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Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226368191
ISBN
9780226368191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.37

Paperback. Series: Personal Takes. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; KCZ; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812219265
ISBN
9780812219265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.67

Paperback. Illuminating the emerging culture of celebrity in early 19th century America, this text tells the intertwined stories of the Arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane and the spiritualist medium Margaret Fox and examines their unlikely relationship. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558494572
ISBN
9781558494572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.35

Hardback. This volume brings together the best of T. C. Smout's recent articles and contributions to books and journals on the topic of environmental history. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748635139
ISBN
9780748635139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.08
€ 116.63

Paperback. * This dynamic, new approach to teaching electronic media and culture balances a presentation of media history with analysis of contemporary media considerations and concerns. * Covers the key areas of programming, technology, regulation, and business, treating both historical aspects and contemporary conditions and projections. Num Pages: 296 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405150552
ISBN
9781405150552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.11

Hardback. * This dynamic, new approach to teaching electronic media and culture balances a presentation of media history with analysis of contemporary media considerations and concerns. * Covers the key areas of programming, technology, regulation, and business, treating both historical aspects and contemporary conditions and projections. Num Pages: 296 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405150545
ISBN
9781405150545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.99

hardcover. Russia encountered Alaska in 1741 as part of the most ambitious and expensive expedition of the entire eighteenth century. For centuries since, cartographers have struggled to define and develop the enormous region comprising northeastern Asia, the North Pacific, and Alaska. This book focuses on this foundational period in Arctic cartography. Translator(s): Black, Lydia T. Series: Rasmuson Library Historic Translation Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 75 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTP; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 274 x 188 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1326.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Alaska Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602232518
ISBN
9781602232518
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.30

paperback. Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HBT; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816639526
ISBN
9780816639526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.98

Hardback. Reveals the extraordinary lives and times of remarkable explorers and scientists Editor(s): Glover, Denise M.; Harrell, Stevan; McKhann, Charles Fremont; Swain, Margaret Byrne. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 71 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTP; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991177
ISBN
9780295991177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.20

Paperback. Reveals the extraordinary lives and times of remarkable explorers and scientists Editor(s): Glover, Denise M.; Harrell, Stevan; McKhann, Charles Fremont. Series: McLellan Book. Num Pages: 320 pages, 71 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTP; PDX; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991184
ISBN
9780295991184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Paperback. This anthology places the works of such well-known figures as Captain James Cook and Robert Louis Stevenson alongside the writings of lesser-known explorers, missionaries, beachcombers, and literary travellers who roamed the South Seas from the late 17th through the late 19th centuries. Num Pages: 386 pages, 12 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJM; HBTM; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226468464
ISBN
9780226468464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.30

Paperback. Covering early societies, the classical, postclassical, and modern periods, and the 20th century, and blending the great advances in historical research over the past quarter century, this title represents an important addition to the teaching of world history. Num Pages: 498 pages, 15 b/w figs. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
498
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814706916
ISBN
9780814706916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.02

Hardback. Editor(s): Scholliers, Peter; Schwarz, Leonard David. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 21 tables and 18 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571815460
ISBN
9781571815460
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.88

Hardcover. Based on thousands of letters written by patients and their relatives and on a wide range of other sources, this book provides the first comprehensive account of how early modern people understood, experienced and dealt with common diseases and how they dealt with them on a day-to-day basis. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230243439
ISBN
9780230243439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.68

Paperback. Looks at the lives and culture of four generations of Native Americans in colonial America. Dividing his treatment into four sections - Indian Ministers, Good Men, Religious Women, and Pious Children - the author provides insights into early New England pedagogy and childrearing practices. Editor(s): Leibman, Laura Arnold. Series: Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History & the Contemporary S. Num Pages: 432 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558496613
ISBN
9781558496613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.71

Paperback. Presents the study and story of industrial class relations in North Brabant, a Catholic province of The Netherlands, over a hundred-year period. This book is useful for labour historians, economists, sociologists, anthropologists, geographers, and scholars of Dutch or European history. Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 b&w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDN; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822320227
ISBN
9780822320227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 966.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press Jamaica
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9789766405038
ISBN
9789766405038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.91

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 1DVH; 3JJ; HBTB; HPS; JFSC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636863
ISBN
9780691636863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.47

Hardcover. Examines various ways in which the Empire was displayed in Britain between the eighteenth and early twentieth centuries, looking at music, satirical prints, exploration, battles and even nascent nationalism. Editor(s): McAleer, John; Mackenzie, John M. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 288 pages. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719091094
ISBN
9780719091094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.96

Hardback. This exploration of museums as sites for representing and defining national identity encourages us to reconsider the idea of the multicultural nation. Num Pages: 472 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GM; HBTB; JFSL4; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774831635
ISBN
9780774831635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.58

