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Hardcover. 8vo. A good copy in original dustwrapper slightly worn at edges.History of India in the twentieth century.The Commomwealth.Indian Literature
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pall Mall Press, London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1965
SKU
KEX0269838
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

Hardback. Rituals of war and images of violence in Mesopotamia ca. 3000-500 BCE examined as "magical technologies of warfare." Num Pages: 280 pages, 38. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBW; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951849
ISBN
9781890951849
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845197209
ISBN
9781845197209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.47

Paperback. Tracks the ways in which human beings were defined in contrast to supernatural and demonic creatures during the time of the Scientific Revolution. Explaining that the word 'monster' is derived from the Latin for 'omen' or 'warning', the author begins with an exploration of the monster's early identity as a portent or messenger from God. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822325680
ISBN
9780822325680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; 3JM; HBLX; HBWS4; HBWS5; WCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 215. .
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764352584
ISBN
9780764352584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.24
€ 46.12

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764351150
ISBN
9780764351150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.75
€ 56.04

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
960
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199226863
ISBN
9780199226863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.16

Paperback. In this magisterial narrative, Zara Steiner traces the twisted road to war that began with Hitler's assumption of power in Germany. Covering a wide geographical canvas, from America to the Far East, Steiner provides an indispensable reassessment of the most disputed events of these tumultuous years. Series: Oxford History of Modern Europe. Num Pages: 1248 pages, 17 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 68. Weight in Grams: 1498.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
1248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199676095
ISBN
9780199676095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.02

Paperback. In 1937, Mexican workers were among the strikers and supporters beaten, arrested, and murdered by Chicago policemen in the now infamous Republic Steel Mill Strike. This book paints a multifaceted portrait of the complexities and contours of the Mexican American struggle for equality from the 1930s to the postwar era. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; KCF; KCZ; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134024
ISBN
9780691134024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Paperback. Deals with the secret lives of women across Afghanistan and allows them to tell their stories in their own words: from the child bride given as payment to end a family feud; to a life spent in a dark, dusty room weaving carpets; to a young girl brought up as a boy; to life as a widow shunned by society. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FCA; BT; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 195 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099542186
ISBN
9780099542186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.49

Hardcover. "Includes bibliographical references. Commissioning organisation: [by] J.L. Zaring. ix, 221 p. 24 cm. Original cloth. A good clean copy. Library marked internally and externally." Keywords: Subjects
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Johns Hopkins Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1969
SKU
KEX0048512
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 11.99
€ 4.99

paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
David Philip South Africa
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864866417
ISBN
9780864866417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.31

hardcover. Brings together a broad community of scholars to explore the history of illicit and alternative sexualities in Latin America's colonial and early national periods. This title examines how "the unnatural" came to inscribe certain sexual acts and desires as criminal and sinful, and more. Editor(s): Tortorici, Zeb. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b/w, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
California University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288140
ISBN
9780520288140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.02

Paperback. Brings together a broad community of scholars to explore the history of illicit and alternative sexualities in Latin America's colonial and early national periods. This title examines how "the unnatural" came to inscribe certain sexual acts and desires as criminal and sinful, including acts officially deemed to be "against nature" and more. Editor(s): Tortorici, Zeb. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b/w, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288157
ISBN
9780520288157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.67

paperback. Long described as lost, this report was the result of Mao Zedong's investigation in 1930 of the people, economy, society, and history of the obscure rural county of Xunwu in South China. Translator(s): Thompson, Roger R. Num Pages: 292 pages, 21 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804721820
ISBN
9780804721820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.95

Hardback. Long described as lost, this report was the result of Mao Zedong's investigation in 1930 of the people, economy, society, and history of the obscure rural county of Xunwu in South China. Translator(s): Thompson, Roger R. Num Pages: 292 pages, 21 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804716789
ISBN
9780804716789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.91

Paperback. Stands for a whole generation of immigrant workers who, in the years before World War I, found themselves caught between the realities of industrial America and their aspirations for a better life. Num Pages: 331 pages, 25ill. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803287273
ISBN
9780803287273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.45

Paperback. Advances an interpretation of the founding of modern Israel. This book demonstrates how socialist principles were subverted in practice by the nationalist goals to which socialist Zionism was committed. It provides a historical background to Israel's struggle to mobilize its citizenry to support a shared vision of nationhood. Translator(s): Maisel, David. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSR1; JPFF; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691009674
ISBN
9780691009674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

