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Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; ACND; AGH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 248 x 16. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719088711
ISBN
9780719088711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.58

Hardcover. A groundbreaking history of Prohibition and a new creation story for the powerful American state. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 30. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393066951
ISBN
9780393066951
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.87

Paperback. Series: Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Updated edition with a New preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691165738
ISBN
9780691165738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.97

paperback. A ground-breaking history of Prohibition and a new creation story for the powerful American state. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290. A ground-breaking history of Prohibition and a new creation story for the powerful American state. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
WW Norton
Condition
New
SKU
9780393353525
ISBN
9780393353525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.81

paperback. What makes someone willing to die, not for a nation, but for a language? In the 1950s and 1960s, southern India saw a wave of dramatic suicides in the name of the Telugu language. This title traces the colonial-era changes in knowledge and practice linked to language that lay behind these events. Series: Contemporary Indian Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 b&w photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJPG; CFB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253220691
ISBN
9780253220691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.29

Paperback. The definitive collection of New York City's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for New York City residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist. From Chinatown restaurants that make "bubble tea" to the Burger King peacock statue in Staten Island, this book will have it all. Series: Curiosities Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 16.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762760558
ISBN
9780762760558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.15

Hardback. Sacred Bonds of Solidarity is a history of the emergence of Jewish international aid and the language of "solidarity" that accompanied it in nineteenth-century France. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804752510
ISBN
9780804752510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.51

Organizing the "unorganizable" Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHBL; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252037320
ISBN
9780252037320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.67

Paperback. A revisionist history of the origins of Egyptian nationalism and the revolution of 1919, focusing on gender and the family. Num Pages: 302 pages, 10 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520240230
ISBN
9780520240230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Paperback. This text tells the story of how the idea that physical suffering could be a path to redemption became a fixed part of the French legal system during the early modern period. Using documents from criminal cases, it looks at the theory and practice of judicial torture in France from 1600 to 1788. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HRAB; JFCX; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226757544
ISBN
9780226757544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.29

Paperback. The devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe has been an important element in the development of a specifically Mexican tradition of religion and nationality over the centuries. This volume presents an English translation of the original Nahuatl on which the legend is based. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; HBJK; HBLH; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804734837
ISBN
9780804734837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.56

Hardback. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804756402
ISBN
9780804756402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.87

Hardback. Traces debates about the woman consumer to examine the complex encounter between the market and the republic in nineteenth-century France. This work explores how agents of capitalism - department store managers, fashion journalists - addressed fears of consumerism through the forging of an aesthetics of the marketplace: a 'marketplace modernism'. Num Pages: 334 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFFT; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520225299
ISBN
9780520225299
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JF; ACN; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 275 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477310977
ISBN
9781477310977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Hardback. Drawing on archival research, this illuminating study shows how residents of all ethnicities in three colonial boomtowns used festivals to redefine wealth and present themselves as more than subjects of European power. Num Pages: 237 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JF; ACN; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477310502
ISBN
9781477310502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.20

Paperback. .
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226333373
ISBN
9780226333373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJQ. Dimension: 135 x 211 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Folklore Pub
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894864473
ISBN
9781894864473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBJQ; JFCA. Dimension: 211 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Blue Bike Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926700618
ISBN
9781926700618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GBCQ; HBJQ. Dimension: 211 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Blue Bike Books
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897278017
ISBN
9781897278017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBWQ; JHMC; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361695
ISBN
9780822361695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.20

Paperback. Explores unconventional texts and dimensions of culture involved in constituting Hiroshima memories - including history textbook controversies, discourses on the city's tourism and urban renewal projects, campaigns to preserve atomic ruins, survivors' testimonial practices, ethnic Koreans' narratives on Japanese colonialism. Series: Twentieth-century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power S. Num Pages: 301 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSBH; HBJF; HBLW3; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520085879
ISBN
9780520085879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.83

Hardback. Num Pages: 331 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBWQ; JHMC; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822361503
ISBN
9780822361503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.11

