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Hardback. This book offers a new account of the British Empire's greatest failure and its most disturbing legacy. Using a wide range of published and archival sources, this study of racial discourse from 1870 to 1914 argues that race, then as now, was a contested territory within the metropolitan culture. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; Mackenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719033575
- ISBN
- 9780719033575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 6.76
€ 29.99
€ 6.76
Paperback. Offering one of the first analyses of how networks of science interacted within the British Empire during the past two centuries, this volume shows how the rise of formalized state networks of science in the mid nineteenth-century led to a constant tension between administrators and scientists. Editor(s): Bennett, B.; Hodge, J. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBL; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349321902
- ISBN
- 9781349321902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.82
€ 127.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; JHB; JNB; PNN; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349534289
- ISBN
- 9781349534289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 46.09
€ 52.90
€ 46.09
Hardcover. This is a lively and erudite collection, unusual in an especially appealing way: not only are there essays about a range of queens and how they were represented in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, but the book contains modern poetry and short plays about these same queens, allowing a multi-faceted way of understanding and appreciating them. Editor(s): Levin, Carole. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DQ; DSB; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137534897
- ISBN
- 9781137534897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.38
€ 116.38
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803248328
- ISBN
- 9780803248328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Looking at both population and land tenure dynamics in their historical context, this book challenges the view that the 1969 conflict between El Salvador and Honduras was primarily a response to population pressure. It demonstrates that land scarcity, a principal cause of the war, was largely a product of the concentration of landholdings. Num Pages: 209 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3480 x 17. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804711548
- ISBN
- 9780804711548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Scandals in history Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750948739
- ISBN
- 9780750948739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Hardcover. Women have had a significant presence in the circus since Patty Jones first performed in 1768 with her husband Philip Astley on the banks of the Thames. Drawing upon historical news reports and contemporary interviews, Sawdust Sisterhood explores and celebrates the intriguing lives of female performers across two centuries of circus history. Num Pages: 192 pages, 32 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: ASZW; HBG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555309
- ISBN
- 9781781555309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 116 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 9. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Adventures Unlimited Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780932813503
- ISBN
- 9780932813503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.53
€ 10.99
€ 9.53
Paperback. Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us. We are the most advanced and most destructive animals ever to have lived. What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JFCX; JHMC; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 47. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099590088
- ISBN
- 9780099590088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.58
€ 14.99
€ 12.58
Hardback. Helps you examine complex dynamics of state-level social and political structures in 3 leading states - Sao Paolo in the Center-South, which received the greatest benefits from export growth; politically important Minas Gerais, situated between the prosperous southern states and the impoverished Northeast; and Pernambuco, the Northeast's state. Num Pages: 420 pages, Illustrations, map,ports. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 100. Weight in Grams: 705.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804709910
- ISBN
- 9780804709910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.38
€ 112.38
paperback. Saladin remains one of the most iconic figures of his age. As the man who united the Arabs and saved Islam from Christian crusaders in the 12th century, he is the Islamic world's preeminent hero. Charting his rise to power, his struggle to unify the warring factions of his faith, this book explores the enduring legacy of this champion of Islam. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; 3H; BGH; HBG; HBJF; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552170840
- ISBN
- 9780552170840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Presents lives of eighteen Frankish women of the sixth and seventh centuries, all of whom became saints. This title covers the period from the fall of the Roman Empire and the conversion of the invading Franks to the rise of Charlemagne's family. Editor(s): McNamara, Jo Ann; Halborg, John E.; Whatley, E.Gordon. Num Pages: 369 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBJD; HBLC; HRCM; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822312161
- ISBN
- 9780822312161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349496440
- ISBN
- 9781349496440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.46
€ 65.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810850095
- ISBN
- 9780810850095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 168.58
€ 168.58
Hardback. Presents an interpretive framework that unearths deep continuities between the ancient and medieval worlds, recovers a forgotten transformation in female imperial power, this book offers a striking reinterpretation of early Christian art. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 265 x 185 x 38. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284012
- ISBN
- 9780520284012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.91€ 58.34
€ 74.91
€ 58.34
Russian Autocrats from Ivan the Great to the Fall of the Romanov Dynas...
Egan, David R.; Egan, Melinda A.
Hardback. No descriptive material is available for this title. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 35. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810819580
- ISBN
- 9780810819580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.88
€ 181.88
Num Pages: 231 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; HBG; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560726722
- ISBN
- 9781560726722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.66€ 61.84
€ 79.66
€ 61.84
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 61. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBG; HBJD; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801440274
- ISBN
- 9780801440274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
Hardback. Royal Mothers and their Ruling Children: Wielding Political Authority from Antiquity to the Early Modern Era brings together a range of case studies from the Pre-Modern era to illustrate key themes with regard to motherhood, ambition and authority, with a focus on queens and elite women who are at the political heart of their respective realms. Editor(s): Woodacre, Elena; Fleiner, Carey. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137513106
- ISBN
- 9781137513106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.82
€ 116.82