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Hardback. Editor(s): Smith, Andrew; Barton, Anna. Series: Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; DSBF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784995102
ISBN
9781784995102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.84

Paperback. Spurred by the dramatic landscape transformation associated with European colonization of the Americas, this work creates a prototype theory to explain relationships between colonialism and landscape. Num Pages: 280 pages, bibliography, index, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBTP; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742515604
ISBN
9780742515604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.51

hardcover. Spurred by the dramatic landscape transformation associated with European colonization of the Americas, this work creates a prototype theory to explain relationships between colonialism and landscape. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBTP; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742515598
ISBN
9780742515598
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.35

Paperback. Revised version of the author's thesis (Ph. D., University of Chicago, Department of History, 2009). Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 346 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUB; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTV4; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024664
ISBN
9780253024664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.14

Hardback. Revised version of the author's thesis (Ph. D., University of Chicago, Department of History, 2009). Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 346 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUB; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTV4; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024510
ISBN
9780253024510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.20

Paperback. Explores the transition from oral to written history that is taking place in tribal Jordan, a transition that reveals the many ways in which modernity, literate historicity, and national identity are developing in the contemporary Middle East. This book discusses the substance of tribal history through the eyes of its creators. Series: Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies. Num Pages: 363 pages, 22 b&w photographs, 6 line illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; HBAH; HBTD; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
363
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201019
ISBN
9780520201019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.87

Hardback. Andrew Schlesinger tells the fascinating story of Harvard College as an American institution. He examines the important actions and decisions of its leadership from Puritan times to the present. Num Pages: 318 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBTB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566636360
ISBN
9781566636360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.87

Paperback. Examines the history of political and intellectual life in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Bengal to show how the concept can take on a life of its own in different contexts. This interdisciplinary study is suitable for historians and anthropologists, as well as scholars of South Asia and colonialism. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226734941
ISBN
9780226734941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.83

Paperback. .
Publisher
Helm Information Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903206140
ISBN
9781903206140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps. BIC Classification: HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 241 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1108.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500288160
ISBN
9780500288160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.65

Hardback. Andrew Reynolds' The Children of Harvey Milk is not only a compelling collective portrait of gay politicians around the globe; it also offers a powerful explanation of why individual politicians practicing "identity politics"have been absolutely crucial to the successes of this still-expanding global social movement. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSK; JHBK; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190460952
ISBN
9780190460952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBJM; HBTB; J; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Monash University Publishing Australia
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780980651263
ISBN
9780980651263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 25.92

Paperback. This is the moving story of how people lived in the forced labour camps and died in the gas chambers. It gives a unique insight into how the camps were run, by the SS commandants down to privileged prisoners. Num Pages: 144 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473827981
ISBN
9781473827981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. Recognizes the central role Jews and Jewish values have played in shaping American ideas of the inner life. This book aims to overturn the widely shared assumption that modern ideas of human nature derived from the nation's Protestant heritage. It also provides fresh interpretations of Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, and Western views of the psyche. Num Pages: 480 pages, 20 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127750
ISBN
9780691127750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.81

Paperback. Winner of the Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award. One of the American West's bloodiest-and least-known-massacres is searingly re-created in this generation-spanning history of native-white intermarriage. Num Pages: 368 pages, 35 illustrations; 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871408570
ISBN
9780871408570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.26

Hardback. Drawing on intellectual and social history as well as the work of Michel Foucault, the author investigates the intersection of scientific, political, and professional interests that informed perceptions and understandings of contagion in 19th-century France. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804733953
ISBN
9780804733953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.37

Paperback. This volume, the third of five, covers the long 19th century, from the achievement of American independence in the 1780s to the eve of world war in 1914. This was the period of Britain's greatest expansion as both empire-builder and dominant world power. Series Editor(s): Louis, Wm Roger. Series: The Oxford History of the British Empire. Num Pages: 800 pages, 15 Maps, numerous tables and figures. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1190.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199246786
ISBN
9780199246786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Paperback. The dawn of print was a major turning point in the early modern world. This book reconstructs the first 150 years of the world of print, exploring the complex web of religious, economic and cultural concerns surrounding the printed word. Num Pages: 440 pages, 69 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 215 x 33. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300178210
ISBN
9780300178210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.45

