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Hardback. A dazzling history of Victorian London's theatre scene involving a larger than life cast of actors, tricksters, impresarios, prostitutes, comedians and more Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780766348
ISBN
9781780766348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.18
€ 48.31

Paperback. Editor(s): Godfrey, Barry; Dunstall, Graeme. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 521.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781843921073
ISBN
9781843921073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.20

Paperback. Why, despite decades and decades of warnings, do people still choose to drive while intoxicated? One for the Road provides crucial historical lessons for understanding the old epidemic of drunk driving and the new epidemic of distracted driving. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFH1; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421407746
ISBN
9781421407746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMP; HBJD1; HBTK; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 248 x 26. Weight in Grams: 776.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750967877
ISBN
9780750967877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.99
€ 28.07

Sheet map, folded. Series: Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Nottinghamshire. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMN; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 121 x 3. Weight in Grams: 26. Nottinghamshire Sheet 38.06. Series: Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Nottinghamshire. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEMN; HBTP1. Dimension: 210 x 121 x 3. Weight: 24.
Publisher
Alan Godfrey Maps
Publication date
2010
Edition
Facsimile edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847844262
ISBN
9781847844262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.96

Sheet map, folded. Series: Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Nottingham. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMN; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 111 x 3. Weight in Grams: 24.
Publisher
Alan Godfrey Maps United Kingdom
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847844392
ISBN
9781847844392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.91

Sheet map, folded. Series: Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Kent. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; 3JJC; HBTP1; RGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 117 x 3. Weight in Grams: 24. Kent Sheet 38.01. Series: Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Kent. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; 3JJC; HBTP1; RGB. Dimension: 156 x 117 x 3. Weight: 28.
Publisher
Alan Godfrey Maps
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847843241
ISBN
9781847843241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.95

Hardback. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; FC; FJH; HBTV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509835744
ISBN
9781509835744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.25

Paperback. A fully revised, extended and updated edition of this important work on contemporary slavery Num Pages: 216 pages, 8pp colour section. BIC Classification: 3JM; HBLX; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Lion Hudson Plc
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Updated and Expanded
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857214447
ISBN
9780857214447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.30

Hardcover. The first translation into English of 'Le Systeme colonial devoile', the first systematic critique of colonialism ever written from the perspective of a colonized subject. Num Pages: 340 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781380314
ISBN
9781781380314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.64

Paperback. The first translation into English of 'Le Systeme colonial devoile', the first systematic critique of colonialism ever written from the perspective of a colonized subject. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781383049
ISBN
9781781383049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Turner, Catherine; Barnhisel, Gregory. Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTW; JFD; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558499607
ISBN
9781558499607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.19

Paperback. The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law provides an authoritative and original overview of the origins of public international law. It comprehensively analyses the modern history of international law from a global perspective, and examines the lives of those who were most responsible for shaping it. Editor(s): Fassbender, Bardo; Peters, Anne; Peter, Simone. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 1280 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTS; LAZ; LBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1636.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
1280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198725220
ISBN
9780198725220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.36

Paperback. aeo Offers a wide--ranging overview of Egyptian peoples and their society from origins to the present. aeo Interweaves political narrative with insights into economy and culture, stressing continuities as well as change. aeo Charts internal development alongside external relations especially with other Arab countries and the West. Series: Peoples of Africa S. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH; HBTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631211952
ISBN
9780631211952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.30

Hardcover.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd Dublin
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716530534
ISBN
9780716530534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. An exploration of one of the paradoxes of history: the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1Q; HBT; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 65. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349106748
ISBN
9780349106748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.46

Hardback. A generously illustrated survey of memorials to different kinds of seafarers, recounting the stories behind them. Num Pages: 273 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBTM; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843839705
ISBN
9781843839705
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.16

Paperback. Highlighting the contributions of Victorian and Edwardian women to the study, protection, and writing of nature, this text recovers their works from the misrepresentation they often faced at the time of their composition. Num Pages: 306 pages, 52 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226284439
ISBN
9780226284439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.78

Hardback. This book surveys all the channels through which political ideas and knowledge were conveyed to the English public, from the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth I to the Revolution of 1688, with the goal of understanding the web of communication in creating political life. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804783620
ISBN
9780804783620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.95

Paperback. A beautifully illustrated study of medieval manuscript books that details how they were made, and their place in society. Series: MART: The Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching. Num Pages: 115 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 276 x 207 x 7. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
115
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802068538
ISBN
9780802068538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.81

Paperback. Understanding the nature of "free" servitude in a time of slavery Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 b&w Photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTS; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077753
ISBN
9780252077753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.34

hardcover. Editor(s): Molony, Barbara; Uno, Kathleen S. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1012.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674017801
ISBN
9780674017801
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.27

