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paperback. Life in mid-19 century New York was tough, and violence and corruption were rife. Two gangs, the Dead Rabbits and the Native Americans, were locked in an endless battle for supremacy. Amsterdam Vallon, son of the Rabbits' murdered leader, is seeking vengeance for his father's death at the hands of Bill 'The Butcher'. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099436744
ISBN
9780099436744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781108076593
ISBN
9781108076593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.33

paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, 16 pp. color + 87 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 33. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300212358
ISBN
9780300212358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.30

hardcover. The Gargantuan Polity examines political, legal, theological, and literary texts in the late Middle Ages, to show how individuals were defined by contracts of mutual obligation, which allowed rulers to hold power due to approval of their subjects. Num Pages: 432 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSBD; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802098146
ISBN
9780802098146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.55

Hardback. Offers a sampling from the pages of "Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture" - including essays, poetry, interviews, memoirs, and a selection of the artwork that has made Gastronomica so distinctive. This book investigates topics from early hominid cooking to Third Reich caterers to the Shiite clergy. Editor(s): Goldstein, Darra. Num Pages: 376 pages, 46 color illustrations, 14 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 204 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259393
ISBN
9780520259393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.61

Paperback. Presents the urban biography of Omaha. This book describes the building of the transcontinental railroad, the penetration of the Great Plains by homesteaders, the establishment of the meat packing industry, and the creation of an elaborate national defense system. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Enlarged ed.
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803279674
ISBN
9780803279674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.11

Hardcover. Hardback, in very good condition. With dustjacket in protective mylar wraps.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Julian Messner, Inc.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1955
Edition
1st U.S. Edn.
SKU
KRF0040031
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Deals with a thousand-mile migration marked by hardship and sudden death - but unique in American history for its purpose, discipline, and solidarity. Num Pages: 348 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
SKU
V9780803292130
ISBN
9780803292130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.03

paperback. Emphasising the integration of traditional labour history topics with historical accounts of gender, female subjectivity, and community, this volume explores working women's agency and consciousness and offers details regarding women's lives as daughters, housewives, mothers, factory workers, trade union leaders, and political activists. Editor(s): French, John D.; James, Daniel. Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 b&w photographs, 5 figures, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822319962
ISBN
9780822319962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.89

Paperback. Analyzes the scientific work and social implications of the flourishing field of genetic history. In this book, the author examines genetic history's working assumptions about culture and nature, identity and biology, and the individual and the collective. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226154701
ISBN
9780226154701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.30

hardcover. Many genealogists have likely tried to find family information on the World Wide Web. The Internet has become a popular place to do research. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: GBCR; HBTG; UDBR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1111.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9780842028646
ISBN
9780842028646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.95

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 748 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; JHB; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
748
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691644387
ISBN
9780691644387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 345.40

Hardback. The remarkable story of two of Reno s most iconic landmarks " Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; AMG; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nevada Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781943859238
ISBN
9781943859238
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.53

Paperback. The Genius of Place examines how, after the War of 1812, concerns about the scale of the nation resulted in a fundamental reorientation of American identity away from the Atlantic or global ties that held sway in the early republic and toward more localized forms of identification. Instead of addressing the sweep of the nation, American authors, ar Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 22. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New Hampshire
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611688849
ISBN
9781611688849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.83

Paperback. Covers various aspects of western feminine life, which include a good deal about the western male. This book shows that the reactions of the women to their frontier experience were as important as male reactions in the development of American mores and American democracy. Num Pages: 335 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803250253
ISBN
9780803250253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.41

Paperback. Based on a close examination of letters, diaries and account books, this study offers an insight into the intimate and everyday lives of genteel women and transforms our understanding of the position of women in this period. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 448 pages, 66 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 194 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300102222
ISBN
9780300102222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.10

hardcover. Editor(s): Bose, Meena; Fritz, Paul. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 261 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers, Inc United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634857833
ISBN
9781634857833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 239.06
€ 175.14

Hardcover. Pidcock's was just one of a number of commercial menagerists who plied their trade in London in this period the predecessors to the zoological societies of the Victorian era. This book introduces the tales of exotic animals in London. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 bw integrated, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784530846
ISBN
9781784530846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.95

Paperback. Containing chapters that deal with travel narratives, cosmography, commerce, and medical botany, this book examines how ideas and methods are deployed to make German commentators experts in the overseas world, and how this incorporation established the discoveries as important intellectual, commercial, and scientific developments. Series: Studies in Early Modern German History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
F First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927343
ISBN
9780813927343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.96

Hardcover. A systematic examination of Germany's post-reunification foreign policy from a broader historical and analytical perspective Series: Social History, Popular Culture and Politics in Germany. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTB; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472110087
ISBN
9780472110087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.29

