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Paperback. Provides a definitive history of consumer activism. This title explores abolitionist-led efforts to eschew slave-made goods, African American consumer campaigns against Jim Crow, a 1930s refusal of silk from fascist Japan, and emerging contemporary movements like slow food. Num Pages: 424 pages, 35 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFT; JPWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226298672
ISBN
9780226298672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.08

hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK; LNDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 31. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814771815
ISBN
9780814771815
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.97

Paperback. After successfully developing a series of funfairs, Billy Butlin progressed to opening holiday centres and hotels across the UK. From Redcoats to water worlds, and from the Glamorous Grandmothers competitions to National Talent contests, this book provides a nostalgic trip down memory lane for the ones who know and love Butlin's. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; WQN; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 9. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752458632
ISBN
9780752458632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.16

Paperback. Provides an account of Cassidy's life. Num Pages: 372 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
372
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803287563
ISBN
9780803287563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.20

Paperback. In 1944, at the age of fifteen, Marceline Loridan-Ivens was arrested in occupied France, along with her father. They were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and forcibly separated. Though he managed to smuggle one last note to her, Marceline never spoke to her father again. This memoir offers a deeply moving message from a daughter to a father. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571328024
ISBN
9780571328024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.40

Paperback. Editor(s): Hull, Gloria T.; Scott, Patricia Bell. Num Pages: 414 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
The Feminist Press at CUNY
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558618985
ISBN
9781558618985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.18

hardcover. The story of baseball in America begins not with the fabled Abner Doubleday but with a generation of mid-nineteenth-century Americans who moved from the countryside to the cities and brought a cherished but delightfully informal game with them. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781566637480
ISBN
9781566637480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.17

Paperback. Despite the immense body of literature about the American Civil War and its causes, the nation's western involvement in the approaching conflict often gets short shrift. Busy in the Cause explores the role of the Midwest in shaping US politics concerning slavery in the years leading up to the Civil War. Num Pages: 306 pages, 22 illustrations, 1 map, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803271890
ISBN
9780803271890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Hardcover. Bringing together a diverse array of photographs, this collection provides a visual record of life in Kansas, from 1936-1949. The photographs portray, for example, FSA-aided farmers and striking coal miners, dust-bowl debris and tumbleweeds, and a failed bank and a thriving stockyard. Editor(s): Schulz, Constance B. Num Pages: 160 pages, 94 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBTB; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 204 x 17. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700607990
ISBN
9780700607990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.19

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; HBJD; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691643359
ISBN
9780691643359
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801475122
ISBN
9780801475122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Paperback. Describes how the American Indians lost their land and lives to a dynamically expanding white society. This book described the opening of the West from the Indians' viewpoint. It focuses on a national disgrace. Num Pages: 512 pages, b/w, inset. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 412.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099526407
ISBN
9780099526407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESU; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
The University of Buckingham Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908684097
ISBN
9781908684097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12ill.2M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBT; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557504258
ISBN
9781557504258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.14

Paperback. Examines "Burned Bridge," the intersection between two sister cities in East and West Germany, and reveals how the daily adjustments of anxious residents shaped the barrier that divided them. Num Pages: 384 pages, 34 halftones. BIC Classification: HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199314614
ISBN
9780199314614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.65

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640716
ISBN
9780691640716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.23

Paperback. Stands for a whole generation of immigrant workers who, in the years before World War I, found themselves caught between the realities of industrial America and their aspirations for a better life. Num Pages: 331 pages, 25ill. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803287273
ISBN
9780803287273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.45

Paperback. Buried Lives: The Protestants of Southern Ireland Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD; HBTB; HRAX; HRCC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845888800
ISBN
9781845888800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 18.38

Hardback. Overturns the common assumption that apartheid in South Africa was enforced only through terror and coercion. Without understating the role of violent intervention, this book shows that apartheid was sustained by a great and ever-swelling bureaucracy. Series: Perspectives on Southern Africa S. Num Pages: 401 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
401
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206519
ISBN
9780520206519
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.98

Paperback. Featuring about 140 coloured illustrations by various Chinese artists and six essays whose themes range from the sociohistorical impact of Mao to the visual representation of trauma and memories, this work brings a multidimensional view to our understanding of the influence of the Cultural Revolution on contemporary China. Editor(s): Jiang, Jiehong. Num Pages: 172 pages, 135 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACXJ; HBTB; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 262 x 183 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9789622098701
ISBN
9789622098701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.14

Paperback. Curiosity about elite military units is greater than ever in today's crisis-ridden world. And while numerous books have examined the various elite forces, Bunker Hill to Bastogne goes much further to show the relationship between these special units and the societies that gave birth to them. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 b&w drawing, 9 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574887761
ISBN
9781574887761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.18

