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Paperback. A companion to "Poverty and Charity in the Jewish Community of Medieval Egypt", this book contains the voices of the poor themselves, found in documents heretofore largely ignored. It provides access to the attitudes and philanthropic activities of the charitable, alongside the dramatic writings of the poor themselves. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3H; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691092713
- ISBN
- 9780691092713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.17€ 42.15
€ 53.17
€ 42.15
Hardback. What was it like to be poor in the Middle Ages? In the past, the answer to this question came only from institutions and individuals who gave relief to the less fortunate. This book studies poverty in a premodern Jewish community - from the viewpoint of both the poor and those who provided for them. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3H; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691092720
- ISBN
- 9780691092720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.70€ 63.94
€ 82.70
€ 63.94
Paperback. A short story collection by the author of "Goats". Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; FYB; HBTB; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Clean copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0216213
- ISBN
- 9780747568087
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A short story collection by the author of "Goats". Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; FYB; HBTB; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Clean copy.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KEX0216157
- ISBN
- 9780747568087
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Offers a new perspective on contemporary debates over how we understand and represent our own society and its class divisions Series: Culture, Labor, History. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814767412
- ISBN
- 9780814767412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. Ranging from medieval times to the collapse of Yugoslavia in 1992, this volume concentrates on the internal development of the Muslim community in Bosnia-Herzegovina and its relations with various suzerains. Editor(s): Pinson, Mark. Series: Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3ill. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780932885128
- ISBN
- 9780932885128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.51
€ 18.99
€ 17.51
Hardback. The long war with Revolutionary France had a fundamental impact on British political culture. Examining the dynamics of the military conflict between the two nations in this period, this book measures its impact on their domestic political cultures, and its effect on their perceptions of each other. Editor(s): Philp, Mark. Num Pages: 264 pages, Includes 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780754653134
- ISBN
- 9780754653134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.31€ 151.64
€ 171.31
€ 151.64
Hardcover. Social workers produced thousands of case files about the poor during the interwar years. Analyzing almost two thousand such case files and traveling from Boston, Minneapolis, and Portland to London and Melbourne, this study examines how these stories of poverty were narrated and reshaped by ethnic diversity, economic crisis, and war. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1MBF; HBJD1; HBJK; HBJM; HBTB; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226653631
- ISBN
- 9780226653631
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.98€ 55.38
€ 64.98
€ 55.38
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762069
- ISBN
- 9780804762069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.65
€ 160.65
Paperback. A collection of folk tales from the surrounding areas of the Peak District. Num Pages: 192 pages, 64 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEY; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 358. 64 Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEY; HBTB; WQH. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 12. Weight: 358.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445601076
- ISBN
- 9781445601076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.91
€ 29.91
Paperback. For millennia, mankind has devised ingenious and diabolical means of inflicting pain on fellow human beings. This deplorable but seemingly universal trait has eaten away at mankind's very claim to civilisation. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 173 x 17. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752459479
- ISBN
- 9780752459479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.63
€ 26.99
€ 23.63
paperback. An account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid from inside the US Navy Seal team who carried out the extraordinary mission to kill the terrorist mastermind. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMG; BM; HBWS4; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781405911894
- ISBN
- 9781405911894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
paperback. Offers an analysis of how Mexicans living in Oaxaca City experienced "modernity" during the lengthy "Order and Progress" dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz. This book describes how Oaxacans, both elites and commoners, crafted and manipulated practices of tradition and modernity to define themselves and their city as integral parts of a modern Mexico. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 b&w photos, 3 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822337904
- ISBN
- 9780822337904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. The Disappearing Ninth Legion examines hard evidence for the foundation, development, mysterious disappearance, or possible continuation of Rome's lost Legion. Num Pages: 123 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBLA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 123
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846945595
- ISBN
- 9781846945595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.47
€ 13.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. In the 1950s and '60s, aware of what was about to happen to Birmingham, Dennis Norton took his camera and went to work. This title includes rediscovered photographs that will facinate those who remembers Birmingham as it was in the 1950s and '60s, while those who only know the city today will be astonished to see the changes that have taken place. Num Pages: 160 pages, 250 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 10. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750945042
- ISBN
- 9780750945042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Hardback. * A lively reassessment of England and Scotland under the Tudors and Stuarts* Examines the relationship with Ireland throughout the sixteenth-century* Covers politics and religion as well as economic, social and cultural change. . Series: History of the Modern British Isles. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKS; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 31. Weight in Grams: 874.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631193333
- ISBN
- 9780631193333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.32
€ 142.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBL; WSSN5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 271 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816681174
- ISBN
- 9780816681174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.39
€ 42.39
Paperback. The origins and impact of America's black Left Num Pages: 378 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072710
- ISBN
- 9780252072710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.92
€ 35.99
€ 32.92
Paperback. Anyone concerned with the future of the War on Terror will find Katz's argument highly thought provoking. Num Pages: 164 pages, 2, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJF1; HBJK; HBWS4; HBWS5; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411835
- ISBN
- 9781421411835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.81
€ 31.99
€ 26.81
Hardback. Anyone concerned with the future of the War on Terror will find Katz's argument highly thought provoking. Num Pages: 168 pages, 2, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JM; HBWS4; HBWS5; JPS; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405582
- ISBN
- 9781421405582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.73
€ 26.99
€ 23.73
Hardback. Covering a diverse range of figures and issues from Jonathan Swift's pornographic poetry to Oscar Wilde's famous cello-shaped coat this book collapses Irish studies into the critical perspective of disability studies: linking 'Irishness' and 'disability' together allows the emergence of a new critical perspective, an Irish disability studies. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy in illustrated covers with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004414
- ISBN
- 9780230574656
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. When sanctions prohibited local use of racially, ethnically, and scatalogically offensive toponyms, names like Jap Valley, California, were erased from the national and cultural map forever. This title considers the efforts to computerize mapmaking, standardize geographic names, and respond to public concern over ethnically offensive appellations. Num Pages: 230 pages, 33 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBGP; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226534664
- ISBN
- 9780226534664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.29
€ 20.99
€ 18.29
Hardcover. The twentieth century is a pivotal period in map history. Geographic information systems radically altered cartographic institutions and reduced the skill required to create maps. This volume features expert contributors who provide both original research, and interpretations of larger trends in cartography. Editor(s): Monmonier, Mark. Num Pages: 1728 pages, 2 books, 805 colour plates, 119 halftones, 242 line drawings, 61 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTP; RGV; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 309 x 303 x 120. Weight in Grams: 7774.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226534695
- ISBN
- 9780226534695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 567.11€ 472.90
€ 567.11
€ 472.90
Paperback. Includes some never previously seen before images to serve as a unique social document on the dispute that changed the face of Britain. The coal miners' strike of 1984/5 was the longest national strike in British history Num Pages: 224 pages, 160 b&w images integrated. BIC Classification: HBTB; KCF; KNXB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 245 x 14. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783463664
- ISBN
- 9781783463664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61