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Hardcover. In the mid- to late 1940s, a group of young men rattled the psychiatric establishment by beaming a public spotlight on the squalid conditions and brutality in our nation's mental hospitals and training schools for people with psychiatric and intellectual disabilities. This book presents the extraordinary efforts of these courageous men. Series: Critical Perspectives on Disability. Num Pages: 584 pages, 50 black-&-white illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBTB; HBWQ; JKSM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1157.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609155
ISBN
9780815609155
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 44.25

Hardback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474282130
ISBN
9781474282130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.64
€ 50.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; AV; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 177 x 18. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Creation Books United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840681819
ISBN
9781840681819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.70

Hardback. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 345 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 220 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319351278
ISBN
9783319351278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB; HBTW; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554586233
ISBN
9781554586233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.31

Hardcover. A panoramic, eye-opening history of the vast migration of Eastern Europeans to the West by a recent winner of a MacArthur Fellowship. Num Pages: 400 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393078015
ISBN
9780393078015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.88

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 integrated b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848859494
ISBN
9781848859494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.52
€ 135.76

Paperback. A fascinating look at the symbiotic relationships between the US security state and the US culture industry, and their drive to promote the US Empire as a way of life through the production, packaging, and selling of cultural commodities in world markets. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFD; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774830157
ISBN
9780774830157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

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

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

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
€ 36.07

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

€ 167.29

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

€ 155.32

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
€ 13.39

Examines the networks that linked academics across the British settler world in the age of 'Victorian' globalization. Drawing on extensive archival research, remaps the intellectual geographies of Britain and its empire in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 256 pages, Tables, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTQ; JFCX; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719085024
ISBN
9780719085024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 151.94

Paperback. A history of Stroud Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; HBTD; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 238 x 9. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752434377
ISBN
9780752434377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.60

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

€ 29.28

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

€ 39.97

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

€ 70.18

Paperback. Argues that the history of televising philosophy is crucial to understanding the struggle over French national identity in the postwar period. This work insists that we jettison presumptions about the anti-intellectual nature of the visual field and engages critical questions about the survival of national cultures in a globalizing world. Num Pages: 272 pages, 48 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APT; HBTB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226509914
ISBN
9780226509914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.66

Paperback. .
Publisher
Routledge
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138709485
ISBN
9781138709485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.15

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
€ 34.15

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

€ 76.63

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

€ 96.31

Paperback. 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 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479810796
ISBN
9781479810796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

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