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Paperback. The Qianlong emperor, who dominated religious and political life in China, was ruled by elaborate ritual prescriptions, which determined his dress and behaviour, and how he performed the yearly Grand Sacrifices. This text analyzes how ritualizing power was shared by the throne and the literati. Num Pages: 326 pages, 12 halftones, 25 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HRKN; HRLF; JHBT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226987293
ISBN
9780226987293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. For three decades, Angela Y. Davis has written on liberation theory and democratic praxis. Challenging the foundations of mainstream discourse, her analyses of culture, gender, capital, and race have profoundly influenced democratic theory, antiracist feminism, critical studies and political struggles. Editor(s): James, Joy. Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBTV; HPCF; JFFK; JFSL3; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631203612
ISBN
9780631203612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages, Colour and black & white. BIC Classification: 1MBN; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 171 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Auckland University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781869407315
ISBN
9781869407315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.93

Hardcover. This book recovers the multiplicity of meanings embedded in colonial hunting and the power it symbolized by examining both the incorporation and representation of British women hunters in the sport and how African people leveraged British hunters' dependence on their labor and knowledge to direct the impact and experience of hunting. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 229 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1H; HBTQ; JFSJ; KCZ; WSXH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137494429
ISBN
9781137494429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.88

Paperback. "8vo. Contents include chapters on Politics and Buffalo's Polish Americans and The Polish Americans in Milwaukee Politics. Complete with tables and maps. Commissioning organisation: Pienkos, Angela T (Editor) 108p. Strong, tight copy with minor library markings. Rebound in modern cloth. First edition".
Condition
Used, Acceptable
Publisher
Kosciuszko Foundation
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
SKU
KON0595517
ISBN
9780960216215
Paperback
Condition: Used, Acceptable

€ 24.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived. For over four centures the popular imagination has been gripped by the story of King Henry VIII and his six wives - and by the tangled web of passion and intrigue that lies behind it. Series: Pitkin biographical series. Num Pages: 24 pages, 63ill.(54col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 171 x 4. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Pitkin Guides
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853729402
ISBN
9780853729402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.32

Paperback. Addresses a neglected element of English welfare history, examining the role and significance of English almshouses in the period 1550 - 1725 and the contribution they made within the developing welfare systems of the time Num Pages: 291 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271788
ISBN
9781783271788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJQ. Dimension: 211 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Folklore Pub
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894864466
ISBN
9781894864466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.53

Paperback. The Egyptians believed that the creator god Ptah brought the world into being by naming everything in it. Names had great power, and kings often over-wrote their own names on the monuments of earlier rulers. This book is about reading, writing and understanding ancient Egyptian names, epithets, titles and phrases. Num Pages: 64 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CXG; CFL; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 202 x 10. Weight in Grams: 366. Names * Greetings * Insults * Sayings. 64 pages, 50 colour illustrations. The Egyptians believed that the creator god Ptah brought the world into being by naming everything in it. Names had great power, and kings often over-wrote their own names on the monuments of earlier rulers. This is an illustrated guide to reading, writing and understanding ancient Egyptian names, epithets, titles and phrases. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2CXG; CFL; HBTG. Dimension: 259 x 202 x 10. Weight: 366.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714119762
ISBN
9780714119762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

hardcover. This book provides a social, cultural, and political history of migration, ethnicity, and madness in New Zealand between 1860 and 1910. Series: Migrations and Identities. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJM; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781781381625
ISBN
9781781381625
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 9.66

Using a range of written, verbal, and visual sources, this book examines distinctive aspects characteristic of Irish and Scottish ethnic identities in New Zealand. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJM; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX; JFSL. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719077616
ISBN
9780719077616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.10

Far from being a record of southern failure, Lakwete concludes, the cotton gin-correctly understood-supplies evidence that the slave labor-based antebellum South innovated, industrialized, and modernized. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 248 pages, 26, 16 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801873942
ISBN
9780801873942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.61

Hardcover. "The Persistence of Medievalism" examines the ways medieval genre shapes contemporary public culture. Through an exploration of several contemporary cultural phenomena, this book reveals the narrative underpinnings of public discourse. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 441.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312239688
ISBN
9780312239688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.21

Hardcover. A biography of Patience Darton that tells the story of this young, upper middle-class nurse in the 1930s who becomes dramatically caught up in Spain's civil war and the passionate political issues of her times, but whose intimate writings reveal emotions and attitudes that strike a chord with most self-aware and determined women. Num Pages: 256 pages, 140 illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195144
ISBN
9781845195144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Paperback. This is a historical and anthropological study of the people of Bali. Separate chapters are devoted to describing the island's geography, the history of the Balinese people, the social order, economy, religion and rituals, myth and the performing arts, and the unusual use of mystic power and magic. Series: Peoples of South-East Asia and the Pacific. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631227410
ISBN
9780631227410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.78

Paperback. Working at the intersection of medical, theological, cultural, and literary studies, this book offers an innovative approach to understanding maternity, genealogy and social identity as they are represented in popular literature in late-medieval England. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB; HBJD; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349465729
ISBN
9781349465729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Paperback. Series: America in the World. Num Pages: 416 pages, 31 halftones. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1HFDT; 1KBB; HBLW; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155869
ISBN
9780691155869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; APFA; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691637549
ISBN
9780691637549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.35

hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 341 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; HBTD; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Switzerland
Number of pages
341
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2017
SKU
V9783319461939
ISBN
9783319461939
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.67

Hardcover. This book examines British scientific and antiquarian travels in the "North," circa 1790-1830. British perceptions, representations and imaginings of the North are considered part of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century processes of British self-fashioning as a Northern nation, and key in unifying the expanding North Atlantic empire. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137311313
ISBN
9781137311313
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

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