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JMH; JMP; MBPK; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172301
ISBN
9780231172301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.29

Paperback. James Berry was an ex-policeman who was Britain's hangman from 1884-92, throughout the period of the Whitechapel murders. Stewart Evans here takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the world of Victorian crime and punishment. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BTC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 36. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750934084
ISBN
9780750934084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.27

Hardback. This book traces the evolution of Orthodox Judaism's approach to its nonpracticing brethren, shedding new light on the emergence of Orthodoxy as a specific movement within modern Jewish society. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812238655
ISBN
9780812238655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.20

Paperback. Focused on marital immigration from China to Taiwan, the book documents the struggles of these women and men as they seek acceptance and recognition in their new home. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 b/w, 2 maps, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; HBTB; JFFN; JHBK; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286238
ISBN
9780520286238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.67

Hardback. Offers a cultural history of the Pacific Northwest volcanoes and the environmental impact of outdoor recreation in this region. It probes the relationship betweenthese volcanoes and regional identity, particularly in the era of mass mountaineering and population growth in the Northwest. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 images. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; RBC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803265479
ISBN
9780803265479
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.40

Paperback. A searching meditation on our all-too-human capacity for inhumanity, "Evil Men" confronts atrocity head-on how it looks and feels, what motivates it, how it can be stopped. James Dawes s unflinchingly honest account, drawing on firsthand interviews, is not just about the things Japanese war criminals did, but about what it means to befriend them." Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; HBWQ; HPQ; JPVH; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674416796
ISBN
9780674416796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.17

Hardback. Focuses on Rome's historic Monti district and the wrenching dislocation caused by rapid economic, political, and social change. This book tells the story of the gentrification of Monti - once the architectural home of a community of artisans and shopkeepers now displaced by an invasion of rapacious real estate speculators, and corrupt officials. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226329116
ISBN
9780226329116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.37

Paperback. Focuses on Rome's historic Monti district and the wrenching dislocation caused by rapid economic, political, and social change. This book tells the story of the gentrification of Monti - once the architectural home of a community of artisans and shopkeepers now displaced by an invasion of rapacious real estate speculators, and corrupt officials. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226329123
ISBN
9780226329123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Blue Bike Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926700441
ISBN
9781926700441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. Japan was the only non-Western nation to industrialize before 1900 and its leap into the modern era has stimulated vigorous debates among historians and social scientists. This title considers daily life in the three centuries leading up to the modern era in Japan. Num Pages: 227 pages, 6 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JHM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520218123
ISBN
9780520218123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.74

Paperback. Showcases how small machines and consumer goods that originated in Europe and North America became objects of everyday use in India in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The author examines how such technologies became integral to fresh ways of thinking about class, race, and gender, as well as about the politics of colonial rule. Series: science.culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 22 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBTK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226269375
ISBN
9780226269375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.55

Hardcover. An account of how small machines and consumer goods that originated in Europe and North America became objects of everyday use in India in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It examines the assimilation and appropriation of bicycles, rice mills, sewing machines, and typewriters in India. Series: science.culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226922027
ISBN
9780226922027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.37

Hardback. Joseph A. Amato offers a panoramic account of the evolution of our daily existence and reflects on the complex and changing textures of everyday life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 224 x 27. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780236636
ISBN
9781780236636
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 39, 13 black & white halftones, 25 black & white tables, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501705687
ISBN
9781501705687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.64

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253012548
ISBN
9780253012548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.84

Hardback. Focuses on the formation and elaboration of gender, ethnicity, class, nationalism, and subjectivity. Editor(s): Chatterjee, Choi; Ransel, David L.; Cavender, Mary W.; Petrone, Karen. Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian & East European Studies. Num Pages: 448 pages, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253012456
ISBN
9780253012456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.20

Paperback. Step back in time to medieval London to find out about the lives of those working and living there. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 28. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445647005
ISBN
9781445647005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.29

Paperback. How Soviet citizens in the 1920s and 1930s internalized Soviet ways of looking at the world and living their everyday lives. Editor(s): Kiaer, Christina; Naiman, Eric. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 b&w photographs, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217929
ISBN
9780253217929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.31

Paperback. A lively reader on the peoples and cultures of Central Asia Editor(s): Sahadeo, Jeff; Zanca, Russell. Num Pages: 424 pages, 24 b&w photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FC; GTB; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219046
ISBN
9780253219046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.54

Paperback. This revised edition of Casson's engaging work, originally published in 1975 as Daily Life in Ancient Rome, includes two new chapters as well as full documentation of the sources. Num Pages: 184 pages, 15, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 12. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Revised & enlarged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801859922
ISBN
9780801859922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.10