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c 1800 to c 1900

Paperback. John Jacobs' short slave narrative, "A True Tale of Slavery", published in London in 1861, adds a brother's perspective to Harriet Jacobs' autobiography. This book is the enlarged edition of the most significant and celebrated slave narrative that completes the Jacobs family saga. Editor(s): Yellin, Jean Fagan. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 496 pages, 13 halftones, 1 line illustration, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Enlarged
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035836
ISBN
9780674035836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.74

Paperback. Uncovers twelve shocking stories, untold for over a century and reveals the darker side of the Victorian upper and middle classes - their sexuality, fears of inherited madness, financial greed and fraudulence - and chillingly evoke the black motives at the heart of the phenomenon of the 'inconvenient person'. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JKSM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099541868
ISBN
9780099541868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.52

Paperback. Extensively revised to incorporate the latest interpretations and address issues of race and gender as well as of economic interest, this is the only book that in such a short space covers the causes, events, and consequences of the wars of independence (1810-1825) in all of Latin America Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 b&w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
Third
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292745346
ISBN
9780292745346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.41

Hardback. This ground-breaking book offers unique insights into the careers of Indian doctors in colonial Kenya during the height of British colonialism, between 1895 and 1940. The story of these important Indian professionals presents a rare social history of an important political minority. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFGK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBJH; HBTQ; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137440525
ISBN
9781137440525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.02
€ 54.15

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HRG; JPFN; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691651453
ISBN
9780691651453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.94

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 418 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; JPF; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 942.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635866
ISBN
9780691635866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.41

Hardback. Series: History of Communication. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DNJ; HBTB; JFD; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 262 x 20. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252040269
ISBN
9780252040269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.00

Paperback. Series: History of Communication. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DNJ; HBTB; JFD; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 288 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081712
ISBN
9780252081712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.69

Hardcover. Sana Aiyar chronicles the strategies by which Indians sought a political voice in Kenya, from the beginning of colonial rule to independence. She examines how the strands of Indians' diasporic identity influenced Kenya's leadership--from partnering with Europeans to colonize East Africa, to collaborating with Africans to battle racial inequality. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFGK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674289888
ISBN
9780674289888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.67
€ 54.19

hardcover. Examining repartimiento production of cochineal, a dyestuff produced exclusively by Oaxacan Indians and representing Mexico's most valued export after silver, this study shows that Indians produced cochineal for the market voluntarily because it provided them with needed income. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 328 pages, 26 tables, 15 graphs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLCM; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804735124
ISBN
9780804735124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.71

hardcover. Local Liberalisms shows how early nineteenth-century Mexicans-be they indigenous villagers, government officials, or local elites-worked to incorporate the institutions of liberalism into their daily political lives, and how those local institutions interacted with a national liberal movement that often contradicted them. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; JFSL4; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804757645
ISBN
9780804757645
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.03

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463621
ISBN
9781580463621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.69

Paperback. Combining fresh approaches with a historical synthesis, this work presents general history of French Indochina. Focusing on economic, social, intellectual, and cultural dimensions, it treats Indochina's history from its inception in Cochinchina in 1858 to its crumbling at Dien Bien Ph in 1954 and on to decolonization. Editor(s): Goscha, Christopher E. Translator(s): Dill-Klein, Ly Lan. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. Num Pages: 508 pages, 14 line illustrations, 10 maps, 37 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 720. An Ambiguous Colonization, 1858-1954. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. 508 pages, Illustrations, maps. Combining fresh approaches with a historical synthesis, this work presents general history of French Indochina. Focusing on economic, social, intellectual, and cultural dimensions, it treats Indochina's history from its inception in Cochinchina in 1858 to its crumbling at Dien Bien Ph in 1954 and on to decolonization. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 30. Weight: 706. Translator(s): Dill-Klein, Ly Lan.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
508
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269743
ISBN
9780520269743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.52

Paperback. Jurgen Kocka is one of the foremost historians of Germany whose work has been devoted to the integration of different genres of the social and economic history of Europe during the period of industrialization. This collection of essays gives a representative sample of his effort to develop, by reference to Marx and Weber, new and powerful analysis. Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFS; JHBL; KCZ; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571811981
ISBN
9781571811981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.45

Hardback. Jurgen Kocka is one of the foremost historians of Germany whose work has been devoted to the integration of different genres of the social and economic history of Europe during the period of industrialization. This collection of essays gives a representative sample of his effort to develop, by reference to Marx and Weber, new and powerful analysis. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFS; JHBL; KCZ; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571811585
ISBN
9781571811585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.66

Hardback. Industrial Development in a Frontier Economy is pioneering microanalysis of 59 Argentinean corporations between 1890 and 1930 that explains Argentina's failure to develop an efficient manufacturing sector, even as countries in similar circumstances successfully modernized. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804759830
ISBN
9780804759830
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.90

Paperback. This book uses a case study to explore the contribution which scientific knowledge made to the growth trajectory of England in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The aim is not to re-tell the story of the Industrial Revolution, but to reconstruct its preliminary stage which is here labelled the Industrial Enlightenment. Num Pages: 276 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719089121
ISBN
9780719089121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.24

hardcover. A nuanced understanding of modernization in nineteenth-century Brazil that demonstrates Brazilian commitment to technological innovation. Num Pages: 254 pages, 26 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781107100565
ISBN
9781107100565
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.90

Paperback. Presents a comprehensive survey of Ireland's industrial archaeology. Divided into five main sections, the subject is detailed in nineteen chapters, each dealing with a major industrial activity, its technology and important surviving sites. This book is fully referenced and illustrated throughout. Num Pages: 542 pages, Maps, photos, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HDD; HDT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 172 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1118.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gill
Condition
New
SKU
9781848892439
ISBN
9781848892439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 20.20

Paperback. This is a social and cultural history of Scotland's industrial rise and relative decline, concerned above all with the leaders and workers who produced the first and suffered in the second Num Pages: 368 pages, maps, illustrations, further reading, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748610853
ISBN
9780748610853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.60

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