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Hardback. Glazier is with the Temple-Balch Institute's Center for Immigrant Research, Philadelphia; Filby is former director of the Maryland Historical Society. They present the latest volume in a series for genealogists and historians. The data on Italian immigrants contained in the text is derived from the original ship manifest schedules, currently housed Editor(s): Glazier, Ira A.; Filby, William P. Series: Italians to America. Num Pages: 552 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; GBC; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 171 x 45. Weight in Grams: 976.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842050920
ISBN
9780842050920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 238.18

Hardcover. Agrarian structural reorganization in Late Medieval England. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 176 x 26. Weight in Grams: 810.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772882291
ISBN
9788772882291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.77

Paperback. Despite its pervasive presence in the South Asian past, slavery is overlooked in the region's historiography. This work contributes to a rethinking of slavery in world history. It describes a range of sites and contexts covering more than a thousand years, foregrounding the life stories of individual slaves. Editor(s): Chatterjee, Indrani; Eaton, Richard Maxwell. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FK; 1FM; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218735
ISBN
9780253218735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.55

Paperback. The significance of news and the institutions that produce it to American history Series: The History of Communication. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HBTK; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780252074042
ISBN
9780252074042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016064
ISBN
9780674016064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.10
€ 54.32

Paperback. Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 272 pages, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFD; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479866830
ISBN
9781479866830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. The connections among vagabondage and human labor, mobility, status, and behavior have placed vagrancy at the crossroads of a multitude of political, social, and economic processes. This book considers the shared global heritage of vagrancy laws, homelessness, and the historical processes they accompanied. Editor(s): Beier, A. L.; Ocobock, Paul. Series: Ohio RIS Global Series. Num Pages: 408 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 30. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896802629
ISBN
9780896802629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

paperback. Begins with a discussion of the nature of evil, exploring the fragility of human beings and the phenomena of compartmentalizing, unquestioning obedience to authority, and moral drift. Citing examples from history and contemporary life, the author characterizes evil acts in terms of moral agency, magnitude, and intent. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HBJD; HBTS; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566391009
ISBN
9781566391009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 40.65

Paperback. The horrors of the Great Famine (1315-1322), one of the severest catastrophes ever to strike northern Europe. This work provides a comprehensive inquiry into the Famine from Ireland to western Poland, from Scandinavia to central France and western Germany. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058917
ISBN
9780691058917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.62

paperback. This is a history of how the Navy responded--in doctrine, strategy, operations, preparedness, self-awareness, and force structure--to radical changes in political circumstance, technological innovation, and national needs and expectations. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 36. Weight in Grams: 824.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804727945
ISBN
9780804727945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.34

Paperback. Elegantly interweaving military and literary history, Cushman uses some of the US Civil War's most famous writers and their works to explore the profound ways in which the US's great conflict not only changed the lives of its combatants and chroniclers but also fundamentally transformed American letters. Series: Civil War America. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 2. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469633398
ISBN
9781469633398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.80

Paperback. While exploring anew the meanings of Asian American social history, this title argues that the core values and ideals of the nation emanate today not from the so-called mainstream but from the margins, from among Asian and African Americans, Latinos and American Indians, women, and the gay and lesbian community. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993560
ISBN
9780295993560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. A History of the Names of Peoples and Places. 220 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTG. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 16. Weight: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Battlebridge Publications
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903292198
ISBN
9781903292198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.45

Paperback. Tells the story of Johannesburg's MuseumAfrica, a South African history museum that embodies one of the most dynamic and fraught stories of colonialism and postcolonialism, its life spanning the eras before, during, and after apartheid. This title focuses on racism and its institutionalization in South Africa. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; GM; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226030302
ISBN
9780226030302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.32

Hardback. The first book to document grass roots popular theatres which developed from within the working class Republican and Loyalist communities of Belfast and Derry during the latest phase of the four hundred year conflict between Ireland and Britain. Series: Exeter Performance Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJP; AN; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897938
ISBN
9780859897938
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.07

Paperback. Series: Morningside Books. Num Pages: 292 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBJF; HBTV; JFS; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231076791
ISBN
9780231076791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.94

Hardback. An exploration of the multifaceted Mongol experience in China, past and present. Charting the interface between a state-centred multinational Chinese polity and a primordial nationalist multiculturalism, it explores Mongol ethnopolitical strategies to preserve their heritage. Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPM; HBJF; HBTB; JFSL; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742511439
ISBN
9780742511439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.76

Hardback. Num Pages: 284 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1HFGK; HBJD; HBJH; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024244
ISBN
9780253024244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.05

paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 68 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; HBTB; WSBX; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253021625
ISBN
9780253021625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.28

Hardback. Provides interconnected essays of original scholarship relating to the social history of the Byzantine empire Offers groundbreaking theoretical and empirical research in the study of Byzantine society Includes helpful glossaries of sociological/theoretical terms and Byzantine/medieval terms. Editor(s): Haldon, John F. Num Pages: 328 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 182 x 23. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405132404
ISBN
9781405132404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.48

Paperback. Why hasn't Africa been able to respond to the challenges of modernity and globalization? Going against the conventional wisdom that colonialism brought modernity to Africa, this book claims that Africa was already becoming modern and that colonialism was an unfinished project. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221308
ISBN
9780253221308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

paperback. Columbus undertook three voyages between 1494 and 1504, each designed to demonstrate that he could sail to China within a matter of weeks and convert those he found there to Christianity. This book shows how the subsequent voyages illustrate the costs - political, moral, and economic. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white halftones, colour illust. BIC Classification: 1K; 3H; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780143122104
ISBN
9780143122104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.49

Paperback. In the early twentieth century, a brand of men and women moved to New York City. For them, the city's immigrant neighborhoods provided a place where the fancies and forms of a new America could be tested. This book tells the story of most famous of these neighborhoods, Greenwich Village, which became a symbol of social and intellectual freedom. Num Pages: 432 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691142838
ISBN
9780691142838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.94

Hardback. "Portions of this book were originally published as Politika SSSR v Zapadnoi Afrike, 1956-1964: neizvestnye stranitsy istorii kholodnoi voiny (Moscow: Nauka, 2008); translated by the author"--T.p. verso. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1HFJC; 3JJ; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804760591
ISBN
9780804760591
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.21

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