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Paperback. Reveals how colonies were central to the defence of the British Empire and the command of the oceans that underpinned it. This title blends overviews of the nature of imperial defence with grass-roots explanations of how individual colonies were mobilised for war. Num Pages: 339 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
339
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194383
ISBN
9781845194383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.47

Paperback. Allied Forces and the Liberation of a Nazi Concentration Camp. Num Pages: 352 pages. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442615700
ISBN
9781442615700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.18

Paperback. Colonial discourse in the United States has tended to criminalise, pathologise, and depict as savage not only Native Americans but Mexican immigrants, indigenous peoples in Mexico, and Chicanas/os as well. This book reveals how each group, has actively attempted to create for itself a social and textual space. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822327486
ISBN
9780822327486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Paperback. Examining the ideal of wilderness preservation in the USA, the author shows how the early (antebellum era) conceptions of the wilderness as the place where Indians lived gave way to the idealization of uninhabited wilderness. The policies of Indian removal at Yosemite and other parks are explored. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12 halftones, 1 line figure, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JFSL9; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 287.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195142433
ISBN
9780195142433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.18

Hardback. Considerations of the effect of trauma on heritage sites. Editor(s): Convery, Dr. Ian; Corsane, Gerard; Davis, Peter. Series: Heritage Matters. Num Pages: 359 pages, 60 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 171 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1108.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843839637
ISBN
9781843839637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774825566
ISBN
9780774825566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.52

Hardback. Through the prisms of leadership, women, and power, this book traces the Wendat diaspora beyond a discourse of destruction and into a new world of rejuvenation and hope. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774825559
ISBN
9780774825559
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.14

paperback. Lively and enlightening presentation of the Maoist insurgency in Nepal, educating people on the real state of affairs behind the "People's War". Num Pages: 280 pages, 32 black & white photos. BIC Classification: 1FKN; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTV; JPFC; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780745323404
ISBN
9780745323404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.05

paperback. Editor(s): Tahir, Madiha R.; Memon, Qalandar Bux. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKP; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816692248
ISBN
9780816692248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC9; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801483882
ISBN
9780801483882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Paperback. Based on letters, diaries and oral histories, this title explores the impact of the 'war to end all wars' on the male body. It argues that military experiences led to a greater sharing of gender identities between men of different classes and ages. Series: Picturing History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 66 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWN; JFSJ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890351
ISBN
9781861890351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.88

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520240339
ISBN
9780520240339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.51

Hardcover. Study of literary critic George Steiner and the focus of the Holocaust on his career Series: Religion, Theology and the Holocaust. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609605
ISBN
9780815609605
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.46

paperback. This text tells the story of the development of artificial light in the 19th century. The book reveals the ways that the technology of artificial light helped forge modern consciousness. It discusses such topics as the political symbolism of street lighting and the rise of nightlife. Translator(s): Davies, Angela. Num Pages: 227 pages, 74 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JH; KNBL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288. The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century. 227 pages, 74 illustrations. This text tells the story of the development of artificial light in the 19th century. The book reveals the ways that the technology of artificial light helped forge modern consciousness. It discusses such topics as the political symbolism of street lighting and the rise of nightlife. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JH; KNBL; PDX. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 14. Weight: 270. Translator(s): Davies, Angela.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
227
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520203549
ISBN
9780520203549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.22

hardcover. Addresses fundamental issues about the last decades of Tsarist Russia. This book focuses on successive outbreaks of cholera in the city of Saratov on the Volga. It explains why a medical and social disaster that had long since been overcome in other parts of Europe continued much later in Russia. Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBTB; MBN; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415547949
ISBN
9780415547949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.14

Paperback. 'Mark Harrison's book illuminates the threats posed by infectious diseases since 1500. He places these diseases within an international perspective, and demonstrates the relationship between European expansion and changing epidemiological patterns. The book is a significant introduction to a fascinating subject. ' Gerald N. Series: Themes in History. Num Pages: 280 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3J; HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HBT; MBNH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745628103
ISBN
9780745628103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.22

Hardcover. Contributors examine the nature of industrial illnesses, including silicosis in the Mountain West's hardrock mining industry, and the management of Native American health. The editors offer an overview of the circumstances that created the region's medical history and suggest topics for study. Editor(s): Hildreth, Martha L.; Moran, Bruce T. Series: Wilbur S.Shepperson Series in History & Humanities. Num Pages: 208 pages, 23 b&w photographs, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JKS; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874173048
ISBN
9780874173048
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.03

Hardcover. Cover is slightly stained and warped, foxing on some pages. 103pp
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Royal Irish Academy Dublin
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KON0819377
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 35.00

