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Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 410 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTV2; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635262
ISBN
9780691635262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.50

paperback. When sanctions prohibited local use of racially, ethnically, and scatalogically offensive toponyms, names like Jap Valley, California, were erased from the national and cultural map forever. This title considers the efforts to computerize mapmaking, standardize geographic names, and respond to public concern over ethnically offensive appellations. Num Pages: 230 pages, 33 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBGP; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226534664
ISBN
9780226534664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.16

Paperback. Divided into 4 parts, this book examines the cause of the demise of the slave trade to Bahia (a province of Brazil) by 1851. It traces Bahia's abolitionist movement through the enactment of the Law of the Free Womb in 1871, and focuses on the role of Candomble, an African religion practiced by the Africans of Brazil, in ending slavery in the area. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 324 pages, 13 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826340511
ISBN
9780826340511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.72

Hardback. The book is the first comprehensive survey charting the development of cinema exhibition and cinema-going in Britain from the first public film screening - the Lumiere Brothers' showing of their Cinematographe show at London's Regent Street Polytechnic in February 1896 - through to the development of the multiplex and megaplex cinema. Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; APF; HBT. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719069444
ISBN
9780719069444
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.75

Paperback. An analysis of Pueblo Indian pottery, Pueblo and Spanish blankets, and Spanish religious images that links economic change to social and cultural change in the New Mexico. It charts the creation of a culturally innovative and dominating Hispanic settler - or vecino - community during the final decades of the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 353 pages, 12 figures, 19 b/w photographs, 9 maps, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
353
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520251595
ISBN
9780520251595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.21

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBTB; JHM; JWD; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636412
ISBN
9780691636412
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.85

Paperback. Presenting a portrait of engaged, activist lives in the 1930s, this book features a global network of individuals and organizations that posed challenges to the racism and colonialism of the era. It positions race at the center of the British, imperial, and transatlantic political culture of the 1930s. Num Pages: 408 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTQ; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141862
ISBN
9780691141862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.58

Hardback. Discusses the origin of the emerald, its peculiar structure, and its strange allure. This story weaves across several continents and thousands of years. It is a tale of conquistadors, treachery, shipwrecks, and alchemy. It also discusses the modern art of making synthetic emeralds. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; PNV; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780275991234
ISBN
9780275991234
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.99
€ 61.23

Paperback. Explores the relationship between war and revolution Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBTV; JPS; JPWQ; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472085781
ISBN
9780472085781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.00

Paperback. Analyzing the 'democratic' features and institutions of the Athenian democracy in the fifth century BC, this work traces their development from Solon's judicial reforms to the flowering of popular sovereignty, when the people assumed the right both to enact all legislation and to hold magistrates accountable for implementing what had been enacted. Num Pages: 500 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 46. Weight in Grams: 917.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520067981
ISBN
9780520067981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.53

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Michigan State University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611861204
ISBN
9781611861204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.83

Hardback. This is a comparative study of the reforms and revolutions that have swept through the former USSR and Balkan states in the past 25 years. The collection examines the struggle to modernise the economies and political systems of the former Soviet states and Eastern Europe. It specifically focuses on the mostly nonviolent Colour Revolutions. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLX; HBTV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
276
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849041447
ISBN
9781849041447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.75
€ 51.45

Hardcover. Num Pages: 212 pages, 120 illus, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; AMG; HBJD1; HBTB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 208 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1056.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781898595106
ISBN
9781898595106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.54

Paperback. An anniversary edition of the first full study of Mexican American women in the twentieth century, with new preface Num Pages: 304 pages, 49 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
10 Rev ed
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195374773
ISBN
9780195374773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.81

Hardback. Recounts the history of the London Bet Din during the years as revealed by the "Pinkas" record and relates the stories of a group of Jewish convict transportees and their families. Num Pages: 355 pages, b/w illus & tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1MBF; 3JH; HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1; LAFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 175 x 26. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
355
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845192938
ISBN
9781845192938
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.44

