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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. This second edition relates the long and brutal history of slavery and the struggle for abolition using several key features: *Chronology *Introductory essay *Appendixes *Bibliography *Over 500 cross-referenced entries on forms of slavery, famous slaves and abolitionists, origins of slaves, and current conditions of modern slavery Series: Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series. Num Pages: 478 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810859661
- ISBN
- 9780810859661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.29
€ 154.29
Paperback. A reinterpretation of the iconic photographs of the black civil rights struggle. It shows how the very pictures credited with arousing white sympathy, and thereby paving the way for civil rights legislation, actually limited the scope of racial reform in the 1960s. Num Pages: 264 pages, 65 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268647
- ISBN
- 9780520268647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardcover. This is the first book to study representations of the non-Western world in European modernist cinema. In offering new perspectives on the history of Soviet montage cinema and on the British documentary movement, it connects with the growing body of work analysing manifestations of orientalism, Eurocentrism and colonial discourse in the cinema. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 line drawings/halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; APF; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896047
- ISBN
- 9780859896047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.80
€ 143.80
Hardcover. From 1505 to 1689, Russia's Tsars chose their wives through an elaborate ritual: the bride-show. Alongside accounts of sordid boyar plots against brides and the multiple marriages of Ivan the Terrible, this book offers an analysis of the show's role in the complex politics of royal marriage in early modern Russia. Num Pages: 396 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804484
- ISBN
- 9780875804484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.80
€ 59.80
Hardback. Cleansing Honor with Blood examines the daily experiences of interpersonal violence, the elaboration of masculine identities around honor and the practice of violence, and the contests for power and authority among free poor men from the hinterlands of the northeastern Brazilian province of Ceara between 1845 and 1889. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804774567
- ISBN
- 9780804774567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Paperback. A finalist for the Lincoln Prize, The Sea Captain's Wife "comes surprisingly, and movingly, alive" (Tina Jordan, Entertainment Weekly). Num Pages: 384 pages, 47 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393330298
- ISBN
- 9780393330298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. How did individual Americans respond to the shock of President Lincoln's assassination? Diaries, letters, and intimate writings reveal a complicated, untold story Num Pages: 408 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300219753
- ISBN
- 9780300219753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 6.23
€ 29.99
€ 6.23
Hardcover. The opening of the ports of Japan in 1859 brought a flood of Japanese craft products to the world marketplace. For ivory it was a golden age. This book examines the role that ivory and ivory carvers played in the expression of nationalism and the development of sculpture in the later nineteenth and early twentieth century. Num Pages: 132 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137363329
- ISBN
- 9781137363329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Paperback. Drawn from two medieval collections of form letters for all manner of business and personal affairs, Lost Letters of Medieval Life depicts early thirteenth-century England through the everyday correspondence of people of all classes, from peasants and shopkeepers to bishops and earls. Editor(s): Carlin, Martha; Crouch, David. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223361
- ISBN
- 9780812223361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.83
€ 41.99
€ 37.83
Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226355047
- ISBN
- 9780226355047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.57
€ 47.99
€ 37.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282186
- ISBN
- 9780520282186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.00
€ 33.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. Although the scale on which children are affected by war may be greater today than at any time since the world wars of the twentieth century, children have been a part of conflict since the beginning of warfare. This book shows that boys and girls have routinely contributed to home front war efforts. Editor(s): Marten, James. Num Pages: 313 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFSP1; JFSP2; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 313
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814756676
- ISBN
- 9780814756676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349182466
- ISBN
- 9781349182466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.41
€ 38.41
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, TBD. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 244 x 27. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465036622
- ISBN
- 9780465036622
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.47
€ 29.99
€ 20.47
Hardback. Series: Americas in the Early Modern Atlantic World. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KL; 3JF; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; KCLT; KNDD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403972262
- ISBN
- 9781403972262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Paperback. "Clothing the Spanish Empire" narrates the lives of families on both sides of the Atlantic who profited from the craze for calicoes, and in doing so helped the Spanish empire to flourish in the eighteenth century. Series: Americas in the Early Modern Atlantic World. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 261.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349533527
- ISBN
- 9781349533527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Series: Sociology Transformed. Num Pages: 111 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, 7 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; HBTB; HPS; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 219 x 13. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137581860
- ISBN
- 9781137581860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Series: The Library of Black America. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- A Cappella Books United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556523861
- ISBN
- 9781556523861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.63
€ 29.99
€ 27.63
Paperback. This volume seeks to go far beyond specialized debates about the alleged superiority of Western traditions. The culmination of Sahlins's ethnohistorical research on Hawaii, is a reaffirmation for understanding difference. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: BG; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226733692
- ISBN
- 9780226733692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.76
€ 40.99
€ 31.76
Paperback. Remains the most complete history of the Assassins. Beginning the story with the separation of Sunnis and Shi'ites and the rise of Isma'ilism, an offshoot of Shi'ism, Hodgson traces the long and complex history of power struggles within Islam that led ultimately to the separation of the Nizari Isma'ilis and their direct challenge to Muslim leadership. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219166
- ISBN
- 9780812219166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. In this work, Marshall Foletta contends that by calling for a new American literature in their journal, "The North American Review", the second-generation Federalists helped American readers break free from imported neo-classical standards, thus paving the way for the American Renaissance. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JPHC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920597
- ISBN
- 9780813920597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.84
€ 78.84
Paperback. Offering a kaleidoscopic journey into the experiences of modernization, the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world, this title dexterously interweaves an exploration of modernism in art, literature, and architecture. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 110 x 32. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 420
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844676446
- ISBN
- 9781844676446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.37
€ 25.99
€ 23.37
Hardcover. This book explores the French Enlightenment's use of cross-cultural comparisons - particularly the figures of the Chinese mandarin and American and Polynesian savage - to praise of critique aspects of European society and to draw general conclusions regarding human nature, natural law, and the rise and decline of civilizations. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indianapolis Bobbs Merrill 1966
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137002532
- ISBN
- 9781137002532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.99
€ 138.99
Paperback. Barry J. Marshall and J. Robin Warren have been awarded The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2005 "for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease". More information about The Nobel Prize can be found by visiting: http://nobelprize. org/medicine/laureates/2005/. Editor(s): Marshall, Barry J. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBT; PSGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 13. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Asia Australia
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780867930351
- ISBN
- 9780867930351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 107.57
€ 107.57