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Paperback. The poorest men and women in colonial NSW are no longer marginalised, but front and centre in a book that reveals what life was like for them. In this rich and revealing book, Tanya Evans collaborates with family historians - many writing about their own ancestors - to present the everyday lives of these people. Num Pages: 336 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBFN; 3JH; HBJM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742232577
- ISBN
- 9781742232577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. While there are many studies of the global influence of crops and plants, this is perhaps the first social history based around a plant in South Africa. Plants are not quite historical actors in their own right, but their properties and potential help to shape human history. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBTB; WNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wits University Press South Africa
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145300
- ISBN
- 9781868145300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.88
€ 40.88
Paperback. Editor(s): Zimmerman, Tanja. Num Pages: 270 pages, 25 b/w & 2 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1DVW; GTC; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837617122
- ISBN
- 9783837617122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.42
€ 50.99
€ 36.42
Hardcover. Turkey's bid to join the European Union has lent new urgency to the issue of the Armenian Genocide as differing interpretations of the genocide are proving to be a major reason for the delay of the ratification. This book provides vital background information and is a prime source of legal evidence and eye-witness testimony.. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJD; HBTZ; HBWN; LBHG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648. The Armenian Genocide Trials. 376 pages, black & white illustrations. Turkey's bid to join the European Union has lent new urgency to the issue of the Armenian Genocide as differing interpretations of the genocide are proving to be a major reason for the delay of the ratification. This book provides vital background information and is a prime source of legal evidence and eye-witness testimony. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJD; HBTZ; HBWN; LBHG. Dimension: 156 x 237 x 25. Weight: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452511
- ISBN
- 9780857452511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.79
€ 182.79
Hardback. This book examines the confiscation of Armenian properties during the genocide and subsequent attempts to retain seized Armenian wealth. Through the close analysis of laws and treaties, it reveals that decrees issued during the genocide constitute central pillars of the Turkish system of property rights. Series: War and Genocide. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782386230
- ISBN
- 9781782386230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.27
€ 164.27
Paperback. The definitive history of the 1915 Armenian Genocide Num Pages: 608 pages, 8pp illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ; HBWN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 45. Weight in Grams: 498. The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility. 620 pages, 8pp illustrations. In 1915, the Turkish government systematically organized the wholesale slaughter of a complete race, the Armenians. Under the cover of World War-I, through the secret organization of unofficial gangs of Kurds, released prisoners, German officers and Turks who had lost their lands in the war against Balkans, over 1 million Armenians were murdered. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ; HBWN; JFSL. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 45. Weight: 414.
- Publisher
- Constable
- Number of pages
- 620
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845295523
- ISBN
- 9781845295523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. In this enlightening cultural history of bees and beekeeping in the United States, Horn, herself a beekeeper, shows how the honey bee was one of the first symbols of colonization and how bees' societal structures have shaped our ideals about work, family, community, and leisure. Num Pages: 352 pages, 52 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCA; WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813191638
- ISBN
- 9780813191638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.87
€ 30.87
hardcover. While most studies of the Holocaust stop in 1945, the year of the liberation and the official end of the Holocaust, Tamas Stark follows the fate of the Hungarian Jews until the Communist takeover in the late 1940s. The author goes on to cover the enlarged, war-years territory of Hungary, and then to a detailed comparison of the destruction of Jewish communities and the emigration of the survivors. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880334495
- ISBN
- 9780880334495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.16
€ 52.99
€ 38.16
Hardback. Based on newly available archival sources, Krausz examines the holocaust in the Soviet Union and contrasts it with the genocide in Hungary. He studies the roots of Soviet anti-Semitism and its impact on politics before the holocaust. He also explains why the holocaust was a taboo subject in Eastern Europe before the collapse of communism. Num Pages: 128 pages, 23 cm. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1DVU; 3JH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 181 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335690
- ISBN
- 9780880335690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.14
€ 42.14
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HBTB; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801443930
- ISBN
- 9780801443930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.61
€ 70.61
Hardcover. This book considers the growing awareness in the wake of World War I that culture could play an effective political role in international relations. Series: Heritage and Memory Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 full color. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DST; 1QRM; HBTB; HBTQ; JFC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9789089648778
- ISBN
- 9789089648778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.71
€ 143.71
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138709485
- ISBN
- 9781138709485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99
€ 50.99
Paperback. In the last three decades, the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos has commanded the close scrutiny of scholars. These studies have focused on the political repression, human rights abuses, debt-driven growth model, and crony capitalism that defined Marcos' so-called Democratic Revolution in the Philippines. Series: Research in International Studies - Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBTR; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780896803121
- ISBN
- 9780896803121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Hardback. In the last three decades, the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos has commanded the close scrutiny of scholars. These studies have focused on the political repression, human rights abuses, debt-driven growth model, and crony capitalism that defined Marcos' so-called Democratic Revolution in the Philippines. Series: Research in International Studies - Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBTR; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780896803114
- ISBN
- 9780896803114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.19
€ 76.19
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479821785
- ISBN
- 9781479821785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.38
€ 97.38
Hardcover. Retrieved after World War II from metal boxes and milk cans buried beneath the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto, the "Oyneg Shabes-Ringelblum Archive" was clandestinely compiled between 1940 and 1942 under the leadership of historian Emanuel Ringelblum. This book describes its contents. Editor(s): Epsztein, Tadeusz; Shapiro, Robert Moses. Num Pages: 568 pages, 92 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 1016. Weight in Grams: 989.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253353276
- ISBN
- 9780253353276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.34
€ 96.34
Paperback. Presents stories which are based on the author's own experiences surviving Auschwitz and Dachau. This title describes a world where the will to survive overrides compassion and prisoners eat, work and sleep a few yards from where others are murdered; and, where the difference between human beings is reduced to a second bowl of soup. Translator(s): Kandel, Michael; Vedder, Barbara. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140186246
- ISBN
- 9780140186246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. A sumptuously illustrated history of the Titanic, her sinking and its aftermath. Num Pages: 464 pages, 300. BIC Classification: 3JJC; HBG; HBLW; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 174 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1172.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445647012
- ISBN
- 9781445647012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.92
€ 40.99
€ 28.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Text Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781925240702
- ISBN
- 9781925240702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.57
€ 15.99
€ 12.57
paperback. An account of the most powerful of the American Indian tribes. It traces the Comanches' rise to power, from their prehistoric origins to their domination of the high plains for more than a century until their demise in the face of Anglo-American expansion. Num Pages: 592 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 32. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099520559
- ISBN
- 9780099520559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
paperback. The Scots are one of the world's greatest nations of emigrants. This title offers an account of the Scots as a 'global people', charting their forgotten role in the building of the modern world. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBTQ; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141015644
- ISBN
- 9780141015644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 12.37
€ 19.99
€ 12.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 640 pages, 12 page of photos and 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 232 x 36. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307475947
- ISBN
- 9780307475947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.07
€ 18.99
€ 14.07
Hardback. This volume brings together the best of T. C. Smout's recent articles and contributions to books and journals on the topic of environmental history. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748635139
- ISBN
- 9780748635139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.00€ 118.85
€ 125.00
€ 118.85
Paperback. Considers the misappropriation of African American popular culture through various genres, largely Hip Hop, to argue that while such cultural creations have the potential to be healing agents, they are still exploited -often with the complicity of African Americans- for commercial purposes and to maintain white ruling class hegemony. Series: Contemporary Black History. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108974
- ISBN
- 9780230108974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.37€ 49.60
€ 77.37
€ 49.60