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Hardcover. Clacton, Walton and Frinton: North-East Essex Seaside Resorts. Series: Victoria County History. 403 pages, 134, 18 colour, 86 black and white, 30 line drawing. Editor(s): Thornton, Christopher C.; Eiden, Herbert. An important contribution to the social, cultural and economic history of seaside resorts. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; HBJD1; HBTB. Dimension: 307 x 216 x 33. Weight: 1840.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Victoria County History
Number of pages
403
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904356394
ISBN
9781904356394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.79

Paperback. This text explores the roots of modern environmentalism in the early-20th century US. It was in the workplace of this era, the author argues, that our contemporary understanding of environmental health dangers first took shape. Num Pages: 350 pages, 16 illustrations, 6 figures, notes, index,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHBL; KNXC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
1 New ed
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807847985
ISBN
9780807847985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.13

Paperback. The Genius of Place examines how, after the War of 1812, concerns about the scale of the nation resulted in a fundamental reorientation of American identity away from the Atlantic or global ties that held sway in the early republic and toward more localized forms of identification. Instead of addressing the sweep of the nation, American authors, ar Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 22. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New Hampshire
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611688849
ISBN
9781611688849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.83

Hardcover. Num Pages: 755 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1320.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Holy Trinity Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884653813
ISBN
9780884653813
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 755 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1194.
Publisher
Holy Trinity Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884653363
ISBN
9780884653363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.08

Paperback. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823271764
ISBN
9780823271764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.34

Hardback. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823268757
ISBN
9780823268757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.92

Paperback. To mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has opened its archives to an independent historian. This book reveals the precise role of the Service in twentieth-century British history, since its foundation by Captain Kell of the British Army in October 1909 to root out 'the spies of the Kaiser'. Num Pages: 1072 pages, Illustrations, col. map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBT; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 52. Weight in Grams: 784.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141023304
ISBN
9780141023304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.29

Hardback. * A fascinating and unique history of the Britons from the late Iron Age to the late Middle Ages. * Describes the life, language and culture of the Britons before, during and after Roman rule. * Examines the figures of King Arthur and Merlin and the evolution of a powerful national mythology. Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3D; 3F; 3H; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631222606
ISBN
9780631222606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.86

Hardcover. Who exactly are the intellectuals ? This term is so widely used today that we forget that it is a recent invention, dating from the late nineteenth century. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745690353
ISBN
9780745690353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.42

Paperback. Who exactly are the intellectuals ? This term is so widely used today that we forget that it is a recent invention, dating from the late nineteenth century. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 296 x 21. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745690360
ISBN
9780745690360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.66

Hardcover. In 1959, Virginia's Prince Edward County closed its public schools rather than obey a court order to desegregate. This title recounts the test of wills that pitted resolute African Americans against equally steadfast white segregationists in a battle over the future of public education in America. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL1; JNL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226063898
ISBN
9780226063898
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.30

Paperback. A comparative account of the organized violence in the Caucasus region, looking at four key areas: Chechnya, Karabakh (including Armenia and Azerbaijan), Georgia, and Dagestan Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1DVU; GTB; HBJD; HBTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814797242
ISBN
9780814797242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.02

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTW; HBWS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522. 8vo.Good clean copy with clean dustwrapper.Korea. Asian Studies
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KEX0275733
ISBN
9781574888874
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardback. In 1983, more than one million Germans joined to protest NATO's deployment of nuclear missiles in Europe. This volume survey of the "Euromissiles" crisis as experienced by its various protagonists in Germany, including NATO's strategic maneuvering and the contours of the German protest movement. Editor(s): Gassert, Philipp; Mausbach, Wilfried; Klimke, Martin A.; Zepp, Marianne. Series: Protest, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 328 pages, 42 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW; JPSF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785332678
ISBN
9781785332678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.77

Hardback. This volume of readings examines the revolutions, civil wars, guerrilla struggles, insurgencies, counter-insurgencies, and interventions of this period. Offering a solid perspective on the Independence period, The Wars of Independence is an excellent text for Latin American survey courses and courses focusing on the colonial era. Editor(s): Archer, Christon. Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842024686
ISBN
9780842024686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.63

Paperback. .
Publisher
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783034308632
ISBN
9783034308632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.33

Paperback. Containing chapters that deal with travel narratives, cosmography, commerce, and medical botany, this book examines how ideas and methods are deployed to make German commentators experts in the overseas world, and how this incorporation established the discoveries as important intellectual, commercial, and scientific developments. Series: Studies in Early Modern German History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
F First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927343
ISBN
9780813927343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.96

Paperback. Recounts the history of an experimental regional library service in the early 1950s. Using interviews and library records, it reveals the choices of ordinary individual readers, showing how local cultures of reading interacted with formal institutions to Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; GLMB; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Univ. of Massachusetts Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558498228
ISBN
9781558498228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.86

