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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Hardback. This book examines major sports, both professional and intercollegiate, from baseball, football, and basketball to golf, tennis, stock car racing, and extreme sports, to explain how sports became a multibillion-dollar industry as well as a major influence on and reflection of American society. Jay also shows how sports have helped shape racial, gender, national, and class identities. Series: Columbia Histories of Modern American Life. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBT; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231125345
ISBN
9780231125345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.01
€ 76.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007548385
ISBN
9780007548385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.47

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781350009868
ISBN
9781350009868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Hardcover. This volume redefines the origins of the 19th-century women's rights campaigns in Britain, demonstrating that a vibrant feminist network existed during the 1830s and 1840s. Their pioneering work is shown to have fed directly into the women's rights movement of the subsequent decades. Series: Studies in Gender History. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1995th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333633823
ISBN
9780333633823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.65

Paperback. Kathryn Burns shows how the biases and practices of Spanish notaries and their clients in colonial Cuzco shaped official records and, therefore, the archive on which contemporary historians rely. Num Pages: 264 pages, 27 illustrations, 3 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 1KLSX; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348689
ISBN
9780822348689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardcover. Examining rents and taxes in 19th- and 20th-century China, this text shows how in real terms, tax burdens on landlords rose due to higher state levies. Simultaneously, rents earned by landlords fell due to state interference and peasant resistance, csusing a progressive weakening of landlord power. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804718806
ISBN
9780804718806
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.58

Hardback. Kathryn Allamong Jacob's engaging account shows how the "kingearned his crown through cookery and conversation and how this son of wealth and privilege helped to create a questionable profession in a city that then, as now, rested on power and influence. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801893971
ISBN
9780801893971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.41

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBLC1; HRH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136129
ISBN
9780231136129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.68
€ 56.67

Hardcover. Editor(s): Kerby-Fulton, Kathryn; Thompson, John J.; Baechle, Sarah. Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1043.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268033279
ISBN
9780268033279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.84

Hardback. Garrett and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is a vivid account of Garrett's twenty-six-year reign. Num Pages: 416 pages, 29, 28 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 1KBBNH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421422206
ISBN
9781421422206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.10
€ 47.03

Hardback. An engaging and informative survey of medieval pet keeping which also examines their representation in art and literature. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843837589
ISBN
9781843837589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.38
€ 89.20

Paperback. The emergence of the northern French county of the Perche, and the rise of the Rotrou family from obscure origins to princely power, 11-13c. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838340
ISBN
9781843838340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLW; JFFN; JFSL1; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801484407
ISBN
9780801484407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. States that a nation's standards of private cleanliness reveal much about its ideals of civilization, fears of disease, and expectations for public life. Starting with the shake-up of European practices that coincided with Atlantic expansion, this title traces attitudes toward 'dirt' through the mid-nineteenth century. Series: Society and the Sexes in the Modern World. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; MBNH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300171556
ISBN
9780300171556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.37

Paperback. The origins of racism and slavery in British North America from the perspective of gender are examined in this book. The author argues that gender was both a basic social relationship and a model for other social hierarchies, and assesses its role in the construction of racism in Virginia. Num Pages: 584 pages, 10 illustrations, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTS; JFFJ; JFSJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807846230
ISBN
9780807846230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.75

Hardback. Rev. George D. Byers, Presbyterian missionary at Kachek, Hainan island, China, was murdered by bandits in 1924. Based on American and British consular archives and those of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and members of the Hainan mission, this is the story of how Mrs. Byers and Mrs. Mabel Roys got the government and their church to take action. Series: Studies in Christianity in China. Num Pages: 199 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJG; HBG; HBLW; HRCC9; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934223737
ISBN
9780934223737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.82

Paperback. Translator(s): Freeman, Kathleen. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872203068
ISBN
9780872203068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.61

Hardback. In 1956 Khrushchev stunned Communists by reciting a litany of Stalin's abuses. His bid to rejuvenate the Party opened the door to upheaval, as Soviet citizens asked where the system had gone astray. Kathleen Smith contends that the year's brief thaw set in motion a cycle of reform and retrenchment that would recur until the Soviet Union's collapse. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 23 x 15. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674972001
ISBN
9780674972001
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 14 maps; 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTR; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 34. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812981209
ISBN
9780812981209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.16

Hardback. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 106 includes "A Picnic, a Tomb, and a Crow: Hesiod's Cult in the Works and Days"; "Sapphica"; "A New Manuscript of Classical Authors in Spain"; "The Dates of the Dramatists of the Fabula Togata"; "The Coroebus Episode in Virgil's Aeneid"; "Herod's Last Days"; and other essays. Editor(s): Coleman, Kathleen M. Series: Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 374 pages, 8 halftones, 2 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 151 x 32. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard Department of the Classics
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072015
ISBN
9780674072015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.96

Paperback. For most of the 20th century, considered opinion in the US regarding Palestine has favored the inherent right of Jews to exist in the Holy Land. That Palestinians, as a native population, could claim the same right has been largely ignored. This book shows how the endurance of such assumptions has impeded a resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Num Pages: 399 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition, Updated Edition with a New Afterwor
Number of pages
399
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520217188
ISBN
9780520217188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.47

Paperback. An enjoyable introduction to the Reformation: discover the history behind the facts Series: In 100 Facts. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445651347
ISBN
9781445651347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.75

Paperback. Explores the nineteenth-century foundations of medieval studies as an academic discipline as well as certain unexamined contemporary consequences of these origins. This title exposes the presuppositions of the field of medieval studies and significantly shifts the objects of its historical inquiry. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBAH; HBG; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822321996
ISBN
9780822321996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.64

Hardback. Making a significant contribution to the large debate over the transition from "scriptural" to "scientific" culture in Europe, this book also sheds light on the centrality of Jews to medieval and Enlightenment history. Num Pages: 160 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; HRAX; HRC; HRJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812237405
ISBN
9780812237405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

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