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Paperback. Footbinding originated in the dance culture of China's medieval court and spread to gentry families, brothels, maid's quarters, and peasant households. Neither condemning nor defending foot-binding, this work debunks many myths and misconceptions about its origins, development, and its eventual end. Num Pages: 360 pages, 53 b/w photographs, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596. A Revisionist History of Footbinding. 360 pages, Illustrations, map. Footbinding originated in the dance culture of China's medieval court and spread to gentry families, brothels, maid's quarters, and peasant households. Neither condemning nor defending foot-binding, this work debunks many myths and misconceptions about its origins, development, and its eventual end. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFCK. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 25. Weight: 566.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253902
- ISBN
- 9780520253902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.92
€ 40.99
€ 28.92
Paperback. This work reveals the existence of a previously unknown stratum of literate women among the urban gentry in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century China. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 line diagrams 18 half-tones 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723596
- ISBN
- 9780804723596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.73
€ 36.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. Including a wealth of significant detail and drawing heavily on her heroines' own stories, this book creates the early West from a feminine viewpoint. It details about daily life and the great diversity of kinds of people who inhabited the Far West. Num Pages: 196 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803275980
- ISBN
- 9780803275980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.35
€ 17.99
€ 17.35
Paperback. This book examines the problems of public health provision in historical perspective. It outlines the development of public health in Britain from the ancient world, through the medieval and early modern periods to the modern state. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; JKSW; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 388
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415200363
- ISBN
- 9780415200363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.30
€ 58.30
Paperback. Reappraises the tumultuous history of educational progress in Chicago, revealing that the persistent lack of improvement is due not to the extent but rather the type of reform. This book chronicles how Chicago's corporate actors led, abetted, or restrained nearly every attempt to transform the city's school system. Series: Studies in Government and Public Policy. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JNK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614509
- ISBN
- 9780700614509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.38
€ 42.38
Hardcover. Editor(s): Roberts, Stephen. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; JPH; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Verso
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781688489
- ISBN
- 9781781688489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.51
€ 114.51
Paperback. Bolton was built on the cotton industry with, at its peak, over 200 mills in the town: the last closed in 2002 after a gradual decline throughout the twentieth century. This illustrated book includes information about the transport infrastructure that made all this industrial activity practicable, as well as essential public utilities. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBTK; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750944427
- ISBN
- 9780750944427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.35
€ 17.99
€ 16.35
Hardcover. "Towards a Just World" tells the remarkable story of the long struggle to craft the concept of international justice that we have today. Dorothy V. Jones focuses on the first half of the 20th century, the pivotal years in which justice took on expanded meaning. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; HBT; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226409481
- ISBN
- 9780226409481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 77.34
€ 94.08
€ 77.34
Hardcover. This volume explores the neighbourhood, familial, religious, occupational, social and educational components of the daily community experience of 20th-century African Americans in Frankfort, Kentucky. Editor(s): Boyd, Douglas A.; Fletcher, Winona L. (Professor Emeritus Of Theater and Drama, Indiana University, USA); Butler, Sheila Mason; Wallace, James E. (Asst. Director, Kentucky Historical Society); Winter, Mary E. Num Pages: 208 pages, 200 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; HBTD; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1039.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916968304
- ISBN
- 9780916968304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.06
€ 50.06
Hardback. This book offers a new account of the British Empire's greatest failure and its most disturbing legacy. Using a wide range of published and archival sources, this study of racial discourse from 1870 to 1914 argues that race, then as now, was a contested territory within the metropolitan culture. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; Mackenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719033575
- ISBN
- 9780719033575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 6.76
€ 29.99
€ 6.76
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBTW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750958509
- ISBN
- 9780750958509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.98
€ 35.99
€ 30.98
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750969789
- ISBN
- 9780750969789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.01
€ 26.99
€ 25.01
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750982443
- ISBN
- 9780750982443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.47
€ 26.99
€ 23.47
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 273 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226364162
- ISBN
- 9780226364162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.94
€ 41.99
€ 31.94
Paperback. A Companion to American Environmental History gathers together a comprehensive collection of over 30 essays that examine the evolving and diverse field of American environmental history by combining a complete historiography with the most recent research and trends. Editor(s): Sackman, Douglas Cazaux. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 696 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 175 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 696
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118791417
- ISBN
- 9781118791417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.37
€ 51.37
Paperback. This work offers unusual, unique and highly personalized images of Pittsburgh, combined with prose. Douglas Cooper details the inspiration for his artistic vision, the formal properties of his art and how it relates to architecture. Num Pages: 144 pages, 136 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; AFC; AM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 279 x 11. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822957485
- ISBN
- 9780822957485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.40
€ 39.40
Paperback. Fetherling argues that the gold rushes in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa shared the same causes and results, the same characters and characteristics. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTB; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802080462
- ISBN
- 9780802080462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 41.44
€ 43.99
€ 41.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 473 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; GBC; HBT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 191 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415775458
- ISBN
- 9780415775458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.06
€ 62.06
Hardcover. This powerful history of broadcasting in the United States goes beyond traditional accounts to explore the field's important social, political, and cultural ramifications. It examines how broadcasting has been organized as a business throughout much of the 20th century, and focuses on the aesthetics of programming over the years. Num Pages: 380 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APT; APW; HBTK; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 186 x 26. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405122818
- ISBN
- 9781405122818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.83
€ 118.83
Made famous through Evans-Pritchard's ethnography, the Nuer are the second largest ethnic group in South Sudan. They were the object of Britain's last pacification campaign in Africa. The contemporary administrative reports and more recent interviews with Nuer and Dinka participants collected here cover significant events from 1898 to 1930. Editor(s): Johnson, Douglas H. Series: Fontes Historiae Africanae. Num Pages: 350 pages, 6 including 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265888
- ISBN
- 9780197265888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.69
€ 101.69