Paperback. Spanning five centuries, this volume focuses on the development and legacy of the slave trade, slave rebellions, and its intrinsic contribution of slavery to contemporary West Indian politics and culture. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBTS; JFC; JHM; JPH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745313771
ISBN
9780745313771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.61

hardcover. Series: American University Studies, Series 7: Theology & Religion. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; HRCJ; HRCM; HRCX7; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 660.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KIN0001469
ISBN
9780820414010
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442627116
ISBN
9781442627116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.21

Hardback. Tracing teachers' experiences in the Third Reich and East Germany, this title analyzes developments in education of crucial importance to both dictatorships. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBTB; JN; JPFC; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 29. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674050532
ISBN
9780674050532
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.83

Paperback. Editor(s): Griesse, Malte. Num Pages: 354 pages, 12 b/w & 2 colour illus. BIC Classification: HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837626421
ISBN
9783837626421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 31.98

Hardback. 'From Moscow to Cuba and Beyond' vividly evokes the joys as well as the difficulties of life as an expatriate and diplomat under Stalin, Tito and Castro, as well as of the particular demands of diplomatic life in the USA. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 bw integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BM; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848854741
ISBN
9781848854741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.61
€ 53.60

Hardback. There is no better time than now to consider the labor history of the Golden State. While other states face declining union enrollment rates and the rollback of workers' rights, California unions are embracing working immigrants, and voters are protecting core worker rights. What's the difference? Num Pages: 544 pages, 50 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTB; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288409
ISBN
9780520288409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.12

Paperback. There is no better time than now to consider the labor history of the Golden State. While other states face declining union enrollment rates and the rollback of workers' rights, California unions are embracing working immigrants, and voters are protecting core worker rights. What's the difference? Num Pages: 432 pages, 50 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288416
ISBN
9780520288416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.26

Paperback. The third edition of From Memory to Written Record is a thorough update of this scholarly classic. Written for students and scholars of medieval history, it traces the development of literacy in England and serves as an introduction to medieval books and documents for graduate students around the world. Num Pages: 418 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 826.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
418
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405157919
ISBN
9781405157919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 37.05

Paperback. A Highland soldier journeys by land and canoe in the 1830s to attend the "gift-giving" ceremony on Manitoulin Island. Editor(s): McLean, Scott A. Num Pages: 108 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; BG; DN; HBT; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 22.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Natural Heritage Books Canada
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896219561
ISBN
9781896219561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.38

Hardback. The first book on the subject, it appeals to not only those who are interested in the history of the Scottish, but also all who are interested in the history and heritage of Singapore. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1FMS; HBJD; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 214 x 29. Weight in Grams: 728.
Publisher
Landmark Books Pte.Ltd ,Singapore
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789814189651
ISBN
9789814189651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780691022949
ISBN
9780691022949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
110
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626183452
ISBN
9781626183452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 99.62
€ 68.31

Paperback. Why has shame displaced guilt as a dominant emotional reference in the West? This book presents a genealogical-critical study of the vicissitudes of the concept of survivor guilt and the significance of guilt's replacement by shame. Series: 20/21. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTZ1; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143323
ISBN
9780691143323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.49

Hardback. The fascinating story of how the Spanish have transformed English football over the last eighty years Num Pages: 320 pages, 8pp colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DSE; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL4; WSBX; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471157134
ISBN
9781471157134
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.01

Hardback. Series: Studies in United States Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTK; JFCA; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469631899
ISBN
9781469631899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.20

Paperback. Series: Studies in Sensory History. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252082146
ISBN
9780252082146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.11

Hardback. Series: Studies in Sensory History. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252040641
ISBN
9780252040641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226324777
ISBN
9780226324777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.86

Hardcover. Provides the study of American women's responses to evolutionary theory and illuminates the role science played in the nineteenth-century women's rights movement. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226134611
ISBN
9780226134611
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.49

