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Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 14 black & white halftones, 6 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1HBM; HBJK; HBTQ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 244 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501700231
ISBN
9781501700231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.85

Paperback. Offers explanations as to why motor manufacturing followed the British motorcycle, bicycle and cotton industries into oblivion. This book chronicles the 109-year life of The Rover Group from its production of hand-made bespoke automobiles for the fortunate few to the arrival of mass production to provide cars for the many. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTK; KNDR; WGCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 7. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Shire Publications
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747807681
ISBN
9780747807681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.46

Paperback. 'Moving - at times almost unbearably so - and fascinating' Antonia Fraser A family's story of human tenacity, faith and a race for survival in the face of unspeakable horror and cruelty perpetrated by the Nazi regime against the Jewish people. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BM; BTP; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008158064
ISBN
9780008158064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.97

Hardcover. Taking Hegel's famous "Master Slave Dialectic" as its starting point, this wide-ranging book examines portrayals of masters, slaves and servants in works by Carlyle, Dickens, Eliot, Collins and others. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333993125
ISBN
9780333993125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Sovereignty and Struggle: Africa and Africans in the Era of the Cold War, 1945-1994 provides students with a deeper insight into African history during the period of decolonization and the Cold War. Series: African World Histories. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 209 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199915125
ISBN
9780199915125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.15

Hardback. This collection of essays demonstrates the ways in which personalities interact with physical locale in shaping the law. Examining law through the framework of history, this anthology presents a mixture of articles by established, interdisciplinary scholars. Editor(s): Swainger, Jonathan; Backhouse, Constance. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: HBT; JFC; JH; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774810326
ISBN
9780774810326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

Hardcover. Includes essays, which examine the extent to which the Supreme Court of Alberta articulated an Albertan response to the varied legal questions of the 20th century. This volume also includes thematic essays examining First Nations' hunting rights, oil and gas law, water law, gender, the Hutterites and religious freedom, and family law. Editor(s): Swainger, Jonathan. Num Pages: 392 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; HBT; LNAA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888644930
ISBN
9780888644930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 37.31

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138643482
ISBN
9781138643482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.27

Paperback. How do we balance the desire for tales of exceptional accomplishment with the need for painful doses of reality? How hard do we work to remember our past or to forget it? These are some of the questions that Jonathan Scott Holloway addresses in this exploration of race memory from the dawn of the modern civil rights era to the present. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 525.
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469626413
ISBN
9781469626413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.85

Hardcover. In this original study British rule in Burma is examined through quotidian acts of corruption. Saha outlines a novel way to study the colonial state as it was experienced in everyday life, revealing a complex world of state practices where legality and illegality were inseparable: the informal world upon which formal colonial power rested. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMB; HBJF; HBTQ; JPZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230358270
ISBN
9780230358270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.36

Paperback. Reflections on Race, Masculinity and Empire. 224 pages. This volume is a series of reflections about the effects on English white masculinity of Britain's history of empire, from Victorian times to the present day. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSJ2. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Lawrence And Wishart Ltd
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853158288
ISBN
9780853158288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.69

Hardcover. Bringing together many of today's key scholars of verbal charming, these essays cover vernacular magical texts and practice from Malaysia to Madagascar, and from England to Estonia. As the most comprehensive collection of research on charms, charmers and charming available in the English language, it forms an essential reader on the topic. Editor(s): Roper, Jonathan. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRQX2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230551848
ISBN
9780230551848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.63

Paperback. Series: Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801474514
ISBN
9780801474514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.52

Hardback. Pamphlet, cream cover. Jonathan Potter stock catalogue. 8pp
Publisher
Jonathan Potter Ltd London
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
SKU
KON0819791
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 5.49

Hardback. Pamphlet, cream cover. Jonathan Potter stock catalogue. 8pp
Publisher
Jonathan Potter Ltd London
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
SKU
KON0819792
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 5.49

Hardback. Pamphlet, cream cover. Jonathan Potter stock catalogue. 8pp
Publisher
Jonathan Potter Ltd London
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
SKU
KON0819794
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 5.49

Hardback. Pamphlet, cream cover. Jonathan Potter stock catalogue. 8pp
Publisher
Jonathan Potter Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
SKU
KON0819790
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 5.49

Hardback. Pamphlet, cream cover. Jonathan Potter stock catalogue. 8pp
Publisher
Jonathan Potter Ltd London
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
SKU
KON0819793
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 5.49

Hardback. Pamphlet, cream cover. Jonathan Potter stock catalogue. 8pp
Publisher
Jonathan Potter Ltd London
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
SKU
KON0819795
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 5.49

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3H; HBTB; JFSR2; JNB; JNLR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635521
ISBN
9780691635521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.81

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBTB; JFSR2; JNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691606835
ISBN
9780691606835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. "Heterosexuality" is assumed to denote a universal sexual and cultural norm. This work challenges the common notion that the distinction between heterosexuality and homosexuality has been a timeless one. It reveals that as late as 1923, the term "heterosexuality" referred to a "morbid sexual passion". Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
298
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226426013
ISBN
9780226426013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.91

Paperback. Narrates a history of the Muslims of northwest China, at the intersection of the frontiers of the Mongolian-Manchu, Tibetan, Turkic, and Chinese cultural regions Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 318 pages, 24 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295976440
ISBN
9780295976440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.36

hardcover. Using thousands of examples, the book identifies the genesis and evolution in African name formation and meaning. Each entry discusses the origins of the name, its meaning, and the wide cultural and social connotations of its use. Num Pages: 416 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1H; CFF; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 143 x 28. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810836433
ISBN
9780810836433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.22

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