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History: specific events & topics
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€ 15.04
€ 19.99
€ 15.04
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813565224
- ISBN
- 9780813565224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.73
€ 44.99
€ 39.73
This discussion of women's entry into the male-dominated world of sports chronicles the evolution of public attitudes and private ambitions from the 1950s to the present. It identifies the intricacies of equality, difference and self-determination that have shaped women's participation in sport. Num Pages: 400 pages, 25 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231101622
- ISBN
- 9780231101622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 107.92
€ 107.92
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
€ 113.65
€ 113.65
Hardback. Together, the essays collected here explore themes such as work, unions, politics and migration in the Nordic states from the early modern period to the twenty-first century. Editor(s): Hilson, Mary; Neunsinger, Silke; Vyff, Iben. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 366 pages, 11 illustrations, 1 map, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785334962
- ISBN
- 9781785334962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.91
€ 166.91
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
€ 132.14
€ 132.14
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
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
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€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
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
€ 47.11
€ 47.11
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€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
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
Hardback. Using oral histories and archival records from Barbados, Britain and the United States, and engaging with the role of gender in defining and building nationhood and citizenship, Mary Chamberlain challenges previous histories of Caribbean decolonisation which focus on one perspective alone. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078767
- ISBN
- 9780719078767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.68
€ 149.68
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€ 24.42
€ 33.99
€ 24.42
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.39
€ 52.99
€ 44.39
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
€ 91.37
€ 91.37
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
€ 178.26
€ 178.26
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
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
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
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Combining historical and legal scholarship, this is an analysis of the history of child custody in the USA from colonial times to the present day. It draws on history to illuminate contemporary issues, offering a rich perspective on the historical relationship of children to their parents. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JKSB1; LA; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231080460
- ISBN
- 9780231080460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.90
€ 147.90
Paperback. This text offers a comparative and historical analysis of rapid and profound changes in the legal system beginning in the 1960s in England, France, West Germany, Sweden and the United States. Num Pages: 336 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JH; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226299709
- ISBN
- 9780226299709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.29
€ 43.99
€ 33.29
hardcover. The case studies not only provide insight into the business dynamics of the literary world at this time, but also illustrate the shifting definition of literature itself during the period. Series: Studies in Book & Print Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; DSB; HBTB; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802091475
- ISBN
- 9780802091475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.45
€ 84.45
Hardback. Investigates how postmodern techniques are used to create works that embody contemporary contradictions. The author proposes a poststructuralist/postmodern film theory which enhances the analysis of this type of film. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; APF; HBT; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840980
- ISBN
- 9780810840980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.82
€ 133.82
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719080456
- ISBN
- 9780719080456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.84
€ 26.99
€ 26.84
Paperback. Marwan Bishara, the chief policy analyst for Al Jazeera English and presenter of the show "Empire", looks at the roots of pro-democracy revolutions in the Arab world and offers an original analysis of what went right, why this moment is paramount, and how Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Avalon Publishing Group United States
- Edition
- First Trade Paper Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568589749
- ISBN
- 9781568589749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.77
€ 25.99
€ 16.77