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Paperback. Recounts the struggle for human rights across the ages and synthesizes historical and intellectual developments since the Mesopotamian Codes of Hammurabi. This book chronicles the clash of social movements, ideas, and armies that have played a part in this struggle, and illustrates how the history of human rights has evolved. Num Pages: 480 pages, 8 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBT; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 30. Weight in Grams: 650. From Ancient Times to the Globalization Era. 480 pages, Illustrations. Recounts the struggle for human rights across the ages and synthesizes historical and intellectual developments since the Mesopotamian Codes of Hammurabi. This book chronicles the clash of social movements, ideas, and armies that have played a part in this struggle, and illustrates how the history of human rights has evolved. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBT; JPVH. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 30. Weight: 644.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256415
ISBN
9780520256415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.66

Hardback. Editor(s): Langley, Michelle C. Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Num Pages: 257 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 53 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HD; JHM; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 210. Weight in Grams: 919.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9789402408973
ISBN
9789402408973
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.93

Hardback. Michelle D. Commander traces how black American artists, intellectuals, and travelers envision literal and figurative flight back to Africa through speculative literature and film and travel to cultural heritage sites as means to create a sense of homecoming, belonging, and connection with their ancestors, spiritual realm, and Africa. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822363118
ISBN
9780822363118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.62

Paperback. Michelle D. Commander traces how black American artists, intellectuals, and travelers envision literal and figurative flight back to Africa through speculative literature and film and travel to cultural heritage sites as means to create a sense of homecoming, belonging, and connection with their ancestors, spiritual realm, and Africa. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363231
ISBN
9780822363231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.27

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752448046
ISBN
9780752448046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.43

Paperback. Covering every aspect of prison life in Victorian England Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
159
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752442556
ISBN
9780752442556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.41

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
07th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752442143
ISBN
9780752442143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.51

Paperback. Readable but rooted in current scholarship, this introductory guide to book history tries not to privilege any one disciplinary perspective or historical period. Rather, the guide and its accompanying anthology aim to help the reader to find his or her bearings within the field, and to provide a map with which to navigate book history more widely. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554810871
ISBN
9781554810871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.38

Paperback. This text, Volume Four in a series on the evolution of private life, covers the development of self-consciousness from the tumult of the French Revolution to the outbreak of World War I, a century and a quarter of rapid, ungovernable change culminating in a conflict that altered life in the West. Editor(s): Aries, Philippe; Duby, Georges. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: History of private life. Num Pages: 744 pages, 16 color illustrations, 406 halftones. BIC Classification: 1Q; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBTB; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
744
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674400030
ISBN
9780674400030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.04
€ 50.01

Paperback. The askari, African soldiers recruited in the 1890s to fill the ranks of the German East African colonial army, occupy a unique space at the intersection of East African history, German colonial history, and military history. This book recovers and reconsiders the origin and role of these men, and of colonial soldiers more generally. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFG; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821420898
ISBN
9780821420898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.75

Hardcover. Amsterdam's Atlantic puts Dutch Brazil back on the front pages and argues that the way the Amsterdam media constructed Atlantic events was a key element in the transformation of public opinion in Europe. Series: The Early Modern Americas. Num Pages: 272 pages, 51 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 30. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248661
ISBN
9780812248661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.86

Hardback. Referencing literature on every aspect of the piano, this annotated bibliography will cut down on research time for scholars and students, directing them to the most relevant and useful sources. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: AVRG; GBCR; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810840522
ISBN
9780810840522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 233 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 247 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1460.
Publisher
Windgather Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905119455
ISBN
9781905119455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 37.27

Paperback. A behind-the-scenes glimpse at Edward S Curtis and his associates' anthropological research during the first decades of the twentieth century as they used words and pictures to document the traditional cultures of Native Americans in the western United States Editor(s): Gidley, Mick. Num Pages: 216 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803234680
ISBN
9780803234680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.27

Paperback. Provides information on the river Thames, how it evolved into a prime commercial artery linking the heart of England with the ports of Europe. This book tracks the Thames from source to sea, documenting internationally-known landmarks such as Tower Bridge and Windsor Castle and revealing features such as Godstow Abbey, Canvey Island, and more. Series: Landscapes of the Imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30b &w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKES; HBTB; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133. .
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904955276
ISBN
9781904955276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.46

Paperback. An account of the successful adaptation of slavery to industrial labour and freedom in Richmond, Virginia between 1782 and 1865. The book demonstrates how industrial employment allowed blacks to carve out a degree of autonomy and accelerate slavery's demise. Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute Series in Black Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTS; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813920993
ISBN
9780813920993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.14

Paperback. Reissued in the year of Miep Gies' 100th birthday, this international bestseller includes a brand-new afterword by the author. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JJH; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847398222
ISBN
9781847398222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Devora Publishing Company United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936068333
ISBN
9781936068333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.08

Paperback. Port cities were the means through which cultural and economic exchange took place between continental societies and the maritime world. In examining the ports of Brazil, the Caribbean and West Africa, this volume will provide fresh insight into the meaning of the 'First Globalisation'. Editor(s): Suarez Bosa, Miguel. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTQ; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349460311
ISBN
9781349460311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.41

Paperback. Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 290 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 433.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024893
ISBN
9780253024893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.29

Hardback. Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 290 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 601.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024749
ISBN
9780253024749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.54

Paperback. How many people can truly say that they know the history of the city in which they live? It is true to say that for most of us who live in Johannesburg, the rich political and social history, and the many fascinations of the city, remain hidden. Num Pages: 132 pages, b & w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBTB; WTHH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 209 x 9. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Number of pages
132
Condition
New
SKU
V9781919931333
ISBN
9781919931333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.30

Paperback. Presents the British royal history, from the legendary King Alfred the Great onwards, including the monarchies of England, Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdom for over a thousand years. This book includes biographies of the royals of recorded British history, as well as an overview of the semi-legendary figures of pre-history and the Dark Ages. Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Robinson
Condition
New
SKU
9781841195513
ISBN
9781841195513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.23

Hardback. An overview of the history of yachting in its social, cultural, political and economic contexts. Num Pages: 432 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM; WSSN3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271337
ISBN
9781783271337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.79
€ 53.41

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