Paperback. Cultural Revolution Culture, often denigrated as pure propaganda, was liked not only in its heyday but continues to be enjoyed today. Considering this art music, stage works, posters, comics, literature in its longue duree, Barbara Mittler suggests it builds on a tradition of earlier works, allowing for proliferation in contemporary China. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 502 pages, 14 halftones, 113 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 254 x 38. Weight in Grams: 936.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674970533
ISBN
9780674970533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.20

Paperback. The spectacular 1848 escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery in Macon, Georgia, is a dramatic story in the annals of American history. In Love, Liberation, and Escaping Slavery , Barbara McCaskill revisits this dual escape and examines the collaborations and partnerships that characterized the CraftsAE activism for the next thirty years. Series: A Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication. Num Pages: 136 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: B; DNJ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820347240
ISBN
9780820347240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.88

Combining economic theory with the history of technology, Making Tobacco Bright revises several narratives in American history, from colonial staple-crop agriculture to the origins of the tobacco industry to the rise of identity politics in the twentieth century. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 248 pages, 21, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBTK; KNDF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 231 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402864
ISBN
9781421402864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.54

Paperback. A valuable collection of source material which makes this revised edition an essential tool for everyone studying the administration of the Empire. Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World. Num Pages: 308 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBT; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
308
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415232371
ISBN
9780415232371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 51.80

Hardback. Barbara Leckie mines novels, newspapers, and court and parliamentary records to explore how adultery became visible in the pubic sphere in the second half of the nineteenth century and how the history of the Victorian novel is revised when the culture's concern with adultery and censorship is brought into focus. Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812234985
ISBN
9780812234985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESH; HBTB; JFFA; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 291 x 14. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750962407
ISBN
9780750962407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.19

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

€ 77.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD; HBT; LA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801488498
ISBN
9780801488498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 37.81

Hardback. Offers a study of the political and cultural ramifications of international sports competitions in the decades before WWII. This book examines the transformation of events like the Olympic Games and the World Cup from relatively small-scale events to the expensive, politically resonant, globally popular entertainment extravaganzas. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JPS; WSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674023260
ISBN
9780674023260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.79

Paperback. A study of the political and cultural ramifications of international sports competitions in the decades before World War II. Focusing on the United States, Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union, it examines the transformation of events like the Olympic Games and the World Cup. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HBTB; JPS; WSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725706
ISBN
9780674725706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.01

Hardcover. Instead of looking inward for renewal, Americans looked outward for ways to restore their moral leadership. From world's judge to world's policeman was a small step, and intervention in the name of human rights became a cause both the left and right could embrace. This book shows that human rights emerged as a reaction to the Vietnam trauma. Num Pages: 324 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 32. Weight in Grams: 732.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
324
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674724853
ISBN
9780674724853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

Hardback. This book examines the experiences of the millions of service dependents created by total war, particularly those of men taken captive in both Europe and the Far East. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables|Maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719078545
ISBN
9780719078545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.78

Paperback. Tracing the beginnings of the British colonial enterprise in South Asia and the Middle East, this title brings together key texts from the era of the privately owned British East India Company through the crises that led to the Company's takeover by the Crown in 1858. It ends with the momentous opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. Editor(s): Harlow, Barbara; Carter, Mia. Num Pages: 832 pages, 28 illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; HBG; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 242 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
832
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822331643
ISBN
9780822331643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.88

Paperback. An investigation into the teaching of classics in the colonial education of West Africa in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: Classical Diaspora. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ; JNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
NIPPOD
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472584090
ISBN
9781472584090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.94

Paperback. Coal has transformed societies, shaped the fate of nations, launched empires, and triggered wars. It fuelled the Industrial Revolution in Britain, propelling the rise of a small rural kingdom into the greatest commercial empire in the world. This book explores the profound role coal has played in human history and continues to play in the world. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8. BIC Classification: HBTB; KNBC; RBGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478843
ISBN
9780099478843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.16

Paperback. Uncovers the origins of communal celebration in human biology and culture. Although sixteenth-century Europeans began to view mass festivities as foreign and 'savage', the author shows that they were indigenous to the West, from the ancient Greek's worship of Dionysus to the medieval practices of Christianity as a 'danced religion'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847080080
ISBN
9781847080080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.51

Hardcover. Exploring the ways in which 19th-century women transformed American society, this book sheds light on a gender ideology that fostered public participation and action - even violence - in the name of women's redemptive moral power. Num Pages: 306 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875803180
ISBN
9780875803180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.68

Hardcover. Num Pages: 308 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 183 x 23. Weight in Grams: 758.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611221374
ISBN
9781611221374
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 277.12
€ 186.34

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