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Paperback. From the 1920s through the 1960s, scores of small, independent record companies nurtured distinctly American music: jazz, blues, gospel, country, rhythm and blues, and the 1950s offspring of R&B, rock n' roll. This title profiles ten such companies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 33 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVG; AVX; HBTB; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214348
ISBN
9780253214348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.54

Paperback. Series: Architecture, Landscape, and American Culture. Num Pages: 392 pages, 133 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBLW3; HBTB; KFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 254 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816654567
ISBN
9780816654567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.69

Paperback. The author goes in search of his old childhood haunts and instead finds an England changed beyond recognition. This book takes you on a poignant journey to a time and a place we will never see again. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099569282
ISBN
9780099569282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.22

Hardback. Num Pages: 168 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231147941
ISBN
9780231147941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, 92 b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBTM; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij Netherlands
Number of pages
206
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789461532602
ISBN
9789461532602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.09

Paperback. Globalisation has created a whole new working class - and they are reliving stories that were first played out a century ago. This title tells the story of this working class alongside the history of the global labour movement, from its formation in the factories of the 1800s through its near destruction by fascism in the 1930s. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16. BIC Classification: HBTK; JFFS; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Second Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099492887
ISBN
9780099492887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.22

Series: Cassini Revised New Series Historical Map. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBTP1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 96. Series: Cassini Revised New Series Historical Map. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBTP1; WQH. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 11. Weight: 96.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cassini Publishing Ltd
Edition
Facsimile Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847363602
ISBN
9781847363602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.94

Sheet map, folded. Series: Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Yard to the Mile. BIC Classification: 1DBKEN; HBTP1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 121 x 209 x 3. Weight in Grams: 24. Liverpool Sheet 20. Series: Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Yard to the Mile. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEN; HBTP1; WQH. Dimension: 134 x 212 x 1. Weight: 24.
Publisher
Alan Godfrey Maps
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847841094
ISBN
9781847841094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.96

Sheet map, folded. .
Publisher
Alan Godfrey Maps
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847840707
ISBN
9781847840707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.92

Paperback.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846312441
ISBN
9781846312441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.24

Paperback. A fascinating look at the intertwined story of milk and men on Merseyside. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBTB; KCZ; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445663227
ISBN
9781445663227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.29

Paperback. The story of Liverpool is, in many ways, the story of its docks. Before the docks, trade was limited by the tides and at the mercy of the Mersey's currents. After dock construction began, the city became a hub of Britain's worldwide trading network. Series: Images of England. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBTM; KNGS; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165 x 9. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752417127
ISBN
9780752417127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.66

Paperback. Liverpool Docks: A Short History, traces the birth, growth, strategic importance of the port both in times of peace and war. The book gives a complete timeline from the very earliest days right up to the present-a time when both a new and even larger container dock is being built together with the development of the new cruise liner terminal. Num Pages: 208 pages, 72 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555187
ISBN
9781781555187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.70

Paperback. Covers the story of Liverpool's children in the Second World War. This title features the adventures and misadventures, the fun and games and ever-present danger, and the humor and sorrow of those wartime years experienced by the survivors of Liverpool Blitz. It explores the memories of the children ravaged by war. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJH; HBTB; JFSP1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 9. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752451589
ISBN
9780752451589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.56

Paperback. From the early 1960s, though, Liverpool's passenger trade entered a downturn that was unstoppable. Liverpool now has a new landing stage to accommodate visiting cruise ships back in the Mersey. This book tells its story, using the memories of those who sailed in them, of the halcyon days of the passenger liners which sailed from the Mersey. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBJD1; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 173 x 10. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780752449159
ISBN
9780752449159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.37

Paperback. This book details the French colonial experience in Illinois from 1720 to 1770 through vivid depictions of the places, people, and events around the fort and its neighboring villages. The biographies and historical narrative in the volume illuminate the challenges that shaped the French colonies in America. " Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809334605
ISBN
9780809334605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.91

Paperback. .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363194
ISBN
9780822363194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.10

Hardback. Showing how feminist theory is generated from everyday life and the ordinary experiences of being a feminist, Sara Ahmed highlights the ties between feminist theory and living a life that sustains it by building on legacies of feminist of color scholarship and discussing the figure of the feminist killjoy. Num Pages: 312 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFK; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363040
ISBN
9780822363040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.73

Paperback. How a small group of landowners, inspired by Aldo Leopold, pioneered private conservation and ecological restoration. It offers an insightful reflection on what it means to live the "land ethic" that is quite relevant to today s growing conservation challenges." Series: Wisconsin Land and Life. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; 3JJ; HBTB; RNF; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 239.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299298746
ISBN
9780299298746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.95

Paperback. Since the earliest development of states, groups of people escaped or were exiled. This book gives voice to three communities living at the edges of capitalism: Cossacks on the Don River in Russia; Zapatistas in Chiapas, Mexico; and prisoners in long-term isolation since the 1970s. Num Pages: 316 pages, 18 b/w images and 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287303
ISBN
9780520287303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.67

