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Paperback. Women in Victorian England wore jewelry made from each other's hair and wrote poems celebrating decades of friendship. They pored over magazines that described the dangerous pleasures of corporal punishment. This book offers a paradigm for theorizing gender and sexuality - not just in the Victorian period, but in our own. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
370
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128351
ISBN
9780691128351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.40

Paperback. This text reconstructs how freed men and women in tobacco-growing Central North Carolina worked to secure a place for themselves in a ravaged region and hostile time. It has a micro-economic history of Gainville County, drawn from public records, that looks at individual's stories. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820324425
ISBN
9780820324425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.49

Hardback. The testimonies of individuals who survived the Holocaust as children pose distinct challenges for researchers, requiring them to often follow simultaneous, disparate narratives. This interdisciplinary volume brings together historians, psychologists, and other scholars to explore child survivors' accounts. Editor(s): Fogelman, Eva; Ofer, Dalia. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JFSP1; JMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785334382
ISBN
9781785334382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 half-tones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804713825
ISBN
9780804713825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.86

Paperback. A clear overview of the major cultural forms of 1960s America -- fiction and poetry; music and performance; film and television; art and photography -- and influential texts of the decade. Editor(s): Halliwell, Martin. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, 33 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; AB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748619474
ISBN
9780748619474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.10

Hardback. A clear overview of the major cultural forms of 1960s America -- fiction and poetry; music and performance; film and television; art and photography -- and influential texts of the decade. Editor(s): Halliwell, Martin. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, 33 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; AB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 175.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748619467
ISBN
9780748619467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.14
€ 102.32

hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BG; HBTZ1; WNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 21.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780762780617
ISBN
9780762780617
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.14

Paperback. Challenging the prevailing view that taverns tended to break down class and gender differences, Salinger persuasively argues they did not signal social change so much as buttress custom and encourage exclusion. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16, 6 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801878992
ISBN
9780801878992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.16

Hardback. This book explores how antimodern nostalgia and modern sensibilities about the landscape, child rearing, and identity shaped the history of summer camps. Series: Nature, History, Society. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSP1; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774816397
ISBN
9780774816397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.70

paperback. This book explores how antimodern nostalgia and modern sensibilities about the landscape, child rearing, and identity shaped the history of summer camps. Series: Nature, History, Society. Num Pages: 392 pages, 38 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHB; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774816403
ISBN
9780774816403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

Paperback. Presents case studies with evidence from surviving letters that indicate a kind of "love" existing between the ex-slave mistress and her former master. The author follows the journey of these women and children from the south to Cincinnati, which had the largest per capita population outside the South during the antebellum period. Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 200 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875807232
ISBN
9780875807232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.77

Hardback. Inglorious Empire tells the real story of the British in India - from the arrival of the East India Company to the end of the Raj - revealing how Britain's rise was built upon its plunder of India. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJD1; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 224 x 33. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849048088
ISBN
9781849048088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.95

Jacksonville, Florida, was the king of the infant film industry. By 1914, fifteen major companies - including Fox and Metro Pictures - had set up shop there. This book uses first-person accounts, filmmaker biographies, newspaper reports, and city and museum archives to present a little-known aspect of film history. Num Pages: 208 pages, 19 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; APF; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813032436
ISBN
9780813032436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.29

Paperback. In the late 1960s an Amish community considered state education detrimental to its own values. When the state claimed truancy and took Jonas Yoder to court, a legal battle of landmark proportions followed. This volume is a complete and compelling account of the Yoder case. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBT; HRCC99; LA; LND; LNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612734
ISBN
9780700612734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.22

Paperback. While millions of Americans fought the Nazis, liberty was under attack at home with the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses who were intimidated and even imprisoned for refusing to salute the flag or serve in the armed forces. This study explores their defence of their First Amendment rights. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; HRCC99; JFSR; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700611829
ISBN
9780700611829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.01

Paperback. Shawn Levy, author of 'Rat Pack Confidential' brings alive London in the swinging Sixties with a gripping, groovy story of those who created the scene that changed the world. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPK; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841152264
ISBN
9781841152264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. Visual texts demonstrate the contested terms of American identity. This book offers an account of how photography and the sciences of biological racialism joined forces in the nineteenth century to offer an idea of what Americans look like - or 'should' look like. Num Pages: 302 pages, 60 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AJ; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ; JFSL1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
302
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691004785
ISBN
9780691004785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.16

Paperback. Over the last twenty years the Journal of Historical Sociology has redefined what historical sociology can be. These essays by internationally distinguished historians, sociologists, anthropologists and geographers bring together the very best of the JHS. Editor(s): Wong, Yoke-Sum; Sayer, Derek. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405179331
ISBN
9781405179331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.28

Paperback. Over the last twenty years the Journal of Historical Sociology has redefined what historical sociology can be. These essays by internationally distinguished historians, sociologists, anthropologists and geographers bring together the very best of the JHS. Editor(s): Wong, Yoke-Sum; Sayer, Derek. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405179348
ISBN
9781405179348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.52

Paperback. During the Second World War, Chinese Americans contributed to the war effort by joining the armed forces and working in the defense industries. This title traces the history of the 14th Air Service Group, a segregated outfit of Chinese Americans sent to China in support of the American Army Air Corps and the Chinese Air Force. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592138401
ISBN
9781592138401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.41

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