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Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15ill. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801415753
ISBN
9780801415753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.34

Hardcover. In the spring of 1915, Chicagoans elected the city's first black alderman, Oscar DePriest. This book tells the history of three generations of African American activists - the ministers, professionals, labor leaders, clubwomen, and entrepreneurs - who transformed twentieth-century urban politics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226135908
ISBN
9780226135908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.73
€ 47.77

Paperback. The housing market crash shattered Americans' boundless faith in home ownership. This title tells a history of our national obsession with real estate. It reveals that the aspiration for single-family home ownership was forged in impoverished immigrant neighborhoods in industrializing cities. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 halftones, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; KFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226282107
ISBN
9780226282107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. In 1986 Margaret Humphreys, a Nottingham social worker, investigated a woman's claim that, aged four, she had been put on a boat to Australia by the British government. At first incredulous, Margaret discovered that this was just the tip of an enormous iceberg. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2x8 pp. BIC Classification: HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UNABRIDGED VERSION
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552165327
ISBN
9780552165327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.62

paperback. In 1908, the ruler of the Balinese realm of Klungkung and over 100 members of his family and court were massacred when they marched deliberately into the fire of the Dutch colonial army. This work examines the question of what their action meant and its significance in contemporary Klungkung. Num Pages: 432 pages, 6 half-tones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; HBJF; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226885827
ISBN
9780226885827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.16

Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226436180
ISBN
9780226436180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.62

Paperback. From the era of the industrial factory to the age of the microchip, Pivotal Tuesdays explores four twentieth-century elections-1912, 1932, 1968, and 1992-using the election of the American president as a lens through which to explore the broader sweep of the nation's social, economic, and political history. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780812223934
ISBN
9780812223934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Hardback. A pioneering study of the social aspects of industrialisation in a developing country in tropical Africa. Series: African Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HBG; HBJH; HBTK; JHBL. Weight in Grams: 553. Ex Libris with usual markings. Fine copy in dustwrapper, DW with some minor nicks and bumps but remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0013801
ISBN
9780521082969
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKPN; HBJM; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 171 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1054.
Publisher
Otago University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877578953
ISBN
9781877578953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.70

Hardback. Series: Gutenberg-E. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HBTB; HBW; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231135542
ISBN
9780231135542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.51
€ 57.11

Paperback. If you enjoyed Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs, discover the reality of domestic service in the true story Below Stairs by Margaret Powell. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJG; BM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Pan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main Market
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330535380
ISBN
9780330535380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. Published by Monthly Review Press, 122 West 27th Street, New York, NY 10001. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853458616
ISBN
9780853458616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. This work examines the musical influences of a Malaysia's Portuguese community, whose roots lie in the conquest of Malacca in 1511 by the Portuguese seafarer Afonse D'Albuquerque. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 234 pages, 18 halftones, 2 maps, 12 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1FMM; AS; AVGH; AVGW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226734996
ISBN
9780226734996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
25th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241293645
ISBN
9780241293645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. This book provides an historical account of feminism, exploring its earliest roots and key issues such as voting rights and the liberation of the sixties. Margaret Walters brings the subject completely up to date by providing a global analysis of the situation of women, from Europe and the United States to Third World countries. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 114 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192805102
ISBN
9780192805102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. An expansive new biography of Sojourner Truth, charismatic preacher and activist Num Pages: 520 pages, 38 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; HBTS; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 346 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 914.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
520
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078019
ISBN
9780252078019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, 16 pp. color + 87 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 33. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300212358
ISBN
9780300212358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.31

Paperback. Examines how people acquired and read books from the sixteenth century to the present, focusing on the personal relationships between readers and the volumes they owned. This title also investigates the means by which books were sold, and lends insights into the ways booksellers and publishers marketed their wares. Num Pages: 304 pages, 90 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: GL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300164046
ISBN
9780300164046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.32

Hardback. "Overview of student protests from across the world in 1968."--Provided by publisher. Editor(s): Carey, Elaine. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624665271
ISBN
9781624665271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.28
€ 46.57

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752460918
ISBN
9780752460918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.57

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