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Paperback. * A vivid and charming memoir of Gypsy life in the 1950s Num Pages: 352 pages, Integrated: 16, b/w drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJPG; BGA; HBJD1; HBTB; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349000039
ISBN
9780349000039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.62

Hardcover. Fine dining and the accolades of Michelin stars once meant chandeliers, white tablecloths, and suited waiters with elegant accents. It was unthinkable that a gourmet chef would stoop to plate a burger or a taco in his kitchen. The author examines what she identifies as the increasing informality in the design of contemporary American restaurants. Num Pages: 200 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226651408
ISBN
9780226651408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTV; JFD; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816622177
ISBN
9780816622177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.51

Hardcover. Drawn from the collections of the National Library of Ireland, and based on their extremely successful exhibition of the same name, Small Lives offers an eclectic survey of Irish childhood as captured by the camera. Editor(s): O'Connor, Aoife. Num Pages: 224 pages, chiefly Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; AJCP; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1212.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Dublin
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780717154623
ISBN
9780717154623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.00

Paperback. Num Pages: photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; 3JH; AJ; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 260 x 9. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Broadcast Books United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781874092759
ISBN
9781874092759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.16

Paperback. Definitive work on modern-day piracy. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849040792
ISBN
9781849040792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.60

Hardback. In this comprehensive global history, Alan Mayne explores the evolution and meaning of the 'slum', from its origins in London early in the nineteenth century to its use to describe favela communities in the lead up to the Rio de Janeiro Olympic games in 2016. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780238098
ISBN
9781780238098
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 27.99

Paperback. From its appearance as a 'fashionable dissipation' centered on the immigrant and working-class districts of 1880s New York through its spread to Chicago and into the 1930s nightspots frequented by lesbians and gay men, this book charts the development of slumming. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 432 pages, 19 halftones, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226322445
ISBN
9780226322445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.91

Paperback. BIC Classification: HBJM; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; RNFD. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Monash University Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925495430
ISBN
9781925495430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.38

Hardback. A riveting look at how the early modern world revolutionized sleep and its relation to body, mind, soul, and society Num Pages: 296 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 293 x 33. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300220391
ISBN
9780300220391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.72

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801447402
ISBN
9780801447402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801475924
ISBN
9780801475924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.60

Paperback. Shows that although plantation slavery was a horrible reality for many Africans and their descendants in Latin America, blacks experienced many other realities in Iberian colonies. This work analyses a treatise by a seventeenth-century Muslim scholar in Morocco and argues it shaped the slave trade to Latin America. Editor(s): Landers, Jane G.; Robinson, Barry M. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826323972
ISBN
9780826323972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.98

Paperback. A study of the Maroon Wars and the many slave rebellions and revolts in Jamaica. Richard Hart seeks to avoid polemics and emphasizes that the Jamaican rebels forced the British government to reset the agenda for emancipation and the slaves gained their freedom sooner than anticipated. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789766401108
ISBN
9789766401108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.61

Hardcover. In 1853, Eyre Crowe, a young British artist, visited a slave auction in Richmond, Virginia. Harrowed by what he witnessed, he captured the scene in sketches that he would later develop into a series of illustrations and paintings. This book uses Crowe's paintings to explore the texture of the slave trade in Richmond, Charleston, and New Orleans. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 colour plates, 125 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 179 x 23. Weight in Grams: 738.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
y First edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226559339
ISBN
9780226559339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.76

Paperback. Apparently innocuous, sugar is a substance which brings with it a profound disquiet. This title provides the account of the historical transformations which sugar's representation has undergone, providing a resource for scholars in Slavery, Caribbean, Black Atlantic, Postcolonial and Literary Studies. Series: Liverpool Studies in International Slavery. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846317491
ISBN
9781846317491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.08

hardcover. First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 284 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714631424
ISBN
9780714631424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.16

Paperback. Explores both the material culture of slavery as well as its representation in literature. This book considers the place of slaves in Plato's "Meno", Aristotle's "Politics", Aesop's "Fables", Aristophanes' "Wasps", and Euripides' "Orestes". Num Pages: 312 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226167893
ISBN
9780226167893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.29

Paperback. Written by three prominent historians of the period, Slavery's Ghost forces readers to think critically about the way we study the past, the depth of racial prejudice, and how African Americans won and lost their freedom in nineteenth-century America. Series: The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402369
ISBN
9781421402369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 403 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814760284
ISBN
9780814760284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.98