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Hardcover. Obesity among American children has reached epidemic proportions. Laura Dawes traces changes in diagnosis, treatment, and popular conceptions of the most serious health problem facing American children today, and makes the case that understanding the cultural history of a disease is critical to developing effective public health policy. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; MBX; MJW; MMZF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674281448
ISBN
9780674281448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.02
€ 52.81

Hardcover. This book examines the transformations of Egyptian childhoods that occurred across gender, class, and rural/urban divides. It also questions the role of nostalgia and representation of childhood in illuminating key underlying political, social, and cultural developments in Egypt. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137432773
ISBN
9781137432773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.49

Paperback. A unique 2010 account of childhood during the industrial revolution through the autobiographies of working men of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Series: Cambridge Studies in Economic History: Second Series. Num Pages: 451 pages, 7 b/w illus. 37 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTK; JFSP1; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 664. Series: Cambridge Studies in Economic History: Second Series. 454 pages, 7 b/w illus. 37 tables. A unique 2010 account of childhood during the industrial revolution through the autobiographies of working men of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTK; JFSP1; KCZ. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight: 724.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
451
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521248969
ISBN
9780521248969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.54

Hardcover. Explores the complex interactions between French medicine and Vietnamese childbirth traditions, documenting the emergence of a plural system of maternity services that incorporated both biomedical knowledge and local birthing traditions. Num Pages: 254 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 22 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465687
ISBN
9781580465687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.59

Paperback. These stories contribute to questions concerning the roots of morality, memory, resilience, and specific scientific queries of the origins of psychosomatic symptoms, psychiatric illness, and trans-generational transmission of trauma. Num Pages: 304 pages, ports. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; MMH; MMKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0017508
ISBN
9780415933353
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Lilo was a child during the Holocaust. Now that the older generation of Holocaust survivors, such as her parents, are just about gone, she and others like her are the last survivors of the Holocaust the final witnesses to the horrors that Hitler perpetrated on the Jewish people. Num Pages: 117 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House Israel
Number of pages
117
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652296207
ISBN
9789652296207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; HBJH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 181 x 19. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594546716
ISBN
9781594546716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.66
€ 56.51

Paperback. Examines the uses and experiences of children in slavery in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This collection of essays exposes the global victimization of child slaves from the period of abolition of legal slavery in the nineteenth century to the human rights era of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Campbell, Gwyn; Miers, Suzanne; Miller, Joseph C. Num Pages: 260 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6147 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821419595
ISBN
9780821419595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Hardback. Examines the distinctive uses and experiences of children in slavery in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This book adds historical depth to the literature on contemporary slavery, emphasizing the vulnerabilities of children, or effective equivalents, that made them particularly valuable to those who could acquire and control them. Editor(s): Campbell, Gwyn; Miers, Suzanne; Miller, Joseph C. Num Pages: 228 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBTS; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 557.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821419588
ISBN
9780821419588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.25

Hardback. First edition - Very good copy - KAW0038 - Tamanaraik
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Tamanaraik
Publication date
1992
SKU
KCK0001972
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00

Hardback. Child labor greatly contributed to the cultural and economic success of the British Victorian theatrical industry. This book highlights the complexities of the battle for child labor laws, the arguments for the needs of the theatre industry, and the weight of opposition that confronted any attempt to control employers. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; AN; HBTB; JFSP1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137503176
ISBN
9781137503176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Paperback. This tender memoir chronicles the early years of Sayyid Qutb, one of Egypt's most influential radical Islamist thinkers and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CSR; 3JJ; BM; DSBH; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610755
ISBN
9780815610755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.76

Paperback. The history of adoption from 1918-1945, detailing the rise of adoption, the growth of adoption societies and considering the increasing emphasis on secrecy in adoption. Analyses adoption law from legalization in 1926, to regulation and reform in the 1930s, with regulations finally being enforced in 1943 amid concern about casual wartime adoptions. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; JKSB1; JKSN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349355556
ISBN
9781349355556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 10. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894974967
ISBN
9781894974967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Canbury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780995497801
ISBN
9780995497801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.27

Hardback. Editor(s): Faure, David; Ts'Ui-P'Ing, Ho. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, black and white maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774823685
ISBN
9780774823685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.64

Paperback. Containing exclusive images of all of the official portraits of the Chiefs of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces, this book is a rare addition to any library. Each portrait, from Michael Collins to Lieutenant General Dermot Earley, is accompanied by a biography of the Chief and a biography of the painter. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The History Press Ltd Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0026210
ISBN
9781845887551
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

Hardback. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403970855
ISBN
9781403970855
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.69

Hardcover. 1939, c1936 "Includes index. Includes biographical sketches of the poets. Includes bibliographical references (p. [717]-772). Commissioning organisation: selected and edited by Gerald DeWitt Sanders and John Herbert Nelson. xxx, 796 p. 23 cm. Associated Names: Nelson, John Herbert,. Associated Dates: 1897-. Original cloth. Pencil scored throughout, cloth faded, edges bumped and rubbed. Rev. ed." Keywords: "English poetry , American poetry"
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1939
Edition
Rev. ed
SKU
KEX0073629
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 19.99
€ 4.99

Fred M. Vinson, the 13th Chief Justice of the United States, started his political career as a small-town Kentucky lawyer and rose to positions of power in all three branches of federal government. This biography offers a wealth of insight into a highly regarded political figure. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPR; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 794.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813122472
ISBN
9780813122472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.38

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