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
50922nd
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465016662
ISBN
9780465016662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.73

Paperback. Your surname can tell you a lot about your ancestors. Not all names are what they at first sight seem to be: if your name is Farmer, then an ancestor was a tax-collector; if it is Alabaster, then you are descended from a crossbowman. This work includes about 1500 surnames, and if your name is not amongst them then probably a very similar one is. Series: Discovering S. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 114 x 7. Weight in Grams: 198. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
9780747804857
ISBN
9780747804857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.89

Paperback. "Discovering Highwaymen". Series: Shire Discovering. Num Pages: 88 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 177 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
88
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
9780747802600
ISBN
9780747802600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.89

Paperback.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780747803249
ISBN
9780747803249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.59

Paperback. A guided tour of the Golden Age of New York City. It is a warm salute to the men and women of the Greatest Generation and the city that embraced, thrilled and entertained them during World War II. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Old House
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402653
ISBN
9781908402653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KJ; 1KL; HBT; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 196 x 8. Weight in Grams: 122. 96 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KJ; 1KL; HBT; HBTQ; HBTR. Dimension: 158 x 196 x 8. Weight: 122.
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S.
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583670255
ISBN
9781583670255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.17

Paperback. Discounted Labour is an essential new work for anyone interested in the historical struggle for gender equality in Canada. Series: Themes in Canadian History. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802078186
ISBN
9780802078186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.53

Paperback. "-from the foreword by Stanley I. Kutler Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801860058
ISBN
9780801860058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.07

Hardback. In documenting this transformation in American photography, Disappearing Witness forcefully rethinks the history of photography itself. Num Pages: 328 pages, 138, 107 black & white halftones, 31 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AJC; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 212 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801871672
ISBN
9780801871672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.15

Paperback. Examines the tensions between the ethical and aesthetic imperatives in literary, artistic, and philosophical works about the Holocaust Series: Stephen S. Weinstein Series in Post-Holocaust Studies. Num Pages: 19 illus., 3 in color. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 265 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991696
ISBN
9780295991696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.59

Hardback. Why did a practice that had been considered a duty stop being a duty, or, conversely, why did daughters lose the right they had previously enjoyed of receiving from their parents the wherewithal to contribute to the support of their marriage? Despite the many anthropological studies about dowry, this book offers an analysis of its disappearance. Num Pages: 268 pages, tables, figures, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 575.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804719285
ISBN
9780804719285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.86

paperback. This volume of essays attempts to identify the shared experiences of disabled children and examine the key debates about their care and control. The essays follow a chronological progression while focusing on the practices in a number of different countries. Series: Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFG; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138662100
ISBN
9781138662100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.45

Hardback. Covering a diverse range of figures and issues from Jonathan Swift's pornographic poetry to Oscar Wilde's famous cello-shaped coat this book collapses Irish studies into the critical perspective of disability studies: linking 'Irishness' and 'disability' together allows the emergence of a new critical perspective, an Irish disability studies. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy in illustrated covers with minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004414
ISBN
9780230574656
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. An exploration of disability in Germany, from the Weimar Republic to the fall of the Berlin Wall. This book examines a range of literary and visual depictions of disability, focusing particular attention on disability and Nazi culture. It reveals how central the notion of disability is to modern German cultural history. Series: Corporealities: Discourses of Disability. Num Pages: 480 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFG; JPFQ; PSAK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1012.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472115952
ISBN
9780472115952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300216110
ISBN
9780300216110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.34

Hardcover. Series: Race in the Atlantic World 1700-1900. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820342122
ISBN
9780820342122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.09

Paperback. Few men over forty never owned a dinky toy when they were a child. This is the story of Britain's favourite toy cars. Series: Britain's Heritage Series. Num Pages: 64 pages, 80. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTB; KJZ; WCW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445665801
ISBN
9781445665801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.49

Hardback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442252295
ISBN
9781442252295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 51.88

Paperback. The history of restaurants in Boston Num Pages: 304 pages, 52 illus. (16 colour). BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611689105
ISBN
9781611689105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; HRKT; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of Colorado United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607322160
ISBN
9781607322160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.26

Paperback. Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork and postcolonial theory, Sarah A. Radcliffe centers the experiences of rural indigenous women in Ecuador to show how the efforts of development agencies to reduce social and economic equality fail because they do not reckon with the legacies of colonialism. Num Pages: 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360100
ISBN
9780822360100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.16

Hardcover. Reveals a gruesome stories of exhumation and reburial throughout American history. Taking us to the contested grave sites, this title explores how complicated interactions of regional pride, shifting reputations, and evolving burial practices led to public and often emotional battles over the final resting places of famous figures. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226423296
ISBN
9780226423296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.06