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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861974600
- ISBN
- 9781861974600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.04
€ 19.99
€ 18.04
Paperback. Was the "mfecane" a figment of historians' imagination? How large a responsibility do Shaka and the Zulu people bear for the social turbulence in South-central and South-east Africa in the early decades of the 19th century? These are some of the issues explored in this collection. Editor(s): Hamilton, Carolyn. Num Pages: 12 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBAH; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868142521
- ISBN
- 9781868142521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.84
€ 43.99
€ 38.84
Paperback. Explores the images of Africa and Africans that evolved in ancient Egypt, in classical Greece and imperial Rome, in the early Mediterranean world, and in the early domains of Christianity. This book provides a survey of the special place that Aksumite Ethiopia has held in European and African conceptual worlds as the site of 'worthy Ethiopia'. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrated in full colour. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; HBJH; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 33. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144990
- ISBN
- 9781868144990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Focuses on a talented, brave, but tiny minority of whites - liberals, radicals, communists, Trotskyists, humanists, Christians, idealists - who rejected the growing racism of post-war South Africa and worked to breach the dividing line between black and white. Num Pages: 240 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145003
- ISBN
- 9781868145003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. While there are many studies of the global influence of crops and plants, this is perhaps the first social history based around a plant in South Africa. Plants are not quite historical actors in their own right, but their properties and potential help to shape human history. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBTB; WNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wits University Press South Africa
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145300
- ISBN
- 9781868145300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Why does it matter that nations should care for their archives, and that they should develop a sense of shared identity? And why should these processes take place in the public domain? Editor(s): Mangcu, Xolela. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 130. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145324
- ISBN
- 9781868145324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. South Africa's future is increasingly tied up with that of India. While trade and investment between the two countries is intensifying, they share long-standing historical ties and have much in common: apart from cricket, colonialism and Gandhi, both countries are important players in the global South. Editor(s): Hofmeyr, Isabel; Williams, Michelle. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFMS; HBJ; JPS; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145386
- ISBN
- 9781868145386
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) is the most influential sociologist of our time. His works take in education, culture, sport, literature, painting, class, philosophy, religion, law, media, intellectuals, methodology, photography, universities, colonialism, kinship, schooling and politics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 220 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wits University Press South Africa
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145409
- ISBN
- 9781868145409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Until the end of the First World War, urban growth in Johannesburg proceeded unevenly and haphazardly, but under the impact of a wave of militant struggles by black workers and in the context of the devastating impact of the 1918 influenza epidemic. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AJC; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145447
- ISBN
- 9781868145447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; DD; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145607
- ISBN
- 9781868145607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.99
€ 21.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. On 8 January 2012, the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa, the oldest African nationalist organisation on the continent, celebrated its one hundredth anniversary. Editor(s): Lissoni, Arianna; Soske, Jon; Erlank, Natasha; Nieftagodien, Noor; Badsha, Omar. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBTR; JPHV; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 170 x 24. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145737
- ISBN
- 9781868145737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.58
€ 65.58
Paperback. Examines the tumultuous and often fractious politics in Kroonstad's black townships. In spite of the town's relative obscurity, the author demonstrates a rich tradition of civic and political life in its townships and provides a persuasive explanation for the violence unleashed in the 1990s after decades of relative political "quiescence". Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJH; JFSL3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 525.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868146871
- ISBN
- 9781868146871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.21
€ 40.21
Land, Chiefs, Mining: South Africa's North West Province Since 1840
Manson, Andrew, Mbenga, Bernard K.
Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: HBJH; JPR; KCZ. Dimension: 240 x 160. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868147717
- ISBN
- 9781868147717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JJ; HBTB; RNQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Auckland University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869407278
- ISBN
- 9781869407278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.37
€ 46.37
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
€ 56.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JH; HBT; RGC; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Auckland University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869407391
- ISBN
- 9781869407391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.22
€ 57.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBN; DNF; HBJM; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Auckland University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869408107
- ISBN
- 9781869408107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.54
€ 56.54
Paperback. Presents the first history of Maori war captives. Drawing on Maori oral sources as well the records of colonists, Petrie analyses freedom and unfreedom in traditional Maori society; the role of economics and mana in shaping captivity; and how the arrival of colonists, trade and war transformed Maori society and the place of captives. Num Pages: 384 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; HBJM; HBTS; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 165. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Auckland University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869408305
- ISBN
- 9781869408305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.22
€ 57.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16 pp colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MB; HBJM; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Canterbury University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877257629
- ISBN
- 9781877257629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.51
€ 34.51
Paperback. Editor(s): Pruitt, Bernadette; Kossie-Chernyshev, Karen; Pitre, Merline. Num Pages: 192 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 198 x 11. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd Canada
- Edition
- Volume I
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781881089339
- ISBN
- 9781881089339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.01
€ 33.01
Paperback. Few men in American history have been at once as glorified and maligned as John Brown. From his attack of the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in October 1859, as part of a scheme to free the slaves, Brown has been called a saint and sinner, rogue and redeemer, martyr and madman. Editor(s): Trodd, Zoe; Stauffer, John. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781881089391
- ISBN
- 9781881089391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.75
€ 46.75
Paperback. Turning Points: Making Decisions in American History uses documents to reintroduce students to the contingency, the adventure of the American past. The decisions examined here all had complex historical roots, multiple causes that could have led to quite differing outcomes. Editor(s): Burner, David; Marcus, Anthony. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781881089513
- ISBN
- 9781881089513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.09
€ 53.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 189 x 12. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd Canada
- Edition
- Volume II
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781881089827
- ISBN
- 9781881089827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.82
€ 32.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 50 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 205 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 80.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Intercollegiate Studies Institute
- Edition
- Student's Guide ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781882926411
- ISBN
- 9781882926411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.46
€ 14.99
€ 12.46