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Paperback. After its early introduction into the English colonies in North America, slavery in the United States lasted as a legal institution until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865. This book demonstrates that slavery was indeed an essential part of the foundation of the nascent republic. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 line drawing, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226846705
ISBN
9780226846705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.92

paperback. This is the story of two immigrants, William and Katherine Brueckmann, who started a new life in America's first industrial city, Paterson New Jersey Committed to a socialist dream, they struggled to improve life for fellow immigrants, but their vision of a socialist America was never realized. Num Pages: 205 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHMC; KND; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 9. Weight in Grams: 361.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823221349
ISBN
9780823221349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.61

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Publication date
2018
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910021866
ISBN
9781910021866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.91

Hardcover. This first detailed study of the bishops of Florence tells the story of a dynamic Italian lordship during the most prosperous period of the Middle Ages. Drawing upon a rich base of primary sources, Dameron demonstrates that the nature of the Florentine episcopal lordship results from the tension between seigneurial pressure and peasant resistance. Num Pages: 284 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1ST
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674258914
ISBN
9780674258914
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.30
€ 78.18

paperback. This is a history of how the Navy responded--in doctrine, strategy, operations, preparedness, self-awareness, and force structure--to radical changes in political circumstance, technological innovation, and national needs and expectations. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 36. Weight in Grams: 824.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804727945
ISBN
9780804727945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.49

Paperback. This comprehensive anthology critiques sociology's disciplinary engagement with colonialism in varied settings, while also highlighting the lasting contributions that sociologists have made to the theory and history of imperialism. Editor(s): Steinmetz, George. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 632 pages, 5 photographs, 3 tables, 2 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 836.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352792
ISBN
9780822352792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.00

Hardback. Offers an account of geopolitics and industrialization in Japan. This book traces the meteoric rise of ramen from humble fuel for the working poor to international icon of Japanese culture. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 b/w illus., 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition, 1 ed.
SKU
V9780520277564
ISBN
9780520277564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 46.46

Num Pages: 554 pages, 112 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 589.
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
554
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486277400
ISBN
9780486277400
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.57

Paperback. This essential survey of British society and culture during World War I focuses on the lives of ordinary Britons: how they were affected by the war, how they attempted to understand the conflict, and how they have dealt with its legacies. This timely new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated in the light of the latest scholarship. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137307507
ISBN
9781137307507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.10

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198736486
ISBN
9780198736486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.40

Paperback. Paperback, blue spine, stamp on ffep. 29pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Trustees of Dartmouth College New Hampshire
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1950
SKU
KON0819574
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 5.49

Paperback. In September 1965, Filipino and Mexican American farm workers went on strike against grape growers in and around Delano, California. The strike became a movement for social justice that helped redefine Latino and American politics. Based on first-hand reportage and interviews, this book illuminates a moment of unusually significant social ferment. Num Pages: 225 pages, 26 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; HBTB; JPVH; KNAC; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520254336
ISBN
9780520254336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.68

Paperback. In 1936 George Orwell was commissioned to visit areas of mass unemployment in the North of England, this book offers a description of the poverty he witnessed there. It crystallized the ideas that would be found in Orwell's later works and novels, and remains a powerful portrait of poverty, injustice and class divisions in Britain. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; HBTB; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185293
ISBN
9780141185293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Written when George Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties, this is a memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGL; DNF; HBTB; JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184388
ISBN
9780141184388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. An account of George Orwell's observations of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire in the 1930s. It presents his descriptions of social injustice, cramped slum housing, dangerous mining conditions, squalor, hunger and growing unemployment that are written with honesty, fury and great humanity. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEN; 1DBKEY; HBTB; JFS; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 183 x 14. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141395456
ISBN
9780141395456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Hardcover. Illustrated 8vo.POOR copy in original cloth , Spine missing. Text complete. Maritime History.The Sea.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Waite, Peirce and Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1845
Edition
Third Edition
SKU
KEX0254545
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 75.00

Paperback.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745330105
ISBN
9780745330105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.89

paperback. Previously published as An American Metropolis, this book is a punchy, definitive history of New York and has been updated to include new material on the Giuliani administration and the events of September 2001. Num Pages: 276 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814751862
ISBN
9780814751862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.32

Hardcover. A study of the music of the Baroque period, with a focus on the 17th century. It examines composers and genres from Russia, the Ukraine, Slovenia, Croatia, and Latin America. It also includes musical examples from various genres and instrumental combinations. Num Pages: 720 pages, 181 figures, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: AVGC3; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 186 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1650.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253343659
ISBN
9780253343659
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.91

paperback. Editor(s): Andreopoulos, George. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780812216165
ISBN
9780812216165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. A work of genuine social history, this book leads the reader, as concretely as possible, into the real villages and cities of European society. It begins with a description of family and community structure, social conflict, and religious beliefs. Series: Interdisciplinary Studies in History. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Second
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253211804
ISBN
9780253211804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.98

Paperback. An introduction to a key period in the history of Europe - the transition from medieval to Renaissance Europe. In this updated edition, Professor Holmes reveals the interactions between politics, society and ideas that contributed to the problems and changes of this period. Series: Blackwell Classic Histories of Europe S. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631213826
ISBN
9780631213826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.46

Paperback. In 1968, Mexico prepared to host the Olympic games amid growing civil unrest. In this study of the afterlives of the '68 Movement, the author explores how urban spaces - material but also literary, photographic, and cinematic - became an archive of 1968, providing a framework for de facto modes of justice for years to come. Num Pages: 336 pages, 28 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBTV; JPWQ; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520291072
ISBN
9780520291072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.20

paperback. Pioneering book of oral history, The Pattern Under the Plough shows that even in modern societies, governed by science and technology, there are still traces of a civilisation whose beliefs were bound to the soil and whose reliance on the seasons was a matter of life or death. Illustrator(s): Gentleman, David. Series: Nature Classics Library. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Little Toller Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908213099
ISBN
9781908213099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.02

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