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Paperback. In 1931, nine black youths were charged with raping two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama. Despite meager and contradictory evidence, all nine were found guilty and eight were sentenced to death. This book explores how this case has embedded itself into the fabric of American memory and become a lens for perceptions of race and class. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSL3; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140476
ISBN
9780691140476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.93

Hardback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; WDKX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 97 x 18. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Quirk Books United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594745829
ISBN
9781594745829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. This Main Selection of the History Book Club is "an outstanding work on one of the most significant battles of World War II" ("Journal of Military History"). 45 photos. 32 maps. Num Pages: 492 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBG; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 35. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700613359
ISBN
9780700613359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.56

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
James Currey
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011107
ISBN
9781847011107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.46

Paperback. The evolution and reception of the Renaissance was mediated by, amongst other influences: the Protestant Reformation; the development of science or natural philosophy; and an interest in witchcraft and demonology. These are evaluated alongside the influence of Montaigne's "Essays". Editor(s): Elmer, Peter. Series: Open University: The Renaissance in Europe. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; JFCX; PDX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1070.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300082203
ISBN
9780300082203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 6.23

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 29.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493003228
ISBN
9781493003228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 23.23

Paperback. Series: Studies in Contemporary History. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; HB; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 427.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1979
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400992740
ISBN
9789400992740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.03

Paperback. An account of wartime Greece, exploring the impact of Nazi Occupation upon the lives and values of ordinary people. It seeks to offer a vividly human picture of resistance fighters and black marketeers, teenage German conscripts and Gestapo officers, Jews and starving villagers. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 464 pages, 70 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300089233
ISBN
9780300089233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.53

Paperback. A paperback edition of a critically-acclaimed 1998 study of the meaning and effects of 'Heritage'. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512. 358 pages. A paperback edition of a critically-acclaimed study of the meaning and effects of 'Heritage'. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HBJD. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521635622
ISBN
9780521635622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 41.04

Hardback. This study points up the complex interplay of ethnic and national identities in the lives of Chinese in Britain, arguing that transnational studies reinforce essentialist conceptions of identity and cultural authenticity in diasporic communities, and thus frustrate the promotion of ethnic co-existence and social cohesion in multi-ethnic societies. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 485 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJF; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 797.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
485
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230522299
ISBN
9780230522299
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.81

Paperback. Biography of John MacBride, husband of Maude Gonne, who was executed as part of the 1916 Rising. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781847172709
ISBN
9781847172709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.09

Hardcover. "Times Are Altered with Us": American Indians from Contact to the New Republic offers a concise and engaging introduction to the turbulent 300-year-period of the history of Native Americans and their interactions with Europeans and then Americans from 1492 to 1800. Series: The American History Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781118733257
ISBN
9781118733257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.44

Paperback. An analysis of Cuba's history from a British diplomatic perspective during the period of US political and economic domination, from 1898 to 1964. It investigates how Britain attempted to protect its trade and other interests in the island, whilst always sensitive to the reactions of its most important ally, the United States. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; JPA; JPS; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349333523
ISBN
9781349333523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.06

Num Pages: 253 pages, over 300 color/bw images. BIC Classification: HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 227 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1678.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764335181
ISBN
9780764335181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.11
€ 52.66

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HB; JF; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1885
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642987281
ISBN
9783642987281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.99

Paperback. Recounts the harrowing story of Cadet's youth as a restavec, as well as his inspiring climb to middle-class American life Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KJH; BGA; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 709.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292712034
ISBN
9780292712034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.47

Paperback. Describes the formation of a masculine ideology in the decades prior to the war, and shows how it thrived - on the job, and through union politics. This title provides a context for our ideas of postwar masculinity and whiteness and finally returns the men of the home front to our reckoning of the Greatest Generation and the New Deal era. Num Pages: 360 pages, 29 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226044194
ISBN
9780226044194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 232 x 41. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143189558
ISBN
9780143189558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.54

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Interlink Publishing Group, Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566565066
ISBN
9781566565066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.30

hardcover. Provides a challenge to the China-centred narrative of the Qing conquest through comparative frontier history and a pioneering use of indigenous sources. This title focuses on the Tai domains of China's Yunnan frontier, part of the politically fluid borderlands, where local, indigenous leaders were crucial actors in an arena of imperial rivalry. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 halftone, 7 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021716
ISBN
9780674021716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.85
€ 72.57

Hardback. Paper Memory tells of one man's mission to preserve for posterity the memory of everyday life in sixteenth-century Germany. Lundin takes us inside the mind of an undistinguished German burgher, Hermann Weinsberg, whose early-modern writings sought to make sense of changes that were unsettling the foundations of his world. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; BM; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674065949
ISBN
9780674065949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.16
€ 55.39

Hardback. With an adventurous writing style, Anand Pandian explores the transformative potential of cinema, following Tamil films from the spark of artistic impulse through their production, marketing, and reception to show how cinema recasts the ordinary experience of everyday life. Num Pages: 360 pages, 51 illustrations, incl. 1 in color. BIC Classification: 1FK; APFA; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822359579
ISBN
9780822359579
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 287 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFC; JPA; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 369.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2010
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349287550
ISBN
9781349287550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Paperback. The story of a 13-year-old slave who escaped from Washington Territory to freedom in Canada on the West's underground railroad Series: V Ethel Willis White Books. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992716
ISBN
9780295992716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.71

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