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Paperback. Looks at the legal and cultural implications of bequests that crossed the color line. This book examines high-court decisions in the antebellum South that involved wills in which white male planters bequeathed property, freedom, or both to women of color and their mixed-race children. Series: Studies in the Legal History of the South. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3; LNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820332512
ISBN
9780820332512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.19

Paperback. Recounting the stories of seven Holocaust survivors who overcame obstacles to earn advanced degrees and become college and university professors, these accounts show that despite the worst of circumstances it is possible to heal with time. Each account describes the social background and circumstances that helped to shape the survivor's destiny. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268033651
ISBN
9780268033651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.87

Hardback. Bernhard Rieger reveals how a car commissioned by Hitler and designed by Ferdinand Porsche became a global commodity on a par with Coca-Cola. The Beetle's success hinged on its uncanny ability to capture the imaginations of executives, engineers, advertisers, car collectors, suburbanites, hippies, and everyday drivers across nations and cultures. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; KNDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 144 x 32. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674050914
ISBN
9780674050914
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.99

Paperback. A challenging account of the systematic and brutal slaughter of Jews in Latvia during the Second World War. Translator(s): Mazzarins, Laimdota. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUC; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 333.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810117297
ISBN
9780810117297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.09

Hardcover. Editor(s): Knollenberg, Bernhard; Sheehan, Bernard W. Num Pages: 570 pages, notes, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1250.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
570
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865974159
ISBN
9780865974159
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.73

Hardback. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785331756
ISBN
9781785331756
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.54

Paperback. In this fascinating history of the aquarium, Bernd Brunner tells a compelling story of obsession, beauty, discovery and delight, from the aquarium's humble origins as a tool for scientific observation to the Victorian era's elaborately decorated containers of oceanic curiosity, to the great public aquaria of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 160 pages, 30 colour illustrations, 80 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WNGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 235 x 12. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Edition
Expanded
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861898166
ISBN
9781861898166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.26

Paperback. In 1944, 13-year-old Fritz Tubach was almost old enough to join the Hitler Youth in his German village of Kleinheubach. That same year in Tab, Hungary, 12-year-old Bernie Rosner was loaded onto a train with the rest of the village's Jewish inhabitants and taken to Auschwitz, where his whole family was murdered. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520261310
ISBN
9780520261310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.05

Paperback. Explores the value of truth and finds it to be both less and more than we might imagine. This book identifies two basic virtues of truth, accuracy and sincerity. It describes different psychological and social forms that these virtues have taken and asks what ideas can make best sense of them. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691117911
ISBN
9780691117911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.01

Hardcover. Working with the Nazi-appointed Jewish Council in Amsterdam, Gertrude van Tijn helped many Jews escape. But she faced difficult moral choices. Some called her a heroine; others, a collaborator. Bernard Wasserstein's haunting narrative draws readers into this twilight world, to expose the terrible dilemmas confronting Jews under Nazi occupation. Num Pages: 310 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674281387
ISBN
9780674281387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.28

Paperback. Editor(s): Sheehan, Bernard W. Num Pages: 570 pages, notes, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1068.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
570
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865974166
ISBN
9780865974166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.86

Paperback. Discusses areas in which the colonial impact has generally been overlooked. This book contains essays, which form an exploration of the ways in which the British discovery, collection, and codification of information about Indian society contributed to colonial cultural hegemony and political control. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691000435
ISBN
9780691000435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
140
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853036364
ISBN
9780853036364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.77

Hardback. Num Pages: 354 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231059503
ISBN
9780231059503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.59
€ 98.51

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Bernard McCall
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
hardcover
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902953687
ISBN
9781902953687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.38

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JB; HBJF1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691632285
ISBN
9780691632285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.36

Hardcover. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of social welfare and social policy in Britain before the modern welfare state. It examines the role played by voluntary social provision (including self-help and mutual aid), as well as the growth of state intervention, in meeting welfare needs. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 753. "Includes bibliographical references (p. 376-382) and index. Commissioning organisation: Bernard Harris. xii, 402 p. ill. 24 cm. Paperback. As new." Keywords: "Business, Finance & Law - Careers - Community Services,History - Other Historical Subjects - General,His"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2004th Edition
SKU
KEX0166456
ISBN
9780333649978
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 60.75

Paperback. This collection of true stories illuminates the experiences of a young Polish boy before World War II, through the gathering storm of Nazism, into the death camps, to poignant reunions many years later. Num Pages: 248 pages, 21, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Expanded ed
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801863103
ISBN
9780801863103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.45

Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; RGBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226031118
ISBN
9780226031118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.07

Hardcover. Paperback in very good condition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Burndy Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1962
Edition
First
SKU
KRF0040589
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Ruptures in the Everyday brings together twenty-six interdisciplinary researchers in an innovative, collectively authored work of scholarship that investigates Alltag-everyday life-through such fragmentary experiences. Editor(s): Bergerson, Andrew Stuart; Schmieding, Leonard. Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association. Num Pages: 370 pages, 22 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785335327
ISBN
9781785335327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.54

Paperback. Benchmark publication with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum that discloses and defines what we know about the Holocaust Editor(s): Berenbaum, Michael; Peck, Abraham J. Num Pages: 856 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4293 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1271.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253215291
ISBN
9780253215291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.83

paperback. Addresses conceptual and ethical questions that arise from historical accounts of the Holocaust. Series: Jewish Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217288
ISBN
9780253217288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.82

Paperback. "First published in Hebrew by The Open University of Israel, Raanana, 2005. This English, updated edition published in 2017 by Equinox Publishing Ltd." BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBTZ; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 703.
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781795804
ISBN
9781781795804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.35

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