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Hardback. A timely account of workers taking back their union Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 1KBBWS; HBTK; KNDV; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252036378
ISBN
9780252036378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.27

Paperback. Original edition published under title: Black voices from Reconstruction, 1865-1877. Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 1996. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 245.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625340870
ISBN
9781625340870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.75

paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477311134
ISBN
9781477311134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.61

Paperback. Bounded by the Great War on one side and by the looming shadow of the Second World War on the other, the inter-war period has characteristically been portrayed as a time of unremitting poverty, rising crime and mass unemployment. This work shows how the British people reacted to the privations of wartime by indulging in leisure activities. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844139231
ISBN
9781844139231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House Israel
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652297433
ISBN
9789652297433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HBTV; JPFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
AK Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849352116
ISBN
9781849352116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.59

Hardcover. Draws readers into the lives of the author's subjects, showing the passion and naivete of the volunteers, the bravery of the civil rights leaders, and the candid, sometimes troubling reactions of the black and white Mississippi Delta residents. Num Pages: 320 pages, 64 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JJPK; BM; HBTB; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609384
ISBN
9780815609384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.65

Paperback. During Kaiser Wilhelm II's reign, nature gained a role of central importance to the German national experience. Using interpretive methods drawn from the history of science and science studies, the author shows how popular health and hygiene movements shaped German ideas about progress and modernity, nature, health, and the body. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; MBP; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875807041
ISBN
9780875807041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813226163
ISBN
9780813226163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.82

Paperback. A major re-examination of postwar American Jewry that debunks the assumption of silence Series: The Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History. Num Pages: 540 pages, 26 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 32. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814721223
ISBN
9780814721223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.02

Paperback. Presents a study grounded in the transnational geography and political economy of the coca-leaf and coca-derived commodities market stretching from Peru and Bolivia into the United States. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map, 12 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; JKVG; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280786
ISBN
9780520280786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.70

Hardback. Presents a study grounded in the transnational geography and political economy of the coca-leaf and coca-derived commodities market stretching from Peru and Bolivia into the United States. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map, 12 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; JKVG; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280779
ISBN
9780520280779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822312949
ISBN
9780822312949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.69

Paperback. Editor(s): Berman, Garry. Num Pages: 312 pages, 36. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; AVGP; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Santa Monica Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595800329
ISBN
9781595800329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1932
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
Edition
New impression
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853451341
ISBN
9780853451341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.34

hardcover. Analyzes the processes of nation-building in nineteenth and early-twentieth-century Southeastern Europe. This work represents a coordinated interpretation based on ten varied academic cultures and traditions. Editor(s): Mishkova, Diana. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVW; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9789639776289
ISBN
9789639776289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 223.52

Hardcover. Wealth in the Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Balkans demonstrates the economic and social transformations wrought by wars, state centralization, European expansion and the gradual Ottoman withdrawal from the Balkans. Editor(s): Davidova, Evguenia. Series: Library of Ottoman Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVW; HBJD; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 34. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784534394
ISBN
9781784534394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.35
€ 135.17

Paperback. This book presents the results of new research on the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow and their churches. The authors examine the effect of their buildings and estates on the surrounding region from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day. They trace these relationships back through time with new studies of the changing landscape. Num Pages: 320 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1DBKEY; HBTP; HDL; HRCC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 189 x 15. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909291133
ISBN
9781909291133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, 75 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897126288
ISBN
9781897126288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.22

Paperback. Hardcover, grey and white spine. 60pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Macdonald & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1968
SKU
KON0819304
ISBN
9780356025131
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. Series: Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; ACBK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820348490
ISBN
9780820348490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.24

Paperback. Offering insights into a lost world of: people's dress, their interior decoration and their view of their relationship, with the natural and supernatural worlds, this book portrays the pleasures of ancient Egypt life in textiles. It explains the work by providing a historical and mythic context, as well as technical explanations. Num Pages: 176 pages, 103 color photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDA; AFW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 268 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 890.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Krannert Art Museum,US United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781883015312
ISBN
9781883015312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.53

Hardback. Num Pages: 374 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBN; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774828161
ISBN
9780774828161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.46

Num Pages: 256 pages, 750+ color photos. BIC Classification: HBT; WCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 288 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1602.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764325748
ISBN
9780764325748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.99
€ 52.21