Paperback. The extraordinary history of news and its dissemination, from medieval pilgrim tales to the birth of the newspaper Num Pages: 456 pages, 64 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300212761
ISBN
9780300212761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99

Hardcover. This book is a study of the remote South Atlantic island of St Helena and its role in the abolition of the slave trade. Series: Liverpool Studies in International Slavery. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 black & white tables, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTASH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781382837
ISBN
9781781382837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.96

Hardcover. Through environmental philosophy and emerging paradigms in complex systems theory, the book presents a new reading of Emerson, Thoreau and the green tradition of American thought, analyzing their foundational roles in the formation of the two main currents in American environmentalism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820325309
ISBN
9780820325309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.66

Paperback. Founded in the final years of the Enlightenment, the Louvre became the model for all state art museums subsequently established. This text chronicles the formation of the museum from its origins in the French royal picture collections to its apotheosis during the Revolution and Napoleonic Empire. Num Pages: 302 pages, 84 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: GM; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBT; WTHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502. Art, Politics and the Origins of the Modern Museum in Eighteenth-Century Paris. 302 pages, 84 b&w illustrations. Founded in the final years of the Enlightenment, the Louvre became the model for all state art museums subsequently established. This text chronicles the formation of the museum from its origins in the French royal picture collections to its apotheosis during the Revolution and Napoleonic Empire. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GM; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBT; WTHM. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight: 506.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
302
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520221765
ISBN
9780520221765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.78

Paperback. Why is the Victoria Line so hot? What is an Electrical Multiple Unit? Is it really possible to ride from King's Cross to King's Cross on the Circle line? This book offers an informative history of everything you need to know about the Tube. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Profile Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846684784
ISBN
9781846684784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Anniversary
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509839667
ISBN
9781509839667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBAH; HBJK; HBTV; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781479884100
ISBN
9781479884100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.64

Paperback. The City: A World History depicts the rise of urban centers from the middle of the fourth century BCE to the early twenty-first century. It begins in the ancient Near East, and traces urban growth and its effects throughout Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Series: New Oxford World History. Num Pages: 160 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199859542
ISBN
9780199859542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.84

Paperback. Explores the professional, personal, intellectual and practical origins of a practioner of Britain's naval command, to understand how the greatest warrior transformed the art of conflict, and enabled his country to survive the challenge of total war and international isolation. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16 colour plate section. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
356
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571212279
ISBN
9780571212279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. Sparberg deftly captures five boroughs of grit, chaos, and emotion grappling with a massive and unwieldy transit system. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 color, 150 b/w Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; RPT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780823271801
ISBN
9780823271801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.90

Paperback. Examines the meaning of liberalism for a slave society, the tension between systems of patriarchy and patronage, and the link between language and power in a largely illiterate society. Series: Engendering Latin America. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ2; JFSP; JMJ; JNC; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803278042
ISBN
9780803278042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.26

Paperback. Series: Indigenous Confluences. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, 1 b&w illus, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBTB; JFFH2; JFSK2; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295998503
ISBN
9780295998503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.16

Paperback. Shows how the issues confronted America in the late twentieth century have roots in the fifties, some apparent at the time, others only in retrospect: civil rights, environmentalism, the counterculture, and "movements" on behalf of women, Chicanos, and Native Americans. This book is useful for instructors of American history survey courses. Series: America in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11 black-&-white photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631286
ISBN
9780815631286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.38

Paperback. Paris is the city of light and the city of darkness - a place of ceaseless revolution and reinvention that for two thousand years has drawn those with the highest ideals and the lowest morals to its teeming streets. This book features myriad citizens whose stories have shaped Paris. Num Pages: 544 pages, 16pp b&w inset. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141011134
ISBN
9780141011134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.26

