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hardcover. While multicultural composition of nations has become a catchword in public debates, few educators, not to speak of the general public, realize that cultural interaction was the rule throughout history. Starting with the Islam-Christian-Jewish Mediterranean world of the early modern period, this volume moves to the empires of the 18th and 19thC.. Editor(s): Hoerder, Dirk; Harzig, Christiane; Shubert, Adrian. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Berghahn Books United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781571813770
ISBN
9781571813770
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.72

Paperback. Europe's critical infrastructure is a key concern to policymakers, NGOs, companies, and citizens today. This book argues that present-day infrastructure vulnerabilities resulted from choices of infrastructure builders in the past. Editor(s): Hogselius, Per; Hommels, Anique; Kaijser, Arne; Van Der Vleuten, Erik. Num Pages: 322 pages, 13 black & white tables, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
322
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137580986
ISBN
9781137580986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.93

Paperback. Editor(s): Boer, Faye. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 210 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Folklore Publishing Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894864077
ISBN
9781894864077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Paperback. Includes voices of women who traveled west in covered wagons during the 1840s including Tamsen Donner and young Virginia Reed, members of the ill-fated Donner party; Patty Sessions, the Mormon midwife who delivered five babies on the trail between Omaha and Salt Lake City; and, Rachel Fisher. Editor(s): Holmes, Kenneth L. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780803272774
ISBN
9780803272774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.79

Paperback. Contains the diaries and letters of six Oregon-bound women, as well as the journal of an English Mormon woman who described her experience all the way from Liverpool to Salt Lake City. The words of these pioneer women convey their exhilaration, courage, exhaustion, and terror in traveling so far into the unknown. Editor(s): Holmes, Kenneth L. Num Pages: Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803272873
ISBN
9780803272873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.69

Hardcover. Series: The Lamar Series in Western History. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300154139
ISBN
9780300154139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.30

Paperback. Part exhibition catalogue, part technical and social history of the piano, PIANO 300: Celebrating Three Centuries of People and Pianos presents the Smithsonian's 2000 exhibition's highlights in a lavishly illustrated book that captures the visual excitement of this authoritative survey of one of western culture's most pervasive musical icons. Num Pages: 80 pages, index. BIC Classification: AVRG; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 216 x 7. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929847085
ISBN
9780929847085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.21

paperback. Starting with the American Indian settlements and the early days when the southern-most tip of Manhattan held little more than a bleak outpost of Dutch fur traders, this title tracks the economic development and journeys north, from the Village's beginnings as a refuge from dreaded summer fevers to the Dominican enclave of Washington Heights. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 464 pages, 126 illustrations, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566392891
ISBN
9781566392891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.77

paperback. Firsthand accounts from the Civil Rights Movement's frontlines Editor(s): Huntley, Horace; McKerley, John W. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 photographs; 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTD; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252076688
ISBN
9780252076688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.28

Hardcover. Offers an extensive selection of author's letters, arranged by subject so that you can choose from themes including social life, the Court, politics, literature, and the evolution of his Gothic castle and art and book collections at Strawberry Hill. Editor(s): Hadley, William. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGL; BJ; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6 x 3. .
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593500
ISBN
9781841593500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.63

Hardback. .
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910749517
ISBN
9781910749517
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. The passage of time and the reality of an aging survivor population have made it increasingly urgent to document and give expression to testimony, experience, and memory of the Holocaust. This title demonstrates that artistic representations are central to the practice of remembrance and commemoration. Editor(s): Jacobowitz, Florence; Hornstein, Shelley. Num Pages: 344 pages, 74 b&w photos, 1 maps, 1 index. BIC Classification: AG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 239 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Edition
1st US - 1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253215697
ISBN
9780253215697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. "Impossible Images" brings together a distinguished group of contributors, including artists, photographers, cultural critics, and historians, to analyze the ways in which the Holocaust has been represented in and through paintings, architecture, photographs, museums, and monuments. Editor(s): Silberstein, Laurence J.; Hornstein, Shelley. Series: New Perspectives on Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 285 pages, 20 colour plates, 32 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814798263
ISBN
9780814798263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Brewers Publications United States
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9780937381557
ISBN
9780937381557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.44

Num Pages: 224 pages, over 300 b/w photos, line schemes. BIC Classification: HBT; JWG; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1370.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764320590
ISBN
9780764320590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.65
€ 39.25

paperback. Paperback edition of the companion to the four-part PBS series on the history of American slavery which aired February 2005. Num Pages: 256 pages, 123 halftones & line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Edition
Media tie-in
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195304510
ISBN
9780195304510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.00

Hardcover. Seeks to define exactly what it is that makes Britain's capital the international urban HQ for creativity and innovation. Why and how has the city become a creative universe of its own making? This book unlocks the secret passions, undress social mundanities and address outrageous profanities. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJP; 3JM; AJCR; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 332 x 319. Weight in Grams: 4674.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500970713
ISBN
9780500970713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.92
€ 56.72

Hardback. In the Middle Ages, Muslim travelers embarked on a rihla, or world tour, as surveyors, emissaries, and educators. This title assesses both the religious and philosophical aspects of travel, as well as the economic and cultural conditions that made the rihla possible. It is suitable for scholars in history, literature, and anthropology. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226808772
ISBN
9780226808772
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.30
€ 59.88

Paperback. Part two applies Linz's model to country studies. Editor(s): Chehabi, H. E.; Linz, Juan J. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTV; JPA; JPF; JPH; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801856945
ISBN
9780801856945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.30

Paperback. Canning Town Voices Series: Chalford Oral History. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTD; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752410531
ISBN
9780752410531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

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