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Paperback. This book provides the historical background to the rise of the Big Society. Voluntarism has evolved over the last hundred years to adapt to changing circumstances, drawing up new agendas, tackling old problems, and acting as an alternative to state provision and as a catalyst for further government action. Editor(s): Hilton, Matthew; McKay, James. Series: British Academy Original Paperbacks. Num Pages: 208 pages, one illustration. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBTB; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197264829
ISBN
9780197264829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155691
ISBN
9781903155691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.30

Hardback. Traces the global, national, and local origins of the conflict between Muslims and Jews in France, challenging the belief that rising anti-Semitism in France is rooted solely in the unfolding crisis in Israel and Palestine. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBTB; HRAM9; JFSR1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691125817
ISBN
9780691125817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.17
€ 42.14

Paperback. France is the only Western European nation home to substantial numbers of survivors of the World War I and World War II genocides. This title offers a comparison of the country's Armenian and Jewish survivor communities. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBJD; HBTZ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822331216
ISBN
9780822331216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 2AB; FA; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200. Weight in Grams: 179. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Attic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KOC0021148
ISBN
9781855941267
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Naamiwan's Drum follows the story of a famous Ojibwe medicine man, his gifted grandson, and remarkable water drum. The book contains a powerful Anishinaabe interpretive perspective on repatriation and on anthropology itself. Num Pages: 356 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; ACX; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442628267
ISBN
9781442628267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.31

Paperback. The phrase "the Black Legend" was coined in 1912 by a Spanish journalist in protest of the characterization of Spain by other Europeans as a backward country. Challenging this stereotype, this book contextualizes Spain's tarnished reputation by exposing colonial efforts of other nations whose interests were served by propagating the Black Legend. Editor(s): Greer, Margaret R.; Mignolo, Walter D.; Quilligan, Maureen. Num Pages: 448 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTQ; HRAM9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 226 x 26. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226307220
ISBN
9780226307220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.53

Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 250 color and b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJPG; AKTA; HBT; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1094.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764310096
ISBN
9780764310096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.30

Paperback. A frank, salacious and often shocking portrait of an institution Num Pages: 448 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848544017
ISBN
9781848544017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Reconstructs a biography of enslaved Archibald Monteath, an Igbo, who was brought to Jamaica around 1802, became active in the Moravian Church and later purchased his freedom. This book explores the sociology of slavery from 1750 to the 1860s through Monteath's biography. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9789766401979
ISBN
9789766401979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.35

Paperback. Buttressed by historical documentary sources, and by painstaking linguistic researches, Maureen Warner-Lewis offers a re-issue and thematic expansion of her classic collection of essays on the forced and voluntary migration to Trinidad of West and West-Central Africans during the 1800s, extending through both the slavery and post-emancipation eras. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTS; JFC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9789766405052
ISBN
9789766405052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.04

Paperback. The Irish Revolution - the war between the British authorities and IRA - was the first successful revolt anywhere against the British Empire. This narrative places events in Ireland in the wider context of a world in turmoil after the ending of a global war: one that saw the collapse of empires and the rise of fascist Italy and communist Russia. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 35. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571243013
ISBN
9780571243013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.37

Paperback. Series: CMAS Mexican American Monograph. Num Pages: 179 pages, 1 b&w illus., 13 pages of cartoons. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
179
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292798038
ISBN
9780292798038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.87

Paperback. Editor(s): Peleggi, Maurizio. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7, 4 black & white halftones, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HBAH; HBJF; HBTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780877277668
ISBN
9780877277668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.66

Hardcover. Editor(s): Peleggi, Maurizio. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7, 4 black & white halftones, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HBAH; HBJF; HBTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780877277965
ISBN
9780877277965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.86

Hardback. In 2004, Spain's Banco Santander purchased Britain's Abbey National Bank in a deal valued at fifteen billion dollars - an acquisition that made Santander one of the ten largest financial institutions in the world. This work reveals how strategic decisions made by the family drove Santander's unprecedented rise to global prominence. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 line illus. 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBT; KFFK; KNST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691131252
ISBN
9780691131252
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.16

Paperback. The story of four maverick brothers, and a thrillingly ambitious portrait of Britain in an era of technological and political revolution. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTK; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849161732
ISBN
9781849161732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. From the bestselling author of FORGOTTEN VOICES OF THE GREAT WAR, comes an unforgettable collection of vivid eyewitness accounts of life in the Royal Navy Num Pages: 576 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBTD; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340838143
ISBN
9780340838143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.03

Paperback. "Destined to be the classic account of what may be the oldest .. hardest form of war."-John Nagl, Wall Street Journal Num Pages: 784 pages, 70 illustrations; 8 maps. BIC Classification: HBTV; HBW; JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 34. Weight in Grams: 804.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
784
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871406880
ISBN
9780871406880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.63

Sheet map. As flight evolved from a new weapon of warfare into a hobby of the wealthy enthusiast, aerodromes were established all over Europe and the public was enthralled by the air races. First published in 1930 for the Pratt's Fuel Co, this map illustrates the impact of one of the most dramatic technological advances of history. Series: Old House. Num Pages: colour. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBTP1; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 149 x 7. Weight in Grams: 112. New.
Publisher
Old House
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402332
ISBN
9781908402332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.98

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