Hardback. Wishing to ingratiate himself with Rome, Herod the Great built theaters, amphitheaters, and hippodromes to bring pagan entertainments of all sorts to Palestine. Zeev Weiss explores how the indigenous Jewish and Christian populations responded, as both spectators and performers, to these cultural imports, which left a lasting imprint on the region. Series: Revealing Antiquity. Num Pages: 346 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAL; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674048317
ISBN
9780674048317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.79

hardcover. After World War I, Hungarian society became focused on revising the terms of the Peace Treaty of Trianon. This title examines the thinking behind the renegotiation of post-treaty boundaries. Editor(s): Szechenyi, Agnes. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 30. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336154
ISBN
9780880336154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.81

Hardback. In this book Zeina G. Halabi examines the figure of the intellectual as profet national icon, and exile in contemporary Arabic literature and film. Staging a comparative dialogue with writers and critics such as Elias Khoury, Edward Said, Jurji Zaidan, and Mahmoud Darwish, Halabi focuses on new articulations of loss, displacement, and memory. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; HBJF1; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474421393
ISBN
9781474421393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.98
€ 105.67

Paperback. From 1975 to 1990, different factions in Lebanon's civil conflict flooded the streets with posters to mobilize their constituencies, undermine their enemies, and create public sympathy for their cause. This book tells the tumultuous story of the struggle for Lebanon through the poster wars which raged on its streets. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 b/w integrated illustrations; 65 colour illustrations in plates. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJP; AKLP; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845119515
ISBN
9781845119515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.45

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH; HBW; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231170628
ISBN
9780231170628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.53

Paperback. Through a microhistory of a small province in Upper Egypt, this book investigates the history of five world empires that assumed hegemony in Qina province over the centuries. It depicts forms of subaltern discontent against "imagined empires" that failed in achieving their professed goals and brought about environmental crises to Qina province. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJF1; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520275539
ISBN
9780520275539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.67

Hardback. Through a microhistory of a small province in Upper Egypt, this book investigates the history of five world empires that assumed hegemony in Qina province over the centuries. It depicts forms of subaltern discontent against "imagined empires" that failed in achieving their professed goals and brought about environmental crises to Qina province. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJF1; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520275522
ISBN
9780520275522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.49

Hardback. Folio. Very good copy - KAW0737 - 143pp. - Victoria Australia
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Victoria Australia
Number of pages
143
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
SKU
KCK0002671
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 65.00

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813585215
ISBN
9780813585215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.92

Paperback. Editor(s): Zempel, Solveig. Translator(s): Zempel, Solveig. Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; HBJK; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816618590
ISBN
9780816618590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894865227
ISBN
9781894865227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.66

Hardback. Reading Rio de Janeiro is an experiment in literary and social history, which combines literary analysis and the tools of close and distant reading with quantitative evidence from archival sources in order to reveal new insights regarding the integration of individuals into a complex and changing society. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804757447
ISBN
9780804757447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.09

Hardcover. When Louis XVI gave Ben Franklin a diamond-encrusted snuffbox, the gift troubled Americans: it threatened to corrupt him by clouding his judgment. By contrast, in 2010 the Supreme Court gave corporations the right to spend unlimited money to influence elections. Zephyr Teachout shows that Citizens United was both bad law and bad history. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 211 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674050402
ISBN
9780674050402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3B; 3D; GM; HBLA1; HDDC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 240 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477310618
ISBN
9781477310618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.67

Hardback. Traces Albert Einstein's involvement with Zionism from his initial contacts with the movement at the end of World War I to his emigration from Germany in 1933 in the wake of Hitler's rise to power. This book offers a nuanced picture yet of Einstein's complex and sometimes stormy relationship with Jewish nationalism. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBLW; JFSR1; JPFN; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144122
ISBN
9780691144122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.08

Hardback. A study of the revolutions in Bourbon France, Romanov Russia and Pahlavi Iran. This book argues that it is often the monarch's own personality that provides the vital spark which produces revolution. It challenges the Marxist interpretation of history and adds another perspective to theories of revolution. Series: International Library of Historical Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845112929
ISBN
9781845112929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.87
€ 134.32

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1000.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9789888208395
ISBN
9789888208395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.47

Hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824817213
ISBN
9780824817213
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGBA; HBJF; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595588807
ISBN
9781595588807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.11

Hardback. "Explores intimate accounts of lower-class women's struggles with poverty, deprivation, and marital strife in wartime Beijing between 1936 and 1945, revealing an urban underworld built on an informal economy and conducted primarily through neighborhood networks"-- Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 36. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088382
ISBN
9780674088382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.47

Paperback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 figures, 10 tables. BIC Classification: HBJF; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231148917
ISBN
9780231148917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.29

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 figures, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562. Historical Memory in Chinese Politics and Foreign Relations. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. 312 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 25. Weight: 564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231148900
ISBN
9780231148900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.95