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Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 maps, 14 charts, 176 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938424
ISBN
9780813938424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.54

paperback. Considers how we remember historical instances of suffering and atrocity, framing its central questions to show larger cultural shifts in how we position ourselves in relation to history, performance, and memory. Series: Unnatural Acts: Theorizing the Performative. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: AN; APFA; DSG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1062.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212924
ISBN
9780253212924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.67

Paperback. Drawing on a range of written and visual materials, including private and business archives, and working at the intersections of art history, literature, and cinema studies, this title argues that "spectacular realities" are part of the foundation of modern mass society. Num Pages: 243 pages, 50 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSG; JHBS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356. Early Mass Culture in Fin-de-Siecle Paris. 243 pages, 52 b&w photographs, 1 map. Drawing on a range of written and visual materials, including private and business archives, and working at the intersections of art history, literature, and cinema studies, this title argues that "spectacular realities" are part of the foundation of modern mass society. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSG; JHBS; JHM. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520221680
ISBN
9780520221680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.74

Hardcover. Editor(s): Pitelka, Morgan; Purwanto, Bambang; Nordholt, Henk Schulte. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Univ Hawaii Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824851576
ISBN
9780824851576
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.77

Hardback. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528. Freak Shows and Modern British Culture. 288 pages, ill. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight: 528.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257689
ISBN
9780520257689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.51

Hardback. Chinese culture was a performance culture, and ritual was the highest form of performance. Village ritual life everywhere in pre-revolutionary China was complex, conservative, and extraordinarily diverse. This title discusses the ritual world of a group of rural settlements in Shanxi province in pre-1949 North China. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 15 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; HRKN; HRLF; JFSF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674033047
ISBN
9780674033047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.83

This volume in the series is a collection of lesser-known German armor developments including the Maus, Hummel, Wespe, Karl, Goliath and others. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 300 b/w photos, line schemes. BIC Classification: HBT; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1168. Development - Production - Operations. 160 pages, 300 b&w photographs, line schemes. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBT; JWM. Dimension: 290 x 225 x 21. Weight: 1162.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764326226
ISBN
9780764326226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.73
€ 38.41

Hardback. Special Forces Berlin relates the history of a little known and highly classified US Army Special Forces Detachment that was covertly stationed in Berlin, Germany from 1956 to 1990, poised to act if war ever broke out between the West and the Soviet Union and its allies. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBTW; JWD; JWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159. .
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612004440
ISBN
9781612004440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.99

Hardback. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453601
ISBN
9780801453601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.85

Paperback. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801479632
ISBN
9780801479632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.60

Hardback. Series: Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; CFF; HBJD; HBTS; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801438486
ISBN
9780801438486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.96

Paperback. This work traces the yearning for contact not only through philosophy and literature but also by exploring the cultural reception of communication technologies from the telegraph to the radio. It is an account of a complex concept that has both shaped us and been shaped by us. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226662770
ISBN
9780226662770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.92

Paperback. Focusing on the agency of enslaved Africans and their descendants in the South, this work argues for the systematic recovery of subjugated knowledge, histories, and cultural practices of those traditionally silenced and overlooked by national heritage projects and national public memories. Num Pages: 178 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Left Coast Press Inc United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781598745498
ISBN
9781598745498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 248 x 9. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750961066
ISBN
9780750961066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.38

Paperback. Sarah Pomeroy seeks to reconstruct the lives and the world of Sparta's women-including how their legal status changed over time and how they held on to their surprising autonomy. Written by one of the leading authorities on women in antiquity, this is the first full-length study of Spartan women. Num Pages: 216 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195130676
ISBN
9780195130676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.64

Paperback. The story of the most famous revolt of the ancient world, and its legendary leader, Spartacus the Gladiator. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; HBTV; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753826980
ISBN
9780753826980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.58

Paperback. This volume introduces the reader to every important aspect of the society of Sparta, the dominant power in southern Greece from the seventh century BC and the great rival of democratic Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries. Series: Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World. Num Pages: 276 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748612932
ISBN
9780748612932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.50

Paperback. During the 16th century a new type of sailing vessel emerged, designed to carry the wealth of the Americas to Spain. This book traces the development of the Spanish galleon, and outlines the constructional methods, the ordnance and the crewing needed to produce and maintain these stately vessels. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 40 b&w and 7 colour illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 183 x 4. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841766379
ISBN
9781841766379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.92

