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Paperback. Exposes the fact that slavery remains widespread in Sudan and is not grounded in the current civil war but on old prejudices between the Muslim north and the Christian south. "A shocking account of Sudanese slavery."-Crime & Justice International Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812217629
ISBN
9780812217629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HRAX; HRCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199892495
ISBN
9780199892495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.38

Paperback. The history of Aborigines in Van Diemen's Land is long. The first Tasmanians lived in isolation and against almost insurmountable odds for as many as 300 generations after the flooding of Bass Strait. This broad-ranging book is a comprehensive and critical account of that epic survival up to the present day. Num Pages: 512 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBFT; HBJM; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of New South Wales Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781742234212
ISBN
9781742234212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.55

Hardback. Num Pages: 8 pages, illustrations, portraits. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
8
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813116747
ISBN
9780813116747
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.98

Paperback. Shows that both rural and urban communities in Sweden, Holland, England, and other countries were far more violent during the late Middle Ages. This book also challenges a number of other historical-sociological theories, among them that contemporary organized crime is new, and addresses debate about the meaning and usefulness of crime statistics. Editor(s): Johnson, Eric A.; Monkkonen, Eric H. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252065460
ISBN
9780252065460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.47

Hardback. Explores the memory of the Holocaust and the Jewish past in post-communist Eastern Europe Editor(s): Himka, John-Paul; Michlic, Joanna Beata. Num Pages: 792 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 179 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1300.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
792
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803225442
ISBN
9780803225442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1MBF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845887629
ISBN
9781845887629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.00
€ 16.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816630776
ISBN
9780816630776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 174. Fragments from the Life of Luxury. 112 pages, 8 b&w illus. Presents a translation into prose of a Greek verse by poet Archestratus (nouvelle cuisine of the ancient world) that constitutes the earliest written culinary text. This book describes the foods particularly fish and how they should be cooked and where found in the best condition. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTB; WB. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 9. Weight: 174.
Publisher
Prospect Books
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903018620
ISBN
9781903018620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.21

Hardback. A Companion to Food in the Ancient World presents a comprehensive overview of the cultural aspects relating to the production, preparation, and consumption of food and drink in antiquity. Editor(s): Wilkins, John; Nadeau, Robin. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 472 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 253 x 30. Weight in Grams: 920.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405179409
ISBN
9781405179409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 205.31

Paperback. For more than a thousand years before the arrival of the Slavs in the sixth century AD, the lands between the Adriatic and the river Danube, now Yugoslavia and Albania, were the home of the peoples known to the ancient world as Illyrians. Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWA; 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631198079
ISBN
9780631198079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.80

Paperback. A century after her sinking, social historian John Welshman reconstructs the fascinating individual histories of twelve of the passengers aboard the doomed liner, including a minute-by-minute account of the ship's last tragic hours. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp black and white plate section. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; HBLW; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198786498
ISBN
9780198786498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.71

Hardback. This history shows how anti-Semitism and racism developed as a major element in the European political process from the late 19th century to the Holocaust. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566634922
ISBN
9781566634922
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.24

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 38 halftones. 3 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138633
ISBN
9780691138633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.31

Paperback. John Waller describes the changing ideas concerning heredity from antiquity to the modern biological understanding, considering both the efforts over the centuries to identify the physiological mechanisms involved and how views of heredity have been used to justify or condemn inequalities of class, gender, and race. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 23 black and white images. BIC Classification: HBTB; PDX; PSAK. Dimension: 174 x 111. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198790457
ISBN
9780198790457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.12

Paperback. Story of monuments and memorials in london with lost meanings Num Pages: 224 pages, 150 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473879119
ISBN
9781473879119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.88

Hardback. Editor(s): Lee, John W.I.; North, Michael. Series: Borderlands and Transcultural Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; HBL; HBTP; JFFS; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803285620
ISBN
9780803285620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.22

Paperback. .
Publisher
John Donald Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906566913
ISBN
9781906566913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 27.99

Paperback. This text, winner of the John Gilmary Shea Prize, examines the social and political atmosphere of late imperial Vienna. It traces the demise of Vienna's liberal culture and the growth of a new radicalism during the latter half of the 19th century. Num Pages: 592 pages, 1 halftone, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JPFF; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 810.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226069562
ISBN
9780226069562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTZ; HBWS; JPS; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133. .
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608467235
ISBN
9781608467235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.42

