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Paperback. At what point did the British develop their mania for interiors, wallpaper, furniture, and decoration? Why have the middle classes developed so passionate an attachment to the contents of their homes? This book chronicles a hundred years of British interiors, focusing on class, choice, shopping and possessions. Num Pages: 336 pages, 100 black-&-white illustrations + 15 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 183 x 18. Weight in Grams: 892.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300136418
ISBN
9780300136418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.35

Paperback. A history of educational ideas from classical Greece to the 20th century, relating these ideas to the social, political and economic trends of significant periods of history. Series: Woburn Education Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFH; HBT; JFCX; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713040418
ISBN
9780713040418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.78

Paperback. Illustrator(s): McBride, Angus. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations, map, bibliography. BIC Classification: HBT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 185 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850453843
ISBN
9780850453843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.93

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Protea Boekhuis South Africa
Number of pages
1344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781869197490
ISBN
9781869197490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.30

Hardcover. What would it mean to "get over slavery"? Is such a thing possible? Is it even desirable? Featuring original essays from an array of established and emerging scholars in the interdisciplinary field of African American studies, The Psychic Hold of Slavery offers a nuanced dialogue upon these questions. Editor(s): Colbert, Soyica Diggs; Patterson, Robert J.; Levy-Hussen, Aida. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFM; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813583969
ISBN
9780813583969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.62

hardcover. Series: Critical Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 photographs, 2 figures, 2 maps, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJD; HBTQ; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813584485
ISBN
9780813584485
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 378 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; HBTD; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, US United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780939923908
ISBN
9780939923908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.29

Paperback. Sent to the Congo (Zaire) in the 50s, as fieldworker for a Belgian cultural agency, Vansina helped to found the field of African history as a scholarly speciality. This memoir describes Vansina's life and career on three continents, against the background of the collapse of colonialism in Africa. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; BGHA; HBTQ; HBTR; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299143244
ISBN
9780299143244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.48

Paperback. The first Great Lakes history to expose the heroism, villainy, courage, and confusion surrounding the tragedy of the freighter "Cedarville" Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 3JJPK; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472030637
ISBN
9780472030637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.98

Paperback. Examines the complicated history of a Jewish cultural organization supported by Nazi Germany Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, printed music items. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AVA; AVC; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 419.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472034970
ISBN
9780472034970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472036561
ISBN
9780472036561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.33

Paperback. Examines the historical roots of clerical work and the role that class and gender played in determining professional status Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472050550
ISBN
9780472050550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.64

Paperback. A first-hand account of the genealogy of the discipline, and of the rise of a new era of social history. Geoff Eley tracks the evolution of historical understanding in our time from social history through the so-called "cultural turn," and back again to a broad history of society. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472069040
ISBN
9780472069040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.23

Paperback. An introduction to the culture and society of the ancient Near East. Intended for readers seeking insight into the day-to-day life of some of the world's most ancient peoples, this work presents brief explorations of key aspects of the civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Palestine, Asia Minor, and Iran. Num Pages: 328 pages, 33 photographs, 7 maps. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HBLA; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472069927
ISBN
9780472069927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.64

Hardcover. The history of American Judaism in the years after the Civil War Num Pages: 230 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRAX; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472072057
ISBN
9780472072057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.60

Paperback. An account of how Jews in eighteenth and early-nineteenth century England adapted to new circumstances and conditions in order to immerse their culture into a pluralistic state and society. The book also incorporates a consideration of the active role of poor Jews in this process. Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks. Num Pages: 416 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472086092
ISBN
9780472086092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.88

Paperback. Tying together legal, historical, social, political and literary strands to show how the law itself was implicated in the persistence of slavery, this work sheds new light on slavery and Southern history, as it probes the conscience of a troubled jurist incapable of fully transcending his times. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; LA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612710
ISBN
9780700612710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.53

Paperback. As this work makes clear, even the most civilized among us do not know how to behave ourselves in public. This work should be of interest to dancers and dance historians interested in accurately reproducing 19th-century dance scenes and the surrounding social mechanisms. Num Pages: 225 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; ASDR; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810109131
ISBN
9780810109131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.34

Paperback. Editor(s): Loewy, Hanno. Translator(s): Goldstein, Brigitte. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 369.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810114890
ISBN
9780810114890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.00

Paperback. The Holocaust and justice: how can one link these terms? Is justice possible for crimes of such magnitude? Weighing these and other questions, a group of scholars attempt to untangle the complex and often contradictory relationship between the Holocaust and justice. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810119161
ISBN
9780810119161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.69

