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Hardcover. When a word describing an emotion is said to be untranslatable, is that emotion untranslatable also? This unique study focuses on three word-concepts on the periphery of Europe, providing a wide-ranging survey of national identity and cultural essentialism, nostalgia, melancholy and fatalism, the production of memory and the politics of hope. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1DVKC; 1DVT; HBJD; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137403476
- ISBN
- 9781137403476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Hardback. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JP; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319560465
- ISBN
- 9783319560465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.20
€ 134.20
Hardcover. First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1map. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBTB; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 278. An excellent, clean copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- KPI London
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 94
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KRS0018095
- ISBN
- 9780710301192
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. The Oxford Handbook of Oral History brings together forty authors on five continents to address the evolution of oral history, the impact of digital technology, the most recent methodological and archival issues, and the application of oral history to both scholarly research and public presentations. Editor(s): Ritchie, Donald A. Series: Oxford Handbooks in History. Num Pages: 560 pages, figures. BIC Classification: HBA; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 172 x 35. Weight in Grams: 956.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199945061
- ISBN
- 9780199945061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.49
€ 74.49
Paperback. An account of the successful adaptation of slavery to industrial labour and freedom in Richmond, Virginia between 1782 and 1865. The book demonstrates how industrial employment allowed blacks to carve out a degree of autonomy and accelerate slavery's demise. Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute Series in Black Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTS; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920993
- ISBN
- 9780813920993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.34
€ 30.34
Paperback. Steve Biko inspired a generation of black South Africans to claim their true identity and refuse to be a part of their own oppression. This book shows how fundamental he was to the reawakening and transformation of South Africa in the second half of the twentieth century - and just how relevant he remains. Series: Ohio Short Histories of Africa. Num Pages: 160 pages, yes b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBTV; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821420256
- ISBN
- 9780821420256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.28
€ 19.99
€ 19.28
hardcover. Series: Palgrave Advances. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403920416
- ISBN
- 9781403920416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.78
€ 64.78
Paperback. In the last three decades, the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos has commanded the close scrutiny of scholars. These studies have focused on the political repression, human rights abuses, debt-driven growth model, and crony capitalism that defined Marcos' so-called Democratic Revolution in the Philippines. Series: Research in International Studies - Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBTR; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780896803121
- ISBN
- 9780896803121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.92
€ 38.99
€ 34.92
Paperback. The Civil War has long been described as a war pitting 'brother against brother'. The divided family is an enduring metaphor for the divided nation, but it also accurately reflects the reality of America's bloodiest war. This title provides a social and cultural history of the divided family in Civil War America. Series: Civil War America. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 illustrations, 1 table, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807861868
- ISBN
- 9780807861868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.40
€ 45.40
Paperback. Through an examination that uses previously unavailable archives and little-used primary literature, this book places the twentieth-century mental hygiene movement within the broad sweep of modern British psychiatry, offering its own reinterpretation of important elements of this history. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; MBX; MMH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458080
- ISBN
- 9781349458080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Hardback. Presents a comprehensive analysis of race, health, and colonization in a specific cross-cultural contact zone in the Texas borderlands between 1780 and 1861. Throughout this eighty-year period, ordinary health concerns shaped cross-cultural interactions during Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo colonization. Series: Borderlands and Transcultural Studies. Num Pages: 258 pages, 6 photos, 4 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803285880
- ISBN
- 9780803285880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.70
€ 69.70
paperback. Traces the development of the music known as "southern gospel" from its antebellum origins to its 20th-century emergence as a vibrant musical industry driven by radio, television, recording and concert promotion. The book is filled with stories of groups and artists, and is illustrated throughout. Num Pages: 416 pages, 88 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGD; AVGQ; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807853467
- ISBN
- 9780807853467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.40
€ 46.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; HBTQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349340453
- ISBN
- 9781349340453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 143.82
€ 143.82
Paperback. Provides an introduction to the most prominent artists and musical styles that have emerged in Cuba since 1959, and to the policies that have shaped artistic life. Tracing the development of dance styles, nueva trova, folkloric drumming, and other forms, this book describes how the arts have become a point of negotiation between individuals. Series: Music of the African Diaspora. Num Pages: 367 pages, 22 b/w photographs, 13 music examples. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AV; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 616. Cultural Change in Socialist Cuba. Series: Music of the African Diaspora. 367 pages, 22 b/w photographs, 13 music examples. Provides an introduction to the most prominent artists and musical styles that have emerged in Cuba since 1959, and to the policies that have shaped artistic life. Tracing the development of dance styles, nueva trova, folkloric drumming, and other forms, this book describes how the arts have become a point of negotiation between individuals. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AV; HBTB. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 24. Weight: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 367
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247116
- ISBN
- 9780520247116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.18
€ 38.99
€ 28.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages, 15 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HBJH; HBTQ; KCM; KNGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253023070
- ISBN
- 9780253023070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.48
€ 38.99
€ 35.48
Paperback. French Revolution journalist-poet's subversive, all-women saints' lives introduces English readers to Sylvain Marechal's audacious wit. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888646040
- ISBN
- 9780888646040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
€ 38.99
€ 28.56
Hardcover. Some of the first figures the Nazis conscripted in their rise to power were rhetoricians devoted to popularizing the German vocabulary of Leben (life). This fascinating study reexamines this movement through one of its most prominent exponents, Ludwig Klages, revealing the philosophical-cultural crises and political volatility of the Weimar era. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 314 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137342058
- ISBN
- 9781137342058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.33
€ 176.33
hardcover. Showcasing a broad cross-section of items, Documenting a Province: The Archives of Ontario at 100, commemorates Ontario's heritage through promotion and explanation of the Archives' collections Num Pages: 224 pages, 200 photographs, 50 illustrations, 25 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 286 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802089533
- ISBN
- 9780802089533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.91
€ 74.91
paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691608419
- ISBN
- 9780691608419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.92
€ 59.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX; JFSR1; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226439600
- ISBN
- 9780226439600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. The first comprehensive survey of the global history of industrial hazards and their control Editor(s): Sellers, Christopher C.; Melling, Joseph. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HBTK; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439904695
- ISBN
- 9781439904695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.25
€ 36.99
€ 33.25
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 200 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442244610
- ISBN
- 9781442244610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.03
€ 36.99
€ 35.03
Hardback. In Renaissance Europe, the human need for recreation became a cultural topos. This book explores, amongst other subjects, the spectrum of leisure activities of that period, the moral approach to play, and the visual representation of leisure. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333984536
- ISBN
- 9780333984536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.50
€ 143.50
Paperback. "Published with the assistance of the Anniversary Endowment Fund of the University of North Carolina Press." Editor(s): Jackson, Harvey H. Num Pages: 368 pages, 31 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; GBC; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807871737
- ISBN
- 9780807871737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.19
€ 49.19