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Hardback. Although much has been written about Scottish involvement in slavery, the contribution of Scots to the abolition of black slavery has not yet been sufficiently recognised. This book starts with a Virginian slave seeking his freedomin Scotland in 1756 and ends with the abolition of the apprenticeship scheme in the West Indian colonies in 1838. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; 3JH; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 173 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748624324
ISBN
9780748624324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.27
€ 125.17

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691639475
ISBN
9780691639475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.09

Paperback. This book charts the environmental transformation of Scotland from the end of the ice age in an empty land 10,000 years ago to the Viking invasions of an established society 9,000 years later. Editor(s): Edwards, Kevin J.; Ralston, Ian. Num Pages: 336 pages, Extensively illustrated with maps and photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3B; 3D; 3F; HBJD1; HBLA; HBLC; HDD; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 246 x 21. Weight in Grams: 722.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617364
ISBN
9780748617364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 43.97

Paperback. Part of a five-volume series to coincide with the 300th anniversary of The Union of the Parliaments, this work contains key documents 1100-1707, and aims to inspire investigations of the Scottish past. Editor(s): Erskine, Caroline; MacDonald, Alan R.; Penman, Michael. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
n/a
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845860301
ISBN
9781845860301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 16.62

Paperback. Fitzroy Maclean's classic work has been updated with a new chapter by Magnus Linklater, examining how Scottish identity is faring in the wake of the first Scottish Parliament for nearly 300 years. Series: Illustrated National Histories. Num Pages: 248 pages, 238 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 181 x 15. Weight in Grams: 732.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500282335
ISBN
9780500282335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Presenting Scottish history, this book shows the importance of Scotland's relationships to Europe and its part in the broader European story. It aims to dispel long-established myths and preconceptions about the Scottish past which still exert a firm grip on public opinion, even in the post-devolution era. Editor(s): Harris, Bob; MacDonald, Alan R. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Dundee University Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845860042
ISBN
9781845860042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. This full-length history of Scotland spans 18 centuries, from the Picts to the 1980s. The book focuses on social and cultural history, including life in the towns, the changing role of the nobility and the shifting images of Scottish identity. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3D; 3F; 3H; 3J; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 40. Weight in Grams: 728.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712698931
ISBN
9780712698931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.90

Paperback. A timely and vivid look at Scotland's long and difficult road to nationhood, re-exploring some cherished myths and unearthing a wealth of fascinating new detail. Num Pages: 752 pages, 24 b/w, 16 col plates (40pp), (Maps x 13), With index. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 48. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Harpercollins Pb
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006531913
ISBN
9780006531913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. A group biography of the relationship between FDR and four of his Supreme Court justices: Felix Frankfurter, Hugo Black, Robert Jackson, and William O. Douglas, written by one of the most brilliant legal scholars at work today. Num Pages: 528 pages, 8 pages of b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 134 x 38. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780446699280
ISBN
9780446699280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.93

hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Seven Stories Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609801380
ISBN
9781609801380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.66

Num Pages: 600 pages, b/w photographs, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1400. Russian-German War, 1943-1944. 600 pages, Black and white photographs, maps. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 37. Weight: 1158.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887405983
ISBN
9780887405983
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 32.18

Hardback. The world often misunderstands its greatest men while neglecting others entirely. Scipio Africanus, surely the greatest general that Rome produced, suffered both these fates. Today scholars celebrate the importance of Hannibal, even though Scipio defeated the legendary general in the Second Punic War and was the central military figure of his time. Num Pages: 326 pages, 22 b+w illustrations & maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597972055
ISBN
9781597972055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.20

dustjacket, library stamp - Taylor and Francis,
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
SKU
KTK0101530
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

Hardback. 32pp. - Lawrence and Wishart,
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Lawrence and Wishart
Number of pages
32
Publication date
1941
SKU
KTK0102073
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.00

Hardback. 32pp, some shelf wear - Lawrence & Wishart,
Publisher
Lawrence & Wishart
Number of pages
32
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Hardback
SKU
KTK0101939
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 15.00

Hardcover. Examines the connected histories of how science was governed, and used in governance, in twentieth-century Britain. Editor(s): Sleigh, Charlotte; Leggett, Dr. Don. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; PDK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 187 x 31. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090981
ISBN
9780719090981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.97

Paperback. Keywords: "science, Africa"
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Randforum Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KHS0052120
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. 48pp. - Co-operative Publishing Society of Foreign Workers in the USSR,
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Co-operative Publishing Society of Foreign Workers in the USSR
Number of pages
48
Publication date
1932
SKU
KTK0102152
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.00

Paperback. Series: Strategy and History. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: HBW; JPS; JPV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415459525
ISBN
9780415459525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.86

Hardback. This book offers a new account of the British Empire's greatest failure and its most disturbing legacy. Using a wide range of published and archival sources, this study of racial discourse from 1870 to 1914 argues that race, then as now, was a contested territory within the metropolitan culture. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; Mackenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719033575
ISBN
9780719033575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.76

Paperback. Nicholas Whyte's study of the role of science in Ireland examines the activities of Irish scientists during the period 1890 to 1930. It reveals the impact that Irish political events had on the fate of a number of distinguished Irish institutions. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 0. Weight in Grams: 307.
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859181850
ISBN
9781859181850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.00
€ 24.15

Paperback. We have specific images of the kinds of bodies that house great minds. Focusing on the 17th century to the present, this book examines how intellectuals have sought to establish the value and authority of their ideas through public displays of their private life. Num Pages: 350 pages, 54 halftones, line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX; JH; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226470146
ISBN
9780226470146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.94

Hardcover. Charting the first 40 years of the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE), this work examines the achievements of the society, its development and its links with other key societies. It includes a discussion of the Council's aims and objectives, both past and future. Num Pages: 360 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBTB; WSDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471969242
ISBN
9780471969242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 509.38

Paperback. In the French Enlightenment, empiricism was intimately bound up with sensibility. What Riskin describes as a 'sentimental empiricism' is the ideology which brought together ideas and institutions, practices and politics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226720791
ISBN
9780226720791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.64

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