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Hardback. Explores the notion of yellowness and shows that this label originated not in early travel texts or objective descriptions, but in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century scientific discourses on race. This title weaves together multiple narratives to tell the complex history of a problematic term. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 color illus. 16 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140315
ISBN
9780691140315
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.74
€ 50.37

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
€ 31.57

Hardcover. Provides a better understanding of the modernist nation-building processes in post-Ottoman Turkey through a rare perspective in the field that stresses the social and cultural dimensions and everyday negotiations that occurred during the leadership of Mustafa Kemal. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633174
ISBN
9780815633174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.54

Paperback. Deepens our understanding of the modernist nation-building processes in post-Ottoman Turkey through the perspective of ordinary citizens. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815634676
ISBN
9780815634676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.34

Paperback. A colorful history of Chicago journalism in the nineteenth century Num Pages: 232 pages, 10 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBT; KNTJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252077852
ISBN
9780252077852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.15

Hardback. This book discusses government and private sector roles in American economy. Focusing on the mobilization of American economy against the threat of Axis ascendancy in Word War II, Carew places the mobilization in its political - economic context and evaluates its performance in terms of prevailing military and political realities. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761846680
ISBN
9780761846680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.62

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253008220
ISBN
9780253008220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.14

Hardback. Reveals the ways in which many Minsk Jews acculturated to Soviet society in the 1920s and 1930s Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 292 pages, 14 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1DVUB; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JFSR1; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253008138
ISBN
9780253008138
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.25

Paperback. Religion is commonly imagined as a timeless component of human inheritance, but in the Western Himalayas the community of Himachal Pradesh discovered their religion only after India became an independent secular state. This title shows that modern secularity is not so much the eradication of religion as the very condition for its emergence. Num Pages: 305 pages, 25 images. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HRAM2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520290549
ISBN
9780520290549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.43

Hardcover. After excluding women and African Americans from its ranks for most of its history, the New York City Police Department undertook an aggressive campaign of integration following World War II. This is the first comprehensive account of how and why the NYPD came to see integration as a highly coveted political tool, indispensable to policing. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137321930
ISBN
9781137321930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349458172
ISBN
9781349458172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.12

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 27, 18 black & white halftones, 3 tables, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801452314
ISBN
9780801452314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.25

Hardback. Drawing on popular media and medical works as well as archival records and oral histories, this book examines how notions of femininity and womanhood were reshaped in Denmark, a small, largely agrarian country that remained neutral during the war. It explores changes in the female body and personality and the redefinition of female respectability. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DND; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691049274
ISBN
9780691049274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.06
€ 76.11

Paperback. Presenting an examination of women writers and prewar ideology, this book investigates love as a critical aspect of Japanese culture during the early-mid-twentieth century. It focuses on same-sex love, love marriage, and maternal love. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; DSB; HBJF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804761987
ISBN
9780804761987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.05

Paperback. Twentieth century Los Angeles has been the focus of one of the most profound and complex interactions between distinct cultures in U.S. history. In this pioneering study, Sanchez explores how Mexican immigrants "Americanized" themselves in order to fit in, thereby losing part of their own culture. Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 halftones & line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195096484
ISBN
9780195096484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.02

Hardcover. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875804224
ISBN
9780875804224
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.36

Hardcover. A study of the history of modern insomnia, this book explores how poets, journalists, and doctors of the Victorian period found themselves in near-universal agreement that modernity and sleep were somehow incompatible. It investigates how psychologists, philosophers and literary artists worked to articulate its causes, and its potential cures. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; HPM; JMTD; MMZS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137268730
ISBN
9781137268730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.82

Paperback. A study of the history of modern insomnia, this book explores how poets, journalists, and doctors of the Victorian period found themselves in near-universal agreement that modernity and sleep were somehow incompatible. It investigates how psychologists, philosophers and literary artists worked to articulate its causes, and its potential cures. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBL; HBTB; MB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349443598
ISBN
9781349443598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.67

Paperback. By examining how Indians formulated notions of citizenship across the British empire from the late nineteenth century through the early twentieth, Sujatha Banerjee theorizes modes of citizenship decoupled from the rights-conferring nation-state. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346081
ISBN
9780822346081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.27

Hardback. By examining how Indians formulated notions of citizenship across the British empire from the late nineteenth century through the early twentieth, Sujatha Banerjee theorizes modes of citizenship decoupled from the rights-conferring nation-state. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345909
ISBN
9780822345909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.46

Paperback. A collection of memoirs of eleven historians who, born around the time of World War II, helped to transform both their discipline and the broader world of American higher education. Editor(s): Banner, James M., Jr.; Gillis, John R. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; HBAH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226036588
ISBN
9780226036588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801473449
ISBN
9780801473449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.09

Paperback. Uncovers the internal and external factors that can lead ordinary people to commit extraordinary acts of evil. This book offers a comprehensive psychological view of how anyone can potentially participate in heinous crimes against humanity. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 half tones and line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JMH; JMK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
351
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195314564
ISBN
9780195314564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.47

Hardcover. In this significant intervention into the academic and institutional debate on European cultural identity, Monica Sassatelli examines the identity-building intentions and effects of the European Capital of Culture programme, and also looks at the work of the Council of Europe and the recent European Landscape Convention. Num Pages: 247 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; HBJD; HBTB; JFC; JFFS; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230537422
ISBN
9780230537422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.05

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