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Hardback. Great cities and neighborhoods rise and fall, yet Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia has seized the imagination and envy of social climbers, urban planners, and novelists alike for two centuries. This title provides a full-length social history of this public urban space. Num Pages: 224 pages, 47 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 5182 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592139880
ISBN
9781592139880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.44

Paperback. Tracing the struggle to open the American workplace to all, this work shows how African-American and later Mexican-American civil rights activists and feminists concluded that freedom alone would not suffice: access to jobs at different levels is a requisite of full citizenship. Num Pages: 496 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674027497
ISBN
9780674027497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.88

Paperback. Elegantly written and meticulously researched, this book offers a major new interpretation of the Ku Klux Klan in America, placing the organization in its context of class and gender as well as race and religion. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 pp halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HBTV; JFFJ; JFSL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195098365
ISBN
9780195098365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 226 x 12. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780772663436
ISBN
9780772663436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.26

Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages, 80 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 262 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1282.
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890136126
ISBN
9780890136126
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 33.51

Paperback. Editor(s): Ross, Nancy Redmayne. Series: Research in Maritime History. Num Pages: 231 pages. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
International Maritime Economic History Association Canada
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9780969588597
ISBN
9780969588597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801484162
ISBN
9780801484162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.18

Paperback. Exploring the modern disease consciousness, Nancy Tomes shows how advances in bacteriology in the late-19th century showed people they could prevent disease by taking precautions. The work looks at the history and culture of a long-standing obsession with germs, and its relevance to our own lives. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; MJCJ; MMFM; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674357082
ISBN
9780674357082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.95

Hardback. Series: Praeger Series on the Middle Ages. 224 pages, Illustrations, music. Covers key topics relating to the cultures of the Middle Ages: from art and architecture, literature, mythology, and music, to chivalry and courtly love, field sports, and education, and from Islam and Judaism to women and men at work, medicine, and crime. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: AVGC2; HBLC1; HBTB. Dimension: 164 x 243 x 23. Weight: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780275994129
ISBN
9780275994129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.47
€ 53.60

Paperback. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBT; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691176161
ISBN
9780691176161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.33

Hardcover. Contagion and Enclaves studies the social history of medicine within two intersecting enclaves in colonial India; the hill station of Darjeeling which incorporated the sanitarian and racial norms of the British Raj; and in the adjacent tea plantations of North Bengal, which produced tea for the global market. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 219 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; HBTQ; MBX; MMRT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846318290
ISBN
9781846318290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.73

Hardback. A comprehensive assessment of Holocaust literature, from World War II to the present day Num Pages: 368 pages, 28 illus. (8 colour). BIC Classification: DSBH; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Brandeis University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781611683578
ISBN
9781611683578
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.99

Paperback. In the wake of World War II, the Nazi genocide of European Jews has come to stand for "the unspeakable," posing crucial challenges to the representation of suffering. This book argues against the "unspeakable" as any kind of inherent quality of such an event. It shows how, when, and why the term "unspeakable" is used. Num Pages: 278 pages, 3 b & w illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTS; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925813
ISBN
9780813925813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.09

paperback. Tracing social and historical problems related to racial identity, this title discusses why race is a matter of such importance in America and examines the treatment of mixed race in law, society, and literature. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFF; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566392655
ISBN
9781566392655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.46

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 78 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCS; 1FP; 3J; HBJF; HBTP1; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 261 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1328.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231160704
ISBN
9780231160704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 208.54

Paperback. Filled with more than 200 stories and packed with photos, The Baseball Hall of Shame: The Best of Blooperstown is the most hilarious homage to the national pastime ever assembled, and a fitting testament to the Hall's motto: "Fame and shame are part of the game." Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WH; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 18.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762778454
ISBN
9780762778454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.49

Hardcover. Explores the intricate and delicate relationship between the concepts of a rule of law and emergency Series: Law, Meaning & Violence. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 463.
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472113286
ISBN
9780472113286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.39

Paperback. On the afternoon of December 30, 1903, during a sold out matinee performance, a fire broke out in Chicago's Iroquois Theatre. This work provides a chronicle of this event to assess the titanic tragedy of the fire itself and also the municipal corruption that kindled the flames beforehand and the political cover-ups hidden in the smoke. Num Pages: 240 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJC; BT; HBTB; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809327218
ISBN
9780809327218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.20

Paperback. An historical look at the social and economic life of French colonial Illinois, the author draws on and translates from eighteenth-century French the Kaskaskia Manuscripts which French notaries used and the papers of the Marquis de Vaudreuil. Num Pages: 152 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 10. Weight in Grams: 231.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809325368
ISBN
9780809325368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.11

Paperback. Combining theories from the anthropology of consumption, cultural studies, and gender studies with the methodologies of social, cultural, and oral histories, Natalia Milanesio shows the exceptional cultural and social visibility of low-income consumers in postwar Argentina along with their unprecedented economic and political influence. Num Pages: 320 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBTB; JFCA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826352422
ISBN
9780826352422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.67

