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Hardcover. "Bibliography: p. 461-472. Commissioning organisation: With a foreword by the Earl Mountbatten of Burma. xvi, 479 p. illus. 25 cm. Original cloth. Good copy in edgeworn and torn dw. Cloth faded with spots. Clean and bright text and crisp pages and firm binding." Keywords: Subjects
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Asia Publishing House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1964
- SKU
- KEX0125356
- ISBN
- 9780210338322
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770097681
- ISBN
- 9781770097681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.28
€ 24.99
€ 21.28
Hardback. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528. Freak Shows and Modern British Culture. 288 pages, ill. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight: 528.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257689
- ISBN
- 9780520257689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.07€ 64.51
€ 84.07
€ 64.51
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658113810
- ISBN
- 9783658113810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.12€ 22.74
€ 59.12
€ 22.74
Paperback. Presents a collection of non fiction essays, articles, and appreciations of fellow writers. This work examines the author's evidence of the inequities of Apartheid as she saw them in 1959, her shocking account of the bans on literature still in effect in the mid-1970s, through to South Africa's emergence in 1994 as a country free at last. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747548232
- ISBN
- 9780747548232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.04
€ 17.99
€ 13.04
Using polling data, news stories, government reports, and interviews, Nadia M. Diuk shows how the next generation of leaders in shaping three of the most important countries in the former Soviet Union. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; JPHL; KJMB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 148 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742549456
- ISBN
- 9780742549456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 134.48
€ 134.48
Hardcover. This study examines the writings of Nizari Quhistani, one of the Ismaili authors who survived the Mongol invasion in the 13th century. The evidence of his writings demonstrate that while the Ismaili community was impaired, its organizational structure and internal coherence continued to operate. Series: Ismaili Heritage Series. Num Pages: 150 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBG; HBLC; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 150
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860644320
- ISBN
- 9781860644320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.70
€ 46.99
€ 38.70
Hardcover. A military and social history of the British involvement in Iraq in World War I, which has both topical and historical appeal. Series: Library of Middle East History. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 black and white integrated. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FBQ; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBJF1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Sew
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784531461
- ISBN
- 9781784531461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.76€ 135.20
€ 153.76
€ 135.20
Paperback. Analyzes the scientific work and social implications of the flourishing field of genetic history. In this book, the author examines genetic history's working assumptions about culture and nature, identity and biology, and the individual and the collective. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226154701
- ISBN
- 9780226154701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.27
€ 34.99
€ 27.27
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609804749
- ISBN
- 9781609804749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.20
€ 30.99
€ 28.20
Paperback. Presenting an overview of Spanish history, this collection of essays provides portraits the female members of the Mendoza family. It deals with a complex society in which women were limited by law, and yet their social status made those laws negotiable. These women challenged the laws of the land and patriarchal assumptions about inferiority. Editor(s): Nader, Helen. Series: Hispanisms. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252071454
- ISBN
- 9780252071454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.27
€ 27.27
Paperback. This anthology, which covers colonial times to the present, illuminates the diverse and changing roles that American Jewish women have filled. Editor(s): Nadell, Pamela S. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 22. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814758083
- ISBN
- 9780814758083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTG; JFSR2; JHM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691164441
- ISBN
- 9780691164441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.21€ 45.86
€ 59.21
€ 45.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 31. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801476754
- ISBN
- 9780801476754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.56
€ 35.99
€ 34.56
Paperback. Keywords: Africa. Language: French. 128 pp. ex libris but remains in good condition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Presses Universitares de France
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1966
- SKU
- KNW0002095
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Focusing on the reign of Sultan Abdulhamid between 1876 and 1909, the book explores the determining factors that influenced the development of the Ottoman armaments market. Series: Library of Ottoman Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 bw integrated, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJF1; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 34. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780766331
- ISBN
- 9781780766331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.76€ 135.20
€ 153.76
€ 135.20
Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141949
- ISBN
- 9780231141949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.13€ 50.41
€ 65.13
€ 50.41
Paperback. Presents data about Anglo-Islamic social and historical interactions. This book provides a unique direction in the study of England's geographic imagination. It illuminates the subtleties and interchangeability of stereotype, racism, and demonization that must be taken into account in any depiction of English history. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; 1FB; 3J; DSBD; HBJD1; HBJF1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110150
- ISBN
- 9780231110150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 26.99
€ 37.99
€ 26.99
Cursillo Movement in America: Catholics, Protestants, and Fourth-Day Spirituality Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7; HRCS; HRCV; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469607160
- ISBN
- 9781469607160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.04
€ 47.04
Hardcover. Documents the profound societal changes that occurred in Accra, the capital city of the Gold Coast colony (modern Ghana), during the peak decades of British colonial rule, 1920-1950. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464949
- ISBN
- 9781580464949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.00
€ 96.00
Paperback. Thisthoughtful introduction examines the many ways in whichthe peoples along the Silk Roads interacted, and considers the implications for economies and societies, as well as political and religious institutions. The book contains a range of primary material, some of which has been translated into English for the first time. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBLA; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Bedford/St. Martin's
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312475512
- ISBN
- 9780312475512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.70
€ 44.99
€ 44.70
Paperback. Richard Taylor asks to what extent the film can lay claim to "authentic" history. He then examines "October"'s relationship to the politics of the period and explains the theory and its application, as well as placing "October" in the wider context of Eisenstein's career. Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 97 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; APFA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- British Film Institute
- Number of pages
- 97
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851709161
- ISBN
- 9780851709161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.04
€ 17.99
€ 14.04
Hardback. John Hill's definitive study looks at the career and work of British director Ken Loach. From his early television work (Cathy Come Home) through to landmark films (Kes) and examinations of British society (Looking For Eric) this landmark study reveals Loach as one of the great European directors. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFB; APT; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 175 x 22. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844572021
- ISBN
- 9781844572021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.36€ 99.05
€ 112.36
€ 99.05
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312225711
- ISBN
- 9780312225711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.08€ 50.15
€ 142.08
€ 50.15