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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. The biography of Jane Digby, an 'enthralling tale of a nineteenth-century beauty whose heart - and hormones - ruled her head.' Harpers and Queen Num Pages: 384 pages, (16 page section). BIC Classification: BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Edition
- 8th reprint
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857024692
- ISBN
- 9781857024692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.15
€ 19.99
€ 14.15
Paperback. Mary Prince was a freed slave from Bermuda who achieved notoriety when she published her autobiography at a time when abolition debates were raging. This book details the ill-treatment she received by her various owners and her escape to England where she sought refuge with Christian missionaries. Editor(s): Salih, Sara. Num Pages: 160 pages, notes. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBTS; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140437492
- ISBN
- 9780140437492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.17
€ 11.99
€ 10.17
Paperback. Asserting that the organization of sexual difference is a social, not natural, phenomenon, Poovey shows how representations of gender took the form of a binary opposition in mid-Victorian culture. Series: Women in Culture & Society S. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9780226675305
- ISBN
- 9780226675305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.86
€ 47.99
€ 36.86
Paperback. Showing the epistemological conditions that have made modern, social and economic knowledge possible, this text explores questions such as, "how did fact become modernity's most favoured unit of knowledge?". Num Pages: 444 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBTB; HPK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226675268
- ISBN
- 9780226675268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.25
€ 52.99
€ 40.25
Paperback. What, if anything, does figurative, political slavery have to do with transatlantic slavery? The author explores connections between political and chattel slavery by excavating the tradition of Western political thought that justifies actively opposing tyranny. Num Pages: 435 pages, 14 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBTS; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 435
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226271798
- ISBN
- 9780226271798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.62
€ 32.99
€ 25.62
Paperback. The newly discovered diary of a wartime nurse - a fascinating, dramatic and unique insight into the experiences of a young nurse in the Second World War. Editor(s): Acton, Carol. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJH; BJ; BM; HBTB; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780227382
- ISBN
- 9781780227382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.21
€ 11.99
€ 10.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489945
- ISBN
- 9780801489945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.25
€ 41.99
€ 41.25
Paperback. This volume examines how gender, social class and ethnicity colour the storylines of those who experienced the horrors of Auschwitz, and asks whether we can or should make sense of Auschwitz. Series: Ethnographic Alternatives. Num Pages: 184 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSA; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761991878
- ISBN
- 9780761991878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.99
€ 57.99
Paperback. Until 1893, Mary Kingsley lived the typical life of a single Victorian woman, tending to sick relatives and keeping house for her brother. However, on the death of her parents, she undertook an extraordinary decision: with no prior knowledge of the region, she set out alone to West Africa to pursue her anthropological interests. Editor(s): Turner, Lynnette. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFD; HBJH; HBTQ; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141439426
- ISBN
- 9780141439426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813565224
- ISBN
- 9780813565224
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.20
€ 43.99
€ 39.20
Hardback. Congress established the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands - more commonly known as the Freedmen's Bureau - in March 1865. Upon its creation this temporary federal agency assumed the Herculean task of overseeing the transition from slavery to freedom in the war-torn South. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823232116
- ISBN
- 9780823232116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.46
€ 119.46
Hardback. An innovative study of the ways in which Germans of different ages and life stages lived through the violent eruptions of the two world wars, and through the dictatorships of Nazism and then Communism that succeeded them. Num Pages: 528 pages, charts. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 45. Weight in Grams: 946.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199287208
- ISBN
- 9780199287208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.06
€ 125.06
paperback. What was life really like for East Germans, effectively imprisoned behind the Iron Curtain? This book explores the transformation of East German society from the ruins of Hitler's Third Reich to a modernizing industrial state. It also examines changing conceptions of normality within an authoritarian political system. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; HBTW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300144246
- ISBN
- 9780300144246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.23
€ 36.99
€ 27.23
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199679256
- ISBN
- 9780199679256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.96
€ 26.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 270 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910745663
- ISBN
- 9781910745663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
hardcover. Space and public memory in the neoliberal city Num Pages: 296 pages, 24 b&w photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 170 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253352231
- ISBN
- 9780253352231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.85
€ 52.85
Paperback. The human stories behind disease, plagues and epidemics and their deadly impact through history. Num Pages: 608 pages, Colour plate section. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782069430
- ISBN
- 9781782069430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 35. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press Distributed for Arl
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780905223872
- ISBN
- 9780905223872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 20.66
€ 25.00
€ 20.66
Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Partyka, Justin. Num Pages: 176 pages, 32 Colour photo-essay. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Full Circle
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956186959
- ISBN
- 9780956186959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.31
€ 33.99
€ 24.31
Hardback. The United States has always been a nation of immigrants, shaped by successive waves of new arrivals. The most recent transformation began when immigration laws and policies changed significantly in 1965. Edited and written by a group of prominent scholars, this book provides an authoritative account of the most recent surge of immigrants. Editor(s): Waters, Mary C.; Ueda, Reed. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 642 pages, 1 map, 80 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 172 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1110.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 642
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023574
- ISBN
- 9780674023574
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.30
€ 51.99
€ 43.30
Paperback. Explores the story of rural shock work and Stakhanovism in the Soviet countryside in the late 1930s. This book attempts to contextualize Stakhanovism, considering historical context, changing party priorities, propaganda, the press, the nature of farm leaderships, shortages, peasant attitudes, gender, purges, and local organizations. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742541276
- ISBN
- 9780742541276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 90.63
€ 90.63
Hardback. Explores the story of rural shock work and Stakhanovism in the Soviet countryside in the late 1930s. This book attempts to contextualize Stakhanovism, considering historical context, changing party priorities, propaganda, the press, the nature of farm leaderships, shortages, peasant attitudes, gender, purges, and local organizations. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742541269
- ISBN
- 9780742541269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.80
€ 176.80
Paperback. Reveals the ambiguous, often contested nature of marital law, showing that husbands' superior status and wives' dependence were fluid and negotiable Num Pages: 171 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; LAZ; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740651
- ISBN
- 9780814740651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801449420
- ISBN
- 9780801449420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61