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Hardcover. In 1934 a Swedish museum director and his assistant researched the maritime and material culture of the Outer Hebrides. Their work is presented here along with 80 sepia photographs and 35 line drawings, all previously unpublished. Editor(s): Fenton, Alexander. Num Pages: 128 pages, 60 sepia photographs + 43 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKSHL; HBTB; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 195 x 14. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
NMSE - Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905267651
ISBN
9781905267651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.04

Hardcover. Katyn the Soviet massacre of over 21,000 Polish prisoners in 1940 has come to be remembered as Stalin s emblematic mass murder, an event obscured by one of the most extensive cover-ups in history. Yet paradoxically, a majority of its victims perished far from the forest in western Russia that gives the tragedy its name. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 231 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745655765
ISBN
9780745655765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Paperback. This book gives a radically new reading of Russia s cultural history. Alexander Etkind traces how the Russian Empire conquered foreign territories and domesticated its own heartlands, thereby colonizing many peoples, Russians included. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSB; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745651309
ISBN
9780745651309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.68

Paperback. Imperial expositions held in fin-de-siecle London, Paris and Berlin were knots in a world wide web. Conceptualizing expositions as meta-media, Fleeting Cities constitutes a transnational and transdisciplinary investigation into how modernity was created and displayed, consumed and disputed in the European metropolis around 1900. Num Pages: 423 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137358325
ISBN
9781137358325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 130.52

Hardcover. Imperial expositions held in fin-de-siecle London, Paris and Berlin were knots in a world wide web. Conceptualizing expositions as meta-media, Fleeting Cities constitutes a transnational and transdisciplinary investigation into how modernity was created and displayed, consumed and disputed in the European metropolis around 1900. Num Pages: 423 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230221642
ISBN
9780230221642
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.34

Paperback. "Imperial expositions held in fin-de-siecle London, Paris and Berlin were knots in a world wide web. Conceptualizing expositions as meta-media, Fleeting Cities constitutes a transnational and transdisciplinary investigation into how modernity was created and displayed, consumed and disputed in the European metropolis around 1900"-- Num Pages: 406 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 623.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st ed. 2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349307210
ISBN
9781349307210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 130.58

Hardback. Offers historical, cultural, and political account in English of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship. This book shows how this martial art evolved through a recurring process of "inventing tradition," which served the changing ideologies and needs of Japanese warriors and governments over the course of history. Num Pages: 328 pages, 19 b/w, 6 line drawings, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; WSTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520284371
ISBN
9780520284371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.66

Hardback. Published here for the first time is a crucial document in the history of American radicalism--the "Prison Blossoms," a series of essays, narratives, poems, and fables composed by three activist anarchists imprisoned for the 1892 assault on anti-union steel tycoon Henry Clay Frick. Editor(s): Brody, Miriam; Buettner, Bonnie. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JPFB; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674050563
ISBN
9780674050563
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.39

hardcover. Immediately after the Second World War, the radio was the best-preserved medium of mass communication in Germany. This book explores the implications of this dominance by asking how everyday broadcasting constructed ideas of 'normal' times, people and places in the destroyed, divided and occupied zones of what would become the Federal Republic. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; KNTD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 1. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2008th Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230009035
ISBN
9780230009035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.33

Paperback. This book explores the continuities and discontinuities of everyday broadcasting practice at German radio stations following the defeat and occupation of Germany that followed World War II. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349284498
ISBN
9781349284498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.52

Paperback. Editor(s): Anievas, Alexander; Manchanda, Nivi; Shilliam, Robbie. Series: Interventions. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: HBTR; JFSL1; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415724357
ISBN
9780415724357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.21

Paperback. Over the last century, many artists have made works that challenge dominant models of gender and sexuality. The results can be sexy or serious, satirical or tender, discreetly coded or defiantly outspoken. Num Pages: 160 pages, 75 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 140. .
Publisher
Tate Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849765039
ISBN
9781849765039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. There are a couple of hundred songs that are sung by millions across the world each day, that school children know by heart and sports fans belt out perfectly even after eight beers. And they aren't pop songs - they are national anthems. In this book, the author brings the incredible stories of the world's national anthems to life. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Windmill Books
Condition
New
SKU
9780099592235
ISBN
9780099592235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 10.51

Paperback. Callinicosa s new book is a frontal assault on the widely accepted idea that the East European revolutions of 1989 mark the death of socialism. In an attempt to vindicate the classical Marxist tradition, Callinicos argues that socialism in this tradition can only come from below, through the self--activity of the working class. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBTV; JPFC; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Lrg
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745608488
ISBN
9780745608488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.25

Paperback. Follows the interweaving lives of several key anarchists, and of the secret police who tracked them. Framed by the Paris Commune of 1871 and the 1905 revolution in St Petersburg, and spread across five continents, theirs is the story of a generation that saw the dream of Utopia crumble, to be replaced by a dangerous desperation. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBLL; HBTB; JPFB; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 36. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage Digital
Condition
New
SKU
9780099551928
ISBN
9780099551928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801474828
ISBN
9780801474828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.47

Paperback / so. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Sports Publishing LLC United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613212370
ISBN
9781613212370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; WDKX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 89 x 23. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WS Publishing United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613510360
ISBN
9781613510360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDT; HBJF1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 879.
Publisher
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Edition
Anniversary
Condition
New
SKU
V9780789212061
ISBN
9780789212061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.93

Hardback. .
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611470208
ISBN
9781611470208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.37
€ 15.27

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