Paperback. Series: Public History in Historical Perspective. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625340269
ISBN
9781625340269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 222 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gefen Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652298546
ISBN
9789652298546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.71

Hardback. Editor(s): Isom-Verhaaren, Christine; Schull, Kent F. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; HBJF1; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253019301
ISBN
9780253019301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.07

Paperback. Editor(s): Isom-Verhaaren, Christine; Schull, Kent F. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; HBJF1; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253019431
ISBN
9780253019431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Paperback. Offering an introduction to the field of archaeology, the authors use a single case study to demonstrate the power of their interdisciplinary approach, and create a fresh portrait of 19th-century domestic life in the company-owned boarding-houses of the Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts. Num Pages: 128 pages, 37 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HD; JHM; WTHH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558490352
ISBN
9781558490352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.68

Paperback. In the late 19th century, Scandinavian urban dwellers developed a passion for a modern sort of visual spectacle: objects and effigies brought to life in realistic scenes. The period 1880-1910 was the high point of mannequin display in Europe. This title explores this phenomenon. Num Pages: 352 pages, 77 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DND; 1DNN; 1DNS; ASZ; GM; HBT; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691050744
ISBN
9780691050744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.71

Paperback. Sent to the Congo (Zaire) in the 50s, as fieldworker for a Belgian cultural agency, Vansina helped to found the field of African history as a scholarly speciality. This memoir describes Vansina's life and career on three continents, against the background of the collapse of colonialism in Africa. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; BGHA; HBTQ; HBTR; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299143244
ISBN
9780299143244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.48

paperback. Living with Strangers tells the story of the Sioux who moved into the Canadian-American borderlands in the later years of the nineteenth century. David G. McCrady's award-winning study crosses national boundaries to examine how Native peoples on both sides of the border reacted to the arrival of the Sioux. Num Pages: 200 pages, 14 halftones; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442609907
ISBN
9781442609907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
F First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801480980
ISBN
9780801480980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.29

Paperback. .
Publisher
Llygad Gwalch Cyf
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845242435
ISBN
9781845242435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.54

Hardcover. Featuring beautiful images, and many classic and contemporary recipes, Lobster: A Global History is the first book to describe the social history of lobster consumption around the world. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 144 pages, 40 colour illustrations, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; WBTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 204 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861897947
ISBN
9781861897947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.46

Paperback. Explores the crucial notion of "colonial difference" in the study of the modern colonial world and traces the emergence of an epistemic shift, which author calls "border thinking". This title expands the horizons of debates under way in postcolonial studies of Asia and Africa by dwelling in the genealogy of thoughts of South/Central America. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 line illus. 3 tables. 9 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
With a New preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156095
ISBN
9780691156095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.11

Paperback. Traces the monumental battle waged by civil rights organizations and by local people to establish basic human rights for all citizens of Mississippi Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 752.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252065071
ISBN
9780252065071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.39

Paperback. A collection of 17 essays first printed in "American Quarterly", the journal of the American Studies Association. To mark the Association's 50th anniversary, the editor has brought together works which provide a window into the history and evolution of the practice of American studies. Editor(s): Maddox, Lucy. Num Pages: 458 pages, 4, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; DNF; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
458
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801860560
ISBN
9780801860560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.98

paperback. Lena Orlin paints a dense picture of everyday life in Renaissance England, with an emphasis on personal privacy, the built environment, and the life story of a remarkable undiscovered woman - merchant's wife and mother of four, Alice Barnham - with a central role in some of the most important untold stories of sixteenth-century women. Num Pages: 392 pages, 45 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1722.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A. United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199577385
ISBN
9780199577385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.16

Paperback. This collection of essays is the first serious attempt to conceptualise the transplantation of English migrants and culture in the New World as a Diaspora. Editor(s): Bueltmann, Tanja; Gleeson, David; MacRaild, Donald M. Series: Migrations and Identities. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HBJD1; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781381120
ISBN
9781781381120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 832 pages, 14 photographs, 11maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 236 x 31. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774831086
ISBN
9780774831086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.98

Paperback. During the early years of the Cold War, the most effective way to gather strategic intelligence about the Soviet Union and its allies was manned overflight. This book covers a two-seat variation of the design built as an advanced interceptor - the YF-12. Illustrator(s): Tooby, Adam. Series: Air Vanguard. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTW; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 246 x 4. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472801135
ISBN
9781472801135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.98

Paperback. Representing the pinnacle of Cold War aircraft design and it has become an aviation icon together with its predecessor, the A-12, the Blackbird was a giant leap into the technical unknown and the design employed many forms of new technology made necessary by the excesses of speed, altitude and temperature to which the aircraft was subjected. Illustrator(s): Tooby, Adam. Series: Air Vanguard. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 187 x 6. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472804921
ISBN
9781472804921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.85

Paperback. Fine paperback book in excellent contidtion.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
English Heritage Publications London
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KNH0011591
ISBN
9781850747246
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95