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Paperback. Chronicles the rise of Los Angeles through shifting ideas of race and ethnicity, and offers its perspective on how the city grew and changed. This book considers six different developments in the history of the city, including the cementing of the Los Angeles river, the outbreak of bubonic plague in 1924, and the largest brickyard in the 1920s. Num Pages: 352 pages, 56 b/w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520246676
ISBN
9780520246676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.54

Hardback. Series: The United States in the World. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; JFFJ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453977
ISBN
9780801453977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.11

paperback. Series: AAR Academy Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HRCM; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Scholars Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781555403034
ISBN
9781555403034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.33

Hardcover. A fascinating anthology of narratives from the period 1735-1830, by European women who recount their enslavement in North Africa. The first such collection, it includes an extensive introduction which links the discourse on contemporary Western women captives in Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq with that of former white captives in North Africa. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230221987
ISBN
9780230221987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.78
€ 145.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 1KBB; HBJH; HBJK; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 135 x 203 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195030426
ISBN
9780195030426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.96

Paperback. A selection of 19th-century Barbary Coast captivity narratives. The accounts range from 1798 to 1904 and tell the stories of enslaved white Americans, whose plight became fodder for pro- and anti-slavery writers. Num Pages: 376 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226034041
ISBN
9780226034041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BTP; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894384025
ISBN
9781894384025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632864123
ISBN
9781632864123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1H; HB; HBTS; HRA; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199344390
ISBN
9780199344390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.21

Paperback. This text offers evidence that alcohol encouraged white conquest and destroyed Native Americans. It presents the motivations of the government and its people in promulgating and prohibiting alcohol among Indians. It recounts the devastating role that intoxicants had in the "winning" of the West. Num Pages: 180 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFH1; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700609642
ISBN
9780700609642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.56

Paperback. Paper is older than the printing press, and even in its unprinted state it was the great network medium behind the emergence of modern civilization. In the shape of bills, banknotes and accounting books it was indispensible to the economy. As forms and files it was essential to bureaucracy. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745672540
ISBN
9780745672540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.98

Hardback. An insight into the world of low-budget westerns and Hollywood's "poverty row". C. Jack Lewis recounts his impressions of the directors, screenwriters and stars of these films, showing the human side of the people with whom he came into contact as he made his break into the industry. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 294 pages, 40 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: APF; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810843585
ISBN
9780810843585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.33

Paperback. Rich in historical insight and told in a dramatic and engaging voice, this is a superb evocation of the period with a series character to rival Sharpe. Editor(s): Philipps, Roland. Num Pages: 352 pages, B/W line drawings & photos. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340794708
ISBN
9780340794708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBTZ; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 203 x 25. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9781517901325
ISBN
9781517901325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.98

Paperback. Jet, a hard, black, shiny gen, closely related to coal, has been fashioned into jewellery and trinkets for generations, but during the Victorian period, when the ritual surrounding death and the long mourning of Queen Victoria made black fashionable, jet became hugely popular. This book traces the history of jet and the Whitby jet industry. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; HBJD1; HBTK; WCP; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 150 x 4. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747807315
ISBN
9780747807315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.22

Hardback. Whiskey cocktails that go well beyond the Old-Fashioned Num Pages: 240 pages, 75 color photographs. BIC Classification: HBT; WBX; WBXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781581573251
ISBN
9781581573251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.73

Hardcover. An informative, concise narration of the story of whiskey, from obscure medieval origins to the globally-traded product that we know today. Kevin R. Kosar explains what whiskey is, how it is made, and how the types of whiskey - Bourbon, Corn, Rye, Irish and Scotch - differ. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 144 pages, 27 colour illustrations, 28 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; WBXD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861897800
ISBN
9781861897800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.17

Paperback. A classic essay on the distortions of history that occur when historians impose a rigid point of view on the study of the past. Num Pages: 144 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 134 x 197 x 10. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1965
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Co.
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393003185
ISBN
9780393003185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.26

Paperback. Expanding on the ex-pat Scottish communities abroad, MacAskill and McLeish turns to organisations specifically designed around the Scottish culture in places such as Singapore, Tokyo, Java and Buenos Aires, as well as the United States, Canada and Australia. This book contains series of conducted interviews, and investigates varied personalities. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905222681
ISBN
9781905222681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. Explains why the working class was largely missing from the 1989-90 revolution which led to the fall of socialism in Germany. This book documents workers' day-to-day experience of the labor process, workplace union politics, and class. It shows how three factors led most workers to withdraw from politics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; HBTV; JFSC; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 385.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252067518
ISBN
9780252067518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.64
€ 58.93

Paperback. This lovely volume is both a fitting tribute and a stirring reminder of the values we Americans hold dear. Num Pages: 192 pages, 175 colour photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMGD; HBJK; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 233 x 13. Weight in Grams: 916.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
National Geographic Society United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781426204562
ISBN
9781426204562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.77

