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paperback. The ten essays in this richly illustrated volume detail Nova Scotia's industrial history. Covering coal, steel, iron, ropeworks, and railways, this work presents a rich and diverse industrial heritage that includes a discussion of the impact of industrialization on humans, the role of external capital, and the involvement of unions. Editor(s): Candow, James E. Num Pages: 225 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KBCV; HBTB; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 183 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552660607
- ISBN
- 9781552660607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.35
€ 26.99
€ 23.35
Hardback. The neutrality maintained by Turkey during World War II allowed it to rescue Jews from the Holocaust. Despite opposition, the Turkish government instructed its diplomats in Eastern Europe to provide assistance to Jews being persecuted - permitting 100,000 Jews transit through Turkey. Num Pages: 434 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333582343
- ISBN
- 9780333582343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.30
€ 188.30
Rosalie Schwartz uses the 1933 RKO-Radio Pictures production "Flying Down to Rio" to examine the interplay of technology and popular culture that shaped a distinctive 20th-century sensibility. Series: Centennial of Flight Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JFC; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585443826
- ISBN
- 9781585443826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.26€ 64.13
€ 70.26
€ 64.13
Hardback. This remarkable account, written by Charles Wilkinson, one of the nation's most respected experts in tribal law and history, is rich in the Indian voice and grounded in extensive research that includes oral tradition and personal interviews. Num Pages: 576 pages, 100 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6466 x 4531 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990668
- ISBN
- 9780295990668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.48
€ 54.48
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; KNDF; WBXD2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062389756
- ISBN
- 9780062389756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.99
€ 27.99
€ 22.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 925 pages, dust jacket. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 925
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336871
- ISBN
- 9780880336871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.68€ 71.22
€ 93.68
€ 71.22
Paperback. Clay County, Arkansas, was a flatland at the outset of the 20th century. Into this primitive society came Paul Pfeiffer who bought large tracts of land, set up tenant farmers, and reigned for nearly fifty years as a beneficent landlord. This book records the gratitude of many a family who remember with appreciation loans made to acquire equipment. Num Pages: 224 pages, 49 photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSR; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Butler Centre for Arkansas Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780980089776
- ISBN
- 9780980089776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.40
€ 29.99
€ 25.40
Paperback. Explores the security forces' covert operations in Northern Ireland. This book charts the successes and failures of special operations during the troubles. It reveals the dilemmas faced by intelligence chiefs engaged in a daily struggle against terrorist organisations. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, 1map. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBTV; JKSW1; JPSH; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 248. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KKD0003806
- ISBN
- 9780571168095
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Most previous published works about Ty Cobb, the first player inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, paint him as a much hated athlete and lonely, old man. Ty Cobb: Safe At Home offers a deeper insight into his private life in Augusta, Georgia. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 21.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762744800
- ISBN
- 9780762744800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.64
€ 16.99
€ 14.64
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813565224
- ISBN
- 9780813565224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 44.01
€ 49.99
€ 44.01
Paperback. In this volume, gender roles and relations in Deerfield, Massachusetts, are presented to illustrate the material and spatial expressions of the dominant Anglo-European ideologies (particularly corporate families, republican motherhood, and the cult of domesticity) of each respective time period in historic America. Series: American Experience in Archaeological Perspective. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HDD; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813051321
- ISBN
- 9780813051321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.97€ 74.28
€ 81.97
€ 74.28
Hardback. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403974693
- ISBN
- 9781403974693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. Suitable for those interested in African American studies, Caribbean studies, cultural studies, women's studies, and American studies, this book explores the paths taken by black nationalism in the United States and the Caribbean. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329732
- ISBN
- 9780822329732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.41
€ 35.99
€ 32.41
Paperback. An introduction to heraldry, this book explains each term with illustrations and text and expounds the basic principles so the reader will understand what a coat of arms consists of and the rules that govern its arrangement. Series: Discovering Books. Num Pages: 96 pages, b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 114 x 9. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747806608
- ISBN
- 9780747806608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.19
€ 10.19
Hardcover. Colonial Girlhood in Literature, Culture and History, 1840-1950 explores a range of real and fictional colonial girlhood experiences from Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa, India, New Zealand, Australia, England, Ireland, and Canada to reflect on the transitional state of girlhood between childhood and adulthood. Editor(s): Moruzi, Kristine; Smith, Michelle J. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137356345
- ISBN
- 9781137356345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.81
€ 64.81
Paperback. Written from an African American perspective, this work depicts the presentation of the gospel message to the first-century community of Colossae, their reception of it comparative to the presentation and reception of the same to the enslaved Africans of North America particularly in the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries. Series: Postcolonialism and Religions. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ; HRCG; JFSL; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349467693
- ISBN
- 9781349467693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.42
€ 63.42
Hardback. Palaces of Time resurrects the seemingly banal calendar as a means to understand early modern Jewish life. Elisheva Carlebach has unearthed a trove of beautifully illustrated calendars, to show how Jewish men and women both adapted to the Christian world and also forged their own meanings through time. Num Pages: 304 pages, 56 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRJC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 190 x 28. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674052543
- ISBN
- 9780674052543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.28
€ 40.99
€ 33.28
paperback. The first history of the battered women's shelter movement in Canada, this book traces the development of transition houses and services for abused women and the campaign that made wife battering a political issue. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB; JFFE3; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814225
- ISBN
- 9780774814225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 40.03
€ 44.99
€ 40.03
Hardcover. Men at Work explores the cultural portrayal of four essential wartime occupations: agriculture, industry, firefighting and the mercantile marine. In analysing a broad spectrum of wartime media (most notably film, radio and visual culture) it establishes a clear hierarchy of masculine roles in British culture during the Second World War. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 184 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137527462
- ISBN
- 9781137527462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74
Paperback. This collection brings together international scholars pursuing cutting-edge research on spatial identities under National Socialism. They demonstrate that the spatial identities of the Third Reich can be approached as a history of interrelated dimensions; Heimat, region and Empire were constantly reconstructed through this interrelationship. Series: The Holocaust and its Contexts. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349351466
- ISBN
- 9781349351466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Paperback. In the eighteenth century, the Western world viewed circumcision as an embarrassing disfigurement peculiar to Jews. Why does circumcision usually mean circumcision of infants? Why does the pressure for health circumcision continue? This book offers essential background to the debates about the medical, ethical, and social aspects of circumcision. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JHBT; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226101101
- ISBN
- 9780226101101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.51
€ 33.99
€ 26.51
Paperback. Offers the clearest explanation of the process by which the Communist party directs scholarly activity that has appeared to date. Tillett has plunged into the brambles of Soviet historiography, has found his way skilfully through them, and has emerged with a study that will be an important addition to the growing literature on the Soviet Union. Series: Enduring Editions. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807836750
- ISBN
- 9780807836750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.26€ 63.94
€ 70.26
€ 63.94
Paperback. As the first studio film to deal directly with the enormity of the Holocaust, "Schindler's List" attempts to provide the popular imagination with a narrative about the Holocaust. This work discusses a variety of issues including the representation of history by cinema and popular culture, and the right to dramatize the 'unrepresentable'. Num Pages: 264 pages, 29 b&w photos. BIC Classification: APFA; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Edition
- , 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253210982
- ISBN
- 9780253210982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.89
€ 27.99
€ 25.89
Hardback. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114104
- ISBN
- 9780230114104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.90
€ 64.90