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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. A colorful social and cultural history of the often-overlooked independent radio stations of the 1920s, which played an integral role in shaping the American broadcast system through innovative commercial practices, all the while incurring the wrath of the large corporate stations trying to fulfill radio's utopian cultural potential. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBTB; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238716
- ISBN
- 9780812238716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.37
€ 58.37
Paperback. Displayed on European stages from 1810 to 1815 as the Hottentot Venus, Sara Baartman was one of the most famous women of her day. This book tells the entwined histories of an illusive life and a famous icon. It raises questions about the possibilities and limits of biography for understanding those who live among different cultures. Num Pages: 248 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGH; HBTQ; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147963
- ISBN
- 9780691147963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.63
€ 46.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; BM; HBJK; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 289 x 29. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- AK Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849352505
- ISBN
- 9781849352505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.42
€ 18.99
€ 17.42
Hardcover. Presents a history of the struggle for independence after East Timor was invaded by Indonesia in 1975. This book addresses such multi-dimensional perspectives as: Indonesian, US and Australian diplomacy; Indonesian military operations and activities against the populace; East Timorese resistance at various social levels; and, human rights abuses. Num Pages: 261 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; HBTQ; HBTR; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194284
- ISBN
- 9781845194284
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.45
€ 156.45
Paperback. In The Great British Bobby, Clive Emsley traces the development of Britain's forces of law and order from the earliest watchmen and constables of the pre-modern period to the police service of today. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849161978
- ISBN
- 9781849161978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.12
€ 17.99
€ 13.12
Hardcover. This book celebrates the greatest of English novelists by illustrating his abiding preoccupations. It reproduces extracts from the novels alongside a selection of the original covers, their illustrations and all the paraphernalia of nineteenth-century advertising, breathing life into the vibrant world of Dickens and his characters. Num Pages: 112 pages, 95 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 478. 112 pages, 95 colour illustrations. This book celebrates the greatest of English novelists by illustrating his abiding preoccupations. It reproduces extracts from the novels alongside a selection of the original covers, their illustrations and all the paraphernalia of nineteenth-century advertising, breathing life into the vibrant world of Dickens and his characters. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; HBTB. Dimension: 195 x 197 x 15. Weight: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243846
- ISBN
- 9781851243846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.49
€ 18.49
Paperback. Starting from the assumption that the human story has to be seen in the round, this history examines the evolution of humans, their lives as hunters and gatherers and their eventual adoption of agriculture, before looking at the emergence of civilization across the globe. Num Pages: 944 pages, maps, charts. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1400.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 944
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712665728
- ISBN
- 9780712665728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.09
€ 33.99
€ 24.09
Paperback. A textbook introduction to the history of the American South, from slavery to the civil rights movement. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTS; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 602. From Slavery to Civil Rights. 392 pages, 1 b/w. A textbook introduction to the history of the American South, from slavery to the civil rights movement. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTS; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPVH1. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 22. Weight: 602.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748613755
- ISBN
- 9780748613755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.50
€ 42.99
€ 37.50
Hardback. A textbook introduction to the history of the American South, from slavery to the civil rights movement. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTS; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748613762
- ISBN
- 9780748613762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.64€ 122.03
€ 128.64
€ 122.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPL; AJC; HBJH; HBTB; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Publisher
- Protea Boekhuis
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 5th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781485303060
- ISBN
- 9781485303060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.08
€ 25.99
€ 22.08
Paperback. Editor(s): Coates, Ken. Num Pages: 35 pages, 8ill. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 207 x 4. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851240787
- ISBN
- 9780851240787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.12
€ 9.12
paperback. Num Pages: 948 pages, 28ill. BIC Classification: HBTB; JPFF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 53. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Coronet Books Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 948
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851245652
- ISBN
- 9780851245652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.10
€ 20.99
€ 19.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BTC; HBJK; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613736692
- ISBN
- 9781613736692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.17
€ 18.17
Paperback. Provides a portrait of East European and American Jewish life in the immigrant generation at the turn of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Cohen, Jocelyn; Soyer, Daniel. Num Pages: 329 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1KBB; 3JJC; HBTB; JFFN; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814716953
- ISBN
- 9780814716953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.19
€ 51.19
Paperback. Including short tales of urban life, editorials on prostitution, and moralizing rants against homosexuality, this work presents selections that epitomize a distinct form of urban journalism. Providing an overview of this colorful reportage, its editors, and its audience, it examines nineteenth-century ideas of sexuality and freedom. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 272 pages, 49 halftones, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GBCS; HBT; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226112343
- ISBN
- 9780226112343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.69
€ 31.69
Hardback. The theories of knowledge, art, and power are locked into sterile debates around the question of representation. This book examines the limits of antirepresentationalism in these fields and argues that the anarchist tradition can point the way beyond our contemporary "crisis of representation." Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBTB; JPFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575911052
- ISBN
- 9781575911052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.23
€ 136.23
Hardcover. Num Pages: 441 pages, over 200 b/w photographs, maps. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 137.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764301636
- ISBN
- 9780764301636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 27.68
€ 42.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. 674 pages, colour photos, tables & b/w illus. A guide that provides soldier information and advice on a variety of issues relating to service life. It includes a directory of Army web sites and installations world-wide. It covers topics such as: Leadership and officership; Rights, privileges, and restrictions; and, Assignments, pay, career development, and promotions. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBT. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 47. Weight: 834.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Edition
- 51st Edition
- Number of pages
- 674
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811735285
- ISBN
- 9780811735285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.19
€ 26.99
€ 21.19
Hardcover. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBT; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 43. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- Anv
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875655871
- ISBN
- 9780875655871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.61
€ 34.99
€ 31.61
Hardback. In this beautifully crafted collection of essays, Cole Harris reflects on the strategies of colonialism in British Columbia during the first 150 years after the arrival of European settlers. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTQ; HBTR; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774805889
- ISBN
- 9780774805889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.29
€ 126.29
Paperback. It presents the most comprehensive account available of perhaps the most critical mapping of space ever undertaken in BC -- the drawing of the lines that separated the tiny plots of land reserved for Native people from the rest. Series: Brenda & David McLean Canadian Studies. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBT; JFSL9; JPVH3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 35. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774809016
- ISBN
- 9780774809016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.14
€ 49.14
Hardback. Describes the evolving pattern of settlement and the changing relationships of people and land in Canada from the end of the 15th century to the Confederation years of the late 1860s and early 1870s. This book shows how a deeply indigenous land was reconstituted in European terms. Num Pages: 1036 pages, 50 b/w illustrations, 106 maps, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTP; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 1036
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814492
- ISBN
- 9780774814492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.13
€ 141.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 195 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299248345
- ISBN
- 9780299248345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.29
€ 37.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESU; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- The University of Buckingham Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908684097
- ISBN
- 9781908684097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.16
€ 25.99
€ 19.16