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Hardcover. In this book, the first written about the globalization of the English language by a professional historian, the exploration of English's global ascendancy receives its proper historical due. This brief, accessible volume breaks new ground in its organization, emphasis on causation, and conclusions. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; CFB; CFF; HBG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137303059
- ISBN
- 9781137303059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.19
€ 122.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, ill. BIC Classification: HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905512782
- ISBN
- 9781905512782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.28
€ 13.99
€ 13.28
Hardcover. Titanic- The Unfolding Story as told by The Daily Mirror offers a unique insight into this terrible, yet endlessly fascinating, disaster. It tells the whole story: from the commissioning of the Titanic and her sister ship the Olympic following their construction, launches and maiden voyages, through to the Titanic's demise, and beyond. Num Pages: 208 pages, 100 illustrations approx. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 258 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1108.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- J H Haynes & Co Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780857331670
- ISBN
- 9780857331670
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 15.83
€ 22.99
€ 15.83
Paperback. In Bioinsecurities Neel Ahuja shows how twentieth-century U.S. imperial expansion was dependent on controlling the spread of disease through the transformation of humans, animals, bacteria, and viruses into living theaters of warfare and securitization. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; JFSL4; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360636
- ISBN
- 9780822360636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.90
€ 31.99
€ 28.90
Paperback. Rita Joe is celebrated as a poet, an educator, and an ambassador. In 1989, she accepted the Order of Canada 'on behalf of native people across the nation'. This title tells her story: her education in an Indian residential school, her turbulent marriage, and the daily struggles within her family and community. Series: American Indian Lives. Num Pages: 199 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 220 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803275942
- ISBN
- 9780803275942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.09
€ 18.99
€ 16.09
Hardcover. This analysis of the negative response to the discovery of the homosexual in late 19th-century America investigates the responses of the emergent medical community to this problem, and discusses how the negative reception of the homosexual impacted the future social conception of gay men and women. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312234928
- ISBN
- 9780312234928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.21
€ 64.21
hardcover. Drawing on the work of a variety of other fields and disciplines - from the ancient Mediterranean to colonial Spain, and from anthropology to psychology - the author argues that colonialism in Africa needs to be understood through the medium of writing. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 468 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HBTQ; HBTR; JHMC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802048721
- ISBN
- 9780802048721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.56
€ 114.56
Hardcover. Studies music and social dance in the 18th and 19th centuries Series: Musical Meaning & Interpretation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 b&w illus., 73 music exx. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; ASD; AVGC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253356925
- ISBN
- 9780253356925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.20
€ 52.20
Hardback. Largely absent from our history books is the social history of railroad development in nineteenth-century Mexico. This work connects foreign investment in Mexico, largely in railroad development, with its effects on the people living in the isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico's region of greatest ethnic diversity. Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBTB; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742553279
- ISBN
- 9780742553279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.06
€ 167.06
Paperback. This text traces the history of contraception and abortifacients from ancient Egypt to the 17th century, and discusses the scientific merit of the ancient remedies and why this knowledge about fertility control was gradually lost over the course of the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 tables, 6 halftones, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFMA; JHBD; MBNH4; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674168763
- ISBN
- 9780674168763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.32
€ 37.99
€ 32.32
Paperback. This is a social, cultural, and medical history of transsexuality in the US. It tells a human story about people who had a deep and unshakeable desire to transform their bodily sex. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JFSJ5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674013797
- ISBN
- 9780674013797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.00
€ 37.99
€ 32.00
Hardcover. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; VXQG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403939241
- ISBN
- 9781403939241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.11
€ 78.11
paperback. Examines the homoerotic and other culturally transgressive aspects of the pirate's world Num Pages: 184 pages, all B & W. BIC Classification: HBTM; JFC; JFSJ2; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814782248
- ISBN
- 9780814782248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.12
€ 31.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. With studies of China, India, West Africa, South America and Europe, this book provides a global perspective on food consumption in the modern world. Combing ethnographic, historical and comparative analyses, the volume celebrates the contributions of Jack Goody to the anthropology of food. Editor(s): Klein, Jakob A.; Murcott, Anne. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JHBL; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459742
- ISBN
- 9781349459742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.28
€ 63.28
Hardback. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 263 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 1 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMW; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTB; HBTQ; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137596918
- ISBN
- 9781137596918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.17
€ 113.17
Paperback. Spanning nearly 500 years, this book describes the Catholic experience from the arrival of Columbus and the other European explorers to the present day. Jay P. Dolan discusses Catholicism as it spread across the New World, transforming - and being transformed by - the land and its people. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBTB; HRCC7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268006396
- ISBN
- 9780268006396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.47
€ 36.99
€ 33.47
paperback. This book analyses Egypt's 2011 Revolution, highlighting the struggle for freedom, justice, and human dignity in the face of economic and social problems, and an on-going military regime. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JMG; HBJH; HBTV; JPB; JPWQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 231 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107589919
- ISBN
- 9781107589919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.99
€ 41.99
€ 36.99
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; APFA; HBJD1; HBTB; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1228.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691637228
- ISBN
- 9780691637228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 239.01€ 177.76
€ 239.01
€ 177.76
Hardback. Editor(s): Bahne, Siegfried. Series: Archives De Jules Humbert-Droz. Num Pages: 704 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1198.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789027701534
- ISBN
- 9789027701534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 243.89
€ 243.89
Paperback. Series: The New Urban Atlantic. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349343065
- ISBN
- 9781349343065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Hardcover. Hugh Crow was the captain of a slave-trading vessel which made one of the last legal journeys across the Atlantic with its 'human cargo'. This is a highly engaging, rare, first-hand account written by a staunch defender of the slave trade. Crow depicts himself as an enlightened practitioner of the trade, concerned with the welfare of his 'negroes'. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243211
- ISBN
- 9781851243211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.75
€ 20.99
€ 16.75
The Battle for the Roads of Britain: Police, Motorists and the Law, c....
Laybourn, Keith, Taylor, David
Hardcover. Policing in Britain was changed fundamentally by the rapid emergence of the automobile at the beginning of the twentieth century. This book seeks to examine how the police reacted to this challenge and moved to segregate the motorist from the pedestrian in an attempt to eliminate the 'road holocaust' that ensued. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; JKSW1; WGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230359321
- ISBN
- 9780230359321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardback. Editor(s): Rajak, Svetozar; Botsiou, Konstantina E.; Karamouzi, Eirini; Hatzivassiliou, Evanthis. Series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 371 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBJD; HBTW; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 217 x 27. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137439017
- ISBN
- 9781137439017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.10
€ 134.10
pamphlet. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMN; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907123132
- ISBN
- 9780907123132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.20
€ 7.20