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Traces how the Bible came to be known by lay people through different mediums. It brings together intellectual and religious history with art history, music, literature and social history to trace how the Bible was sung and preached, revered and studied in thirteenth- and fourteenth-century England. Series Editor(s): Rigby, Steve. Series: Manchester Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Tables, black & white|Halftones, colour|Halftones, black & white|Line drawings, black & w. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719089541
- ISBN
- 9780719089541
Condition: New
€ 151.59
€ 151.59
A new English translation. Looks at the most notorious massacre in early modern European history and rejects most of the established accounts, especially those privileging conspiracy. Based on extensive research and a careful examination of existing interpretations, this book is the most authoritative analysis of a shattering event. Translator(s): Bergin, Joseph. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719088315
- ISBN
- 9780719088315
Condition: New
€ 151.94
€ 151.94
This book examines the phenomenon of infanticide in Ireland from 1850 to 1900. It is based on a large sample of 4,645 individual cases of infant murder, attempted infanticide and concealment of birth. Through a variety of sources, attitudes towards the crime of infanticide and women accused of the offence are revealed. Num Pages: 304 pages, Halftones, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBTB; JFSP1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719088209
- ISBN
- 9780719088209
Condition: New
€ 151.48
€ 151.48
Analyses the attempted reform of the Poor Law system in Ireland between 1910 and 1932. This period represented one of the most formative and crucial eras in Irish politics and society with the ideas of culture, nation, state and identity widely contested. Num Pages: 224 pages. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719087578
- ISBN
- 9780719087578
Condition: New
€ 153.44
€ 153.44
This book appraises the critical contribution of the Studies in Imperialism series to the writing of imperial histories as the series passes its 100th publication. The volume brings together some of the most distinguished scholars writing today to explore the major intellectual trends in Imperial history. Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew S. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719086007
- ISBN
- 9780719086007
Condition: New
€ 163.66
€ 163.66
An exploration of Methodist missionaries working in Upper Burma between 1887 and 1966 Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTQ; HBTR; HRCX7. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 239 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085369
- ISBN
- 9780719085369
Condition: New
€ 151.71
€ 151.71
This book explores the Papal Inquisition in Modena and the status of Jews in an early modern Italian duchy. Its purpose is to deepen existing insights into the role of the former and thus lead to a better understanding of how the tribunal assumed jurisdiction over a practicing Jewish community in the seventeenth century. Series: Studies in Early Modern European History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLH; HBTB; JFFP; JFSR1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085192
- ISBN
- 9780719085192
Condition: New
€ 152.06
€ 152.06
Examines the networks that linked academics across the British settler world in the age of 'Victorian' globalization. Drawing on extensive archival research, remaps the intellectual geographies of Britain and its empire in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 256 pages, Tables, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTQ; JFCX; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085024
- ISBN
- 9780719085024
Condition: New
€ 151.94
€ 151.94
A study of the daily life, concerns, and dynamics of aristocratic families in the France of the Third Republic. Series Editor(s): Cross, Maire; Hopkin, David. Series: Studies in Modern French History. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085017
- ISBN
- 9780719085017
Condition: New
€ 151.39
€ 151.39
Looks at the attitudes of colonial officials in Africa who served between the end of the19th century and WWII, as well as what shaped such attitudes, including education and training, interrelationships, infrastructural change, and anti-colonial nationalism. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; 1QDB; HBJD1; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719083686
- ISBN
- 9780719083686
Condition: New
€ 151.56
€ 151.56
Focusing on Manchester, this book shows that canals were at the heart of the self-styled Cottonopolis. Not only did canals move the key commodities of Manchester's industrial revolution -coal, corn, and cotton - but canal banks also provided the key sites for the factories that made Manchester the 'shock city' of the early Victorian age. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTK; KNG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719083600
- ISBN
- 9780719083600
Condition: New
€ 152.58
€ 152.58
An acute housing shortage was one of the defining features of Soviet life. This book explores the housing problem throughout the 70 years of Soviet history, looking at changing political ideology on appropriate forms of housing under socialism, successive government policies on housing, and the meaning and experience of 'home' for Soviet citizens. Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719081453
- ISBN
- 9780719081453
Condition: New
€ 152.90
€ 152.90
Paperback. Later medieval Europe saw a great deal of change and expansion of different kinds. This geographically broad textbook explores these events in a series of chapters on the different countries, covering the Holy Roman Empire, East-Central Europe, Scandinavia and Russia. It looks not only at political history but also at economy, society and culture. Series Editor(s): Rigby, Steve. Series: Manchester Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 31. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719080210
- ISBN
- 9780719080210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.54
€ 49.54
Using a range of written, verbal, and visual sources, this book examines distinctive aspects characteristic of Irish and Scottish ethnic identities in New Zealand. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJM; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX; JFSL. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719077616
- ISBN
- 9780719077616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 151.71
€ 151.71
The most up to date account of the devolved government in Northern Ireland. Series: Devolution. Num Pages: 320 pages, Tables, black & white|Line drawings, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719074363
- ISBN
- 9780719074363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 152.29
€ 152.29
Paperback. Designed to accompany the OU course "From Enlightenment to Romanticism", this anthology provides primary and secondary sources on the death of the Old Regime, the Napoleonic phenomenon, slavery, religion and reform. Introductory sections explain the context and importance of the sources. Editor(s): Lavin, Carmen (Open Unviersity); Donnachie, Ian. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719066719
- ISBN
- 9780719066719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.04
€ 39.04
Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; HBJD1; HRAM2; JMP; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719056727
- ISBN
- 9780719056727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.26
€ 49.26
A source reader covering the first twenty years (1377-97) of Richard II's reign. Includes well-known English chronicles, foreign chronicles, and legal, administrative and financial records with clear and lively commentary and notes to enable readers to make the fullest use of each document. Editor(s): McHardy, A. K. Series Editor(s): Horrox, Rosemary; MacLean, Simon. Series: Manchester Medieval Sources. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 maps, Maps. BIC Classification: HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 33. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719038525
- ISBN
- 9780719038525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 140.78
€ 140.78
Paperback. Esta es la verdadera historia, nunca antes contada, de las mujeres afroamericanas de la NASA expertas en matematicas, que desempenaron un papel crucial en el programa espacial de Estados Unidos, y cuyas contribuciones han permanecido anonimas.. hasta ahora. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Dimension: 229 x 156. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Espanol
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718092740
- ISBN
- 9780718092740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.57
€ 18.99
€ 18.57
Hardcover. We are entering the years of commemoration centred on the centenary of the Easter Rising. This generously illustrated popular history looks backward and forward from the Rising and surveys the entire period of the Irish Revolution. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 182 x 19. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780717156030
- ISBN
- 9780717156030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.84
€ 27.99
€ 26.84