Hardback. An insightful look at the varying types of food eaten during the Great War and the differences in quality between the ordinary troops on the front lines and the officers. The book explores the accounts of men cooking and eating on the front line and the difficulties they faced. Num Pages: 256 pages, Approx 120 B&W photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 168 x 34. Weight in Grams: 970.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473827455
ISBN
9781473827455
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 44.18

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861895189
ISBN
9781861895189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.85

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Helion and Company
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907677069
ISBN
9781907677069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.43

Hardcover. Examines literary and historical texts to show how writers have manipulated images and ideas associated with the cattle killing - harvest, sacrifice, rebirth, devastation - to speak to their contemporary predicaments. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226893471
ISBN
9780226893471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.73

Paperback. Examines literary and historical texts to show how writers have manipulated images and ideas associated with the cattle killing - harvest, sacrifice, rebirth, devastation - to speak to their contemporary predicaments. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226893488
ISBN
9780226893488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.08

Paperback. Presents the history of New Orleans' early years, tracing the town's development from its origins in 1718 to its revolt against Spanish rule in 1768. This book presents an account of New Orleans' wild youth. It features a cast of strong-willed captives, thin-skinned nobles, sharp-tongued women, and carousing travelers. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 colour plates, 8 halftones, 5 maps, 1 figure, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226138428
ISBN
9780226138428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.95

Hardcover. Explores the century-long process whereby the Massachusetts Bay Colony went from a distant outpost of the incipient British Empire to a stable society integrated into the transatlantic economy. This title demonstrates how small infrastructure improvements established the foundation for more ambitious, overseas adventures. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 b&w illustrations, 1 map, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926360
ISBN
9780813926360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.31

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBT; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774825245
ISBN
9780774825245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.46

Hardback. It is one part corporate and industrial history, using the evolution of mortgage finance as a way to understand larger dynamics in the nation's political economy. This biography weaves together three engrossing stories. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520273757
ISBN
9780520273757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.72

Paperback. The first and only full-scale technical and stylistic analysis of 200 years of architectural evolution in northern New England Num Pages: 211 pages, 150 illus. 45 figs. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; AM; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584650997
ISBN
9781584650997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.07

Hardback. Focusing on experts in technology and science, Building Europe on Expertise delivers a new reading of European history. The authors show that modern Europe was built by experts using their unique knowledge to shape societies, set political agendas, and establish collaborations which proved decisive in integrating the continent. Series: Making Europe. Num Pages: 416 pages, 72 black & white halftones, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1318.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230308053
ISBN
9780230308053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.51
€ 45.93

Paperback. This work follows the evolution of the pattern book houses and how they represented the notion of home and community in American historical memory. The book also includes illustrations of such communities. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AM; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761989639
ISBN
9780761989639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.99

Hardback. By showing that the creation of a meal is as satisfying as its consumption, This recalibrates the balance between food and the imagination. The result is a revolutionary perspective that tempts even the most casual cooks to greater flights of experimentation. Translator(s): DeBevoise, Malcolm. Num Pages: 152 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: HBT; PD; WBA; WBV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231144667
ISBN
9780231144667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.26

Hardcover. Each year, North Americans spend as much money fixing up their homes as they do buying new ones. This title charts the rise of the home improvement industry in the United States and Canada from the end of World War I into the late 1950s. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 472 pages, 62 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; KNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226317663
ISBN
9780226317663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.53

Hardcover. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HRCC93; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Univ Hawaii Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824839659
ISBN
9780824839659
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.16

Hardback. In 2004, Spain's Banco Santander purchased Britain's Abbey National Bank in a deal valued at fifteen billion dollars - an acquisition that made Santander one of the ten largest financial institutions in the world. This work reveals how strategic decisions made by the family drove Santander's unprecedented rise to global prominence. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 line illus. 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBT; KFFK; KNST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691131252
ISBN
9780691131252
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 2AB; FA; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200. Weight in Grams: 179. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Attic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KOC0021148
ISBN
9781855941267
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Reveals that the globalization of American mass culture that seems unstoppable today began as early as the mid-nineteenth century. This book narrates how the circuses, amusement parks, vaudeville, mail-order catalogs, dime novels, and movies that developed after the Civil War actually doubled as agents of American cultural diplomacy abroad. Num Pages: 232 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; JFCA; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226007120
ISBN
9780226007120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.62

Paperback. First published in French in 1956, this classic work integrates the study of Buddhist doctrine with that of Chinese society from the fifth to the tenth centuries. Translator(s): Verellen, Franciscus. Num Pages: 441 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; 3F; HBJF; HBLC; HBTB; HRE; JHM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
441
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231114110
ISBN
9780231114110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36