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Paperback. Series: Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Dover Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486437439
ISBN
9780486437439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.15

Paperback. A unique vantage point on contemporary American life, Interstate is a state of the nation report from the parts of the country that few visitors see as Julian Sayarer hitchhikes from New York to San Francisco BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910050934
ISBN
9781910050934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Packed with informative tales, this title features nautical facts and feats, including superstitions at sea, the history of animals on the waves - until 1975 when all animals were banned from Royal Navy ships - and how the inventor of the umbrella helped man the British Navy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091958602
ISBN
9780091958602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.81

Hardcover. This fascinating new book explores some of the materials and bizarre methods that women - and men - have used in the past to enhance or hold on to their looks. Num Pages: 160 pages, 30 black and white. BIC Classification: HBTB; WJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 124 x 20. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
British Library
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712357524
ISBN
9780712357524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.09

Hardback. Series: Springer Series on Cultural Computing. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GM; HBTD; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319201696
ISBN
9783319201696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.42

Paperback. A study of moral education in American universities that examines the consequences of the 19th-century debates over the purpose and pursuit of higher education, and the modernization efforts of the academic reformers of that era. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCX; JNA; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226710204
ISBN
9780226710204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.23

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784993498
ISBN
9781784993498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.77

Paperback. Beauty shops are places where women can enjoy the company of other women and exchange information or secrets. This work traces the development of the American beauty shop, from its largely separate racial origins, through white recognition of the "ethnic market", to the end of the 20th century. Num Pages: 262 pages, 18 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL1; KCCD; KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780814793589
ISBN
9780814793589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Offers an analysis of both visual and textual representations of the commodity and the ritual that was tea in nineteenth-century England. This book demonstrates how tea functions within the literature as an arbiter of taste and middle-class respectability, aiding in the determination of class status and moral position. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821418291
ISBN
9780821418291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Benjamin Franklin secretly loved London more than Philadelphia: it was simply the most exciting place to be in the British Empire. Offering a portrait of eighteenth-century London as the capital of America, this title recreates the famous city's heyday as the centre of an empire that encompassed North America and the West Indies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 36 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300178135
ISBN
9780300178135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.88

Paperback. Darfur has become synonymous with genocide and humanitarian crisis. A guide to the conflict, this book provides a short history of the region, and traces the origins, organization and ideology of the infamous Janjawiid and other rebel groups, including the Sudan Liberation Army and the Justice and Equality Movement. Series: African Arguments. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JMC; HBJH; HBLX; HBTZ; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Zed Books
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842779507
ISBN
9781842779507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.15

Hardback. Traces the invention and evolution of socialist trade, the progressive constriction of private trade, and the development of consumer habits from the 1917 revolution to Stalin's death in 1953. This book places trade and consumption in the context of debilitating economic crises. Num Pages: 384 pages, 13 halftones. 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBTB; KCZ; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691114927
ISBN
9780691114927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.13
€ 68.15

Hardback. Offers an original, thought provoking analysis of the origins and permutations of Danish modernism and Danish national identity Series: New Directions in Scandinavian Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992204
ISBN
9780295992204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.01

Hardback. Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 186 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 595.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024220
ISBN
9780253024220
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.02

paperback. Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 186 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 283.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024275
ISBN
9780253024275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBTS; HRCC97; KCF; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801452086
ISBN
9780801452086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.62

Paperback. Examining social and popular dance forms from a variety of critical and cultural perspectives Editor(s): Malnig, Julie. Num Pages: 392 pages, 27 photographs. BIC Classification: ASD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252075650
ISBN
9780252075650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Offers a fascinating history of a once devastating social problem Num Pages: 336 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814757260
ISBN
9780814757260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. The Pleasure's All Mine explores the gamut of sexual activity that has been seen as strange, abnormal or deviant over the last 2,000 years. This first comprehensive history of sexual perversion examines an abundance of original sources and shows how, for ordinary people, different kinds of sex have always offered myriad different pleasures. Num Pages: 472 pages, 178 illustrations, 64 in colour. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 229 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780236759
ISBN
9781780236759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Paperback. A moving and revealing insight into the real experiences of women welcoming home their menfolk from the Second World War Num Pages: 352 pages, 8pp b-w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781416526841
ISBN
9781416526841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. A moving and revealing insight into the real experiences of children evacuated during the Second World War and the families they left behind Num Pages: 368 pages, 8pp b-w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847398765
ISBN
9781847398765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. This collection explores the aftermath of the Representation of the People Act, which gave some British women the vote. Experts examine the paths taken by both former-suffragists as well as their anti-suffragist adversaries, the practices of suffrage commemoration, and the changing priorities and formations of British feminism in this era. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
268
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137015341
ISBN
9781137015341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.64

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742551145
ISBN
9780742551145
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.76

Paperback. From nineteenth-century broad arrows and black and white stripes to twenty first-century orange jumpsuits, prison clothing has both mirrored and bolstered the power of penal institutions over prisoners' lives. This book offers an investigation of prison dress, which demystifies the experience of what it is like to be an imprisoned criminal. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 b/w. BIC Classification: AKTH; HBTB; JKVQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850438946
ISBN
9781850438946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.71

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