity in their condemnation of mammonism, which, they believed, would destroy the nation. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC9; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820319056
ISBN
9780820319056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.31