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Hardcover. This history of the Corning glass industry is a rich storehouse of information for anyone trying to identify pieces of cut or engraved glass. It combines a study of craftsmen and technique in Corning from 1868 to the present with hitherto unpublished catalogue material from the Corning archives. Num Pages: 377 pages, 750+ illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; AFP; GBCR; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1547.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815627401
ISBN
9780815627401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.92

Hardback. Translator(s): Neusner, Jacob (Research Professor of Religion and Theology, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA). Series: Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period. Num Pages: 375 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 857.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Abridged ed
Number of pages
375
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691634067
ISBN
9780691634067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Bibliography: p175-179. BIC Classification: BTM; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
American Traveler Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780939650620
ISBN
9780939650620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKX; HBTB; JFHF; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 199 x 15. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750970327
ISBN
9780750970327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.97

Paperback. The story of one man's experiences during the Holocaust of Jews in Hungary in 1944. It provides a compassionate, yet non-judgmental, insight into the daily horrors suffered by all Hungarian Jews during this time. Translator(s): Batki, John. Num Pages: 203 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 131 x 209 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9781858660110
ISBN
9781858660110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.47

Paperback. Examines the Chicano movement's development in Los Angeles, home of the largest population of people of Mexican descent outside of Mexico City. This book focuses on four organizations that constituted the heart of the movement: the Brown Berets, the Chicano Moratorium Committee, La Raza Unida Party, and the Centro de Accion Social Autonomo. Num Pages: 183 pages, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL; JPFN; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
183
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520230187
ISBN
9780520230187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Paperback. Ernesto Bassi examines the lives of those who resided in the Caribbean between 1760 and 1860 to trace the configuration of a dynamic geographic space he calls the transimperial Greater Caribbean, where residents made their own geographies and futures while trade, information, and people circulated freely across borders. Num Pages: 360 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JF; HBJK; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822362401
ISBN
9780822362401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.20

Hardback. Ernesto Bassi examines the lives of those who resided in the Caribbean between 1760 and 1860 to trace the configuration of a dynamic geographic space he calls the transimperial Greater Caribbean, where residents made their own geographies and futures while trade, information, and people circulated freely across borders. Num Pages: 360 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JF; HBJK; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362203
ISBN
9780822362203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.68

paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890964873
ISBN
9780890964873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, b/w & colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; HBTM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Edition
First Edition, 1st Printing
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888395627
ISBN
9780888395627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.66

Hardback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 269 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9. Dimension: 222 x 147. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9780882291383
ISBN
9780882291383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.45

Paperback. This updated edition of Ernest Gellner's classic exploration of the roots of nationalism includes an extended introduction from John Breuilly, tracing the way the field has changed over the past two decades. * As pertinent today as it was when it was first published in 1983. Series: New Perspectives on the Past. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405134422
ISBN
9781405134422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.03

Paperback. Examines the historiography of The Beatles, exploring the four major narratives that have developed over time: the semi-whitewashed "Fab Four" account, the acrimonious breakup-era Lennon Remembers version, the biased "Shout!" narrative in the wake of John Lennon's murder, and the current Mark Lewisohn orthodoxy. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 258 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476662664
ISBN
9781476662664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.15

Hardback. A riveting account of private art collectors' passion from Roman times to the present Num Pages: 232 pages, 17 b/w illus. BIC Classification: GM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300208528
ISBN
9780300208528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.52

Hardcover. New essays by prominent scholars in German and Holocaust Studies exploring the boundaries and confluences between the fields and examining new transnational approaches to the Holocaust. Num Pages: 328 pages, 31 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139610
ISBN
9781571139610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.10
€ 70.34

Paperback. Synthesizing the histories of masculinity, manners, and radicalism, Rakes, Highwaymen, and Pirates offers a fresh perspective on the eighteenth-century aristocratic male. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 176 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421413853
ISBN
9781421413853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.78

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813574875
ISBN
9780813574875
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.92

Hardback. How the temp industry undermined the idea that workers are a company's chief asset Num Pages: 232 pages, 45 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781439900802
ISBN
9781439900802
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.93

Hardcover. Mothers Making Latin America utilizes a combination of gender scholarship and source material to dispel the belief that women were separated from or unimportant to central developments in Latin American history since independence. Series: Viewpoints/Puntos de Vista. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations (black & white). BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781118271438
ISBN
9781118271438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.95

Paperback. Mothers Making Latin America utilizes a combination of gender scholarship and source material to dispel the belief that women were separated from or unimportant to central developments in Latin American history since independence. Series: Viewpoints/Puntos de Vista. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118271445
ISBN
9781118271445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.70

Paperback. Originally published in German, Erika Thurner's NATIONAL SOCIALISM AND GYPSIES IN AUSTRIA is the ground-breaking study of Nazi policy toward Gypsies during the Third Reich. The recent upsurge of anti-Gypsy violence in Austria illustrates both the horror of the treatment of Gypsy tribes and the timeliness of this volume. Illustrated. Num Pages: 240 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817353292
ISBN
9780817353292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.40

Hardcover. Erika Szivos places the fine arts and their practitioners in the political, cultural, and social context of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. She investigates the influence of European patterns on the public role of the arts and the changing status of the artist in fin-de-siecle Hungary.

Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JH; 3JJC; ACV; ACX; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336703
ISBN
9780880336703
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.46

Paperback. This major study reconstructs the vast history of European Drama from Greek tragedy through to 20th century theatre, focusing on the subject of identity. Translator(s): Riley, Jo. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; AN; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 173 x 22. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415180603
ISBN
9780415180603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.01

hardcover. Familiar Strangers examines how the Soviet empire was built, and ultimately dismantled, by ethnic outsiders. Scott retells Soviet history from the perspective of the socialist state's internal Georgian diaspora. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUG; HBJD; HBTQ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 171 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
OUP USA United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199396375
ISBN
9780199396375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.13

Hardcover. Beginning in the fall of 1920, Aleksandr Antonov led an insurgency that became the largest armed peasant revolt against the Soviets during the civil war. This book presents a tale of brutality, domination, and revolt, placing readers at the frontlines of the complex and history of the Russian civil war and the consolidation of the Soviet state. Series: Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; HBW; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822943433
ISBN
9780822943433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 318 pages, 10 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTV; JPVH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253021397
ISBN
9780253021397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBT; HBW; JHMC; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 557.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469628660
ISBN
9781469628660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.33

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780231105
ISBN
9781780231105
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.48

Paperback. This volume is an abridgement of Erik Barnouw's three-volume "History of Broadcasting in the United States". The paperback edition was first published in 1976 and a second edition in 1982. Much has happened in US television since then and the additions in this volume take account of those changes. Num Pages: 624 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; HBT; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 31. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195064841
ISBN
9780195064841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.24

Paperback. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156354
ISBN
9780691156354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Paperback. Collects essays that explore the idea of cultural identity in the ancient Mediterranean, examine the subject from a variety of angles, and encompass a range of cultures: Greek, Persian, Jewish, Phoenician, Egyptian, Roman, Gallic, and German - and an array of topics. Num Pages: 572 pages, 97 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QRM; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 178 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1576.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
572
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892369690
ISBN
9780892369690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 87.87

Hardcover. This work contains two narratives which together offer a portrait of how two German Jews came to terms with the changes in their lives brought on by the Nazis. Translator(s): Goldstein, Brigitte. Series: Jewish Lives S. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 325. Clean copy in good condition
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Translated
SKU
KAG0000614
ISBN
9780810111813
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

paperback. Drawing on the findings of anthropology, palaeontogy, psychology and history; and including character analyses of Stalin, Hitler and Himmler, this title shows how the failure to use our capacity for love and reason results in the development of the reverse: we wish to control life absolutely, or to destroy it. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFE; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 39. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Pimlico
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712674898
ISBN
9780712674898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.22

Hardback. Demonstrates that Jews and Poles use spaces, institutions, interpersonal exchanges, and cultural representations to make sense of their historical inheritances Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 296 pages, 25 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253008800
ISBN
9780253008800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.61

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253008862
ISBN
9780253008862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.11

Paperback. Offers a fresh perspective on Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, telling the story of how American Jewish women played a leading role in achieving Zionist goals and shaping the state of Israel. This book also traces Hadassah's involvement in the child rescue movement, which saved thousands of children from Nazi-occupied Europe. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBT; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 176 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742549388
ISBN
9780742549388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.18

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230369658
ISBN
9780230369658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.78

Hardback. Editor(s): Tomich, Dale W. Series: World Social Change. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KJ; HBLL; HBTS; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442231399
ISBN
9781442231399
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.26

Paperback. This book argues that in addition to being a war of national liberation, Mexico's movement toward independence from Spain was also an internal war pitting classes and ethnic groups against each other, an intensely localized struggle by rural people, especially Indians, for the preservation of their communities. Num Pages: 720 pages, tables, figures, maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1193.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804748216
ISBN
9780804748216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.56

Hardback. How did Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood win power so quickly after the dramatic "Arab Spring" uprising that ended President Hosni Mubarak's reign? Based on research in Egypt and interviews with dozens of Brotherhood leaders, the author argues that the very organizational characteristics that helped them win power also contributed to its rapid downfall. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables, 3 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JMG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTV; JFSR2; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626163621
ISBN
9781626163621
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.09