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Paperback. Editor(s): Kornbluh, Joyce L. Num Pages: 464 pages, contemporary cartoons & graphics. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 181 x 30. Weight in Grams: 882.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Merlin Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850366518
ISBN
9780850366518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.76

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBTB; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691643595
ISBN
9780691643595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.47

Paperback. From its earliest days under English rule, New York City had an unusually diverse ethnic makeup, with substantial numbers of Dutch, English, Scottish, Irish, French, German, and Jewish immigrants, as well as a large African-American population. This title paints a portrait of this society, exploring the meaning of ethnicity in early America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 halftones 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691037875
ISBN
9780691037875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.79

Paperback. Highly acclaimed, a witty, erudite, and colourful account of the outrageous ambitions that have inspired men and women to circle the entire planet. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTP; RGR; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9781416596202
ISBN
9781416596202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.64

Paperback. Genius as a historical concept, rather than as a presumed trans-historical fact, is surprisingly underexamined, even as millions of daily decisions-personal, institutional, and governmental-are made according to unexamined assumptions about it. The essays in this book show that the origins and uses of concepts of genius warrant careful examination. Editor(s): Chaplin, Joyce E.; McMahon, Darrin M. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 graphs. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137497642
ISBN
9781137497642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBT; JFFE; JWM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 212 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016088
ISBN
9780674016088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.85

Paperback. * A comprehensive anthology of the long and bloody history of women's struggle to get the vote. Here is the story in the voices of the women themselves. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Virago
Condition
New
SKU
9780349007748
ISBN
9780349007748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.32

Hardback. Since The Voice of America first went on the air as a regional wartime enterprise in February 1942, it has undergone a spectacular transformation. This book chronicles this transformation from a fledgling short wave propaganda organ during World War II to a global multimedia giant encompassing radio and the Internet. Num Pages: 544 pages, 24 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APW; HBT; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126748
ISBN
9780231126748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.33
€ 82.56

Paperback. Since The Voice of America first went on the air as a regional wartime enterprise in February 1942, it has undergone a spectacular transformation. This book chronicles this transformation from a fledgling short wave propaganda organ during World War II to a global multimedia giant encompassing radio and the Internet. Num Pages: 544 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APW; HBT; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126755
ISBN
9780231126755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.64

Hardback. Students of slavery, the Old South, and African American history will find in Nat Turner and the Rising in Southampton County an outstanding example of painstaking research and imaginative family and community history. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421414799
ISBN
9781421414799
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.10
€ 47.03

Paperback. They advocated economic independence from whites and founded insurance companies that became some of the largest black-owned corporations. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421418391
ISBN
9781421418391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.41

Editor(s): Gates, W E B Du Bois Professor of the Humanities and Director of the W E B Du Bois Institute for Afro American Research Henry Louis, Jr., Jr. (W E B Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research Harvard University Harvard University Harvard University Harvard University Harvard University Harvard University Harvard University Harvard University Harvard University Harvard University); Gates, Jr Henry, Louis. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 173 x 41. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Signet
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451532138
ISBN
9780451532138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.31

Hardback. Chronicles 150 years of scientific warfare against the grapevine's worst enemy: phylloxera. This title describes the biological and economic disaster that unfolded when a tiny, root-sucking insect invaded the south of France in the 1860s, spread throughout Europe, and journeyed across oceans to Africa, South America, Australia, and California. Num Pages: 336 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 5 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; TVP; TVSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520265486
ISBN
9780520265486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37
€ 65.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 16, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453656
ISBN
9780801453656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.22

Paperback. An updated version of a fiery classic Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 789. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074103
ISBN
9780252074103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Paperback. Legal thought in America has always focused on the rules rather than on the persons affected by the rules. This text aims to restore the balance by taking a person-centred view of the law. The author shows how even great jurists have chosen the "masks of the law" over persons. Num Pages: 227 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520235236
ISBN
9780520235236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Hardback. Provides a glimpse into Martin Luther King's early relationship with President John F Kennedy and his efforts to remain relevant in a protest movement growing increasingly massive and militant. Editor(s): Carson, Clayborne; Armstrong, Tenisha Hart. Series: Martin Luther King Papers. Num Pages: 752 pages, 20 facsimiles, 21 black and white images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 178 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282698
ISBN
9780520282698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.87
€ 57.54

Paperback. Challenges long-standing views of popular medieval revolts. Comparing rebellions in northern and southern Europe over two centuries, this book analyzes their causes and forms, their leadership, the role of women, and the suppression or success of these revolts. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 177 x 260 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674030381
ISBN
9780674030381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.04
€ 47.25

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 32 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBLW3; HBTW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494. 8vo.Very good copy in clean dustwrapper. Military history
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KEX0276006
ISBN
9781591149682
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

Paperback. This sombre biography of an urban slave who taught himself to read and write, and who ultimately achieved fame as a poet in Cuba's slave society, is presented in both Spanish and English. There is an introduction which sets the text in its historical and cultural context. Translator(s): Garfield, Evelyn Picon. Series: Latin American Literature & Culture S. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; BGA; DSBD; HBTS; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Wayne State University Press United States
Edition
Bilingual Ed
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814325384
ISBN
9780814325384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.46

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