Paperback. Built by Daniel R Hanna as a tribute to his theater-loving father, Marcus Hanna, the Hanna Theatre opened its doors on March 28, 1921, with an adaptation of Mark Twain's "The Prince and the Pauper" starring William Faversham. This is an history of Cleveland's showcase for touring shows. Series: Cleveland Theatre S. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873389051
ISBN
9780873389051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780691022949
ISBN
9780691022949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HBTB; TDCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 686. A Social History of Rubber. 416 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTB; TDCR. Dimension: 153 x 235 x 31. Weight: 684.
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S.
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583672310
ISBN
9781583672310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.92

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141023205
ISBN
9780141023205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.53

paperback. This comprehensive overview of Kinsale's seafaring tradition will be enjoyed by all who appreciate a whiff of salty sea spray, and the sense of adventure bound to ships voyaging to distant lands. Num Pages: 304 pages, B&W photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 192 x 25. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
The Collins Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848893092
ISBN
9781848893092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.15

Paperback. Personal accounts of Japanese Americans kept in relocation camps during World War II express experiences with riots, unsanitary conditions, poor medical care, government inqueries, and divided families. Num Pages: 288 pages, 26 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295977850
ISBN
9780295977850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Hardback. Villages and towns in the Victorian era saw an expansion in educational provision, and witnessed the rise of the elementary teaching profession, often provided by local clergymen. This book investigates the social and economic relationships of such clergymen and teachers who worked co-operatively and at times in competition with each other. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845192952
ISBN
9781845192952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.44

paperback. Examines contact stories from indigenous and newcomer populations from New Zealand and throughout North America. This book argues that we are in the contact zone, struggling to understand the meaning of contact between indigenous and settler populations. It is suitable for scholars and students in Canadian history and First Nations studies. Editor(s): Lutz, John Sutton. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1MBN; HBJK; HBJM; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
UBC Press Canada
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774812634
ISBN
9780774812634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 40.03

Paperback. The Montaukett were among the first tribes to establish relations with the English in the seventeenth century. Focusing on the issues of land tenure in the relations between the English and the Montaukett, this book explores issues of cultural assimilation, political and social tensions, and patterns of economic dependency among the Montaukett. Series: Iroquois & Their Neighbors S. Num Pages: 216 pages, 17 black-&-white illustrations, 3 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630951
ISBN
9780815630951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.98

Paperback. Presents the history of the idea of popular culture. This book traces the invention and reinvention of the concept of popular culture from the eighteenth-century 'discovery' of folk culture to accounts of the cultural impact of globalization. It argues that the idea of popular culture is an invention of intellectuals. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 168 pages, 2. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631234609
ISBN
9780631234609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.43

Paperback. BIC Classification: BGH; HBT; JM; PSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Buckingham Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908684660
ISBN
9781908684660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.81

Paperback. * Challenges previous assumptions about the 1670s. * Based on and quotes a wide range of manuscripts, newsletters, correspondence, contemporary diaries, poems, plays and other documents and printed works. * Includes literary sources not only to enrich the coverage of the period, but for interdisciplinary approach to the period. Series: History of Early Modern England S. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631222538
ISBN
9780631222538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.69

Paperback. This volume offers a guide to mazes and labyrinths in the UK and the principles which underlie them. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DB; AMV; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 84.
Publisher
Wooden Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904263333
ISBN
9781904263333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.14

Hardcover. Hardcover, green spine. A rare book, small amount of staining on page edges. 178pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
McCorquodale & Co., Ltd Glasgow
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1923
SKU
KON0819213
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 275.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTQ; HRHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 816.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504783
ISBN
9780674504783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.42

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBTR; JHB; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 28. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784537364
ISBN
9781784537364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801474187
ISBN
9780801474187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

Paperback. From the early 1960s, though, Liverpool's passenger trade entered a downturn that was unstoppable. Liverpool now has a new landing stage to accommodate visiting cruise ships back in the Mersey. This book tells its story, using the memories of those who sailed in them, of the halcyon days of the passenger liners which sailed from the Mersey. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBJD1; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 173 x 10. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780752449159
ISBN
9780752449159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.37

Hardcover. A wide-ranging collection which traces the evolution of the retailing industry from before the Industrial Revolution to the dramatic changes of the 1990s. Its topics include new retailing methods, out-of-town retailing, town-centre management, and the internationalization of the industry. Editor(s): Benson, John; Shaw, Professor Gareth. Series: Tauris Industrial Histories. Num Pages: 1350 pages, Illustrations, 1facsim., maps, plans. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; KNPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 115. Weight in Grams: 2776.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
1350
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860643484
ISBN
9781860643484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 801.40

Paperback. Examines the grim reality of southern Africa's contemporary post-'liberation' plight, with up-to-date analysis of the ANC and social movements. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780745334790
ISBN
9780745334790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.25