Paperback. Seven authorities in their respective fields come together to offer a new interpretation of the French Revolution: they show how the French monarchy's clumsy efforts to solve a fiscal crisis politicized long-standing structural problems, metastasizing an apparently fairly "normal" fiscal crisis into a revolution. Editor(s): Kaiser, Thomas E.; Van Kley, Dale K. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: HBTV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804772815
ISBN
9780804772815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Hardback. Seven authorities in their respective fields come together to offer a new interpretation of the French Revolution: they show how the French monarchy's clumsy efforts to solve a fiscal crisis politicized long-standing structural problems, metastasizing an apparently fairly "normal" fiscal crisis into a revolution. Editor(s): Kaiser, Thomas E.; Van Kley, Dale K. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: HBTV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804772808
ISBN
9780804772808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.96

Hardback. Ever since coinage was developed in ancient Lydia, an element of society has sought to debase the coin of the realm for personal gain not only by counterfeiting, but also by shaving away precious metal. Num Pages: 304 pages, full color illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JKV; KCBM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 216. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
American Numismatic Society,U.S. United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780897223270
ISBN
9780897223270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBTB; KC; RGCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315377
ISBN
9780822315377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 80 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752488783
ISBN
9780752488783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.72

Paperback. Built by Daniel R Hanna as a tribute to his theater-loving father, Marcus Hanna, the Hanna Theatre opened its doors on March 28, 1921, with an adaptation of Mark Twain's "The Prince and the Pauper" starring William Faversham. This is an history of Cleveland's showcase for touring shows. Series: Cleveland Theatre S. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873389051
ISBN
9780873389051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.39

Paperback. Published between 1842 and 1895, this work gathers together autobiographical narratives that document the experiences of eight former slaves who eventually took up residence in Worcester, Massachusetts. Each narrative tells a individual story, its author clearly visible in the dress of his or her own words. Editor(s): McCarthy, B.Eugene; Doughton, Thomas L. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558496231
ISBN
9781558496231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.98

Paperback. From the beginning of the industrial age, companies faced with militant workers have often turned to agencies that specialize in ending strikes and breaking unions. This text studies the history of this secretive industry. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JHBL; KNXB1; KNXB3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 330. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821414668
ISBN
9780821414668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.20

Paperback. Sheds light on the history of food, cooking, and eating. This collection of essays investigates the connections between food studies and women's studies. From women in colonial India to Armenian American feminists, these essays show how food has served as a means to assert independence and personal identity. Editor(s): Avakian, Arlene Voski; Haber, Barbara. Num Pages: 432 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSJ1; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Edition
50850th
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558495111
ISBN
9781558495111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813042008
ISBN
9780813042008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.48

Paperback. This collection of post card images presents the panorama of life in early 20th-century Georgia. Family outings, veteran's reunions and market days are some of the occasions depicted, many of the cards represent the only surviving visual record of schools, churches, businesses and public buildings. Editor(s): Doster, Gary L. Num Pages: 240 pages, 620 b&w postcard reproductions. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 204 x 15. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820321134
ISBN
9780820321134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.61

Paperback. On a frigid, stormy day in February of 1686, a small French sailing ship lost control and ran aground in Matagorda Bay. More than 300 years later, Texas Historical Commission archeologists discovered La Belle's resting place. This title tells a tale of nautical adventure in the seventeenth century. Num Pages: 176 pages, 126 colour, 13 b&w photos, bib, index. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBBSX; 3JD; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585444311
ISBN
9781585444311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.23

Paperback. Sparberg deftly captures five boroughs of grit, chaos, and emotion grappling with a massive and unwieldy transit system. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 color, 150 b/w Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; RPT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780823271801
ISBN
9780823271801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.01

Paperback. Editor(s): Kostash, Myrna. Num Pages: 238 pages, 10 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897126462
ISBN
9781897126462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.25

Hardcover. These original interpretations of Renaissance culture focus on the English Renaissance as well as attending to work in a range of vernacular languages and on the reception and transformation of the Greco-Roman literary, political and intellectual heritage. Series Editor(s): Hutson, Lorna. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 616. Women's Friendship and the Politics of Betrayal in England, 1640-1705. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture. 288 pages. These original interpretations of Renaissance culture focus on the English Renaissance as well as attending to work in a range of vernacular languages and on the reception and transformation of the Greco-Roman literary, political and intellectual heritage. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 23. Weight: 616. Series Editor(s) :Hutson, Lorna.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748655823
ISBN
9780748655823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.02

paperback. What happened to the classical ideas of close relations when they were transmitted to philosophers, clerical and monastic thinkers, state officials or other people in the medieval and early modern period? To what extent did friendship transcend the distinctions between private and public that then existed? This book addresses these questions. Series: Natalie Zemon Davies Annual Lectures. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 202 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9789639776609
ISBN
9789639776609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; HBJD; HBTB; HBWP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845198695
ISBN
9781845198695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.47

