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paperback. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations, maps, plans. BIC Classification: HBT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 5. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780850459425
ISBN
9780850459425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.31

Paperback. Reconstructs a biography of enslaved Archibald Monteath, an Igbo, who was brought to Jamaica around 1802, became active in the Moravian Church and later purchased his freedom. This book explores the sociology of slavery from 1750 to the 1860s through Monteath's biography. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9789766401979
ISBN
9789766401979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.11

Paperback. Buttressed by historical documentary sources, and by painstaking linguistic researches, Maureen Warner-Lewis offers a re-issue and thematic expansion of her classic collection of essays on the forced and voluntary migration to Trinidad of West and West-Central Africans during the 1800s, extending through both the slavery and post-emancipation eras. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTS; JFC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9789766405052
ISBN
9789766405052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BTP; DNJ; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780141985220
ISBN
9780141985220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.76

Paperback. A classic essay on the distortions of history that occur when historians impose a rigid point of view on the study of the past. Num Pages: 144 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 134 x 197 x 10. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1965
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Co.
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393003185
ISBN
9780393003185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.26

Paperback. A brief, affordable introduction to collective behavior and social movements. Series: Contemporary Societies Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393978452
ISBN
9780393978452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.91

Paperback. A highly original theoretical intervention into the causes of genocide, combining Marxism and psychoanalysis. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JPFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745326535
ISBN
9780745326535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.26

Paperback. Angela Zusman offers an informative guidebook with step-by-step directions for planning and implementing intergenerational oral history projects. Series: Practicing Oral History. Num Pages: 165 pages, figures. BIC Classification: HBA; HBTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 10. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Left Coast Press Inc United States
Number of pages
165
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781598744255
ISBN
9781598744255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.20

Paperback. Editor(s): Zapruder, Ms. Alexandra. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300205992
ISBN
9780300205992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.07

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716530473
ISBN
9780716530473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.27

Paperback. This is the first instalment of a multi-volume edition of Poyln, the first English translation to be published. Here begins a story of the beauty and pathos of the world of Polish Jewry, a world that was almost totally destroyed by the Nazis. Editor(s): Wrobel, Piotr J.; Shapiro, Robert Moses. Translator(s): Clarke, Anna. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487520656
ISBN
9781487520656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.07

Paperback. Covers the history of the beautiful game from its origins in English public schools in the early 19th century to its current role as a crucial element of a globalized entertainment industry. The authors explain how football transformed from a sport at elite boarding schools in England to become a pastime popular with the working classes. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBS; WSBX; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813227276
ISBN
9780813227276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.63

Paperback. First English translation of this 19th century novel tracing the relationship between traditional Greenlandic life and the interaction with the culture of their Danish colonizers Translator(s): Johanson, L. S. Num Pages: 192 pages, , black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QMP; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 110 x 10. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
International Polar Institute Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780982915561
ISBN
9780982915561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.10

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

Paperback. An account of feral children - those brought up with no human contact, sometimes raised by wild animals, unable to speak or perform functions we consider human. The book examines their lives and the experiences of those who "rescued" them, looked after them, educated them or abused them. Num Pages: 320 pages, facsimiles, portraits, 8 B&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571214600
ISBN
9780571214600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.64

Paperback. The Holocaust in Hungary 1944. 230 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Cesarani, David. Examines the deportation and murder of 435,000 Hungarian Jews during the last months of World War II, when German military and diplomatic power was on the wane. Drawing on new sources, leading scholars attempt to shed light on a shameful period in history. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 13. Weight: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Berg Publishers
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859731260
ISBN
9781859731260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.94

Paperback. Hong Kong has faced many changes,challenges and opportunities since the retrocession from British colonial rule to Chinese sovereignty. This volume presents an assessment of the major developments and unfolding trends in the initial years of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Editor(s): So, Alvin Y. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9789622096073
ISBN
9789622096073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.22

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

€ 67.15
€ 61.23

Hardback. Series: Praeger Series on the Middle Ages. 224 pages, Illustrations, music. Covers key topics relating to the cultures of the Middle Ages: from art and architecture, literature, mythology, and music, to chivalry and courtly love, field sports, and education, and from Islam and Judaism to women and men at work, medicine, and crime. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: AVGC2; HBLC1; HBTB. Dimension: 164 x 243 x 23. Weight: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780275994129
ISBN
9780275994129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.88
€ 53.33

Hardback. Explores the turning points and key events in business history. This book explains the nature of these changes, how they came about, how people reacted to the new economic environment, and the direct impact that they have had on the way business is conducted. It addresses how the Industrial Revolution progressed in Europe, the US, and globally. Series: Milestones in Business History Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBTK; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 241 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313338533
ISBN
9780313338533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.27

