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paperback. Lucretia Mott was a central figure in the interconnected struggles for racial and sexual equality in nineteenth-century America. This biography, the first in thirty years, focuses on Mott's long and controversial public career as an abolitionist, women's rights activist, and Quaker minister. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812222791
- ISBN
- 9780812222791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Hardcover. Num Pages: 584 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1400. The Extraordinary Life of Maria Cosway, Celebrity Artist and Thomas Jefferson's Impossible Love. 584 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 39. Weight: 1400.
- Publisher
- Column House
- Number of pages
- 584
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782839901536
- ISBN
- 9782839901536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.86
€ 38.99
€ 30.86
Paperback. Editor(s): Carney, Thomas E. Num Pages: 95 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Number of pages
- 95
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628080827
- ISBN
- 9781628080827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 147.33€ 101.89
€ 147.33
€ 101.89
Paperback. Tells the story of one of history's despicable villains and conmen - Louis Darquier, Nazi collaborator and 'Commissioner for Jewish Affairs', who dissembled his way to power in the Vichy government and was responsible for sending thousands of children to the gas chambers. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 46. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099498285
- ISBN
- 9780099498285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.64
€ 24.99
€ 18.64
Paperback. This title presents an in-depth study of the lives and politics of two of the most interesting social radicals of their time. Quakers, Anna and Thomas Haslam campaigned for social reform in the late 19th century, and played a central role in the formation of an early Irish feminist agenda in the early 20th century. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 445. Biography..Anna and Thomas Haslam. Keywords: Quakerism. 265pp
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859183946
- ISBN
- 9781859183946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 21.31
€ 25.00
€ 21.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BGF; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Madison Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568330044
- ISBN
- 9781568330044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.78
€ 24.99
€ 21.78
Hardcover. George I. Sanchez was a reformer, activist and intellectual, and one of the most influential members of the "Mexican American Generation" (1930-1960). The author honours Sanchez's efforts, hitherto mostly unrecognized, in the struggle for equal opportunity, while not shying away from his subject's personal faults and foibles. Series: The Lamar Series in Western History. Num Pages: 400 pages, 22 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 33. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300190328
- ISBN
- 9780300190328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.39
€ 57.39
Hardback. Spotlights six of Mexico's most important opposition figures, introducing the reader to Jesus Gonzalez Schmal, of the conservative PAN; Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, the most successful opposition candidate in Mexico's history; Jorge Alcocer Villanueva of the Communist Party, and three others. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 356 pages, bioglossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; BGH; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842023955
- ISBN
- 9780842023955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.54
€ 167.54
paperback. Cultural Agents Reloaded reflects on the accomplishments and failures of Antanas Mockus, twice Mayor of Bogota. His example motivates us to sharpen our understanding of what cultural agency is in the present day by bringing into focus the challenges public humanities face when they travel South and struggle to become genuinely global." Series: Focus on Latin American Art and Agency. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 3JM; BGH; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- The Cultural Agents Initiative at Harvard University United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088559
- ISBN
- 9780674088559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.32
€ 45.99
€ 38.32
Hardback. Editor(s): Hutchinson, D. S. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH; HBJD; HBLA1; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691096537
- ISBN
- 9780691096537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Num Pages: 278 pages, 70 illus & 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; BGHA; HBJF1; HBLW; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 173 x 30. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Georg Olms Verlag AG United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1938 Facsimile ed
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783487081588
- ISBN
- 9783487081588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 38.98
€ 53.46
€ 38.98
paperback. Bringing together a range of historians, anthropologists and political theorists, this volume celebrates and analyses the influence of Colin Ward and his uniquely approachable and creative form of anarchism. Editor(s): Levy, Carl. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; JPFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Lawrence and Wishart Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907103735
- ISBN
- 9781907103735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.88
€ 19.88
Hardcover. The First World War marked the emergence of the Dominions on the world stage as independent nations, none more so than Australia. Australia was represented at Versailles by the Prime Minister, the colourful Billy Hughes. Hughes was also the most vociferous opponent of the racial equality clause put forward by Japan. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJC; 3JJF; BGH; HBJM; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905791903
- ISBN
- 9781905791903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. Combines biography with social and cultural history to examine the lives of Frances Marion and the other women who shaped filmmaking from 1912 through the 1940s. Marion was Hollywood's highest paid screenwriter - male or female - for almost three decades and wrote almost 200 produced films. Num Pages: 475 pages, 62 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; APFD; BGF; BGH; DSBH; DSG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 475
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214927
- ISBN
- 9780520214927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.88
€ 36.99
€ 26.88
Paperback. Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. In voyages that ranged from the Antarctic circle to the Arctic Sea, Cook charted Australia and the whole coast of New Zealand, and brought back descriptions of the natural history of the Pacific. This title tells the story of these voyages. Editor(s): Edwards, Philip. Num Pages: 688 pages, maps, glossary, indexes. BIC Classification: 1M; BGHA; HBG; HBLL; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140436471
- ISBN
- 9780140436471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
€ 17.99
€ 13.53
Paperback. The extraordinary letters and diaries of Captain Alexander Stewart, who served during the First World War - a vivid and moving picture of trench warfare. Num Pages: 336 pages, B & W throughout. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340977125
- ISBN
- 9780340977125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, over 120 b&w photos, 20 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; BTH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; HBWS; JWG; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 220 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hikoki Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902109169
- ISBN
- 9781902109169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.23
€ 46.99
€ 33.23
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Backlist, LLC United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623611033
- ISBN
- 9781623611033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.31
€ 18.99
€ 17.31
Hardcover. Translation of 2nd volume of memoir entitled Ontmoetingen ter zee en te land [Adventures at sea and on land], published in 1879 by W.C. De Graaff, Haarlem, Netherlands. Translator(s): Chaiklin, Martha. Num Pages: 216 pages, maps & illus. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603848374
- ISBN
- 9781603848374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 42.56
€ 53.46
€ 42.56
paperback. This title paints a portrait of Henry I, son of William the Conqueror. The author vividly describes Henry's life and reign in a time of fundamental change in the Anglo-Norman world. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 588 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300098297
- ISBN
- 9780300098297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.03
€ 33.99
€ 31.03
A Pioneer in Yokohama: A Dutchman´s Adventures in the New Treaty Port
C. T. Van Assendelft de Coningh
Paperback. Translation of 2nd volume of memoir entitled Ontmoetingen ter zee en te land [Adventures at sea and on land], published in 1879 by W.C. De Graaff, Haarlem, Netherlands. Translator(s): Chaiklin, Martha. Num Pages: 216 pages, maps & illus. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603848367
- ISBN
- 9781603848367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 17.17
€ 19.00
€ 17.17
A biography of one of the most significant figures in the history of American aviation. It also provides a documented history of the development of the field of aviation and those involved in it through the first three decades of the 20th century. Num Pages: 576 pages, 106 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; TBX; WGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815602644
- ISBN
- 9780815602644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.76
€ 24.76
Hardcover. Revisionist new biography of Earl Kitchener, pivotal figure in World War I and British Empire history Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 bw in 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784533502
- ISBN
- 9781784533502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 54.92
€ 59.41
€ 54.92
Paperback. John Colter was a crack hunter with the Lewis and Clark expedition before striking out on his own as a mountain man and fur trader. This title covers the facts and legends about a man who was dogged by misfortune and 'robbed of the just rewards he had earned.' Num Pages: 184 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 165 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803272644
- ISBN
- 9780803272644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.53
€ 16.99
€ 16.53