Hardcover. Asks how 'reading for the law' as literary history contributes to the progressive educational purposes of the Law and Literature movement. This title demonstrates the relevance of literary history to feminist jurisprudence and suggests how literary history might contribute to other forms of 'outsider jurisprudence'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3J; DSB; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928937
ISBN
9780813928937
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

Hardback. Examines the events that led up to the 1848 rising in Ireland and examines the reasons for its failure. This book places the rising in the context of political changes outside Ireland, especially the links between the Irish nationalists and radicals and republicans in Britain, France and north America. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719065163
ISBN
9780719065163
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.32

Paperback. Christine Kinealy provides a chronology of the Famine and examines the causes and consequences of this tragedy, and asks how could a famine of this magnitude occur at the centre of the British Empire? Why did Ireland starve? Num Pages: 40 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 229 x 7. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Quinnipiac University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780990468615
ISBN
9780990468615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.00

Paperback. Discover a wealth of history from the stories told by a wide range of Northampton's residents. Series: Memories. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMM; HBTD; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 165 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445657455
ISBN
9781445657455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 275 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295995571
ISBN
9780295995571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.02

Paperback. Examining how the shared interests of state elites and the middle classes rationalize mistreatment of domestic workers, the author argues that the "premodern" exploitation of migrant domestic workers is at odds with the global expansion of open markets and free trade. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FMM; HBTS; JFSJ1; JFSL; JHBL; JPA; KCLT; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231109871
ISBN
9780231109871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.45

Paperback. In Tropical Renditions Christine Bacareza Balance examines how the performance and reception of post-World War II Filipino and Filipino American popular music provide crucial tools for composing Filipino identity, publics, and politics as well as challenge dominant racial stereotypes. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360018
ISBN
9780822360018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

Hardback. In Tropical Renditions Christine Bacareza Balance examines how the performance and reception of post-World War II Filipino and Filipino American popular music provide crucial tools for composing Filipino identity, publics, and politics as well as challenge dominant racial stereotypes. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822359586
ISBN
9780822359586
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.64

Paperback. Editor(s): Rudisel, Christine. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486780610
ISBN
9780486780610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.58

Fact and Fiction explores the intersection between literature and the sciences, focusing on German and British culture between the eighteenth century and today. Editor(s): Lehleiter, Christine. Num Pages: 368 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JF; DSB; HBJD; HBTB; HPCD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442645981
ISBN
9781442645981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 94.41

Paperback. A book that perfectly balances memoir and history, interweaving a cross-cultural love story with the larger history of the colonial encounter Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBN; BT; HBJM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 194. 288 pages. A book that perfectly balances memoir and history, interweaving a cross-cultural love story with the larger history of the colonial encounter. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MBN; BT; HBJM; HBTB. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight: 192.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747596707
ISBN
9780747596707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.04

Hardback. With deep research and lively prose, prize-winning historian Christina Snyder reinterprets the history of Jacksonian era America through an experimental educational community called Great Crossings, a place where Indians, settlers, and slaves were transformed and tried to secure their place in a changing world. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 hts. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 41. .
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199399062
ISBN
9780199399062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.65

Paperback. Slavery existed in North America long before the first Africans arrived at Jamestown in 1619. For centuries, from the pre-Columbian era through the 1840s, Native Americans took prisoners of war and killed, adopted, or enslaved them. This book demonstrates the profound role of Native American history in the American past. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 halftone, 6 line illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674064232
ISBN
9780674064232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.94

Hardback. Using the multiple meanings of "wake" to illustrate the ways Black lives are determined by slavery's afterlives, Christina Sharpe weaves personal experiences with readings of literary and artistic representations of Black life and death to examine what survives in the face of insistent violence and the possibilities for resistance. Num Pages: 192 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362838
ISBN
9780822362838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.67

Paperback. Wartime Britain through the eyes of children who were there. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BM; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 24. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Amberley
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445647203
ISBN
9781445647203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.94

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716530473
ISBN
9780716530473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.27

Paperback. Series: Studies in Critical Research on Religion. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTNG; HBTQ; HRAX; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608466450
ISBN
9781608466450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.22

Hardback. Series: NWSA / UIP First Book Prize. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBTB; JFFK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252040542
ISBN
9780252040542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.79

Paperback. Using the multiple meanings of "wake" to illustrate the ways Black lives are determined by slavery's afterlives, Christina Sharpe weaves personal experiences with readings of literary and artistic representations of Black life and death to examine what survives in the face of insistent violence and the possibilities for resistance. Num Pages: 192 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 300 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362944
ISBN
9780822362944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.80

Paperback. Translator(s): Cochrane, L.G. Num Pages: 360 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226439266
ISBN
9780226439266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.72

Paperback. A collection of stories, in which moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate leads a person to a new way of thinking or being. It presents a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500300343
ISBN
9780500300343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45