Hardcover. Suitable for students and readers with a general interest in medieval history, this anthology juxtaposes the recorded experiences and views of participants on the opposing sides in the Crusades. Each chapter focuses on an event, such as the Crusader massacre of the inhabitants of Jerusalem in 1099 and the Siege of Damascus in 1148. Series: Fighting Words. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBTD; HBW; HRAM9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846450112
ISBN
9781846450112
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.41
€ 50.31

Paperback. Traces the Caribbean from its pre-Columbian state through European contact and colonialism to the rise of US hegemony and the economic turbulence of the twenty-first century. This volume begins with a discussion of the region's diverse geography and challenging ecology and features an in-depth look at the transatlantic slave trade. Editor(s): Palmie, Stephan; Scarano, Francisco A. Num Pages: 624 pages, 71 halftones, 2 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 255 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226645087
ISBN
9780226645087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.27

Paperback. 28th April 1870. Fanny and Stella, the flamboyantly dressed Miss Fanny Park and Miss Stella Boulton, are causing a stir in the Strand Theatre. All eyes are riveted upon their oglings of the gentlemen in the stalls. Moments later they are led away by the police. What followed was a scandal that shocked Victorian England in equal measure. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; BT; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 32. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571231911
ISBN
9780571231911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. How did Britain so lose the plot that today there is not a single aircraft manufacturer of any significance in the country? The author captures that season of glory in a book that fuses his own memories of being a schoolboy plane spotter with a ruefully realistic history of British decline. It is the story of machines and men who flew them. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBTK; KNDV; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571247950
ISBN
9780571247950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Poet and musician, Lady Anne Barnard lived at the heart of Georgian society. High-born yet egalitarian, she travelled to France to observe the Revolution, rejected numerous suitors, and lived independently. Her curious ways attracted gossip right into her final years when she raised an illegitimate child at her home in Berkeley Square. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DDF; 3JF; BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571311125
ISBN
9780571311125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. "This collection of essays explores the emergence of economic societies in the British Isles and their development into a European, American and global reform movement in the eighteenth century. Its fourteen contributions demonstrate the intellectual horizons and international networks of this widespread and influential phenomenon"-- Editor(s): Stapelbroek, Koen; Marjanen, Jani. Num Pages: 398 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 507.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349346301
ISBN
9781349346301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.61

Paperback. Postcolonial Thought and Social Theory maps the convergences and differences between these two seemingly opposed bodies of thought. It explores the different waves of postcolonial thought, elaborates the postcolonial critique of social theory, and charts different strategies for crafting a postcolonial social science. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HBTR; JHBA; JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 411.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190625146
ISBN
9780190625146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.11

Sheet map, folded.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Mapseeker Archive Publishing
Number of pages
1
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844918171
ISBN
9781844918171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.91

Hardback. Tells the history of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment, part of the Indian National Army led by Bengali revolutionary Subhas Chandra Bose during World War II. The Regiment, a hitherto forgotten part of 'the Forgotten Army', was composed largely of girls who had never seen India yet were eager to enlist to liberate India from colonial bondage. Num Pages: 132 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTQ; HBW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9789812308092
ISBN
9789812308092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.88

Paperback. An engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history. Series Editor(s): Brown, Richard; Smith, David. Series: Cambridge perspectives in history. Num Pages: 132 pages, 1 colour book. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 4KL; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTG; JP; YQH. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
132
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521596657
ISBN
9780521596657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.53

Hardcover. With a blend of narrative and analysis, this book explores the extent to which mercenaries have been used, from Sumer to Rome, and the reasons governments hired them when they could conscript native citizens. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBG; HBLA; HBTB; JWXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 604. Clean copy in fine dustjacket with shelf wear. Some sunning to spine and minor tearing and edgewear to DJ. All illustrations present. In very good condition
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Constable
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000025
ISBN
9780094757509
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Sheet map, folded. .
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Heritage Cartography
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905718665
ISBN
9781905718665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.51

Sheet map, folded.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Mapseeker Archive Publishing
Number of pages
1
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844918126
ISBN
9781844918126
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.07

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1962
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813507996
ISBN
9780813507996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.92

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Verso Books
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781680780
ISBN
9781781680780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.97

Paperback. Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book

Argues that the origins of courtliness lie in the German courts, their courtier class, and the education for court service in the tenth and eleventh centuries.

Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780812213072
ISBN
9780812213072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.72

Paperback. Connects the rise of Chinese nationalism to the growth of a Chinese working class. This title shows how workers' refusal to be treated "like cattle and horses" (a line from an anonymous worker's poem on poor working conditions) derived from a fresh but powerfully felt sense of dignity. Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JFSC; JHBL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822327936
ISBN
9780822327936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJPN; BM; HBTW; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 203 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Anchor
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345806338
ISBN
9780345806338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.17

Paperback. In his wrenching, classic autobiography--one of the most important documents in American history--Douglass describes himself as a man who became a slave and, later, a slave who became a man. Reissue. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 105 x 11. Weight in Grams: 83.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Signet Classics
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780451529947
ISBN
9780451529947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HRLF; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583944479
ISBN
9781583944479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.42