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Paperback. In the 1920s thousands of migrants settled in the Los Angeles suburb of South Gate. Blue collar workers built the suburb literally from the ground up. 'My blue heaven' demonstrates the ethic of self-reliance and homeownership which formed the core of South Gate's identity. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 432 pages, 4 colour plates, 11 halftones, 9 maps, 5 line drawings, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226583013
ISBN
9780226583013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.49

Paperback. This collection of essays focuses attention on how medieval gender intersects with other categories of difference, particularly religion and ethnicity. It treats the period c.800-1500, with a particular focus on the era of the Gregorian reform movement, the First Crusade, and its linked attacks on Jews at home. Editor(s): Fenton, K. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349368341
ISBN
9781349368341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.63

Hardback. A deeply researched and geographically wide-ranging study that reveals that widows were much more economically and socially active than is often thought. Num Pages: 344 pages, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 764.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271771
ISBN
9781783271771
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.66

Paperback. Takes us around the world in search of one of the most colorful characters in history - the court jester. This work includes anecdotes, jokes, quotations, epigraphs, and illustrations that shed light on little-known jesters, highlighting their humanizing influence on the head honchos of history. Num Pages: 328 pages, 49 halftones, 66 line drawings. BIC Classification: ASZ; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 684.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226640921
ISBN
9780226640921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.41

Paperback. This volume surveys the role women have played in various types of business as owners and managers in Europe and North America since the sixteenth century. Drawing on the most recent scholarship, and paying particular attention to the influence of gender norms, Craig identifies the factors that have facilitated or restricted women's participation. Series: Gender and History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 black & white tables, 13 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; 3J; HBTB; JFSJ1; KJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137033222
ISBN
9781137033222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.05

Hardback. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137574121
ISBN
9781137574121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.48

Paperback. Brings together the viewpoints of protagonists in the Holocaust restitution drama, from lawyers and diplomats to Holocaust survivors and historians. This work examines the key aspects of Holocaust litigation, including claims involving bank assets, slave labor, insurance, and looted art. Editor(s): Bazyler, Michael J.; Alford, Roger P. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; LBBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
374
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814799871
ISBN
9780814799871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

hardcover. A new generation of China scholars offers a fresh look at the unusual cross-cultural territory constituted by China's missionary-established Christian colleges before 1950 in this fascinating work. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2 tables, 14 figures, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804759489
ISBN
9780804759489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.24

Hardback. This collection of nearly 600 excerpts from contemporary essays and letters conveys a panoramic picture of New York City as described by visitors, from the Dutch days to the 1960s. Contributors include: James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain and H.G. Wells. Num Pages: 417 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBTB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 948.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
417
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823215287
ISBN
9780823215287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.06

paperback. This collection of nearly 600 excerpts from contemporary essays and letters conveys a panoramic picture of New York City as described by visitors, from the Dutch days to the 1960s. Contributors include: James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain and H.G. Wells. Num Pages: 417 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBTB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
417
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823215294
ISBN
9780823215294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.95

Paperback. Why do Ghanaians suppress the history of enslavement? This book tackles this question by analyzing the slave trade's absence from public versions of coastal Ghanaian family and community histories, its troubled presentation in the country's classrooms and nationalist narratives, and its elaboration by the transnational tourism industry. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HBTB; HBTS; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226349763
ISBN
9780226349763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Hardcover. Focuses on the relationship between the law and the concept of the person in modern Arab societies. It directly addresses the questions of continuities, transformations and ruptures of such notions, combining legal, historical and socio-legal perspectives. Editor(s): Dupret, Baudouin. Series: Islamic Mediterranean. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; HBTB; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 36. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860649974
ISBN
9781860649974
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.52
€ 137.06

Hardback. Harold Pinter (1930-2008) is one of the foremost twentieth-century dramatists/ playwrights in Britain as well as the world. This new book offers a comprehensive overview of Pinter's work across various media including political dramas, poetry, screenplays, and his activism. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; DSC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137508157
ISBN
9781137508157
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.80

paperback. A catalogue of mass slaughter, torture and slavery, which showed that the evangelizing vision of Columbus had descended under later conquistadors into genocide. It demands that the Indians be entitled to the basic rights of humankind. Editor(s): Griffin, Nigel. Translator(s): Griffin, Nigel. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 2ADS; 3JB; DSBB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140445626
ISBN
9780140445626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. "One of the major sources for the study on the interraction between whites and American Indians during the sixteenth century." -- Journal of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association Translator(s): Briffault, Herma. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBG; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801844300
ISBN
9780801844300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.39

Paperback. When the US took control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam following the Spanish-American War, it was unclear to what degree these islands were actually part of the US. By looking at what became known as the Insular Cases, this work reveals how America resolved to govern these territories. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700614820
ISBN
9780700614820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.76

Paperback. Draws readers inside the circle of intellectuals, scientists, politicians, businessmen, and clergymen who brought Charles Darwin's controversial ideas to post - Civil War America. This title situates Darwinism in the context of the Gilded Age. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFCX; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226893846
ISBN
9780226893846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.05

Paperback. Series: Perspectives on the Holocaust. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTZ1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
HPOD
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472567185
ISBN
9781472567185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.74

Paperback. The story of the most famous revolt of the ancient world, and its legendary leader, Spartacus the Gladiator. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; HBTV; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753826980
ISBN
9780753826980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. This account of the PLO's ideology, strategy, tactics, its relationship to other Arab states, and its confrontations with Israel, documents how the PLO was transformed from revolutionary organization into the administrator of its own territory. Series: A selection of the History Book Club. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674768048
ISBN
9780674768048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.10

Hardback. This exciting history of male prostitution in New York, the first detailed history of the hustler, draws the reader into the fascinating sexual culture of postwar America. its subject matter and style will appeal to a wide range of readers, especially those interested in the histories of sex, the city, masculinity, and American culture. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Cooter, Roger; Steedman, Carolyn. Series: Encounters: Cultural Histories. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719080074
ISBN
9780719080074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.57

Hardcover. Key developments in the history of sailing explored through 100 objects. Num Pages: 224 pages, More than 100 illustrations and photographs. BIC Classification: HBTM; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 254 x 26. Weight in Grams: 978.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472918857
ISBN
9781472918857
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.15

Hardback. The 1970s saw the Aboriginal people of Australia struggle for recognition of their postcolonial rights. Rural communities, where large Aboriginal populations lived, were provoked as a consequence of social fragmentation, unparalleled unemployment, and other major economic and political changes. Num Pages: 216 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJPN; HBJM; HBLW3; HBTR; JPWF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782385370
ISBN
9781782385370
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.94

Paperback. .
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855328983
ISBN
9781855328983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.64

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