Paperback. Paperback, blue spine. 160pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Barnacle Marine
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
SKU
KON0819589
ISBN
9780948788338
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. In his powerful memoir Where the Wind Dreams of Staying, Eric Dieterle captures the emotional storms of a boy, and then a man, who seeks meaning in a place, or a place with meaning. His restless search for purpose and identity in the American West moves through cycles of success and failure, love and loss. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 2AB; DNF; HBTB; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oregon State University United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870718656
ISBN
9780870718656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. An examination of Sahtu Dene participation in the assessment of the Mackenzie Gas pipeline and other resource extraction projects, this book provides an in-depth account of the workings and effects of participatory environmental assessment in the Canadian North and its implications for the legitimization of resource co-management. Series: Nature | History | Society. Num Pages: 480 pages, 6 b&w photos, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL9; JHMP; RND; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780774828468
ISBN
9780774828468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.89

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JPHL; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 245 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453618
ISBN
9780801453618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.00

Hardback. Annamaboe - largest slave trading port on the Gold Coast - was home to African merchants whose partnerships with Europeans made the town an integral part of Atlantic webs of exchange. The author recreates the outpost's feverish bustle and brutality, tracing the entrepreneurs, black and white, who thrived on a lucrative traffic in human beings. Num Pages: 310 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; 3JF; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 174 x 30. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674724877
ISBN
9780674724877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.64

Hardcover.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd Dublin
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716530534
ISBN
9780716530534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. We know about the leaders of the 1916 Rising. But what about the men and women who fought on the streets of Dublin? What did they go through during those brutal days after the clock struck on 24 April 1916? For them, the conflict was a mix of bloody fighting and energy-sapping waiting. These are their stories. Num Pages: 344 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Gill
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848892132
ISBN
9781848892132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.44

Paperback. A moving and revealing insight into the real experiences of children evacuated during the Second World War and the families they left behind Num Pages: 368 pages, 8pp b-w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847398765
ISBN
9781847398765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.25

Paperback. Latin revolutionaries tell their stories. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817998424
ISBN
9780817998424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.22

hardcover. Long before the arrival of railroads, steamboats opened up the interior of Florida to tourists and to trade. As early as 1829, steamboats began to ply Florida's rivers and lakes, traveling upstream with relative ease. This book explores the stories of those who ran or established the steamboat routes along most of the major rivers in Florida. Num Pages: 192 pages, 24 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813032351
ISBN
9780813032351
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.57

Hardback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442253322
ISBN
9781442253322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.24

paperback. This study describes how two late 19th-century electronic technologies - the telephone and the electric light - were publicly envisaged both by specialized engineering trade journals and the popular media. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; THRS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSK0000529
ISBN
9780195063417
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 407 pages, black & white illustrations, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBFW; 3JJG; HBTK; KNAT; KNBC; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
PM Press United States
Number of pages
407
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604863000
ISBN
9781604863000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.41

Paperback. Benjamin Franklin secretly loved London more than Philadelphia: it was simply the most exciting place to be in the British Empire. Offering a portrait of eighteenth-century London as the capital of America, this title recreates the famous city's heyday as the centre of an empire that encompassed North America and the West Indies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 36 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300178135
ISBN
9780300178135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.70

hardcover. Editor(s): Engel, Jeffrey A.; Knock, Thomas J. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFFH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PR United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190650759
ISBN
9780190650759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.04

paperback. This book focuses on middle-class urban women as participants in new forms of consumer culture. Abelson argues that in the interest of concealing the darker side of consumerism, women of the middle class, but not those of the working class, were allowed to shoplift and lead incapacitating illness--kleptomania. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHMC; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Oxford University Press USA United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195071429
ISBN
9780195071429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 96.39

Paperback. This social history of one remote corner of Spain's colonial American empire uses marriage as a window into intimate social relations, examining the Spanish conquest of America and its impact on a group of indigenous peoples, the Pueblo Indians, seen in large part from their point of view. Num Pages: 424 pages, tables, figures, bibliography, index, notes. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804718325
ISBN
9780804718325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.95

Hardback. A collection of the personal life histories of four female St'at'imc elders: Beverley Frank, Gertrude (Gertie) Ned, Laura Thevarge, and Rose Agnes Whitley. Their stories are presented in the original St'at'imcets as well as in English translation. In addition, a morpheme-by-morpheme gloss is provided for the purposes of linguistic analysis. Editor(s): Matthewson, Lisa. Series: First Nations Language Series. Num Pages: 552 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTD; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780774810906
ISBN
9780774810906
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.13

Paperback. Goes on a personal and nostalgic journey through post-War Britain in search of treasured values and traditions that were once the soul of society. This title also takes a broader perspective, creating a detailed and evocative portrait of a way of life that is fast disappearing. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 124 x 28. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849901529
ISBN
9781849901529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.31