Paperback. Spaniards in the Colonial Empire traces the privileges, prejudices, and conflicts between American-born and European-born Spaniards, within the Spanish colonies in the Americas from the sixteenth to early nineteenth centuries. Series: Viewpoints/Puntos de Vista. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 3J; HBJK; HBTQ; JFSL4; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405196413
ISBN
9781405196413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.42

Paperback. This book should appeal to all aficionados of the romance of the sea as well as to specialists in Spanish and Latin American colonial history."-Benjamin Keen, author of A History of Latin America Translator(s): Phillips, Carla Rahn. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32, 20 black & white halftones, 12 colour plates. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801881831
ISBN
9780801881831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.26

Hardback. Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 290 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 601.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024749
ISBN
9780253024749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.22

Paperback. Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 290 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 433.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024893
ISBN
9780253024893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.05

Paperback. Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indegenous Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; JFFN; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816656332
ISBN
9780816656332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.29

Hardcover. Editor(s): Bassin, Mark; Ely, Christopher; Stockdale, Melissa. Num Pages: 250 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875804255
ISBN
9780875804255
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.00

Paperback. Flat worlds, moon men, Martian canals and other strange ideas from beyond the stars Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; VXQB; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445662626
ISBN
9781445662626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.60

Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804719858
ISBN
9780804719858
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.62

Hardback. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2011th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230274358
ISBN
9780230274358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.49
€ 122.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 73 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBTW; HRAX. Dimension: 122 x 189 x 13. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789463380997
ISBN
9789463380997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.85

Paperback. Drawing on a plethora of sources, including decades of contact with senior Soviet figures, Raymond Garthoff offers the most authoritative assessment to date of how Soviet leaders and intelligence chiefs understood -- and misunderstood -- the United States during the Cold War. Num Pages: 160 pages, 5 tables, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; HBTW; JPHL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 242 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626162297
ISBN
9781626162297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.29

Paperback. A photographic history of Soviet Cold War weaponry from the 1950s to 1980s. Num Pages: 160 pages, 200 illustrations, colour and black and white. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJP; HBTW; HBWS; JWMC; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473823617
ISBN
9781473823617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.66

Paperback. An illustrated study of the Soviet Navy s most powerful surface combatants of the Cold War. Will appeal to all those interested in the Soviet armed forces and Cold War technology." Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 40 b/w; 7 col. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 248 x 5. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472817402
ISBN
9781472817402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.04

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 600 black and white and colour photo's, 50-100 colour profiles. BIC Classification: HBTW; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 217 x 45. Weight in Grams: 2004. 320 pages, 600 black and white and colour photo's, 50-100 colour profiles. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTW; JWMV3. Dimension: 302 x 217 x 45. Weight: 2010.
Publisher
Hikoki Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902109183
ISBN
9781902109183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.88

Hardback. Series: The Lamar Series in Western History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300206692
ISBN
9780300206692
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.36

Paperback. Sovereignty and Struggle: Africa and Africans in the Era of the Cold War, 1945-1994 provides students with a deeper insight into African history during the period of decolonization and the Cold War. Series: African World Histories. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 209 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199915125
ISBN
9780199915125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.25

Paperback. The first ethnography of the vibrant Aboriginal media community in Vancouver, Sovereign Screens uncovers the social forces shaping that community, including community media organisations and avant-garde art centres, as well as the national spaces of cultural policy and media institutions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 photographs, 1 map, 1 appendix, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBC; APFA; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803296961
ISBN
9780803296961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.80

Paperback. Paperback, white spine (blank). Cover is slightly worn
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Swordbond Ltd London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
SKU
KON0819339
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 5.49

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

Revealing the complex interplay of nationalism and regionalism in the lives of southern men, Glover brings new insight to the question of what led the South toward sectionalism and civil war. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801884986
ISBN
9780801884986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.30

paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226422022
ISBN
9780226422022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.65

Paperback. Reveals the contribution made by Scottish lighthouse technology when New Zealand governments built 38 major lighthouses during the period 1859-1941. Also provides a comprehensive account of all New Zealand lighthouses including details of the Scottish innovations. Num Pages: 366 pages, 16pp colour section. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1MBN; 3JJ; HBJM; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
Publisher
Whittles Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849951562
ISBN
9781849951562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.08