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Hardback. Sifting information from rumors and private letters, Jefferson follows events in Europe, including Bonaparte's unexpected rise to power in France, and sees the value of his tobacco crop plummet as US legislation cuts off the French market. He begins to compile a manual of parliamentary procedures for the Senate. Editor(s): Oberg, Barbara B. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 728 pages, 8 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 170 x 245 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 728
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118956
- ISBN
- 9780691118956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.17€ 125.73
€ 168.17
€ 125.73
Paperback. Uses the lens of medieval preaching to examine the mendicant friars' transformation of Mary Magdalen, a shadowy gospel figure, into an emblem of action and contemplation, a symbol of vanity and lust, a model of perfect penance, and the embodiment of hope and salvation. Num Pages: 408 pages, 48 halftones. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 684.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691089874
- ISBN
- 9780691089874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.69
€ 52.99
€ 37.69
Paperback. Describes the urban bachelor life that took shape in the late nineteenth century, when a significant population of single men migrated to American cities. This book also describe a complex subculture that continues to affect the larger meanings of manhood and manliness in American society. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 halftones, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSG; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070551
- ISBN
- 9780691070551
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Condition: New
€ 56.85€ 44.83
€ 56.85
€ 44.83
Hardback. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 240 x 164. Weight in Grams: 540.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674200265
- ISBN
- 9780674200265
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Condition: New
€ 52.05€ 48.00
€ 52.05
€ 48.00
Paperback. Focusing on commercial and social networks in the Rio de la Plata region, this book examines how Montevideo merchant elites used transimperial connections to expand their influence and how their trade offered crucial support to Montevideo's autonomist projects. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 maps, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTM; JPA; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285163
- ISBN
- 9780520285163
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Offers an exploration of the avant-garde practices through which the modernist generations after 1900 resisted the rise of commodity culture as a threat to authentic cultural expression. This book charts the rise and fall of modernist aspirations in movements and individuals as diverse as Ruskin, Marinetti, Kandinsky, Bauhaus, and Purism. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520261532
- ISBN
- 9780520261532
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Described by others as quaint and exotic, or as depraved and threatening, and as successful and exemplary, the Chinese in America have rarely been asked to describe themselves in their own words. This title provides an intimate and textured history of the Chinese in America from their arrival during the California Gold Rush to the present. Editor(s): Yung, Judy; Chang, Gordon G.; Lai, Him Mark. Num Pages: 486 pages, 52 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520243101
- ISBN
- 9780520243101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
€ 40.99
€ 29.28
Paperback. Charting the cultural imagination of Haiti, this text argues for the recognition of both vodou rituals and narrative fictions as repositories of history. The book gives human dimensions to the 18th-century French colony and provides a template for understanding the Haiti of today. Num Pages: 362 pages, 34 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520213685
- ISBN
- 9780520213685
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.61
€ 35.99
€ 26.61
Paperback. In 1921, Lenin called for the legalization of private trade and manufacturing. This New Economic Policy (NEP) spawned many thousands of private entrepreneurs, dubbed Nepmen. This title examines where the Nepmen came from, their importance in the Soviet economy, and the consequences of their "liquidation" at the end of the 1920s. Num Pages: 243 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520071742
- ISBN
- 9780520071742
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.80
€ 34.99
€ 25.80
Hardcover. This revised and expanded volume brings together a carefully-selected collection of primary sources drawn from medieval and sixteenth-century texts. Particularly notable for its comprehensive coverage, it consolidates a broad range of important documents, which until now, have been scattered through numerous volumes of primary materials. Editor(s): Lindberg, Carter. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470673270
- ISBN
- 9780470673270
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Condition: New
€ 98.51
€ 98.51
Paperback. Makes the social practice and the existing textual specimens of personal Chinese letter-writing fully visible for the first time Series: Modern Language Initiative Books. Num Pages: 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992785
- ISBN
- 9780295992785
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. Examines the stages by which religious dissidents were persecuted by Tudor monarchs across the 16th century and the means by which these dissidents counteracted authorities. During each stage of persecution, many dissidents were able to elude capture and counter-interrogate their inquisitors. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HRCC2; HRQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268042264