Paperback. Is the story of how dreams and reality collide, at once glorious and immensely sad. Because for the 30-odd boys of the Permian Panthers, these days will have been the best of their lives. Num Pages: 416 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Yellow Jersey
Condition
New
SKU
9780224076746
ISBN
9780224076746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.37

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
For Beginners
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934389911
ISBN
9781934389911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.27

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTV2; HRAM2; HRAX; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691652894
ISBN
9780691652894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.19

paperback. This study of power/knowledge in France, from the 1830s through the 1930s, uses the tools of anthropology, philosophy, and cultural criticism to examine how the social environment was described. It aims to show how modernity was revealed in urban planning, architecture, and social legislation. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
9780226701745
ISBN
9780226701745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.14

Hardback. Offers a collection of scholarship that reveals the important French element in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century creation of the singular Mediterranean. These essays provide a critical study of space and movement through new approaches to rethinking the maps, migrations, and margins of the sea in the French imperial and transnational context. Editor(s): Lorcin, Patricia M. E.; Shepard, Todd D. Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series. Num Pages: 444 pages, 13 illustrations, 10 tables, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HB; 1QSM; HBJH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 798.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803249936
ISBN
9780803249936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.44

Hardback. Why did the passion for food--gastronomy--originate in France? The key, it turns out, is France itself. In its climate, diversity of soils, abundant resources, and varied topography lie the roots of France's food fame. Pitte masterfully reveals the ways in which cultural phenomena surrounding food and eating in France relate to space and place. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 176 pages, 33 photos, 8 maps. BIC Classification: HBT; JFC; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231124164
ISBN
9780231124164
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.45

Hardcover. Identifying key events, practices, stakeholders and institutions in the history of French cycling, this volume presents an interdisciplinary analysis of how cycling has been significant in French society and culture since the late Nineteenth century. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; WSBX; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
290
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846318351
ISBN
9781846318351
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.76

paperback. This book describes how a long generation of founding French Canadians shaped the Pacific Northwest. Num Pages: 944 pages, 47 photos, 4 maps, 16 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
944
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774828055
ISBN
9780774828055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.97

Paperback. Freemasonry is one of the oldest and most widespread voluntary organizations in the world. Andreas Onnerfors sorts the facts from the colourful fictions surrounding this organization and outlines how the organization works, its rituals and symbols, its values, and the work it does in modern society. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 black and white images. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSV; JFSV1; JKSN1. Dimension: 174 x 111. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198796275
ISBN
9780198796275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.49

Hardback. Recounts the life and epic rescue of captured fugitive slave Charles Nalle of Culpeper, Virginia, who was forcibly liberated by Harriet Tubman and others in Troy, New York, on April 27, 1860. This title follows Nalle from his enslavement by the Hansborough family in Virginia through his escape by the Underground Railroad. Series: The New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 19 black & white photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252034398
ISBN
9780252034398
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.38

Hardback. Congress established the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands - more commonly known as the Freedmen's Bureau - in March 1865. Upon its creation this temporary federal agency assumed the Herculean task of overseeing the transition from slavery to freedom in the war-torn South. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 539.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823232116
ISBN
9780823232116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.09

Paperback. .
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469629858
ISBN
9781469629858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.60

Hardcover. Examines the transition from slavery to free labor during the tumultuous first months after the Civil War. This volume reveals the connection between developments in workplaces across the South and an intensifying political contest over the meaning of freedom and the terms of national reunification. Editor(s): Hahn, Steven; Miller, Steven F. (University of Maryland); O'Donovan, Susan Eva; Rodrigue, John C.; Rowland, Leslie S. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 15 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 76. Weight in Grams: 1678.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807831472
ISBN
9780807831472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.19

hardcover. Unearths an unexpected bloom of liberty in an ex-slave's journal Num Pages: 219 pages, 8 figures/1 table/ 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; BJ; HBTS; TVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814705100
ISBN
9780814705100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.02