Paperback. .
Publisher
Coch-Y-Bonddu Books Ltd
Number of pages
383
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899600298
ISBN
9781899600298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.63

Paperback. In the last 25 years of the 19th century, around 200,000 visitors from Australia landed in Britain. This work uses the diaries and letters of these pilgrims to offer insight into 19th-century Britain. It also draws conclusions about the cultural histories of Britain and Australia. Num Pages: 220 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902210629
ISBN
9781902210629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99

Hardback. This book explains why concerns that the Nazi past would be marginalized by the more recent Communist past proved to be misplaced. It examines the delicate East-West dynamics and the notion that the West sought to impose "victor's justice" (or history) on the East. Series: Contemporary European History. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455330
ISBN
9781845455330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, Two 8 page plate sections. One black and white, one color. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AVGD; HBJD1; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 305 x 31. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781252482
ISBN
9781781252482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JPFC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674975491
ISBN
9780674975491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.66

hardcover. The history, legends and cookery of popcorn in America. The book tests legends against agricultural, archaeological, culinary and social findings and gauges the reasons for its unflagging popularity. The account is concluded with more than 160 historical recipes for popcorn cookery. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFC; WBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University South Carolina Pr United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570033001
ISBN
9781570033001
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.29

Paperback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231151177
ISBN
9780231151177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.35

Hardback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 336 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574. Fifteen Turning Points in the Making of American Beverages. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. 336 pages, ill. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 25. Weight: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231151160
ISBN
9780231151160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.03

Paperback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 392 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140935
ISBN
9780231140935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.99

Hardback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 392 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140928
ISBN
9780231140928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.63

Paperback. This book examines the course and nature of Roman expansion during the Republic and Early Empire, focusing on the impact of Roman rule on the subject, and the effect of empire on the imperial power. Series: Debates and Documents in Ancient History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748619634
ISBN
9780748619634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.62

Paperback. A vivid history of the men who risked censures, stigma, even imprisonment for a cause they believed to be "an extended tour of duty." Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBJF; HBTB; HBWS2; JPWF; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814736357
ISBN
9780814736357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.29

Hardback. Presenting the history of German youth in the First World War, this book investigates the dawn of the era of mobilizing teenagers and schoolchildren for experiments in state building and the political movements like fascism and communism. It explores how German teachers could be legendary for their sarcasm and harsh methods. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 10 halftones, 3 charts, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HBWN; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674049833
ISBN
9780674049833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.92

Paperback. In "The Real American Dream" the author searches out the symbols and stories by which Americans have reached for something beyond worldly desire. It is a spiritual history ranging from the first English settlements to the present day. Series: The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 120 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674003835
ISBN
9780674003835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.47

Hardback. Abolitionists have been painted in extremes--vilified as reckless zealots who provoked the bloodletting of the Civil War, or praised as daring reformers who hastened the end of slavery. Delbanco sees them as the embodiment of a driving force in American history: the recurrent impulse of an adamant minority to rid the world of outrageous evil. Series: The Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures on American Politics. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674064447
ISBN
9780674064447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.27

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780230863
ISBN
9781780230863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.49

Paperback. 155 pages. The Treatise of Walter of Bibbesworth is a didactic poem in Anglo-Norman which surveys a host of practical matters, ranging from childbirth and our passage through life, to estate management and life in fields, workshops, to activities in the home, the kitchen and the dining-hall, to the flora and fauna (and even the weather) of .. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSC; HBTB; JFCV. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 13. Weight: 232. Translator(s): Dalby, Andrew.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Prospect Books
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
155
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903018866
ISBN
9781903018866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.09

Paperback. Told through the lives and battles of eleven admirals, this book stretches from the Spanish Armada to the Second World War, culminating with the spirit which led Andrew Browne Cunningham famously to declare, when the army feared he would lose too many ships, 'it takes three years to build a ship; it takes three centuries to build a tradition.' Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 418.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
9780571231577
ISBN
9780571231577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Most people born before 1950 can remember visiting or working in shops that had cash carriers - cash balls that ran on wooden rails, wire systems where the carrier was catapulted along an overhead steel wire, or pneumatic tube systems where the carrier was whisked off to the cash office. This title reveals details about these devices. Series: Shire Album S. Num Pages: 32 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBT; KNPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 147 x 4. Weight in Grams: 106. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
9780747806158
ISBN
9780747806158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.59