Paperback. Examines Mexican immigration - from 1924 when immigration acts drastically reduced immigration to the US to 1965 when many quotas were abolished - to understand how broad themes of race and citizenship are constructed. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
213
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280083
ISBN
9780520280083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.40

Hardback. Natasha Lightfoot tells the story of how Antigua's newly freed black working people struggled to realize freedom, prior to and in the decades following their emancipation in 1834. Their continued efforts in the face of oppression complicate common definitions of freedom and narratives about newly freed slaves in the Caribbean. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822359753
ISBN
9780822359753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.55

Hardback. With its dialect and striking modern icons such as the Angel of the North, the north east has been described as England's most distinctive region. This study reveals the impact of the new cultural institutions that emerged after 1945 upon this region with deeply rooted vernacular traditions. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKEY; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719082283
ISBN
9780719082283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.47

Hardback. Clayer and Bougarel's prodigiously researched book is a political and institutional history of the Muslims of south-east Europe since the fourteenth century, focusing on empires, states, political parties, and religious institutions. Editor(s): Clayer, Professor Nathalie; Bougarel, Xavier. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVW; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849046596
ISBN
9781849046596
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.63
€ 51.45

Hardcover. After 1776, Americans struggled to gain recognition of their new republic and their rights as citizens. None had to fight harder than the nation s seamen, whose labor took them deep into the Atlantic world. Nathan Perl-Rosenthal tells the story of how their efforts created the first national, racially inclusive model of U.S. citizenship." Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTM; HBWF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Belknap Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674286153
ISBN
9780674286153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.82

Hardback. Series: Rsa Series in Transdisciplinary. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271065557
ISBN
9780271065557
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.17

Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages, 35 B&W photos. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781510715868
ISBN
9781510715868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.97

paperback. .
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006531203
ISBN
9780006531203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.83

Hardback. Series: The James Madison Library in American Politics. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 39. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691174242
ISBN
9780691174242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.31

Spiral bound. 92pp
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Euronav Portsmouth
Format
Spiralbound
Publication date
1997
SKU
KON0819671
Spiralbound
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 20.99
€ 5.49

Hardcover. Dates is an informative and enjoyable account of the date and the date palm, following its journey from ancient Mesopotamia to the places where it is cultivated today. Dates is interwoven with stories, anecdotes and humour, and explores date etymology, history, culture, religion, myth and legend. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 176 pages, 40 black & white illustrations, 15 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 102 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861897961
ISBN
9781861897961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.35

Paperback. Ranging across Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, and eastern California, this title places Native peoples squarely at the center of a story that chronicles two centuries of Indian and imperial history. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 halftones, 2 maps, 1 graph. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 42. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674027206
ISBN
9780674027206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.28

Paperback. Ultimately, he argues, it was within the Middle Colonies that the question was first posed, What is the American?An insightful and valuable classroom synthesis of the scholarship of the Middle Colonies, Crossroads of Empire makes clear the vital role of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania in establishing an American identity. Series: Regional Perspectives on Early America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20, 7 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings, 10 black & white illustrati. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801897689
ISBN
9780801897689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.26

Ultimately, he argues, it was within the Middle Colonies that the question was first posed, What is the American?An insightful and valuable classroom synthesis of the scholarship of the Middle Colonies, Crossroads of Empire makes clear the vital role of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania in establishing an American identity. Series: Regional Perspectives on Early America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20, 7 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings, 10 black & white illustrati. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801897672
ISBN
9780801897672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.64

Paperback. The Egyptian sector of the Red Sea provides scuba divers with their finest opportunity to explore the most outstanding collection of shipwrecks found anywhere in the world. This edition explores nineteen of the most important and diveable shipwrecks. It also includes details about many of the minor wrecks and a list of more than 250 sunken ships. Illustrator(s): Oldfield, Rico. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Ashgrove Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853981531
ISBN
9781853981531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.58

Paperback. Series: Difference Incorporated. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTR; JFFJ; JFSL; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816680948
ISBN
9780816680948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.11

Paperback. In Bioinsecurities Neel Ahuja shows how twentieth-century U.S. imperial expansion was dependent on controlling the spread of disease through the transformation of humans, animals, bacteria, and viruses into living theaters of warfare and securitization. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; JFSL4; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360636
ISBN
9780822360636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.94

Hardback. In Bioinsecurities Neel Ahuja shows how twentieth-century U.S. imperial expansion was dependent on controlling the spread of disease through the transformation of humans, animals, bacteria, and viruses into living theaters of warfare and securitization. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; JFSL4; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360483
ISBN
9780822360483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.86

Paperback. Offers a glimpse into the private life of Abraham Lincoln and the first family. Showcasing original and unpublished photographs collected and preserved by Mary Todd Lincoln and four generations of descendants, this volume includes pictures displayed in a family album when the Lincolns lived in the White House. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809327133
ISBN
9780809327133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.66

Hardback. Neil Armstrong offers the first study to examine both the experience and representation of Christmas during the formative period of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 5HC; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719077593
ISBN
9780719077593
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.62