- ISBN
- 9780268042264
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Paperback. Focuses on the enslavement, middle passage, American experience, and return to Africa of a single cultural group, the Yoruba. Moving beyond descriptions of generic African experiences, this anthology allows students to trace the experiences of one cultural group throughout the cycle of the slave experience in the Americas. Editor(s): Falola, Toyin; Childs, Matt D. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 472 pages, 10 b&w photos, 8 figures, 1 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1K; GTB; HBTS; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217165
- ISBN
- 9780253217165
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. On March 18, 1975, Herbert Chitepo, an African nationalist in exile and chairman of the war council that struggled to liberate Zimbabwe from white-ruled Rhodesia, was killed by a car bomb. This title uncovers what is at stake in the various confessions and why Chitepo's assassination incites conflict and controversy in Zimbabwe's politics. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; HBJH; HBLW3; JPWL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216083
- ISBN
- 9780253216083
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.47
€ 17.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. Editor(s): Katz, Ethan B.; Leff, Lisa Moses; Mandel, Maud S. Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTQ; JFFN; JFSR1; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024572
- ISBN
- 9780253024572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.32
€ 42.99
€ 38.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 318 pages, 10 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTV; JPVH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253021397
- ISBN
- 9780253021397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Paperback. Drawing on the resources of a DVD version of Lincoln's legal papers, this work scans a range of family woes that antebellum Americans took to the law. It also highlights the legal status of women and children in Illinois and their experiences with the law in action. Editor(s): Stowell, Daniel W. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 photographs; 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073397
- ISBN
- 9780252073397
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.88
€ 23.99
€ 21.88
Paperback. Offers a study of the Progressive movement, its reformers, their ideology, and the social circumstances they tried to change. This book contends that the persistence of class conflict in America challenged the very defining feature of Progressivism: its promise of social harmony through democratic renewal. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072697
- ISBN
- 9780252072697
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. Factual, yet human and vivid and eminently readable, The Battle for Guadacanal, is military history at its best Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1MKLS; HBG; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252068911
- ISBN
- 9780252068911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.10
€ 24.99
€ 23.10
Paperback. Offers a view on how America began to intervene in world affairs. By proposing an economic remedy to a political problem, this book anticipates policies embodied in the Marshall Plan, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 190 pages, 8 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJD; 3JJ; HBT; JPSD; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231235877
- ISBN
- 9780231235877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Paperback. Chomsky takes on the international scene since 1945, devoting particular attention to events following the collapse of the Soviet Union. He develops a forceful critique of Western government, from imperialist foreign policies to the Clinton administration's empty promises to the poor. Num Pages: 311 pages. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; JPA; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231101578
- ISBN
- 9780231101578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.30
€ 30.99
€ 22.30
Hardcover. Examines the turbulent history of the ideas, people, and institutions of French colonial and tropical medicine from their early modern origins through World War I. This book demonstrates that regions, more so than a coherent nation, built the empire and specific medical concepts and practices. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; MBX; MMRT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114521
- ISBN
- 9780226114521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.66€ 47.93
€ 55.66
€ 47.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801473159
- ISBN
- 9780801473159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.22
€ 40.99
€ 36.22
Sheet map, folded. Detailed map of the Manufacturing District (Black Country) that shows the coal field and other mineral mining areas. Details Canal network. The map folds out to a large 1000m x 890mm size that is sharp and legible, a great resource for local history study. Series: Birmingham Historic Maps Collection. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMS; HBTP1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 225 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Mapseeker Archive Publishing
- Number of pages
- 1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844918188
- ISBN
- 9781844918188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.69
€ 26.99
€ 23.69