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Paperback. This book explores how the cultural process of making any disease a "plague" results in discrimination against certain groups, as it has for those with AIDS in America. Gina M. Bright here captures the discrimination produced by plague-making in her analysis and her portraits of the people she has cared for with AIDS over the past quarter-century. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBL; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349343362
ISBN
9781349343362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Paperback. More than Petticoats: Remarkable Kansas Women celebrates the women who shaped the Sunflower State. Short, illuminating biographies and archival photographs and paintings tell the stories of women from across the state, including a dentist, an orator, a pilot, a mayor and a fugitive slave. Series: More Than Petticoats Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 12.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762760275
ISBN
9780762760275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.65

Hardcover. The first full-length biography of a premodern Japanese nun, The Princess Nun is the story of Bunchi (1619-1697), daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo and founder of Enshoji. The study incorporates issues of gender and social status into its discussion of Bunchi's ascetic practice to rewrite the history of Buddhist reform and Tokugawa religion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; BGX; HBJF; HRE; JFSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674491977
ISBN
9780674491977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.36

Paperback. Questioning whether anti-Semitism is a transitory phenomenon, appearing randomly in Western history, or whether it reflects a deepseated tradition, this volume traces the image of the Jew and the attitudes toward the Jew from the Roman Empire to the reunification of Germany. Editor(s): Gilman, Sander L.; Katz, Steven T. Num Pages: 412 pages, 23 photographs, 9 black and white drawings. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780814730560
ISBN
9780814730560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.63

Paperback. Memory is as central to modern politics as politics is central to modern memory. This book explores the relationship between collective memory and national identity in diverse cultures throughout history. It discloses the contested nature of various monuments by showing how groups and individuals struggle to shape the past to their own ends. Editor(s): Gillis, John R. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: HB; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691029252
ISBN
9780691029252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.21

Hardback. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 479 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; JPS; JPSN; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
479
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312065850
ISBN
9780312065850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.68

Hardcover. Chang Kia-ngau's diary is an eyewitness account of how Manchuria, one of the world's greatest industrial sites, fell to the control of the Chinese Red Army and thus led to the communist victory over Chiang Kai-shek. Editor(s): Chang Kai-Ngau. Translator(s): Zen, Dolores. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817987916
ISBN
9780817987916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.72

Hardcover. The Gentleman's Magazine was the leading eighteenth-century periodical. By integrating the magazine's history, readers and contents this study shows how 'gentlemanliness' was reshaped to accommodate their social and political ambitions. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137542328
ISBN
9781137542328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.23

hardcover. Captives and Corsairs uncovers the forgotten story of Muslim corsair raids on French ships and shores and the resulting captivity of tens of thousands of French subjects and citizens in North Africa from around 1550 to 1830. Num Pages: 408 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804770002
ISBN
9780804770002
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.35

Paperback. This volume is about how London was perceived by Wenceslaus Hollar, the artist/engraver who drew London before and after the Great Fire of 1666. It is because of his panoramas that we know what Old St Paul's was like, before it was completely destroyed and subsequently rebuilt by Wren. Num Pages: 256 pages, 42 b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JD; AFH; AGB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712667579
ISBN
9780712667579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.29

Paperback. From Eugenia Stanhope who sold Lord Chesterfield's scandalous letters, to the autocratic vicar who held the same parish from age 28 to 82, from the just-literate wife of a parish clerk who wrote riddles in his registers, to the cow-keeper who farmed 226 acres in Hornsey till he sold them profitably when the railways came through. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099547037
ISBN
9780099547037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.53

Paperback. A journey through time: from a scattering of cottages along a pre-roman horse track, to a medieval parish and staging post for travellers, onwards into a prosperous Tudor village favoured by gentlemen for their country seats and an 18th century resort of pleasure gardens eventually transformed by a warren of railway lines. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362. The History of One London Village. 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. A journey through time: from a scattering of cottages along a pre-roman horse track, to a medieval parish and staging post for travellers, onwards into a prosperous Tudor village favoured by gentlemen for their country seats and an 18th century resort of pleasure gardens eventually transformed by a warren of railway lines. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; WQH. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight: 350.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011482
ISBN
9781906011482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.51

Paperback. The Broken Middle offers a startlingly original rethinking of the modern philosophical tradition and fundamentally rejects the anti--philosophy and anti--theory of post--modernity. Num Pages: 372 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HPCF; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631182214
ISBN
9780631182214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 47.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; HBJD; HBLC; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816623754
ISBN
9780816623754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.27

Hardback. Captain Thomas Coram was dismayed at the sight of children dying on the dung heaps of London. He petitioned to the King to grant a Royal Charter for building the Foundling Hospital in Bloomsbury. Children were brought to hospital for shelter. This book presents this social history of London's poverty, revealed through the members of the hospital. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, map, ports, plan. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBTB; JKSB1; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 342. Good copy in clean dustwrapper 8vo. The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0304495
ISBN
9780752442440
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

Hardcover. In this text, Gillian McIntosh examines the complex meanings and values associated with the Northern Irish State since 1920. Her study begins during the decade following World War I and concludes with the elaborate civic ritual of the Queen's visit in 1953. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 535. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0003524
ISBN
9781859182048
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Discusses the national and transnational implications of local developments in two sugar mill communities in Cuba. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 416 pages, 35 photographs, 3 tables, 3 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345428
ISBN
9780822345428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.49

Hardcover. A collection of unpublished stories and accompanying photographs all donated to the author by evacuees or their families. Published to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the evacuation of over 1 million British children on the outbreak of the Second World War. Num Pages: 144 pages, 100-125 B&W Photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Pen and Sword
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783831531
ISBN
9781783831531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.07

Hardback. This book examines the political events of Scotland under Charles II to provide the first detailed and accessible account of the Restoration of the Scottish parliament. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 B&W. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748624577
ISBN
9780748624577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.56
€ 101.60

Paperback. An important account of the vicissitudes of Egypt's Islamists, informed by first-hand interviews and deep historical scholarship. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849047050
ISBN
9781849047050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Lavishly illustrated with photos, maps, paintings and objects from the museum's many coll. BIC Classification: 1QMP; HBTM; RGR; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472948694
ISBN
9781472948694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.84

Paperback. An account of relations between the sexes and the role of myth in the transition between unconscious fantasy and cultural forms, based on studies of the mythologies of the Gimi, from the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 halftones, 1 map, 12 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HBJM; JFHF; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293813
ISBN
9780226293813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.29

Paperback. This comparative study gathers together new research by local historians into aspects of welfare in Hertfordshire spanning four centuries and focusing on towns and villages across the county. Editor(s): King, Steven; Gear, Gillian. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50. BIC Classification: 1DBKEST; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Of Hertfordshire Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909291126
ISBN
9781909291126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.31

Paperback. Series Editor(s): Harrell, Stevan. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 176 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 2 recorded music items, 3 maps, 19 b&w illus., 3 maps, 2. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; HREX; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 267 x 14. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999487
ISBN
9780295999487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.63

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