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Paperback. This book provides an historical account of feminism, exploring its earliest roots and key issues such as voting rights and the liberation of the sixties. Margaret Walters brings the subject completely up to date by providing a global analysis of the situation of women, from Europe and the United States to Third World countries. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 114 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192805102
ISBN
9780192805102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.52

Paperback. Provides a thorough history of the nineteenth century material and goes on to examine the theories on its architectural expression, focussing on determining role of the reinforced concrete frame. This title provides the rational and effective expression of classical principles in modern construction. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBT; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 141 x 40. Weight in Grams: 838.
Publisher
McGill-Queen´s University Press Canada
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773525641
ISBN
9780773525641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.87

Paperback. From the arrival of Italian ice-cream vendors and German pork butchers, to the rise of curry as the national dish, this book reveals the fascinating multicultural history of British food over the last 150 years, showing how a combination of immigration, increased wealth and globalization have transformed the eating habits of the British. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFCV; JFSL1; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861896582
ISBN
9781861896582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007548385
ISBN
9780007548385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.70

Paperback. .
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
175
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780227173893
ISBN
9780227173893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.58

Paperback. It has long been said that clothes make the man (or woman), but is it still true? If so, how has the information clothes convey changed over the years? Using a wide range of historical and contemporary materials, the author demonstrates how the social significance of clothing has been transformed. Num Pages: 304 pages, 55 halftones. BIC Classification: AKTA; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226117997
ISBN
9780226117997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.12

Paperback. Surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, considering orientalism as a powerful European ideological creation - a way for writers, philosophers and colonial administrators to deal with the 'otherness' of eastern culture, customs and beliefs. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141187426
ISBN
9780141187426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. The sheer magnitude of the Holocaust has commanded our attention. The extent of atrocities, however, has overshadowed the calculus Nazis used to justify their deeds. Num Pages: 400 pages, 18 color illustrations in one 16 page color insert. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 29. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674027381
ISBN
9780674027381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.10

Paperback. Drawing on a wide range of diverse source material this important new book discusses the lives of lesbians from the late eighteenth century to the 1970s. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFSK1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415114851
ISBN
9780415114851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.87

Paperback. Presents an analysis of the co-evolution of educational attainment and the wage structure in the United States through the twentieth century. This book proposes that the twentieth century was not only the American Century but also the Human Capital Century. Num Pages: 496 pages, 51 line illustrations, 42 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; JN; JPHV; KCZ; KJMV3; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
6390th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035300
ISBN
9780674035300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.43

paperback. Drawing upon art, science, philosophy, and the history of culture, this title explains the origin of the machine age and traces its social results, asserting that the development of modern technology had its roots in the Middle Ages rather than the Industrial Revolution. Num Pages: 522 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; PDR; PDX; TBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
522
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226550275
ISBN
9780226550275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.03

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPN; HBTV; LNAA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509908011
ISBN
9781509908011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.76
€ 83.43

Paperback. Series: Oxford Studies in Digital Politics. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 tables, 2 photographs, 5 graphs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JMG; HBLX; HBTV; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199936977
ISBN
9780199936977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.08

Paperback. Editor(s): Murray, Pamela S. Num Pages: 382 pages, 11 black & white tables, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 678.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415894555
ISBN
9780415894555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 105.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Y Lolfa United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847711465
ISBN
9781847711465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Presents author's experience of a complex variety of people who have contributed to our political, spiritual and cultural life. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JMC; DNJ; HBG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099550259
ISBN
9780099550259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. A unique 2010 account of childhood during the industrial revolution through the autobiographies of working men of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Series: Cambridge Studies in Economic History: Second Series. Num Pages: 451 pages, 7 b/w illus. 37 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTK; JFSP1; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 664. Series: Cambridge Studies in Economic History: Second Series. 454 pages, 7 b/w illus. 37 tables. A unique 2010 account of childhood during the industrial revolution through the autobiographies of working men of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTK; JFSP1; KCZ. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight: 724.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
451
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521248969
ISBN
9780521248969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.43

Paperback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 232 pages, 45 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: AVGK; BK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081576
ISBN
9780252081576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503601086
ISBN
9781503601086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.74

Paperback. At one time British ships carried half of world's trade, transporting every conceivable freight from and to all four corners of the globe - and in times of crisis its tremendous merchant fleet has also offered military assistance. This title relates the Merchant Navy's colourful history and brings to life the day-to-day experiences of the seamen. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 4. Weight in Grams: 132. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780747812326
ISBN
9780747812326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.89

Paperback. This book is an introduction and guide to Luton's hatting industry and to the distinctive and varied character of its buildings. Series: Informed Conservation. Num Pages: 104 pages, 113. BIC Classification: 1DBKESD; HBJD1; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 210 x 8. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
English Heritage United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848021198
ISBN
9781848021198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.39

