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Paperback. In ancient Colombia, people did not use gold as currency or desire it for its economic value. Gold was revered instead for its symbolic association and transformative properties. This book features over 100 masterpieces fashioned exquisitely in gold and its alloy tumbaga, including small votive figures, decorative nose rings and earrings. Num Pages: 192 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; HBJK; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 247 x 15. Weight in Grams: 926.
Publisher
British Museum Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714125411
ISBN
9780714125411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.23

Paperback. An Epic of Whitehall and the South Atlantic Conflict. This is the story of HMS Endurance before, during and after the Falklands conflict. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBJQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Pen and Sword
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850528794
ISBN
9780850528794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.17

paperback. Drawing upon a vast array of sources, this volume develops new strategies for reading, contextualizing, and interpreting the long Chinese tradition of women's biography. Editor(s): Judge, Joan; Hu, Ying. Series: New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society. Num Pages: 446 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB; HBJF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520289734
ISBN
9780520289734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 35.72

Paperback. Moving beyond the long-dominant emphasis on Florence, this book explores the diversity of Italian urban and provincial life from the 11th through the 17th centuries. A group of 16 urban social, religious, and economic historians present essays that reflect this shift and illustrate some of the significant new research directions of the field. Editor(s): Findlen, Paula; Fontaine, Michelle M.; Osheim, Duane J. Num Pages: 344 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739351
ISBN
9780804739351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Hardcover. After Union forces captured New Orleans in 1862, Rose Herera's owners fled to Havana, taking her three children with them. Adam Rothman tells the story of Herera's quest to rescue her children from bondage after the war. As the kidnapping case made its way through the courts, it revealed the prospects and limits of justice during Reconstruction. Num Pages: 263 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS; HBWJ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674368125
ISBN
9780674368125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

Paperback. Editor(s): Frances, Raelene; Scates, Bruce. Num Pages: 284 pages, 16 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1MBF; 1MBN; 3JJF; HBJM; HBWN; JWLF; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Monash University Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925495102
ISBN
9781925495102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.86

Hardback. This is a comprehensive description and analysis of the 38 Combat-SS Divisions. The author was granted unparalleled access to all SS personnel files housed in the Document Center in Berlin, as well as interviews with veterans who served in these units. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 34. Weight in Grams: 830.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761805298
ISBN
9780761805298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.60

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804797016
ISBN
9780804797016
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

Hardcover. Editor(s): Ford, Michele; Pepinsky, Thomas B. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publisher
Southeast Asia Program Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877273264
ISBN
9780877273264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.75

Hardcover. . 8vo.Good copy in dustwrapper.

. Northern Ireland, Ulster. First edition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Zed Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0296829
ISBN
9780905762166
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00

Paperback. Through an analysis of criminal case files, administrative records, and prisoner biographies, this book reconstructs life in the penal colonies and examines how the social sciences, tropical medicine, and sensational journalism evaluated and exploited the inmates' experiences. Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; GTB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803217980
ISBN
9780803217980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.84

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, over 150 bw images. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 225 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1724.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9780764329326
ISBN
9780764329326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.20
€ 46.30

Hardcover. Asceticism, so it is argued in this volume, is a modern category. The ubiquitous cult of the body, of fitness and diet equally evoke the ongoing success of ascetic practices and beliefs. Nostalgic memories of hardship and discipline in the army, youth movements or boarding schools remain as present as the fashionable irritation.. Editor(s): Molle, Leen van; Wils, Kaat; Peeters, Evert. Num Pages: 264 pages, 35 ills. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRLM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845457730
ISBN
9781845457730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.05

Paperback. A framework for stabilizing and strengthening inner-city neighbourhoods through the public interpretation of historic landscapes Series Editor(s): Miller, Zane L.; Stradling, David; Bennett, Larry. Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439902295
ISBN
9781439902295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.98

Hardcover. In the months after the end of the Civil War, there was one word on everyone's lips: redemption. This title explores how the violence of a protracted civil war shaped the meaning of freedom and citizenship in the new South. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226024271
ISBN
9780226024271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.85
€ 79.17

Paperback. Explores how the violence of a protracted civil war shaped the meaning of freedom and citizenship in the new South. This book traces the meanings that redemption held for Americans as they tried to come to terms with the war and the changing social landscape. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 293 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226269993
ISBN
9780226269993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

Paperback. Examines the depiction of women in World War II popular visual art, showing that it reflected decidedly mixed feelings about the status of women in American society. Dispels the popular belief that World War II was a halcyon age for women's rights in America. Series: Culture America (Hardcover). Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: ACX; AG; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619665
ISBN
9780700619665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.00

Hardcover. Editor(s): Boggild Johannsen, Birgitte; Ottenheym, Konrad. Num Pages: 358 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 219 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1700.
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776023225
ISBN
9788776023225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.02

Paperback. Mark Rifkin explores how Indigenous experiences with time and the dominance of settler colonial conceptions of temporality have affected Native peoplehood and sovereignty, thereby rethinking the very terms by which history is created and organized around time by. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362975
ISBN
9780822362975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Hardback. Mark Rifkin explores how Indigenous experiences with time and the dominance of settler colonial conceptions of temporality have affected Native peoplehood and sovereignty, thereby rethinking the very terms by which history is created and organized around time by. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362852
ISBN
9780822362852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.28

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