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hardcover. This study examines the emergence and evolution in China of a tradition of popular organization generally known under the rubric of secret society. It suggests that the society is properly understood as one variety of the brotherhood association that flourished in the early and mid-Qing period. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; HBLL; JFSJ; JFSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804726511
- ISBN
- 9780804726511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.95
€ 70.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9, 4 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801452437
- ISBN
- 9780801452437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.91
€ 90.91
Paperback. The most balanced and comprehensive account of the Korean War. The Economist" Num Pages: 608 pages, 95 illustrations; 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393348859
- ISBN
- 9780393348859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.27
€ 20.99
€ 20.27
Hardcover. The arrival of English settlers in the American Southeast in 1670 brought the British and the Native Americans into contact both with foreign peoples and with unfamiliar gender systems. Michelle LeMaster addresses the question of how differing cultural attitudes toward gender influenced Anglo-Indian relations in the colonial Southeast. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813932415
- ISBN
- 9780813932415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.04
€ 59.04
Paperback. Brothers Forever tells the intimate and personal story of how two Naval academy roommates-US Marine Travis Manion and US Navy SEAL Brendan Looney-defined a generation's sacrifice after 9/11, and how their loved ones overcame heartbreak to carry on in their memory. It is a remarkable story of friendship, family, and war. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 pages b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; BGH; HBWS4; HBWS5; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306823732
- ISBN
- 9780306823732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.61
€ 20.99
€ 18.61
Hardback. This volume is a study of the most important organization of Polish political exiles in Western Europe during the revolutions of 1848-1849. It recounts the group's political and military activities in France, Germany, Hungary, and their own partitioned Polish homeland. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335638
- ISBN
- 9780880335638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.46
€ 51.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 13, 7 black & white halftones, 2 tables, 2 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801452659
- ISBN
- 9780801452659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.85
€ 53.85
Hardcover. First edition - 8vo. Very good in dustwrapper - Illustrated - REL0076 - 199pp. - Rigby, Adelaide Australia
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Rigby Adelaide Australia
- Number of pages
- 199
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1978
- SKU
- KCK0002831
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Hardback. Oliver Goldsmith arrived in England a penniless Irishman and toiled for years in the anonymity of Grub Street. Norma Clarke tells how this destitute scribbler became one of literary London's most celebrated authors, transmuting dark truths about the empire into fable and nostalgia whose undertow of Irish indignation remains just barely perceptible. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674736573
- ISBN
- 9780674736573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.11
€ 47.99
€ 40.11
Hardback. In Brothers and Enemies, Johannes Remy reveals that the roots of Ukrainian independence were planted fifty years earlier. Remy contextualizes the Ukrainian national movement against the backdrop of the Russian Empire and its policy of oppression in the mid-nineteenth-century. Num Pages: 344 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1DVUK; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPFN; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 460 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487500467
- ISBN
- 9781487500467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.66
€ 70.66
Paperback. This classic work reveals how childbirth has changed from colonial times to the present, including a new preface that discusses writings on the subject over the past three decades. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JKSB1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 30 Anniversary ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190264123
- ISBN
- 9780190264123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.68
€ 54.68
Paperback. A factory was built at Broughton to construct Wellington Bombers for the RAF's expansion and wartime needs. Situated near Chester, the factory has remained part of the British aviation industry while older, traditional sites have come and gone. This book deals with the phenomenal success of this Welsh factory. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKWN; HBTK; KNDV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 11. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752441849
- ISBN
- 9780752441849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.45
€ 19.99
€ 18.45
Hardcover. 8vo. A good copy in original dustwrapper slightly worn at edges.History of India in the twentieth century.The Commomwealth.Indian Literature
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Backround Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1946
- SKU
- KEX0269720
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Hardcover. As African American populations grew and white communities declined throughout the 1960s and '70s, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans migrated to the city, adding a complex layer to local racial dynamics, this book provides history to examine the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in the postwar era. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 halftones, 9 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226244259
- ISBN
- 9780226244259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.97€ 78.49
€ 93.97
€ 78.49
Paperback. Examines the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in postwar Chicago. The author reveals how the two populations arrived in Chicago in the midst of social and economic change and, in spite of declining industrial employment and massive urban renewal projects, managed to carve out a geographic and racial place in Chicago. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 18 halftones, 9 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226212845
- ISBN
- 9780226212845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.51
€ 34.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. Dabashi picks up where Franz Fanon left off, examining the negative influence of intellectual immigrants as facilitators of American imperialism. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTQ; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745328737
- ISBN
- 9780745328737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.63
€ 33.99
€ 22.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBLW; JPVH1; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- abridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195307634
- ISBN
- 9780195307634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.96
€ 45.96
Paperback. The first narrative history in 25 years of the landmark Supreme Court case that outlawed school segregation in America and its aftermath. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, numerous halftones, 2 maps, 4 line drawings, 7 tables and 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFJ; JFSL; JN; JPVH1; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195156324
- ISBN
- 9780195156324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.65
€ 34.65
Paperback. Tracing the litigations, highlighting the pivotal role of the NAACP, and including incisive portraits of key players, this book simply but powerfully shows that "Brown" not only changed the national equation of race and caste, it also changed our view of the Court's role in American life. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; JPVH1; LNDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612895
- ISBN
- 9780700612895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.79
€ 41.79
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908916563
- ISBN
- 9781908916563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.50
€ 40.99
€ 28.50
Hardcover. During World War II, Portugal played its cards uncommonly well as a neutral and subsequently became a member of NATO. This membership resulted in a modernizing of its navy and its integration into the Atlantic Alliance. Num Pages: 280 pages, 33 photos, 24 maps, 21 tables maps. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909982574
- ISBN
- 9781909982574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.17€ 62.34
€ 82.17
€ 62.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, 22 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300226386
- ISBN
- 9780300226386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.03
€ 19.99
€ 16.03
Paperback. This book is a critical analysis of India, Indology and related issues from a historical point of view with a clear and bold indication towards the current problems and issues. Num Pages: 234 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HRA; WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761826521
- ISBN
- 9780761826521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 108.44
€ 108.44
Paperback. From its founding in the late 1880s through the 1950s, Brownsville was a white, predominantly Jewish, working class neighbourhood. During the 1960s however the area became stigmatized as a black and Latino ghetto. This study focuses on the challenges of neighbourhood co-operation. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 333 pages, 28 halftones, 3 maps, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226684475
- ISBN
- 9780226684475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.52
€ 36.99
€ 29.52