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Paperback. Exploring 1930s swing bands, this book looks at the racial mixing-up and musical swinging-out that shook the American nation and has kept people dancing ever since. Studying the big band era, Lewis A. Erenberg places the music within a larger context and makes his case for its importance. Num Pages: 340 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AVGF; AVGJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226215174
- ISBN
- 9780226215174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.52
€ 32.99
€ 25.52
Paperback. Examining how labor and economy shaped family life for both women and men among the enslaved Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252077586
- ISBN
- 9780252077586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.10
€ 27.99
€ 26.10
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 250 color and b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJPG; AKTA; HBT; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1094.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764310096
- ISBN
- 9780764310096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 24.89
€ 37.99
€ 24.89
Paperback. The story, based on extensive individual interviews, of the women's swing bands that toured extensively during World War II and after -- a kind of "League of their Own" for jazz. Num Pages: 424 pages, 45 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; AVGF; AVH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328179
- ISBN
- 9780822328179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Local history of Swindon Series: Britain in Old Photographs. Num Pages: 128 pages, 225 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWW; HBJD1; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 169 x 10. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750916714
- ISBN
- 9780750916714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.50
€ 17.99
€ 16.50
Paperback. Bad food has a history. Swindled tells it. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; VF; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- John Murray Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719567766
- ISBN
- 9780719567766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBWS4; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062339416
- ISBN
- 9780062339416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.47
€ 16.99
€ 15.47
Paperback. Paperback, grey cover. Cover is slightly worn
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Boy Scouts of America
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1960
- SKU
- KON0819782
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardback. Explores a little-known aspect of life in Ancient Egypt, celebrating the Egyptians as the first known civilisation to have formed the special bond with the dog that persists as the most remarkable of human-animal relationships. This book provides a fresh insight into the development of mankind's remarkable bond with the domesticated dog. Num Pages: 226 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845111168
- ISBN
- 9781845111168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.22€ 48.87
€ 53.22
€ 48.87
Hardcover. This documentary history seeks to support the study and teaching of the subject of Irish migrants by using a range of contemporary documents, including extracts from parliamentary papers, social surveys, newspapers, letters and reminiscences. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859182369
- ISBN
- 9781859182369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.71
€ 21.99
€ 17.71
Hardback. Editor(s): Gugliotta, Guy; Yeoman, John; Sullaway, Neva. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 27 black & white halftones, 41 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWF; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811719599
- ISBN
- 9780811719599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.02
€ 30.99
€ 28.02
Paperback. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks and shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Irish Books & Media
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0016730
- ISBN
- 9780953630219
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Explores how the sugar beet industry transformed the rural Midwest by introducing large factories, contract farming, and foreign migrant labour. Identifying rural areas as centres for modern American industrialism, this study contributes to a re-orientation of labour history from urban factory workers to rural migrant workers. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBTB; HBTK; KCF; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252076671
- ISBN
- 9780252076671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.47
€ 34.99
€ 33.47
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WBA; WBVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 195 x 18. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762791439
- ISBN
- 9780762791439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.94
€ 37.99
€ 29.94
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; KNDF; TDCT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935623052
- ISBN
- 9781935623052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.95
€ 60.95
Hardback. Sweet Liberty offers a history of Martinique and its relationship to metropolitan France during the final years of slavery in the French empire. It argues that an Atlantic-world approach reveals how race, slavery, class, and gender shaped what it meant to be French on both sides of the ocean. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812241723
- ISBN
- 9780812241723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.95
€ 47.95
Hardback. Which dessert is named after the heroic third-century Queen Zenobia of Palmyra? How does one make the perfect Baqlawah? The authors take us on a culinary journey across Iraq, Syria, Egypt and al-Andalus, presenting readers with clear and easy-to-recreate recipes from across the medieval Arab world. Num Pages: 272 pages, 33 colour in 16pp plates. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3H; HBTB; JFCV; WBN; WBVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 183 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780764641
- ISBN
- 9781780764641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.22€ 48.87
€ 53.22
€ 48.87
Hardcover. In 1934 a Swedish museum director and his assistant researched the maritime and material culture of the Outer Hebrides. Their work is presented here along with 80 sepia photographs and 35 line drawings, all previously unpublished. Editor(s): Fenton, Alexander. Num Pages: 128 pages, 60 sepia photographs + 43 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKSHL; HBTB; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 195 x 14. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- NMSE - Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905267651
- ISBN
- 9781905267651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.62
€ 33.99
€ 28.62
Paperback. Series: Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DN; AK; HBJD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479663
- ISBN
- 9780801479663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.58
€ 34.99
€ 31.58
Paperback. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 40. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442613744
- ISBN
- 9781442613744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 41.20
€ 44.99
€ 41.20
Hardcover. Paul Lockhart here presents a survey of the point in history when Sweden rose to pre-eminence in Europe. Drawing on the latest literature in Swedish and other languages, he examines the institutions of the Swedish 'empire' at the height of its influence, and considers questions regarding its rise and fall. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333731567
- ISBN
- 9780333731567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.04
€ 141.04
hardcover. This book documents the involvement of Sweden in the liberation struggle in Southern Africa both through the study of source material at government and NGO archives as well as interviews with the key actors in Sweden and in Southern Africa. The book is also an analysis the social, political and economic factors behind the Swedish involvement. Num Pages: 914 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 1HFM; HBJD; HBJH; HBLW3; JPS; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 249 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nordic Africa Institute
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789171064486
- ISBN
- 9789171064486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.08€ 53.57
€ 59.08
€ 53.57
Hardcover. World War II-and particularly the specter of Nazism-changed Swedish society profoundly. This definitive study follows Swedish culture from its affinity for Germany to a framing of Nazism as a discredited, distinctively German phenomenon rooted in militarism and Romanticism. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785331428
- ISBN
- 9781785331428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.98
€ 163.98
Paperback. Frager has been able to gain access to original records that shed new light on an important chapter in Canadian ethnic, labour, and women's history. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 330 pages, , black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802068958
- ISBN
- 9780802068958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.07
€ 40.99
€ 37.07