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Paperback. Offers a perspective on the colonial stereotype of the exotic Pacific island woman, tracing the evolution of female primitivism from Western antiquity to twentieth-century Hollywood. This book includes 37 illustrations of Pacific women from early etchings by shipboard artists. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 37 illus. BIC Classification: 1MK; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987651
- ISBN
- 9780295987651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.19
€ 36.99
€ 33.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; AV; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349351879
- ISBN
- 9781349351879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.43
€ 63.43
Paperback. Examines the uses and experiences of children in slavery in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This collection of essays exposes the global victimization of child slaves from the period of abolition of legal slavery in the nineteenth century to the human rights era of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Campbell, Gwyn; Miers, Suzanne; Miller, Joseph C. Num Pages: 260 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6147 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821419595
- ISBN
- 9780821419595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.49
€ 36.99
€ 33.49
Hardcover. Why do commercial advertisements stress that the products they offer are exactly the same as they used to be in Soviet times? And why, year after year, does the government in Moscow organize impressive celebrations for Victory Day, inevitably drawing parallels to the old Soviet ceremonies? This title tackles these questions. Series: What Was Communism?. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1DVUA; HBLW; HBLX; HBTB; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 183 x 112 x 12. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906497279
- ISBN
- 9781906497279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.76
€ 15.99
€ 13.76
Hardcover. In 17th Century China, as formerly disparate social spheres grew closer, the theatre began to occupy an important ideological niche among traditional cultural elites. This book shows how the theatre acquired this figurative power. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 3 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AN; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021440
- ISBN
- 9780674021440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.04
€ 48.99
€ 41.04
Paperback. A frank, salacious and often shocking portrait of an institution Num Pages: 448 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848544017
- ISBN
- 9781848544017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBJM; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMC; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403947444
- ISBN
- 9781403947444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
paperback. Num Pages: 409 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HBTB; JFSJ; JFSL; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1995
- Number of pages
- 409
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349135011
- ISBN
- 9781349135011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.89
€ 64.89
Paperback. Sheds new light on the views and attitudes of Latin American writers during the Nazi era Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBH; HBTZ1; JFSL4. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Brandeis University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611688566
- ISBN
- 9781611688566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.89
€ 42.99
€ 32.89
Hardcover. Since the rise of Napster and other file-sharing services in its wake, most of us have assumed that intellectual piracy is a product of the digital age and that it threatens creative expression as never before. This title explores the intellectual property wars from the advent of print culture in the fifteenth century to the reign of the Internet. Num Pages: 640 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX; LNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 43. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226401188
- ISBN
- 9780226401188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.79
€ 43.99
€ 33.79
Hardback. In this beautifully crafted collection of essays, Cole Harris reflects on the strategies of colonialism in British Columbia during the first 150 years after the arrival of European settlers. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTQ; HBTR; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774805889
- ISBN
- 9780774805889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.25
€ 107.25
Hardback. Translation of: Les metamorphoses du gras. Translator(s): Delogu, C. Jon. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 296 pages, 25. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFM; MMZF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231159760
- ISBN
- 9780231159760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.68
€ 38.99
€ 28.68
Hardback. Drawing on a wide range of archival evidence, Abigail McGowan argues that crafts seized the political imagination in western India because they provided a means of debating the present and future of the country. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AFT; HBJF; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230612679
- ISBN
- 9780230612679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.79
€ 175.79
Hardcover. Tells the story of German nurses who, directly or indirectly, participated in the Nazis' "euthanasia" measures against patients with mental and physical disabilities, measures that claimed well over 100,000 victims from 1939 to 1945. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; HPQ; MBX; MQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691006659
- ISBN
- 9780691006659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.96€ 72.62
€ 94.96
€ 72.62
paperback. This book is a study of wartime anxiety in the fiction, art, and psychoanalytic writings of mid-century Britain. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 241.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 173
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- SKU
- V9781349284566
- ISBN
- 9781349284566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. Cameron Taylor believes that the search for one's ancestors helps you to work out who you really are, and this book provides a great starting point to uncovering your past. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBTG; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 209 x 13. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908373311
- ISBN
- 9781908373311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.35
€ 10.99
€ 9.35
Paperback. Founded in 1893, the National League of the Blind was the first nationwide self-represented group of visually impaired people in Britain. This book explores its campaign to make the state solely responsible for providing training, employment and assistance for the visually impaired as a right, and its fight to abolish all charitable aid for them. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349473304
- ISBN
- 9781349473304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.79
€ 63.79
Hardcover. This book asks how, in a time of crisis, medieval citizens developed an independent sense of ethics. Witness testimonies from Marseille's court records offer a small window into the neighborhoods of Marseille and reveal how humble people, often women, used the role of witness to become the arbiters of their communities. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBTB; JF; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230391994
- ISBN
- 9780230391994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
Hardcover. This title examines the history of the indigenous and/or tribal peoples of the world from the time of the pivotal migrations which saw the peopling of the planet. It looks at how the tribal peoples separated from surplus-based, material societies and the effects of colonization on indigenous cultures. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFS; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333921500
- ISBN
- 9780333921500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.84
€ 154.84
Paperback. (Re)Visualizing National History is a unique and interdisciplinary volume that offers insights on the dilemmas of present-day European culture, manifestations of nationalism in Europe, and the debates surrounding museums as sites for the representation of politics and history. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442627024
- ISBN
- 9781442627024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.37
€ 36.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. This volume examines how gender, social class and ethnicity colour the storylines of those who experienced the horrors of Auschwitz, and asks whether we can or should make sense of Auschwitz. Series: Ethnographic Alternatives. Num Pages: 184 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSA; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761991878
- ISBN
- 9780761991878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.12
€ 59.12
Hardback. Examining imperial efforts to police urban space from the late sixteenth century onward, the author shows how the production of urban space was explicitly centered on the politics of racial exclusion and social control. Num Pages: 296 pages, 24 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBJK; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286030
- ISBN
- 9780520286030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.65€ 70.93
€ 92.65
€ 70.93
Paperback. This book explores the conjunction of authorship and family life as a distinctive cultural formation of Romantic-era Britain. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349360666
- ISBN
- 9781349360666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.22
€ 63.22
Hardback. Historians, anthropologists, and other scholars explore the public presentation of contested historical narratives in museums, monuments, texts, and festivals around the world. Editor(s): Walkowitz, Daniel J.; Knauer, Lisa Maya. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 376 pages, 65 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: AM; HBAH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342175
- ISBN
- 9780822342175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.68
€ 122.68