Paperback. Offering an interpretation of the relationship between the church, society and religion across five centuries of change, this book examines how the teachings of an increasingly universal Church were applied at a local level and how social change shaped the religious practices of the laity. Series: Social History in Perspective. Num Pages: 264 pages, notes, further reading, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; HRCC2. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333691458
ISBN
9780333691458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.26

Paperback. Covers the SS United States' active service from 1952 to 1969 when she dominated the seas of Atlantic, sweeping all rivals before her. This title offers insight into the record-breaking liner, how she performed in the secret sea trials and her epic maiden voyage. Num Pages: 120 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 250 x 10. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The History Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752479538
ISBN
9780752479538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, 180 colour illustrations, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 226 x 10. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752479514
ISBN
9780752479514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 248 x 9. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752479521
ISBN
9780752479521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.45

Paperback. Blaikie explores how our different ways of seeing influence the relationship between place and belonging. He argues that our memories, however brief or complex, invoke imagined pasts. But do our recollections share a common frame of reference? Blaikie's cross-disciplinary exploration sets out to answer this question. Includes numerous case studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 b+w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 186 x 232 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617876
ISBN
9780748617876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.04

Hardback. All memories invoke imagined pasts, but do the ways we remember share a common imaginary? In seeking to interpret Scottish culture in the recent past as a series of encounters with modernity, this study draws on a wide range of sources to explore relationships between perceptions of place, belonging and identity in one nation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617869
ISBN
9780748617869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.78
€ 105.82

Paperback. The Danube is the longest river in western and central Europe. Rising amidst the beautiful wooded hills of Germanys Black Forest, it touches or winds its way through ten countries and four capital cities before emptying into the Black Sea through a vast delta whose silt-filled channels spread across eastern Romania. Series: Landscapes of the Imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 b&w. BIC Classification: 1DVW; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904955665
ISBN
9781904955665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.37

Paperback. * Brings together international art and architectural historians to consider a range of topics that have influenced the shape, profile, and aesthetics of the built environment. * Presents crucial "moments" in the history of the field when the architecture of the past is made to respond to new and changing cultural circumstances. Editor(s): Ballantyne, Andrew. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8. BIC Classification: AMA; AMC; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631229445
ISBN
9780631229445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

Paperback. This book explores how the Canadian Army prepared for the possibility of a Third World War and how its innovations and adaptations laid the groundwork for the evolution of our national army. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History Series. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: HBTW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774827034
ISBN
9780774827034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

Hardback. This book explores how the Canadian Army prepared for the possibility of a Third World War and how its innovations and adaptations laid the groundwork for the evolution of our national army. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW; HBTW; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774827027
ISBN
9780774827027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.46

Hardback. Explores how anthropology can come to terms with "colonial library" and begin to develop an ethnographic practice that transcends politics of Africa's imperial past. This book develops a model of critical agency, focusing on a variety of language genres in Africa situated in rituals that transform socio-political relations. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 map, 1 line drawing, 8 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; CFG; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226023519
ISBN
9780226023519
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.66

Paperback. A Highland soldier journeys by land and canoe in the 1830s to attend the "gift-giving" ceremony on Manitoulin Island. Editor(s): McLean, Scott A. Num Pages: 108 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; BG; DN; HBT; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 22.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Natural Heritage Books Canada
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896219561
ISBN
9781896219561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.16

Paperback. In this history of the Chicago School of Sociology, Andrew Abbott investigates central topics in the emergence of modern scholarship, paying special attention to "schools of science" and how such schools reproduce themselves over time. Num Pages: 262 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBTB; JH; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226000992
ISBN
9780226000992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.78