Hardcover. Num Pages: 488 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810126367
ISBN
9780810126367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMC; ANB; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810129429
ISBN
9780810129429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.75

Paperback. Based on a vast amount of archival research, Adrienne Macki Braconi's illuminating study of three important community-based theaters in Harlem shows how their work was essential to the formation of a public identity for African Americans and the articulation of their goals, laying the groundwork for the emergence of the Civil Rights movement. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; AN; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810132252
ISBN
9780810132252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.75

Paperback. In 1738, the Spanish established the fort-town of Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose as the first legal, free Black community in the United States. This book shows how the people of "Fort Mose" shaped Spanish international policy on slavery and provided inspiration for all slaves. Num Pages: 64 pages, 125 colour photographs, 84 b&w photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS; HD; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 280 x 6. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813013527
ISBN
9780813013527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.59

Paperback. Addressed to specialists and nonspecialists alike, this is an introduction to the Powhatans - the Native Americans of Virginia's coastal plains who played an integral part in the life of the Williamsburg and Jamestown settlements - in scenes that span 1100 years. Series: Native Peoples, Cultures and Places of the South-eastern United States S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 63 b&w photographs, 30 drawings, 7 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813028170
ISBN
9780813028170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.37

Paperback. Examining excavated underwater "treasure sites" and terrestrial pirate lairs found off the coast of Madagascar, throughout the Caribbean, and within the United States, this book explores the romanticized "Golden Age of Piracy," and the "gentleman pirate" Jean Lafitte. Editor(s): Skowronek, Russell K.; Ewen, Charles R. Series: New Perspectives on Maritime History & Nautical Archaeology S. Num Pages: 368 pages, 153 b&w illustrations, 20 tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1K; HBTM; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813030791
ISBN
9780813030791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.78

Jacksonville, Florida, was the king of the infant film industry. By 1914, fifteen major companies - including Fox and Metro Pictures - had set up shop there. This book uses first-person accounts, filmmaker biographies, newspaper reports, and city and museum archives to present a little-known aspect of film history. Num Pages: 208 pages, 19 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; APF; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813032436
ISBN
9780813032436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.72

Paperback. Heralded by Brazilians as the 'Father of Flight', Alberto Santos-Dumont made the first of several spectacular flights in his lighter-than-air dirigible in France in 1901, two years before the Wright brothers' first fixed-wing flight in North Carolina. This illustrated book tells their story. Num Pages: 616 pages, 16 colour, 232 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBT; TRP; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813035093
ISBN
9780813035093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.74

Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 825.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813061528
ISBN
9780813061528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.14

Paperback. Series: Florida History and Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 91 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; HBJK; HBTB; WQN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813061849
ISBN
9780813061849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.09

Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: WBXD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 122 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813141732
ISBN
9780813141732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.80

Hardcover. The year 1919 in Jerusalem marked the conclusion of hundreds of years of Ottoman rule and the beginning of British occupation, a period of great change that would transform the city. This memoir presents a portrait of life in post-WWI Jerusalem as seen through the eyes of a spirited young English girl. Num Pages: 176 pages, 45 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJG; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608721
ISBN
9780815608721
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.91

Paperback. In the preface to this 2000 edition, the authors point out that with the advent of the millennium, it is important to take stock of the 20th century, which has been labelled as the "Age of Genocide". Editor(s): Wallimann, Isidor; Dobkowski, Michael N. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815628286
ISBN
9780815628286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.70

Hardcover. Since the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps and recognition of the Holocaust as a watershed event, the capacity of art to represent this event adequately has been questioned. Contributors provide case studies that include a artists from North America, Europe and Israel, and examine some of the dominant themes of their work. Editor(s): Feinstein, Stephen C. Series: Religion, Theology and the Holocaust. Num Pages: 328 pages, 69 photographs, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: ACX; AG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630838
ISBN
9780815630838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.80

Hardcover. This volume of Memory Ireland focuses on the impact of the Famine and the Troubles on the formation and study of Irish cultural memory. Editor(s): Frawley, Oona. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633518
ISBN
9780815633518
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.44

Paperback. Editor(s): Salamini, Heather Fowler; Vaughan, Mary Kay. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816514311
ISBN
9780816514311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; ACX; DSK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 196 x 64. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
First Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816516834
ISBN
9780816516834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816520893
ISBN
9780816520893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816526000
ISBN
9780816526000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816527496
ISBN
9780816527496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.21