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hardcover. Analysing qualitative and quantative data from 1950 to 1999, the author shows how higher education publishing moved from a culture of independent domestic publishers to international conglomerates. The theory is applicable to explaining institutional changes in all professional service industries. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBT; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740210
ISBN
9780804740210
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.11

Hardback. Maclachlan analyzes the institutions, interest groups, and leaders involved in the evolution of Japan's postal system from the early Meiji period until 2010. At the crux of her analysis is Prime Minister Koizumi Jun'ichiro's crusade to privatize Japan's postal services, one of the most astonishing political achievements in postwar Japanese history. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 378 pages, 13 halftones, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBTB; JPQB; KNTT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674062450
ISBN
9780674062450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.63

Hardback. Offers a collection of scholarship that reveals the important French element in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century creation of the singular Mediterranean. These essays provide a critical study of space and movement through new approaches to rethinking the maps, migrations, and margins of the sea in the French imperial and transnational context. Editor(s): Lorcin, Patricia M. E.; Shepard, Todd D. Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series. Num Pages: 444 pages, 13 illustrations, 10 tables, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HB; 1QSM; HBJH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 798.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803249936
ISBN
9780803249936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.87

Paperback. Presents a comparative history, with insights into the austerity years and the lessons we can learn from them. This title looks at two very different generations which show similarities in their approaches to preserving their futures and an ever dwindling supply of resources. Num Pages: 320 pages, Integrated. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 307.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099521129
ISBN
9780099521129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691614519
ISBN
9780691614519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.80
€ 46.06

Paperback. Offers a perspective on the colonial stereotype of the exotic Pacific island woman, tracing the evolution of female primitivism from Western antiquity to twentieth-century Hollywood. This book includes 37 illustrations of Pacific women from early etchings by shipboard artists. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 37 illus. BIC Classification: 1MK; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987651
ISBN
9780295987651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801456534
ISBN
9780801456534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 37.82

hardcover. The Portuguese Colonial Empire established its base in Africa in the 1500s & would not be dissolved until 1975. This book looks at how the different populations under Portuguese rule were represented within the context of the Colonial Empire by examining the relationship between these representations and the meanings attached to the notion of race. Translator(s): Ayton, Mark. Series: European Anthropology in Translation. Num Pages: 308 pages, 26 ills & tables. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1H; HBJD; HBTS; JFSL1; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538. Fine in fine illustrated covers. Remains of a price sticker on front cover, remains like new
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0031939
ISBN
9780857457622
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 6.23

Paperback. This text explores the "orphan trains" which took poor European immigrant children to new lives in the Midwest in 1854. It documents the history of the children on those trains - their struggles, successes and failures. It includes stories of volunteers who oversaw the placement of the orphans. Series: Missouri Heritage Readers Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, 40 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 191.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Missouri
Edition
Reprint.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826211217
ISBN
9780826211217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.90

Hardcover. Hardcover, white spine. Ex-Libris, sticker on inside front cover, personal message to previous owner on ffep. 128pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hamlyn London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KON0819413
ISBN
9780600379775
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Edited collection on volatile African state Guinea-Bissau Editor(s): Chabal, Patrick; Green, Toby. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDX; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJH; HBTR; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849045216
ISBN
9781849045216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.83

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230617575
ISBN
9780230617575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.71

Paperback. At midnight on 14 August 1947, Great Britain's 350-year-old Indian Empire was broken into three pieces. The greatest mass migration in history began, as Muslims fled north and Hindus fled south, and Britain's role as an imperial power came to an end. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241950401
ISBN
9780241950401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.79

Paperback. * Synthesizes vast amount of recent research by French scholars* Pays attention to three particularly fertile research areas: Iron Age; Carolingian period and the later Middle ages* Only book to provide a history of this distinctive region and its people. . Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631201052
ISBN
9780631201052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.37

An original reinterpretation of the Nat Turner revolt, This Land Shall Be Deluged retells the story of how slave rebels challenged the slaveholders' authority in Southampton, Virginia. Paying careful attention to the dynamics among slaves and free, it reveals something surprising about both the fragility and power of slavery. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 hts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199828005
ISBN
9780199828005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813226163
ISBN
9780813226163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
F First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801480980
ISBN
9780801480980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.56

Paperback. Makes important inroads into the widely discussed topic of historical memory, evoking the everyday lives of eleventh-century people and both their written and nonwritten ways of preserving the past. This title unearths a range of approaches to preserving the past as it was or formulating the past that an individual or group prefers to imagine. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 maps. 14 halftones. 4 figs. 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBA; HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691026039
ISBN
9780691026039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 41.83

Paperback. Describes the technicalities of the work and the hardships as well as lighter moments enjoyed by the apprentices, against the backdrop of the gradual run-down of steam on the Western. Series: Working Lives S. Num Pages: 128 pages, 150 b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; HBTB; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 172 x 8. Weight in Grams: 350. Series: Working Lives S. 128 pages, 150 b/w. Describes the technicalities of the work and the hardships as well as lighter moments enjoyed by the apprentices, against the backdrop of the gradual run-down of steam on the Western. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; HBTB; WGF. Dimension: 237 x 172 x 8. Weight: 350.
Publisher
Silver Link Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857943108
ISBN
9781857943108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.33

Hardback. Its clear and instructional discussions of hydraulic technology and engineering principles make it a useful resource for a range of courses, including the history of technology, urban history, and American business history. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 39, 7 black & white line drawings, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KNDD; TBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801893056
ISBN
9780801893056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.51

paperback. Its clear and instructional discussions of hydraulic technology and engineering principles make it a useful resource for a range of courses, including the history of technology, urban history, and American business history. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 39, 7 black & white line drawings, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KNDD; TBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 214 x 18. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801893063
ISBN
9780801893063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APB; APFB; BGF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 50. Weight in Grams: 768.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062112491
ISBN
9780062112491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.29

Paperback. In the tradition of Band of Brothers, Patrick K. O'Donnell tells one of World War II's greatest untold stories Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 pages of b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBTK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Hachette Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306822643
ISBN
9780306822643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.53

Hardcover. A gripping tale of racial cleansing in the American South and a harrowing testament to the deep roots of racial violence in America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 31. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393293012
ISBN
9780393293012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.26

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