Hardback. Taking two of the most important white minorities in the colonial era, the Irish and the Scots, the book explores how they imagined and performed their new lives as place in the landscapes of south-east Australia. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJM; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719078378
ISBN
9780719078378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.19

Paperback. From the Golden Arrow Pullman Service to the Royal Scot and the Flying Scotsman, this book celebrates the most luxurious, fastest and most famous train services from the great age of steam. Series: Britain's Heritage Series. Num Pages: 64 pages, 80. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445668789
ISBN
9781445668789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.02

Paperback. A story of how George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and James Madison's passion for nature, plants, agriculture and gardens shaped the birth of America. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 175 x 28. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099525622
ISBN
9780099525622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

paperback. The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. The impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. This book provides a definitive account. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 map; portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140145151
ISBN
9780140145151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. In this general introduction to the history of the French Revolution, the author provides a guide to the vast historiography of the French Revolution and tackles the main questions that have preoccupied historians of revolutionary France in the decade after 1789. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 3JF; 4KL; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199244140
ISBN
9780199244140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.97

Hardback. This comprehensive volume demonstrates that the question of how to care for the poor has had significant implications for German history throughout the modern era. Here, eight leading historians provide essential case studies and syntheses of current research into German welfare, from the Holy Roman Empire to the present day. Editor(s): Raphael, Lutz. Series: New German Historical Perspectives. Num Pages: 326 pages, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3J; HBJD; HBTB; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785333569
ISBN
9781785333569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.20

Paperback. 'Mark Harrison's book illuminates the threats posed by infectious diseases since 1500. He places these diseases within an international perspective, and demonstrates the relationship between European expansion and changing epidemiological patterns. The book is a significant introduction to a fascinating subject. ' Gerald N. Series: Themes in History. Num Pages: 280 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3J; HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HBT; MBNH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745628103
ISBN
9780745628103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.34

Hardback. An imaginative retelling of London's history, framed through the experiences of Indigenous travelers who came to the city over the course of more than five centuries Series: The Henry Roe Cloud Series on American Indians and Modernity. Num Pages: 328 pages, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 30. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300206302
ISBN
9780300206302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.65

Paperback. A nineteenth century French priest discovers something in his mountain village which enables him to amass a fortune of. This tale begins with buried treasure and turns into a historical detective story - a modern Grail quest leading back through cryptically coded parchments, secret societies, and the Knights Templar. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; HRCA; HRCC2; HRQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 110 x 39. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Arrow
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099503095
ISBN
9780099503095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Hardback. This is the first book to explore the multiple country movement of migrants of the 'British diaspora' since the 1960s. It is an engaging oral history of migrant experiences and attitudes, based largely on intimate life histories which connect migration to life experiences like love and marriage, radical 'lifestyle' change and global identities. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 8 tables. BIC Classification: HBLW3; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526116574
ISBN
9781526116574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.16

Paperback. .
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764316999
ISBN
9780764316999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.61

Paperback. For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-94) was a great revolutionary martyr who succeeded in leading the French Republic to safety in the face of overwhelming military odds. This biography focuses on Robespierre's formative years and the development of an iron will in a frail boy conceived outside wedlock. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 201 x 26. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300197242
ISBN
9780300197242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.17

Paperback. From border garrison of the Roman Empire to magnificent Baroque seat of the Habsburgs, Vienna's fortunes have swung between survival and expansion. This book looks at everything from the Baroque architecture to the contemporary slow food scene. Series: Cities of the Imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DFA; DSB; HBTB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Signal Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
2nd revised and expanded ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904955450
ISBN
9781904955450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.25

Paperback. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718194437
ISBN
9780718194437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Family Tree Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781440345036
ISBN
9781440345036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.88

Hardback. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785331756
ISBN
9781785331756
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.03

Paperback. Medieval robots took such forms as talking statues, mechanical animals, or silent metal guardians; some served to entertain or instruct while others performed surveillance or discipline. Medieval Robots explores the forgotten history of real and imagined machines that captivated Europe from the ninth through the fourteenth centuries. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 36 color illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; TBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223576
ISBN
9780812223576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.08

Hardcover. Presents the author as a teenage girl who fretted about and tried to cope with her own emerging sexuality and who also veered between being a carefree child and an aware adult. This title is a true story to be rediscovered by each generation. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JJH; BGA; BJ; HBTZ; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 223 x 33. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Viking
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780670919796
ISBN
9780670919796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.48

Paperback. Paperback, white cover. Stamp on first page. 40pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
EP West Yorkshire
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Edition
New edition
SKU
KON0819588
ISBN
9780715806951
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

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