Hardback. Lisa Yoshikawa explores the role history and historians played in imperial Japan's nation and empire building from the 1890s to the 1930s. Through a close reading of vast, multilingual sources, Yoshikawa argues that scholarship and politics were inseparable as Japan's historical profession developed. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 22 x 15. .
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674975170
ISBN
9780674975170
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.47

Paperback. This work is a historical account of the production, distribution, and consumption of pornography in Great Britain from the early 19th century to the turn of the 20th century. Num Pages: 248 pages, 42 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFMP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813530024
ISBN
9780813530024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.64

Paperback. Presents a thorough excavation of the history of the Indigenous inhabitants of California in the late 18th and 19th centuries and their interaction with the Spanish occupiers and Mexican society. This book gives portrayal of how native painters worked to incorporate their cultural iconography in colonial painting. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 b/w photographs, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280625
ISBN
9780520280625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Hardcover. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 65 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; ACG; HBJH; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 302 x 214 x 10. Weight in Grams: 452.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
65
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772890364
ISBN
9788772890364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.56

Hardcover. aeo Comprises work from leading international scholars examining four major historical themes. aeo Includes several pieces translated into English for the first time. aeo Designed for student use with extensive editorial introduction and explanatory notes. Editor(s): Little, Lester; Rosenwein, Barbara H. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 268 x 187 x 28. Weight in Grams: 940.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781577180074
ISBN
9781577180074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Texas Review Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781680030280
ISBN
9781680030280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.93

Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813932880
ISBN
9780813932880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
NUS Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9789971693817
ISBN
9789971693817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.12

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DD; HBJD; JFFZ; PSV; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 210 x 24. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Aarhus University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9788771242126
ISBN
9788771242126
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVH; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 19. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780586062586
ISBN
9780586062586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.47

Paperback. The first five books of Livy's history of Rome record the city's foundations through the Republic to Rome's recovery after the Gallic invasion of the 4th century BC. Translator(s): De Selincourt, Aubrey. Num Pages: 496 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140448092
ISBN
9780140448092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
452
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872207233
ISBN
9780872207233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.94

Paperback. Editor(s): Luce, T. J. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed. /
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540044
ISBN
9780199540044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.16

Paperback. Editor(s): Heckel, Waldemar. Translator(s): Yardley, J. C. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 656 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555680
ISBN
9780199555680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.47

Paperback. Livy's great history of Rome contains, in Books 21 to 30, the definitive ancient account of Hannibal's invasion of Italy in 218 BC, and the war he fought with the Romans over the following sixteen years. This new translation captures the brilliance of Livy's style, and is accompanied by a fascinating introduction and notes. Editor(s): Hoyos, Dexter. Translator(s): Yardley, J. C. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555970
ISBN
9780199555970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.47

Paperback. In Books 6 to 10 of his monumental history of Rome, Livy deals with the period in which Rome recovered from its Gallic disaster to impose mastery over almost the entire Italian peninsula in a series of ever greater wars. Vivid portrayals of personalities, politics, warfare, and religion bring 4th-century Italy vividly alive in this new translation. Translator(s): Yardley, J. C. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199564859
ISBN
9780199564859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. The Third Macedonian War ended the kingdom created by Philip II and Alexander the Great and was a crucial step in Rome's dominance of the Mediterranean. Livy's narrative is also a moral study of the individuals involved. This edition includes the Periochae, later summaries of Livy's original 142-book history. Translator(s): Chaplin, Jane D. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199556021
ISBN
9780199556021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.51

Paperback. Traces Rome's fortunes from its near collapse after defeat by the Gauls in 386 bc to its emergence, in a matter of decades, as the premier power in Italy, having conquered the city-state of Samnium in 293 bc. This book features portraits that bring the strengths, weaknesses and motives of leading figures such as the noble statesman Camillus. Translator(s): Radice, Late Betty. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2AFS; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Edition
6th Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443882
ISBN
9780140443882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81