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Paperback. A study of the intimate relationship between science, colonialism, and the modern nation. It explores the complexities, contradictions, and profound importance of this relationship in the history of the subcontinent. It reveals how science served simultaneously as an instrument of empire and as a symbol of liberty, progress, and universal reason. Num Pages: 344 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTQ; HBTR; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691004532
ISBN
9780691004532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.74
€ 50.21

Hardback. This book takes a critical look at India in the momentous 1950s. It looks at the colossal challenges which India faced after Independence. It considers the key ideas, paths, and trajectories which were articulated in these years. Num Pages: 250 pages, 3 Tables, 8 photographs, 7 cartoons. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 280. .
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198098553
ISBN
9780198098553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.34

Paperback. Shadows in the Soil Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 171 x 11. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752414881
ISBN
9780752414881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.43

Paperback. "A History of the Jewish People" presents a total vision of Jewish experiences and achievements--religious, political, social, and economic--in both the land of Israel and the diaspora throughout the ages. It has been acclaimed as the most comprehensive and penetrating work yet to have appeared in its field. Editor(s): Ben-Sasson, Haim Hillel. Num Pages: 1232 pages, 47 halftones, 17 maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
1232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674397316
ISBN
9780674397316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.09
€ 49.31

Paperback. This book traces how medicine in modern Iran was both theoretically and institutionally transformed in the 19th and 20th centuries. It explores the process by which local physicians, in a non-colonial context, assimilated the emerging "modern medicine" and the institutional devices that accommodated this transition. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL; HBTB; JFC; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349343805
ISBN
9781349343805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.69

Paperback. Is the story of how dreams and reality collide, at once glorious and immensely sad. Because for the 30-odd boys of the Permian Panthers, these days will have been the best of their lives. Num Pages: 416 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Yellow Jersey
Condition
New
SKU
9780224076746
ISBN
9780224076746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 429.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349290246
ISBN
9781349290246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Paperback. This is a history of drugs and drug use in America. It provides a review of what is now a prominent feature of American culture, and it analyses the interplay between drugs, drug use, and society. Num Pages: 248 pages, 22 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815622826
ISBN
9780815622826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.92

Paperback. Exotic animals were coveted commodities in nineteenth-century Britain. Spectators flocked to zoos and menageries to see female lion tamers and hungry hippos. Helen Cowie examines zoos and travelling menageries in the period 1800-1880, using animal exhibitions to examine issues of class, gender, imperial culture and animal welfare. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349480906
ISBN
9781349480906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 138.83

Paperback. In reaction to the centralizing nation-building efforts of states in nineteenth-century Europe, many regions began to define their own identity. In thirteen stimulating essays, specialists analyze why regional identities became widely celebrated towards the end of that century and why some considered themselves part of the new national self-image. Editor(s): Storm, H. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JHM; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 389.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
313
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349339402
ISBN
9781349339402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Hardback. Egypt's democratic experiment has been derailed, but will her people remain committed to progressive change, and at what cost? Hellyer's first-hand knowledge of the country suggests the price will be high. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JMG; HBJH; HBLX; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 223 x 30. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849046848
ISBN
9781849046848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.21

Paperback. Bringing together new research, this book advances current theoretical understandings of punishment and control in society. It provides a critical analysis of institutions, punishment and the law, and explores the delivery of punishment and experience of incarceration in Western societiesfrom the early-nineteenth century." Editor(s): Johnston, H. B. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JKV; JKVP; JKVQ2; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 419.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349361809
ISBN
9781349361809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Hardback. Leading sexuality scholars explore queer lives and cultures in the first full post-war decade through an array of sources and a range of perspectives. Drawing out the particularities of queer cultures from the Finland and New Zealand to the UK and the USA, this collection rethinks preconceptions of the 1950s and pinpoints some of its legacies. Editor(s): Bauer, Heike; Cook, Matt. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBLW; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230300699
ISBN
9780230300699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.13

Paperback. Leading sexuality scholars explore queer lives and cultures in the first full post-war decade through an array of sources and a range of perspectives. Drawing out the particularities of queer cultures from the Finland and New Zealand to the UK and the USA, this collection rethinks preconceptions of the 1950s and pinpoints some of its legacies. Editor(s): Bauer, H.; Cook, Matt. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2012
SKU
V9781349336487
ISBN
9781349336487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.93

paperback. Since the 1950s, the Central Intelligence Agency has published an in-house journal, "Studies in Intelligence". This book, which presents the most interesting articles from the journal, provides revealing insights into CIA strategies and into events in which the organization was involved. Editor(s): Westerfield, H. Bradford. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JPQB; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300072648
ISBN
9780300072648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.19

Paperback. "First published 1944"--Title page verso. Num Pages: 416 pages, 28 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Edition
Anniversary Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629145143
ISBN
9781629145143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.30

Hardback. Ghana has always held a position of primacy in the African political and historical imagination, due in no small part to the indelible impression left president Kwame Nkrumah. This study examines the symbolic strategies he used to construct the Ghanaian state through currency, stamps, museums, flags, and other public icons. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 294 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HBJH; HBTR; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137448569
ISBN
9781137448569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.46

Paperback. Ghana has always held a position of primacy in the African political and historical imagination, due in no small part to the indelible impression left president Kwame Nkrumah. This study examines the symbolic strategies he used to construct the Ghanaian state through currency, stamps, museums, flags, and other public icons. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 294 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBTQ; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 377.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349496525
ISBN
9781349496525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.87

Paperback.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812978315
ISBN
9780812978315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBTB; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349358731
ISBN
9781349358731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.06

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