History
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History
Paperback. Shows the significant contributions of people of African descent to London's rich social and cultural history, masterfully weaving together the stories of many famous historical figures and presenting their quests for personal, professional, and political recognition against the backdrop of a declining British Empire. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 440 pages, 15 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284302
- ISBN
- 9780520284302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814737354
- ISBN
- 9780814737354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. Looks at the origins, meaning, and uses of Conjure - the African American tradition of healing and harming that evolved from African, European, and American elements - from the slavery period to well into the twentieth century. This work describes Conjure and other related traditions, such as Hoodoo and Rootworking. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HRKT; HRQX; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520249882
- ISBN
- 9780520249882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.48
€ 34.99
€ 25.48
Paperback. Edinburgh's cemeteries have been notorious for centuries, from the infamous Greyfriars to the countless crypts, graveyards and mausoleums that proliferate through the city. This book reveals a host of traditions and stories regarding these distinctive sites, as told by an expert on the subject. Num Pages: 96 pages, 70. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; AMN; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 233 x 9. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445647982
- ISBN
- 9781445647982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.15
€ 28.15
Paperback. An updated version of a fiery classic Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 789. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074103
- ISBN
- 9780252074103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.70
€ 34.99
€ 31.70
Paperback. Using interviews, anecdotes, and research, this title depicts the relationships that made Black Mountain College what it was. It documents the college's tenure, from its most brilliant moments of self-reinvention to its lowest moments of petty infighting. It records the financial difficulties that beleaguered the community in its existence. Num Pages: 614 pages, 27 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810125940
- ISBN
- 9780810125940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.84
€ 31.99
€ 28.84
Paperback. Suitable for those interested in African American studies, Caribbean studies, cultural studies, women's studies, and American studies, this book explores the paths taken by black nationalism in the United States and the Caribbean. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329732
- ISBN
- 9780822329732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844154852
- ISBN
- 9781844154852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.26
€ 41.99
€ 35.26
Paperback. This book relates the tragic circumstances of individual crews as they struggled to find their home bases in low cloud and fog. It contains many photos of aircraft as they were and the remaining impact areas that remain to this day. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473822955
- ISBN
- 9781473822955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.53
€ 20.99
€ 20.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; JWA; JWH; TTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781605982892
- ISBN
- 9781605982892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.21
€ 18.99
€ 18.21
Paperback. We commonly think of the American Revolution as simply the war for independence from British colonial rule. This title asks us to rethink what we know about the Revolutionary War, to realize that while white Americans were fighting for their freedom, many black Americans were joining the British imperial forces to gain theirs. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226101552
- ISBN
- 9780226101552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.02
€ 21.99
€ 19.02
Paperback. A study of hunting and poaching during the colonial era in Kenya. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map, 4 photos. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; HBJH; HBLL; WSXH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780852559604
- ISBN
- 9780852559604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.57
€ 33.99
€ 32.57
Paperback. In 1932, Atlanta had the South's largest population of educated African Americans. However, Jim Crow's dictates meant they were almost entirely excluded from public life. Ferguson shows how Roosevelt's New Deal opened up oppportunities for black Atlantans struggling to acheive full citizenship. Series: John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 illustrations, 4 tables, 2 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807853702
- ISBN
- 9780807853702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.86
€ 57.86
Paperback. The popular media have portrayed the Black Panthers mainly for the rhetoric of violence some members employed and for the associations between the Panthers and a black militancy drawing on racial hostility to whites in general. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781881089605
- ISBN
- 9781881089605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.74
€ 35.74
Paperback. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252066344
- ISBN
- 9780252066344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.08
€ 27.99
€ 26.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JFSL3; JPHL; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807018101
- ISBN
- 9780807018101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.34
€ 19.99
€ 17.34
Paperback. Editor(s): Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 40. Weight in Grams: 964.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199385652
- ISBN
- 9780199385652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.04
€ 40.04
Paperback. This text tells the story of the true provenance of rice in the Americas. It establishes, through agricultural and historical evidence, the vital significance of rice in West African society for a millennium before Europeans arrived and the slave trade began. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 halftones, 10 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1K; KNAC; TVKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008342
- ISBN
- 9780674008342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.50
€ 35.99
€ 30.50
Paperback. Black Roads traces the impact of the Famine on Irish literature from William Carlton's The Black Prophet (from which the title is taken) to more contemporary work by authors Num Pages: 44 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 231 x 5. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Quinnipiac University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780990468646
- ISBN
- 9780990468646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.02
€ 13.99
€ 12.02
Paperback. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the history of British seafarers of African descent from the Tudor period to the present day. Num Pages: 246 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1H; HBJD1; HBTM; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 186 x 232 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781380147
- ISBN
- 9781781380147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.31
€ 40.31
paperback. Exploring the culture, history and politics of the volatile region which surrounds the Black Sea, the author recalls the world of Herodotus and Aeschylus; Ovid's place of exile on what is now the coast of Romania; the decline and fall of Byzantium; the mysterious Christian Goths; and the growth of Russian power across the grasslands. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSK; HBJD; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784700911
- ISBN
- 9781784700911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.70
€ 14.99
€ 11.70
Hardback. Aggressive policing and draconian sentencing have disproportionately imprisoned millions of African Americans for drug-related offenses. Michael Javen Fortner shows that in the 1970s these punitive policies toward addicts and pushers enjoyed the support of many working-class and middle-class blacks, angry about the chaos in their own neighborhoods. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW; JFSL; JFSL3; JPA; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674743991
- ISBN
- 9780674743991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.96
€ 41.99
€ 34.96
Paperback. This is a ground breaking comparative study of the fascinating connections between African Americans and the Welsh, beginning in the era of slavery and concluding with the experiences of African American GIs in wartime Wales. Series: Writing Wales in English. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 29. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780708319871
- ISBN
- 9780708319871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.54
€ 19.99
€ 18.54
Paperback. A study of the African American community under colonial Spanish rule. It provides a counterweight to the better-known dynamics of the Anglo slave South. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21 photographs, 6 linecuts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252067532
- ISBN
- 9780252067532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51