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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
Paperback. Challenging the prevailing notion that white workers were the main source of resistance to racial equality in the Jim Crow South, the author explores the forces that brought the black and white miners of Birmingham, Alabama, together during the hard-fought strikes of 1908 and 1920. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252069338
- ISBN
- 9780252069338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.25
€ 33.99
€ 30.25
Hardcover. This book traces the Eisenhower administration's enthusiastic pursuit of the profoundly destabilizing technology of nuclear weapons, and its significance for the course of the Cold War. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3J; HBJK; HBLW3; HBW; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623408
- ISBN
- 9780230623408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.58
€ 64.58
Paperback. A magisterial history of South Africa, from the earliest known human inhabitation of the region to the present. It also includes a chapter chronicling the first presidential term of Mbeki and ending with the celebrations of the centenary of South Africa's ruling African National Congress in January 2012. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white halftones, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300189353
- ISBN
- 9780300189353
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.84
€ 21.99
€ 15.84
Paperback. The fascinating story of The History of the Rus', one of the most influential historical texts of the modern era. Series: New Studies in European History. Num Pages: 408 pages, 13 b/w illus. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1DVUK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107449039
- ISBN
- 9781107449039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.86
€ 30.99
€ 29.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349425303
- ISBN
- 9781349425303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.81
€ 121.81
Hardback. This book explores the creation of imperial identities in Britain and several of its colonies_South Africa, India, Australia, and Wales_and the ways in which the Victorian press around the world shaped and reflected these identities. Editor(s): Codell, Professor Julie F. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611472523
- ISBN
- 9781611472523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.88
€ 141.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AMVD; HB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401503884
- ISBN
- 9789401503884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.22
€ 64.22
Paperback. This text examines the connection between the decline of the orphanage and the rise of welfare. Matthew Crenson argues that the prehistory of the welfare system was played out not on the stage of national politics or class conflict but in the micropolitics of institutional management. Num Pages: 400 pages, 10 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JKSB1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005549
- ISBN
- 9780674005549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.16
€ 51.99
€ 43.16
paperback. Series: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HD; PSXE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade United States
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441933218
- ISBN
- 9781441933218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.57
€ 124.57
Hardcover. Sound experimentation by avant-garde theatre artists of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries is an important but ignored aspect of theatre history. Curtin explores how artists engaged with the sonic conditions of modernity through dramatic form, characterization, staging, technology, performance style, and other forms of interaction. Series: Avant-Gardes in Performance. Num Pages: 274 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ANF; ANH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137324788
- ISBN
- 9781137324788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.13€ 45.20
€ 51.13
€ 45.20
Hardback. This authoritative new book offers a panoramic overview on health and healthy living from classical Antiquity through to the mid-nineteenth century. Klaus Bergdolt offers the reader a thoroughly researched and a well exemplified examination of the numerous historical manifestations of 'dietetics'. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629131
- ISBN
- 9780745629131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.87
€ 76.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845198305
- ISBN
- 9781845198305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.51
€ 38.99
€ 35.51
Paperback. Based on primary source research, this is the most comprehensive history of the Victoria Cross available, tracing the evolution of the award from its inception in 1856 to the most recent bestowals. The study also examines the evolution of the concept of heroism and how the definition of heroism changed along with the nature of warfare. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349361366
- ISBN
- 9781349361366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.91
€ 56.91
Paperback. This lovely volume is both a fitting tribute and a stirring reminder of the values we Americans hold dear. Num Pages: 192 pages, 175 colour photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMGD; HBJK; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 233 x 13. Weight in Grams: 916.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426204562
- ISBN
- 9781426204562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.58
€ 21.58
Paperback / so. Series: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fur Forschung Des Landes Nordrhein-Westf. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HBLA; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1963
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663005667
- ISBN
- 9783663005667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.24
€ 68.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801485527
- ISBN
- 9780801485527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.79
€ 45.99
€ 40.79
Paperback. This text challenges the assumptions that the theory of relativity in physics sprang in its essence from the genius of Albert Einstein, and that scientific relativity is unconnected to ethical, cultural or epistemological relativisms. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 443.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327334
- ISBN
- 9780226327334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. A study of Irish-Catholic Sisters' work in founding charitable organizations in New York City from the famine through the early 20th century. It argues that it was these nuns' championing of the rights of the poor - especially poor women - that resulted in an explosion of state-supported services and programs. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: HBJK; HRCC7; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press Illinois
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072826
- ISBN
- 9780252072826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.49
€ 36.99
€ 33.49
Hardcover. This book explores the world of religious thinking on imprisonment, and how images of imprisonment were used in monastic thought, the cult of saints, the early inquisitions, preaching and hagiographical literature and the world of the crusades to describe a conception of inclusion and freedom that was especially meaningful to medieval Christians. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; HRCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230242487
- ISBN
- 9780230242487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Paperback. Editor(s): Muhlberger, Steven. Translator(s): Muhlberger, Steven. Series: Deeds of Arms Series. Num Pages: 110 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 179 x 12. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- FreeLance Academy Press United States
- Number of pages
- 110
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937439170
- ISBN
- 9781937439170
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Condition: New
€ 30.83
€ 30.83
Hardback. An investigation of recent developments and trends within the Yugoslav successor states since the signing of the Dayton Agreements in Autumn 1995. This book offers a distinctive and desirable perspective on the seven successor states, their cultures, politics and identities by providing an internal perspective on the region and its developments. Editor(s): Hudson, Robert; Bowman, Glenn. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLW3; HBLX; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230201316
- ISBN
- 9780230201316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.53
€ 64.53
Paperback. New in paperback. Addressing as it does aspects of the Northern Troubles, inter-church and church-state relations, Rendering to God and Caesar will appeal to a number of audiences with an interest in twentieth century Irish history across the globe. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; HRCC7; HRCC91. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 413 288pp. Keywords: "Post-war Period, 1946-Present, Archaeology, Social & Economic History, General, Catholic, Anglicanism, Education Studies, English, Paperback"
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press Manchester
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719073472
- ISBN
- 9780719073472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.04
€ 23.99
€ 17.04
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
€ 51.99€ 37.05
€ 51.99
€ 37.05