Paperback. An exploration of the degree of Germanic influence in the development of early medieval Christianity. This work argues for a fundamental Germanic reinterpretation of Christianity. A general model of religious transformation is developed and applied to the Germano-Christian scenario. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195104660
ISBN
9780195104660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 130.54

Hardback. A pioneering study of the social aspects of industrialisation in a developing country in tropical Africa. Series: African Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HBG; HBJH; HBTK; JHBL. Weight in Grams: 553. Ex Libris with usual markings. Fine copy in dustwrapper, DW with some minor nicks and bumps but remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0013801
ISBN
9780521082969
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; HBTB; JFSG; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Transaction Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560009832
ISBN
9781560009832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 48.52

Paperback. Tells the story of the terrifying cholera epidemic that engulfed London in 1854, and the two unlikely heroes - anesthetist Doctor John Snow and affable clergyman Reverend Henry Whitehead - who defeated the disease through a combination of local knowledge, scientific research and map-making. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBTB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141029368
ISBN
9780141029368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.26

Paperback. War, Debt, and Other Refugee Passages. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. 304 pages, 4 photographs. Develops a new critique of United States empire and its self-interested claims to provide for others the advantage of human freedom. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTR; JPVH1. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 17. Weight: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352396
ISBN
9780822352396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.09

Paperback. The first and only global social history of the world's most romantic, flamboyant, glamorous and politically influential art-form: opera. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations (some col.), facsims., ports. BIC Classification: AVGC9; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 170 x 39. Weight in Grams: 930. A Social History of Opera. 496 pages, Illustrations (some col.), facsims., ports. The first and only global social history of the world's most romantic, flamboyant, glamorous and politically influential art-form: opera. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGC9; HBTB. Dimension: 234 x 170 x 39. Weight: 890.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843544678
ISBN
9781843544678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 25.24

Paperback. As he stepped into the massive, roaring space of the Coliseum, he would have been aware of two things: first the bodies of those who had fought and fallen, their blood mingling with the hot dust of the arena floor; second, a sound as ominous as the scenes before him - that of swords being sharpened. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ASZ; HBJD; HBLA; HBTS; WST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160. Fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ebury Press
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSS0001040
ISBN
9780091886547
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. The story of Toledo glass past, present, and future" Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN REGIONAL
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472119455
ISBN
9780472119455
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.14

Hardcover. At the end of the nineteenth century, Pittsburgh was leading the nation in glass production, and glass bottle plants in particular relied heavily on adolescent (and younger) males for their manufacturing process. This title presents an examination of legislative clashes over the singular issue of the glass house boys. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; HBJK; HBTB; JKSB1; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822943778
ISBN
9780822943778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.03

Paperback. .
Publisher
Routledge
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138709485
ISBN
9781138709485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.54

Paperback. Editor(s): Broeze, Frank. Series: Research in Maritime History. Num Pages: 285 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
International Maritime Economic History Association Canada
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780973007336
ISBN
9780973007336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Paperback. In The Gods of Revolution, Christopher Dawson brought to bear, as Glanmor Williams said, his brilliantly perceptive powers of analysis on the French Revolution. . . . In so doing he reversed the trends of recent historiography which has concentrated primarily on examining the social and economic context of that great upheaval. Series: Works of Christopher Dawson. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813227092
ISBN
9780813227092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.03

Paperback. Fetherling argues that the gold rushes in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa shared the same causes and results, the same characters and characteristics. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTB; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 355.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802080462
ISBN
9780802080462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 50 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; HBJD; HBTB; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691168517
ISBN
9780691168517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.31

Paperback. A comparative study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; HRAX; JFHF; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 39. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
944
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Abridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140189315
ISBN
9780140189315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.04

Hardcover. This volume concerns the role of families and their members in the processes of a liberal and democratic civil society, the question of boundaries and intersections of the private and public domains, and the interventions of state institutions. The family has the potential to be an important source of energy for civil society activity.. Editor(s): Nautz, Jurgen; Ginsborg, Paul; Nijhuis, Ton. Series: European Civil Society. Num Pages: 324 pages, 20 figs and tables. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857454706
ISBN
9780857454706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.56

Paperback. An authoritative and accessible history of the cultural miracle that is the written word. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848873636
ISBN
9781848873636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.25

perfect. .
Publisher
Stenlake Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840335293
ISBN
9781840335293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.35

Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30 color photos. BIC Classification: HBT; WBTH; WBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632205865
ISBN
9781632205865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBZ; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Beacon Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807076996
ISBN
9780807076996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.80