Paperback. This work presents analysis of the evolution and development of the social sciences. It reconsiders how knowledge actually changes and advances. Challenging the accepted belief that social sciences are in a perpetual state of progress, this work contends that there is a core set of principles. Num Pages: 276 pages, 16 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226001012
ISBN
9780226001012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.08

Paperback. This book brings together the study of silent cinema and the study of British cinema, both of which have seen some of the most exciting developments in Film Studies in recent years. The result is a comprehensive survey of one of the most important periods of film history. Editor(s): Higson, Andrew. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 432 pages, 32 b&w photographs, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; APF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 185 x 29. Weight in Grams: 738.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897174
ISBN
9780859897174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.45

Paperback. Richly illustrated with many previously unpublished images, Photography and Germany is the first single-authored history of German photography, and deepens our understanding of how photography cultivates notions of a nation and its inhabitants. Series: Exposures. Num Pages: 224 pages, 115 illustrations, 55 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 190. .
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780237480
ISBN
9781780237480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.85

Hardcover. Num Pages: 326 pages, 400+ colour illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; WSBX; WSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 249 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2092.
Publisher
Georg Olms Verlag AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9783487084855
ISBN
9783487084855
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 203.36
€ 146.25

Hardcover. A wide-ranging edited collection that interrogates colonial expansion, and the mismatch between intention, perception and hype, and the actual realities. Editor(s): Varnava, Andrekos. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719097867
ISBN
9780719097867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.65

Paperback. Since the earliest development of states, groups of people escaped or were exiled. This book gives voice to three communities living at the edges of capitalism: Cossacks on the Don River in Russia; Zapatistas in Chiapas, Mexico; and prisoners in long-term isolation since the 1970s. Num Pages: 316 pages, 18 b/w images and 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287303
ISBN
9780520287303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.67

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 72. BIC Classification: 1FCS; HBTB; JFC; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801436314
ISBN
9780801436314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.54

Paperback. Freemasonry is one of the oldest and most widespread voluntary organizations in the world. Andreas Onnerfors sorts the facts from the colourful fictions surrounding this organization and outlines how the organization works, its rituals and symbols, its values, and the work it does in modern society. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 black and white images. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSV; JFSV1; JKSN1. Dimension: 174 x 111. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198796275
ISBN
9780198796275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Hardcover. Editor(s): Rudiger, Mogens. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHB; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 734.
Publisher
Aalborg University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9788771125948
ISBN
9788771125948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.14

Paperback. Explores social upheaveal in Iran and how real social change is possible -- and the danger of invasion. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 map, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBTV; JPS; JPWQ; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745326030
ISBN
9780745326030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 37.81

Paperback. How capitalism became caught up in the carbon-burning trap Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: HBTK; KCZ; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 38. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784781293
ISBN
9781784781293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.14

Paperback. A story of how George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and James Madison's passion for nature, plants, agriculture and gardens shaped the birth of America. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 175 x 28. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099525622
ISBN
9780099525622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. One January morning in 1734, cloth merchant Peter Collinson hurried down to the docks at London's Custom House to collect cargo just arrived from John Bartram in the American colonies. But it was not bales of cotton that awaited him, but plants and seeds. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBTB; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099502371
ISBN
9780099502371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. An epic and intimate story of the crop that created nations, enriched empires, enslaved peoples - and determined the destiny of one family over four centuries Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846270727
ISBN
9781846270727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.55

Hardback. This study explores a range of photographic images made during the 1910 revolution. Repeatedly reproduced across a range of media in the aftermath of the conflict, the analysis of this select handful of photographs brings to light compelling stories about cultural memory and identity in the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AJC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 175 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719078422
ISBN
9780719078422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.52

Hardcover. This book explores the complex interactions between imperial expansion, political abolitionism and colonial philanthropy that underpinned the ambivalent attitudes of both British evangelicals and East India company officials towards the existence of slavery in India in the period 1772-1843. Series: Liverpool Studies in International Slavery. Num Pages: 384 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 724.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
361
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846317583
ISBN
9781846317583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.21

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