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paperback. Offering a broad spectrum of academic opinion, this book explores the centrality of the question in modern Jewish history and culture and for modern Jewish studies. Editor(s): Cohen, Jeremy; Cohen, Richard I. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906764432
- ISBN
- 9781906764432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.58
€ 34.99
€ 31.58
Hardcover. This collection brings together a group of historians to show how historical prejudice against Jews continued to resonate throughout the Netherlands in the post-World War II years. Editor(s): Ensel, Remco; Gans, Evelien. Series: NIOD Studies on War, Holocaust, and Genocide. Num Pages: 598 pages, 0 black and white; 29 full color. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 598
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9789089648488
- ISBN
- 9789089648488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.02
€ 151.02
Paperback. For nearly a thousand years there has been a Jewish presence in Britain. Today the Jewish community, although numbering less than 300,000 is widely seen as one of the most successful groups in Britain. This unique book describes events in Britain concerning Jews in chronological order, from ancient legend to the present times. Num Pages: 150 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349544936
- ISBN
- 9781349544936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.14
€ 121.14
Paperback. As a result of immigration from Asia in the wake of the passage of the 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration Act, the fastest-growing religions in America - faster than Christian groups combined - are Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. This book asks how these faiths have changed or have been changed by the pluralist face of American civil society. Series: American Lectures on the History of Religions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; HRAX; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115216
- ISBN
- 9780231115216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JPHL; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 245 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453618
- ISBN
- 9780801453618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.71
€ 34.99
€ 27.71
Paperback. James J. Gigantino II shatters the easy dichotomy between free and slave states in early America. The Ragged Road to Abolition illustrates how slavery in New Jersey persisted until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment and reveals the myriad ways this marginalized the state's free blacks. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223583
- ISBN
- 9780812223583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.67
€ 38.99
€ 35.67
Paperback. This collection uses Theodore Roosevelt to form a fresh approach to the history of US and European relations, arguing that the best place to look for the origins of the modern transatlantic relationship is in Roosevelt's life and career. Editor(s): Krabbendam, Hans; Thompson, J. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349449361
- ISBN
- 9781349449361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.39
€ 63.39
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
€ 93.27€ 70.93
€ 93.27
€ 70.93
Paperback. By casting designers as authors, cultural critics, activists, entrepreneurs, and global cartographers, Essin tells a story about scenic images on the page, stage, and beyond that helped American audiences see the everyday landscapes and exotic destinations from a modern perspective. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ANH; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137496645
- ISBN
- 9781137496645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.77€ 48.44
€ 55.77
€ 48.44
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, over 200 b/w photos, maps. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBT; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1082. Clean copy in dust wrapper. DW with minor nicks and tears. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1900
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0014031
- ISBN
- 9780764326608
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Focusing on African and European women and men, five articles explore generational conflict, connections between representation and violence, the incorporation of gendered power into state formation, memory and forgetting, and consumption and commodity cultures. Editor(s): Hunt, Nancy Rose; Quataert, Jean (Binghamton University, USA); Liu, Tessie P. Series: Gender and History Special Issues. Num Pages: 148 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1H; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631204763
- ISBN
- 9780631204763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.31
€ 31.31
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531050812
- ISBN
- 9783531050812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.82
€ 68.82
Paperback. "Gambling permeated the daily lives of eighteenth-century Britons of all classes. This book explicates the relationship between the rampant gambling in eighteenth-century England, the new forms of gambling-inspired capitalism that transformed British society, and novels that interrogate the new socio-economy of long odds and lucky breaks"-- Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349326624
- ISBN
- 9781349326624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.36
€ 63.36
Paperback. Surveying irreverent and controversial representations of the Holocaust -from Sylvia Plath and the Sex Pistols to Quentin Tarantino and Holocaust comedy -Matthew Boswell considers how theymight play an important role in shaping our understanding of the Nazi genocide and what it means to be human." Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; AV; DS; HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- SKU
- V9781349312320
- ISBN
- 9781349312320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.51
€ 63.51
Hardback. An overview of a wide range of aspects of maritime social history in the Tudor and early Stuart period. Editor(s): Fury, Cheryl A. Num Pages: 360 pages, 15, 15 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843836896
- ISBN
- 9781843836896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.96
€ 110.96
The American Bourgeoisie. Distinction and Identity in the Nineteenth C...
. Ed(S): Rosenbaum, Julia; Beckert, Sven
Hardback. This volume engages a fundamental disciplinary question about this period in American history: how did the bourgeoisie consolidate their power and fashion themselves not simply as economic leaders but as cultural innovators and arbiters? It also explains how culture helped Americans form both a sense of shared identity and a sense of difference. Editor(s): Rosenbaum, Julia; Beckert, Sven. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230102941
- ISBN
- 9780230102941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.30
€ 123.30
Paperback. This follow up to Violent London deals in detail with the story behind the 2010 and 2011 riots both from the perspective of the protesters, rioters and from the point of view of the police and government. Bloom uses reportage, parliamentary, police and security briefings, as well as the voices and theory of modern protest, to tell the story. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 41 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JMG; HBJD1; HBLX; HBTV; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2012 ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137029355
- ISBN
- 9781137029355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.02
€ 26.02
Paperback. Here is Stan Rands' story of how the medicare battle was fought by those who not only wanted to eliminate money as a barrier to care but also wanted to change the way health care was delivered. This is the inside story of a more radical vision of medicare, one that has still not been achieved in Canada. Editor(s): Marchildon, Gregory P.; Leviten-Reid, Catherine. Num Pages: 145 pages, 18. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889772908
- ISBN
- 9780889772908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.32
€ 33.99
€ 28.32
Paperback. "Selected papers from the 44th annual Scholars Conference on the Holocaust and the churches, American Jewish University, Los Angeles, California, March 8-11, 2014." Editor(s): Berenbaum, Michael, Dr (Georgetown University, Washington DC); Libowitz, Richard; Sachs Littell, Marcia. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUR; HBLW; HBTZ; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Paragon House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557789235
- ISBN
- 9781557789235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.25
€ 33.99
€ 30.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; HRCC9; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312161248
- ISBN
- 9780312161248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.03
€ 50.03
Hardback. The Big Show looks at the role played by cinema in British cultural life during World War One. Hammond shows how the British film industry and British audiences responded to the traumatic effects of the War, and contends that the War's significant effect was to expedite the cultural acceptance of cinema into the fabric of British social life. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 316 pages, 20 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; APFA; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897587
- ISBN
- 9780859897587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.06
€ 138.06
hardcover. Charles Stewart's life of sailing and combat on the high seas rivals that of Patrick O'Brien's fictional hero, Jack Aubrey. Stewart held more sea commands (11) than any other U.S. Navy captain and served longer (63 years) than any officer in American naval history. Num Pages: 320 pages, 27 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574885187
- ISBN
- 9781574885187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 35.44
€ 46.99
€ 35.44
Hardback. This is study and analysis of social and political change in the Taihang Base Area during the key years of the War of Resistance to Japan, which was instrumental to the establishment of the People's Republic of China. Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JF; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 615.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742508644
- ISBN
- 9780742508644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.30
€ 202.30
Hardcover. Series: The Dickens Companions. Num Pages: 569 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 158 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1118.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Helm Information Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873403846
- ISBN
- 9781873403846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.85
€ 138.85