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Paperback. More than Petticoats: Remarkable Vermont Women celebrates the women who shaped the Green Mountain State. Short, illuminating biographies and archival photographs and paintings tell the stories of women from across the state who served as teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists. Series: More Than Petticoats Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 12.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762743063
ISBN
9780762743063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.88

Paperback. The first publication on Russian theatre for children and youth in English, this book reveals the complex and important role of theatre for youth throughout the history of twentieth-century Russia Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; HBJ; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 411.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349534227
ISBN
9781349534227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Hardback. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638867
ISBN
9780691638867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.08
€ 155.63

Hardcover. When Atlanta enacted prohibition in 1885, it was the largest city in the US to do so. This book examines the rise of temperance sentiment among freed African Americans that made this vote possible, and the forces that resulted in its 1887 reversal well before the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution created a national prohibition in 1919. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; HBTB; HRAX; HRCX6; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875804583
ISBN
9780875804583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.55

Paperback. Mother Country tells the story of some of the forgotten Britons whose contribution to the war effort has been overlooked until now. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752456102
ISBN
9780752456102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.12

Paperback. This study explores representations of the Madonna and Child in early modern culture. It considers the mother and son as a conceptual, religio-political unit and examines the ways in which that unit was embodied and performed. Of primary interest is the way mothers derived agency from bearing incipient rulers. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HRAX; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349434374
ISBN
9781349434374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGH; HBTB; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
New Africa Books (Pty) Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Educational ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781485622925
ISBN
9781485622925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.62

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
New Africa Books (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864864338
ISBN
9780864864338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.12

Paperback. Traditional histories of war have typically explored masculine narratives of military and political action, leaving private, domestic life relatively unstudied. This volume expands our understanding by looking at the relationships between mothers and children, and the varied roles both have assumed during periods of armed conflict. Editor(s): Phelan, Claire. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HBW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 359.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349493883
ISBN
9781349493883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.39

Paperback. Presents a synthetic history of the family in Germany and northern France during the High Middle Ages. Concentrating on the special roles of mothers and children, this book advances efforts to write a comparative Jewish-Christian social history. It provides an analysis of the history of Jewish families in medieval Ashkenaz. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130293
ISBN
9780691130293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JHBD; JHBK; JHBS; JKS; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349143061
ISBN
9781349143061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.29

Paperback. Mothers Making Latin America utilizes a combination of gender scholarship and source material to dispel the belief that women were separated from or unimportant to central developments in Latin American history since independence. Series: Viewpoints/Puntos de Vista. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118271445
ISBN
9781118271445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.41

Hardcover. Mothers Making Latin America utilizes a combination of gender scholarship and source material to dispel the belief that women were separated from or unimportant to central developments in Latin American history since independence. Series: Viewpoints/Puntos de Vista. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations (black & white). BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781118271438
ISBN
9781118271438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.14

Paperback. Such "mobilizing identitiespropelled women into unprecedented levels of collective action, yet at the same time channeled them away from feminist priorities. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; HBTV; JFSJ1; JPA; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801867644
ISBN
9780801867644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.54

Hardback. Offers eleven vignettes of Palestine's cultural life in the first half of the twentieth century. This book presents the memoirs, diaries, letters, and other writings of six Jerusalem intellectuals whose lives spanned the period of 1918-1948: a musician, a teacher, a former aristocrat, a doctor, a Bolshevik revolutionary, and a Jewish novelist. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520251298
ISBN
9780520251298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.22
€ 63.57

Paperback. How did individual Americans respond to the shock of President Lincoln's assassination? Diaries, letters, and intimate writings reveal a complicated, untold story Num Pages: 408 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300219753
ISBN
9780300219753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.23

paperback. Combining fascinating facts with historical evidence, this book is a sweeping narrative of food's place in the world. Num Pages: 381 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; JFFS; KNAC; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107657458
ISBN
9781107657458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 473 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; GBC; HBT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 191 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415775458
ISBN
9780415775458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.73

Paperback. A major new study of white working class Britain since 1930, that shows how meanings of poverty have changed over time and how individuals reject categorization by the state. This book challenges accepted wisdom on the white working class, providing new understandings of community, place and class, arguing for the importance of migration. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 figures, 2 maps, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBTB; HBTD; JFSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230295384
ISBN
9780230295384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.71

Paperback. Based on two propositions: that the educational system in Japan is undergoing a number of changes, despite charges to the contrary, and that there is a conflict between the rhetoric of the National Council on Education Reform undertaken by Prime Minister Nakasone (1982-1987) and its emphasis on issues like internationalism. Series: Social Science Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, charts. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JNK; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772884776
ISBN
9788772884776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.67

Hardback. A unique collaboration between a historian and four ordinary women who were extraordinary letters-writers, family photographers and memoirists. Taken together, these stories enrich and complicate our understanding of key themes in twentieth century British and Australian women's history. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719076466
ISBN
9780719076466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.27

Paperback. Investigating how intimacy is constructed across the restless world of empire Editor(s): Ballantyne, Tony; Burton, Antoinette. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252075681
ISBN
9780252075681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.03

Paperback. Martin Polley provides a survey of sport in Britain since 1945 and examines sport's place in British culture. He discusses issues of class, gender, race, commerce and politics, as well as analysing contemporary sport. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBTB; JFC; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415142175
ISBN
9780415142175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.15

Paperback. This is the scandalous story of how the Maasai people of Kenya lost the best part of their land to the British in the 1900s. Drawing upon unique oral testimony and extensive archival research, Hughes describes the intrigues surrounding two enforced moves and the 1913 lawsuit, while explaining why recent events have brought the story full circle. Series: St Antony's. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJH; HBL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349545483
ISBN
9781349545483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.20

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