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Paperback. In this revised edition of an award winning book, Donna L. Franklin and co-author Angela D. James expand and update the nuanced historical perspective used in the first edition. African American family patterns are examined with a well-documented narrative that challenges conventional understandings of the plight of African American families. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199374878
- ISBN
- 9780199374878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.98
€ 65.98
Paperback. Traces the rich legacy of stories and images of the Amazon that reflects the influence of different groups of people - conquistadors, corporate executives, subsistence farmers - over the centuries. This book argues that we cannot defend the Amazon's array of plants and animals without comprehending its astonishing human and cultural diversity. Num Pages: 332 pages, 41 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; DSB; GTB; HBJK; RGBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520226425
- ISBN
- 9780520226425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Hardcover. Entangled Histories: Knowledge, Authority, and Jewish Culture in the Thirteenth Century provides a multifaceted account of Jewish life in Europe and the Mediterranean basin at a time when economic, cultural, and intellectual encounters coincided with heightened interfaith animosity. Editor(s): Baumgarten, Elisheva; Karras, Ruth Mazo; Mesler, Katelyn. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; HBLC; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248685
- ISBN
- 9780812248685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.31
€ 105.31
Paperback. In the winter of 1909, a political bombshell exploded in tsarist Russia. Scandal swept not only the empire but the entire world with the exposure of the secret life of one man. Newspaper headlines introduced him as a twentieth-century Judas. Num Pages: 247 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842026512
- ISBN
- 9780842026512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.66
€ 65.66
hardcover. In the winter of 1909, a political bombshell exploded in tsarist Russia. Scandal swept not only the empire but the entire world with the exposure of the secret life of one man. Newspaper headlines introduced him as a twentieth-century Judas. Num Pages: 247 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842026505
- ISBN
- 9780842026505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.34
€ 165.34
Hardback. An history of war brides in 20th-century American history. It uses relationships between American male soldiers and foreign women as a lens to view larger issues of sexuality, race, and gender in United States foreign relations. It traces how war and post-war anxieties about power and national identity have long been projected onto war brides. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBG; HBLW3; JFC; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814797174
- ISBN
- 9780814797174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Paperback. Provides up-to-date information on the nature of environmental and cultural conditions in northeast Asia and Beringia (the Bering land bridge) immediately prior to the Last Glacial Maximum. Editor(s): Madsen, David B. Num Pages: 486 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607810575
- ISBN
- 9781607810575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
hardcover. Using primary documents, this work examines the characteristics of North Carolina's African-American population in order to explain the social and political factors that shaped economic opportunity for this group from the Civil War until 1915. Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute Series in Black Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9 b&w illustrations, 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917337
- ISBN
- 9780813917337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.17
€ 71.17
Enterprising Women: Gender, Race, and Power in the Revolutionary Atlan...
Candlin, Kit, Pybus, Cassandra
Hardcover. Series: Race in the Atlantic World 1700-1900. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820344553
- ISBN
- 9780820344553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.95
€ 103.95
Hardback. They often lived lives of apparent desperation. Series: Animals, History, Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFFZ; WNG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421408293
- ISBN
- 9781421408293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.97
€ 72.97
Paperback. Illustrates why the early Americans' strange views on witchcraft in the first edition of this Bancroft Prize-winning book still matter to us. This book provides a broader overview of witchcraft and looks at its place around the world. Num Pages: 576 pages, 3 maps, numerous tables and figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Updated
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195174830
- ISBN
- 9780195174830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.56
€ 30.99
€ 29.56
Hardcover. Jack Williams provides a thought-provoking examination of television's role in British popular culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; APT; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Sutton Pub Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750921817
- ISBN
- 9780750921817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.74
€ 4.74
Paperback. Series: Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138261839
- ISBN
- 9781138261839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.41
€ 74.41
Paperback. 135pp. Index. Keywords: Africa, economics, environment
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1963
- Publisher
- D. Van Nostrand Co
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KHS1008628
- ISBN
- 9780442097097
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The origins of England's regional cultures are here shown to be strongly influenced by the natural environment and geographical features. Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 41 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270552
- ISBN
- 9781783270552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.39
€ 48.39
Hardback. The origins of England's regional cultures are here shown to be strongly influenced by the natural environment and geographical features. Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 41, 41 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576. Time and Topography. Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies. 280 pages, 41, 41 black and white. The Anglo-Saxon period was crucial in the development of England's character: its language, and much of its landscape and culture, were forged in the period between the fifth and the eleventh centuries. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; RGC. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 25. Weight: 778.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843837374
- ISBN
- 9781843837374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.10
€ 133.10
Hardcover. This volume contains a varied and instructive set of studies of human behavioral adaptation to environmental change in the ancient Southwest making significant contributions to southwestern prehistory, settlement pattern studies, agriculture, behavioral ecology, paleo-environmental reconstruction, and statistical and computer-aided modeling. Editor(s): Doyel, David E; Dean, Jeffrey S. Num Pages: 359 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBLA; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 183 x 25. Weight in Grams: 789.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874808537
- ISBN
- 9780874808537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.50
€ 50.99
€ 50.50
Paperback. Explores the links between the Cold War and the global environment, ranging from the environmental impacts of nuclear weapons to the political repercussions of environmentalism. Editor(s): McNeill, Professor J. R.; Unger, Corinna R. Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 b/w illus. 1 map 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBTW; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 172 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107694354
- ISBN
- 9781107694354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.84
€ 58.84
Paperback. In addition to extensive revisions based on the latest research, this new edition includes photographs from Hughes's worldwide excursions, a new chapter on warfare and the environment, and an updated bibliography. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 74, 44 black & white halftones, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; RGC; RNC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412115
- ISBN
- 9781421412115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.60
€ 36.99
€ 31.60
Hardcover. Through environmental philosophy and emerging paradigms in complex systems theory, the book presents a new reading of Emerson, Thoreau and the green tradition of American thought, analyzing their foundational roles in the formation of the two main currents in American environmentalism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325309
- ISBN
- 9780820325309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.61
€ 63.61
Paperback. Envisioning an English Empire examines the founding of Jamestown in 1607 within its global, political, and cultural contexts. Editor(s): Appelbaum, Robert; Sweet, John Wood. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812219036
- ISBN
- 9780812219036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
paperback. The story of Gouverneur Morris, the brilliant and unconventional Founding Father from New York, is a forgotten jewel in the crown of early American national history. Envoy to the Terror is the first in-depth study of Morris's time in France (1789-94), and it convincingly discredits many longstanding myths about his performance as a diplomat. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574887877
- ISBN
- 9781574887877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.92
€ 23.99
€ 21.92
Envy, Spite and Jealousy: The Rivalrous Emotions in Ancient Greece
. Ed(S): Konstan, David; Rutter, Keith
hardcover. This is the first book devoted to the emotions of rivalry in the classical world taken as a whole. Editor(s): Konstan, David; Rutter, Keith. Series: Edinburgh Leventis Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBG; HPM; JFC; JMM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780748616039
- ISBN
- 9780748616039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 226.04
€ 226.04
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784993443
- ISBN
- 9781784993443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04