History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Trust and Power argues that automobile corporations have historically faced conflicts with the very customers whose loyalty they sought. Num Pages: 316 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTK; KNDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780521120388
- ISBN
- 9780521120388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.63
€ 40.99
€ 40.63
Paperback. How does law transform family, sexuality, and community in the fractured social world characteristic of the colonizing process? This title reveals how, in Hawai'i, indigenous Hawaiian law was displaced by a transplanted Anglo-American law as global movements of capitalism, Christianity, and imperialism swept across the islands. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 432 pages, 23 halftones 1 map 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFS; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691009322
- ISBN
- 9780691009322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.08
€ 54.99
€ 39.08
Paperback. This account completes the grim picture of slavery by showing us the origins, the nature and the extent of slave patrols in Virginia and the Carolinas from the late 17th century through the end of the American Civil War. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 360 pages, Enter information as it will appear in catalog dataline. Enter none if appropriate. Guess. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JF; 3JH; GTB; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674012349
- ISBN
- 9780674012349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.59
€ 40.99
€ 33.59
Hardcover. Explores the daily life of ordinary men, women and children of Anglo-Saxon England. This book covers domestic and family life, work and leisure, education, clothing and housing, food, religion, magic and superstition, health and sickness, warfare, crime and punishment, ethnic and national identity, the creation of kingship, and slavery. Series: Daily Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Greenwood
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846450136
- ISBN
- 9781846450136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.57€ 58.01
€ 63.57
€ 58.01
Hardback. Offers eleven vignettes of Palestine's cultural life in the first half of the twentieth century. This book presents the memoirs, diaries, letters, and other writings of six Jerusalem intellectuals whose lives spanned the period of 1918-1948: a musician, a teacher, a former aristocrat, a doctor, a Bolshevik revolutionary, and a Jewish novelist. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520251298
- ISBN
- 9780520251298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.58€ 63.58
€ 83.58
€ 63.58
Paperback. Examines how African American artists and intellectuals turn to the subject of slavery to understand and challenge the ongoing exclusion of African Americans from the founding narratives of the United States Num Pages: 248 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFFN; JHMC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372. Citizenship and Racial Democracy in the Post-Civil Rights Imagination. 240 pages, 5 illustrations. Examines how African American artists and intellectuals turn to the subject of slavery to understand and challenge the ongoing exclusion of African Americans from the founding narratives of the United States. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFFN; JHMC; JPVH1. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352617
- ISBN
- 9780822352617
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Condition: New
€ 28.15
€ 28.15
Paperback. Divided into male and female sections, this dictionary provides an alphabetical listing of Muslim names in both English and Arabic. Each name has a description of its origin and meaning as well as indication of whether the name is derived from Arabic or Persian. Num Pages: 367 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2BXF; 2CSR; GBC; HBTG; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
- Number of pages
- 367
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850653578
- ISBN
- 9781850653578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.57
€ 19.99
€ 19.57
Hardback. Xenocracy offers a much-needed account of the islands of the Ionian Sea during their half-century of oversight by Great Britain. It recounts how, despite Britain's liberal reforms, the Ionian State's economic deterioration anticipated the "neocolonial" condition with which the Greek nation struggles even today. Num Pages: 388 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332616
- ISBN
- 9781785332616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.04
€ 163.04
Paperback. This book brings together the newest and the most innovative scholarship on Nigerian children one of the least researched groups in African colonial history. It engages the changing conceptions of childhood, relating it to the broader themes about modernity, power, agency, and social transformation under imperial rule." Editor(s): Aderinto, Saheed. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349505593
- ISBN
- 9781349505593
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Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066625
- ISBN
- 9780674066625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.23
€ 27.99
€ 24.23
Paperback. In this book, Parent puts together a history of representations of the 1944 mutiny in Senegal. Combining firsthand analysis of the works and their intertextual interactions as well an external perspective, Parent engages with history, literature, film, poetics, and politics and highlights the importance of remembering the past. Num Pages: 222 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; HBJH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349445967
- ISBN
- 9781349445967
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Condition: New
€ 61.36
€ 61.36
Hardcover. A valuable and objective reassessment of the role of Serbia and Serbs in WWII. Today, Serbian textbooks praise the Chetniks of Draza MIhailovic and make excuses for the collaboration of Milan Nedic's regime with the Axis. However, this new evaluation shows the more complex and controversial nature of the political alliances during the period. Editor(s): Listhaug, Ola. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYS; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230278301
- ISBN
- 9780230278301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.71
€ 63.71
Hardback. Sheds light on the relationship between portraiture, social affirmation and the myth of Antiquity as it was experienced and elaborated in 18th-century Rome. This book offers insights and readings into how the experience of the City in terms of abstract or concrete appropriation affected the ways of portraying innate or visiting elite sitters. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JF; AGHF; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719075964
- ISBN
- 9780719075964
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 7.28
€ 19.99
€ 7.28
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 maps, 2 black & white illustrations, 2 charts, 1 graph, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJP; HBTB; HBWN; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526104588
- ISBN
- 9781526104588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.00
€ 147.00
Hardcover. The author's sharply critical perspective reveals how this epistemology of alterity has kept Africa ensnared within colonial matrices of power, serving to justify external interventions in African affairs, including the interference with liberation struggles and disregard for African positions. Num Pages: 276 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459510
- ISBN
- 9780857459510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.97
€ 151.97
Hardback. A highly original theoretical intervention into the causes of genocide, combining Marxism and psychoanalysis. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JPFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745326542
- ISBN
- 9780745326542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.06€ 82.07
€ 100.06
€ 82.07
Paperback. A highly original theoretical intervention into the causes of genocide, combining Marxism and psychoanalysis. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JPFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745326535
- ISBN
- 9780745326535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.11
€ 36.99
€ 29.11
Paperback. This book contains the final report of Germany's 'Remembrance, Responsibility, and Future' Foundation, giving a comprehensive history of the country's use of slave labor during World War II and the complex process by which reparations for survivors were negotiated. Editor(s): Jansen, M. Num Pages: 232 pages, 43 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBWQ; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 12. Weight in Grams: 411.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349377305
- ISBN
- 9781349377305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 422 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTK; KNDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Otago University Press New Zealand
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877372742
- ISBN
- 9781877372742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.61
€ 24.99
€ 18.61
Hardback. Proceedings of the Joint Discussion-17 at the 23rd IAU General Assembly, organised by the Commission 41, held in Kyoto, Japan, August 25-26, 1997 Editor(s): Ansari, S.M. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBT; PGC; PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402006579
- ISBN
- 9781402006579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.39
€ 186.39
Hardcover. Editor(s): Binder, Devin K. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBCR; HBTG; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 186 x 21. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594543630
- ISBN
- 9781594543630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.96€ 99.57
€ 145.96
€ 99.57
Hardcover. Explores the role of bishops at the heart of thirteenth-century English politics, examining their culture and political theology. Under King John and Henry III, the bishops acted as peacemakers, supporting royal power when it was threatened, but between 1258 and 1265, led by Simon de Montfort, they became partisans, helping to overturn royal power. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198754022
- ISBN
- 9780198754022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.71
€ 143.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; KNTR; TDPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486814452
- ISBN
- 9780486814452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.68
€ 16.99
€ 13.68
Paperback. This study explores representations of the Madonna and Child in early modern culture. It considers the mother and son as a conceptual, religio-political unit and examines the ways in which that unit was embodied and performed. Of primary interest is the way mothers derived agency from bearing incipient rulers. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HRAX; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349434374
- ISBN
- 9781349434374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.44
€ 61.44