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Paperback. Describes Britain's rise as the world's first industrial world power, its decline from the temporary dominance of the pioneer, its rather special relationship with the rest of the world (notably the underdeveloped countries) and the effects of all these on the life of the British people. Num Pages: 432 pages, diagrams, further reading, index. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC; KJK; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140257885
ISBN
9780140257885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.31

Hardcover. Children's work is a controversial subject both in the sciences of sociology and history. This book includes articles that examine children's work from the mid-1800's and until the 1990's. It is the result of an inter-Nordic research project about children's work in the Nordic countries involving various five Nordic countries. Editor(s): De Coninck-Smith, Ning; Sandin, Bengt; Sandin, Ellen. Num Pages: 211 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSP1; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 182 x 18. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9788778382696
ISBN
9788778382696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.86

Paperback. Editor(s): Rabb, Theodore K.; Rotberg, Robert I. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTK; JPA; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691615028
ISBN
9780691615028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

Hardback. Editor(s): Rabb, Theodore K.; Rotberg, Robert I. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTK; JPA; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642598
ISBN
9780691642598
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.19

Hardcover. This book examines the complex interplay between industrial heritage and tourism. It serves to stimulate meaningful dialogue about the socioeconomic values of industrial sites and the use of tourism for the growth of the creative economy. Series: Tourism and Cultural Change. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: GM; HBTK; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Channel View Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845415136
ISBN
9781845415136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.64

Hardcover. Editor(s): Jorgensen, Caspar; Pedersen, Morten. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 179 x 27. Weight in Grams: 968.
Publisher
Aarhus University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9788771241082
ISBN
9788771241082
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.86

Hardcover. Bringing together essays from experts who analyze how the landscapes, images, and economies of the industrial city have changed through boom and bust, this title covers a range of subjects, from car cities to steel towns, from visualization of industrial cities in avant-garde art to the role of industrial heritage in urban regeneration. Editor(s): Zimmermann, Clemens. Series: Interdisciplinary Urban Research. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSG; RGC; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Campus Verlag Germany
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9783593399140
ISBN
9783593399140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.64

Paperback. This is a book about a countercultural milieu that attempted to establish innovative ideas of collectivity and individuality through the formation of art groups in the 1950s and 1960s. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 145, 145 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJPK; ACXD; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786940056
ISBN
9781786940056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.81

Paperback. Deals with the power of stories to educate and heal the heart, mind, body, and spirit. This book demonstrates how an indigenous knowledge system facilitates a valuable meaning-making process through storywork. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTD; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774814027
ISBN
9780774814027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.48

Hardcover. Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Arizona Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816528554
ISBN
9780816528554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.71

Paperback. In the early twentieth century, Peruvian intellectuals, like their European counterparts, rejected biological categories of race as a basis for discrimination. This title traces the history of the notion of race from this turn-of-the-century definition to a denial of the definition's scientific validity. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 424 pages, 21 b&w photographs, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822324201
ISBN
9780822324201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.69

Hardback. An imaginative retelling of London's history, framed through the experiences of Indigenous travelers who came to the city over the course of more than five centuries Series: The Henry Roe Cloud Series on American Indians and Modernity. Num Pages: 328 pages, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 30. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300206302
ISBN
9780300206302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.65

Paperback. Via military conquest, Catholic evangelization, and intercultural engagement and struggle, a vast array of knowledge circulated through the Spanish viceroyalties in Mexico and the Andes. This book highlights the critical role that indigenous intellectuals played in this cultural ferment. Editor(s): Ramos, Gabriela; Yannakakis, Yanna P. Num Pages: 344 pages, 29 photographs, 5 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSX; HBTB; HBTQ; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356608
ISBN
9780822356608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

Hardback. Via military conquest, Catholic evangelization, and intercultural engagement and struggle, a vast array of knowledge circulated through the Spanish viceroyalties in Mexico and the Andes. This book highlights the critical role that indigenous intellectuals played in this cultural ferment. Editor(s): Ramos, Gabriela; Yannakakis, Yanna P. Num Pages: 344 pages, 29 photographs, 5 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSX; HBTB; HBTQ; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 595.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356479
ISBN
9780822356479
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL1; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780855757793
ISBN
9780855757793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 25.92

hardcover. The Willard E. Yager Library-Museum has remained committed to maintaining a collection of resources relating to Native Americans since Scarecrow first published this book in 1977. It is a guide for on-site research and interlibrary loans. Editor(s): Folk, Karen R. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: GBCR; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 144 x 33. Weight in Grams: 730. Very good copy in good cloth covers. Title in gilt to spine and front cover. Light nicks, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0015898
ISBN
9780810833012
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 704 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 37. Weight in Grams: 962.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226164670
ISBN
9780226164670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 19 halftones, 21 tables, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816627332
ISBN
9780816627332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.28