Paperback. Offering an analysis of religion in the post - Civil War and twentieth-century South, this title puts race and culture at the center, describing southern Protestant cultures as both priestly and prophetic: as southern formal theology sanctified dominant political and social hierarchies, evangelical belief and practice subtly undermined them. Num Pages: 360 pages, 5 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ; HRCC2; HRCC9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807858141
ISBN
9780807858141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.11

Hardcover. In the spring of 1915, Chicagoans elected the city's first black alderman, Oscar DePriest. This book tells the history of three generations of African American activists - the ministers, professionals, labor leaders, clubwomen, and entrepreneurs - who transformed twentieth-century urban politics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226135908
ISBN
9780226135908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.62

Paperback. Winner of the Lincoln Prize. "Oakes brilliantly succeeds in [clarifying] the aims of the war with a wholly new perspective."-David Brion Davis, New York Review of Books Num Pages: 640 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393347753
ISBN
9780393347753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.17

Hardcover. A powerful history of emancipation that reshapes our understanding of Lincoln, the Civil War, and the end of American slavery. Num Pages: 596 pages, 8 pages illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 170 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393065312
ISBN
9780393065312
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.99

Paperback. Tracing the struggle to open the American workplace to all, this work shows how African-American and later Mexican-American civil rights activists and feminists concluded that freedom alone would not suffice: access to jobs at different levels is a requisite of full citizenship. Num Pages: 496 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674027497
ISBN
9780674027497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.40

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17, 13 black & white halftones, 2 maps, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568. Anti-slavery and Empire in Victorian Britain. 312 pages, Illustrations, maps. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Dimension: 156 x 239 x 24. Weight: 570.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801451089
ISBN
9780801451089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.84

Paperback. The electrifying story of India's struggle for independence, told in this classic account (first published in 1975) by two fine journalists who conducted hundreds of interviews with nearly all the surviving participants - from Mountbatten to the assassins of Mahatma Gandhi. Num Pages: 656 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 488.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006388517
ISBN
9780006388517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.80

Paperback. A work of political history in which significant economic and political forces and events that shaped the nineteenth century are examined. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBLL; HBTB; HPC; HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415487399
ISBN
9780415487399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.06

Hardback. This text examines how the political cultures of the elite and of the common people intersected during the 17th century in England. It looks at politics at all social levels and investigates how it was affected by expectations about women's roles in politics. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198206125
ISBN
9780198206125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.21

Hardcover. Examines the tactics and strategies that the adherents of the foreign slave trade used to challenge the law. This book reassesses the role that Americans played in the continuation of foreign slave transshipments into the country right up to the Civil War. Num Pages: 230 pages, 11 illustrations & maps, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTS; LNDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557288585
ISBN
9781557288585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.65

Paperback. The story of a 13-year-old slave who escaped from Washington Territory to freedom in Canada on the West's underground railroad Series: V Ethel Willis White Books. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992716
ISBN
9780295992716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.25

Hardcover. Although the heroism of last century's freedom marches will long be credited for ending racial discrimination, civil rights legislation owes much to work done more quietly in the district courtrooms of the South. This book helps in understanding how the Voting Rights Act came about by focusing on several key cases in Alabama. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJPK; HBTB; JPHF; JPVH1; LAZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615100
ISBN
9780700615100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.58

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 0. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
The New Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595588180
ISBN
9781595588180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.19

Paperback. Although Frederick Douglass is best known for the first volume of his autobiography, there has never before been a collection of his inspiring speeches and editorials. Noted historian Milton Meltzer has gathered together a unique selection of Douglass's eloquent and impassioned speeches and writings against slavery and other moral injustices. Editor(s): Barnes, L. Diane. Series: Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: B; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813934365
ISBN
9780813934365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.03