Paperback. The history of six centuries of weeping Britons. A comprehensive debunking of the myth of the British 'stiff upper lip', from medieval mystics to Margaret Thatcher Num Pages: 456 pages, 30 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JF. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199676064
ISBN
9780199676064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.91

Hardback. The history of six centuries of weeping Britons. A comprehensive debunking of the myth of the British 'stiff upper lip', from medieval mystics to Margaret Thatcher. Num Pages: 456 pages, 30 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 271 x 33. Weight in Grams: 810.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199676057
ISBN
9780199676057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.55

Paperback. Weeping Violins provides a history of the Gypsy people in Europe. Betty Alt and Silvia Folts trace the origins of the Gyspsy people and tell the story of their expansion, treatment by other ethnic groups, and struggles during the Holocaust. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Jefferson (Thomas) University Press United States
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9780943549392
ISBN
9780943549392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99

Hardback. Weimar was a centre of the arts during the Enlightenment. This book offers a complete history of Weimar, from its meteoric eighteenth-century rise from obscurity through its glory days of unbridled creative expression to its dark descent back into artistic insignificance under Nazi rule and, later, Soviet occupation and beyond. Num Pages: 472 pages, 29 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 43. Weight in Grams: 978.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300170566
ISBN
9780300170566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.05

Paperback. During the first half of the twentieth century military victory parades in New York became an iconic part of the American cultural memory - ticker tape and soldiers returning to their sweethearts symbolized the joy of a nation at peace. This book focuses on organizers, spectators, and soldiers. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; ASZP; HBTB; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Campus Verlag Germany
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9783593397450
ISBN
9783593397450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.38

Hardback. Puts the Renaissance Faire back at the historical centre of the American counterculture Num Pages: 359 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
359
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814771389
ISBN
9780814771389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.70

Paperback. This authoritative new book offers a panoramic overview on health and healthy living from classical Antiquity through to the mid-nineteenth century. Klaus Bergdolt offers the reader a thoroughly researched and a well exemplified examination of the numerous historical manifestations of 'dietetics'. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745629148
ISBN
9780745629148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.48

paperback. Henry Wells (1805-78) and William Fargo (1818-81) first worked together when they broke the Post Office monopoly on mail service along the Erie Canal in the 1840s. This title presents the story of Henry Wells and his drivers; his accountants; and, how they built a lasting empire in a business most entrepreneurs thought too risky to try. Num Pages: 186 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTK; KNG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 274 x 12. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803283039
ISBN
9780803283039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.09

Paperback. Bruce Durie provides an accessible guide to genealogy and family history in Wales. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 246 x 19. Weight in Grams: 754.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752465999
ISBN
9780752465999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.95

Hardcover. Num Pages: 292 pages, 245. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; HBTK; HDW; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 226 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1662.
Publisher
Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871184518
ISBN
9781871184518
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.04

Hardcover. Hardcover, white spine. 176pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
DSV Hamburg
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KON0819684
ISBN
9783881421959
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 5.49

Paperback. This is a survey of the development and history of the societies and culture of West Africa until c. 1850. The accounts of the major empires of West Africa are set in their broad context, illuminated by the findings of cultural historians and anthropologists. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps, halftones, index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR; HBTS; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582318533
ISBN
9780582318533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 103.24

Paperback. Using photos from two collections donated to the West Highland Steamer Club, the best are shown here in this new book on West Highland Steamers. Num Pages: 96 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 6. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445644172
ISBN
9781445644172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.27

Paperback. Documents the hitherto unrecorded contribution made by West Indian women in the British armed forces during the World War II and highlights the racism of government recruitment policies. Num Pages: 232 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Lawrence and Wishart Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853157434
ISBN
9780853157434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.44

Paperback. Explores what Western women did, thought, and felt in and about the colonies in Africa and India, areas that have been presented, both at the time and in subsequent scholarship, as 'no place for a white woman'. This title analyzes Western women's complicity in the cultural values dominant during an imperialist era. Editor(s): Chaudhuri, Nupur; Strobel, Margaret. Series: A Midland Book. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 483.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253207050
ISBN
9780253207050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.28

Hardback. Through the study of hundreds of criminal cases, Westward Bound explores how encounters between the courts and ordinary people on the Canadian Prairies contributed to the construction of race, class, and gender hierarchies in a settler society. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774818582
ISBN
9780774818582
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.13