Paperback. Series: History of Communication. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DNJ; HBTB; JFD; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 288 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081712
ISBN
9780252081712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.73

Hardback. Series: History of Communication. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DNJ; HBTB; JFD; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 262 x 20. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252040269
ISBN
9780252040269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 33. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801482823
ISBN
9780801482823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 maps, 12 b&w photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801488184
ISBN
9780801488184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.10

Hardback. This bibliography is focused on the history of the imposition of policies upon Native Americans by the governments of other peoples. All of the books and articles included in this work were selected because they represent activities in which Native Peoples were forced into work, religion, or a lifestyle that ran contrary to their traditions. Series: Native American Bibliographies. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBCR; HBJK; HBTS; HRCX7; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 150 x 37. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810833555
ISBN
9780810833555
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 259.66

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 418 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; JPF; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 942.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635866
ISBN
9780691635866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 199.02

Hardcover. Exploring the relationship between power and knowledge in European engagement with Asia, this work examines the East India Company at work and reveals how writing and print shaped authority on a global scale in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It also uncovers the intellectual and political legacies of early modern trade and empire. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; HBTK; KNTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226620411
ISBN
9780226620411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

Hardback. In Indian Given Maria Josefina Saldana-Portillo provides a sweeping historical and comparative analysis of racial ideologies in Mexico and the United States from 1550 to the present to show how indigenous peoples provided the condition of possibility for the emergence of each nation. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822359883
ISBN
9780822359883
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 214.70

Paperback. In Indian Given Maria Josefina Saldana-Portillo provides a sweeping historical and comparative analysis of racial ideologies in Mexico and the United States from 1550 to the present to show how indigenous peoples provided the condition of possibility for the emergence of each nation. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360148
ISBN
9780822360148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.16

Paperback. The story of las CasasO 16th century fight against oppression of the Indian people in the New World. Editor(s): Sullivan, Francis Patrick. Num Pages: 371 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTR; HRCM; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Sheed & Ward
Number of pages
371
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556127175
ISBN
9781556127175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.62

Paperback. Even before the arrival of Europeans to the Americas, the practice of taking captives was widespread among Native Americans. This book talks about the many reasons behind the Indians taking captives. It offers a comprehensive historical and literary account of Indian captivity in Spanish-controlled territory from the 16th-20th century. Translator(s): Pellon, Gustavo. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 b & w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925875
ISBN
9780813925875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.41

Paperback. Series: Indigenous Confluences. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, 1 b&w illus, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBTB; JFFH2; JFSK2; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295998503
ISBN
9780295998503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.16

Paperback. A sweeping interdisciplinary survey of American Indian agriculture from its ancient origins to the present, this book combines a wealth of historical, anthropological, legal, and economic information. Num Pages: 304 pages, 18 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700608027
ISBN
9780700608027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99

Hardcover. Presents a history of the struggle for independence after East Timor was invaded by Indonesia in 1975. This book addresses such multi-dimensional perspectives as: Indonesian, US and Australian diplomacy; Indonesian military operations and activities against the populace; East Timorese resistance at various social levels; and, human rights abuses. Num Pages: 261 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; HBTQ; HBTR; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194284
ISBN
9781845194284
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 14 maps; 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTR; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 34. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812981209
ISBN
9780812981209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.41

Paperback. Extensively revised to incorporate the latest interpretations and address issues of race and gender as well as of economic interest, this is the only book that in such a short space covers the causes, events, and consequences of the wars of independence (1810-1825) in all of Latin America Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 b&w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
Third
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292745346
ISBN
9780292745346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.80

paperback. In 1984, America celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the first successful roller coaster device erected at Coney Island. This book examines every phase of roller coaster history, from the use of the roller coaster by Albert Einstein to demonstrate his theory of physics, to John Allen's use of psychology in designing one. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WTHT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780879723422
ISBN
9780879723422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.61

Paperback. Uncovers twelve shocking stories, untold for over a century and reveals the darker side of the Victorian upper and middle classes - their sexuality, fears of inherited madness, financial greed and fraudulence - and chillingly evoke the black motives at the heart of the phenomenon of the 'inconvenient person'. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JKSM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099541868
ISBN
9780099541868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. John Jacobs' short slave narrative, "A True Tale of Slavery", published in London in 1861, adds a brother's perspective to Harriet Jacobs' autobiography. This book is the enlarged edition of the most significant and celebrated slave narrative that completes the Jacobs family saga. Editor(s): Yellin, Jean Fagan. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 496 pages, 13 halftones, 1 line illustration, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Enlarged
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035836
ISBN
9780674035836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.27

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198709879
ISBN
9780198709879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632204554
ISBN
9781632204554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.55

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134. Series: Dover Thrift S. 176 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBTS. Dimension: 212 x 133 x 11. Weight: 146.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486419312
ISBN
9780486419312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.51