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Hardcover. What is slavery? It seems a simple enough question. Despite the long history of the institution and its widespread use around the globe, many people still largely associate slavery, outside of the biblical references in the Old Testament, to the enslavement of Africans in America, particularly the United States. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745671505
- ISBN
- 9780745671505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.01
€ 73.01
Paperback. The principle of sacrifice is as old as human life itself. This book provides an overview of sacrificial practices around the world since prehistoric times. It also examines the reasons behind these rituals, and in the case of human sacrifice an attempt is made to understand the mentality of the 'victims' who often willingly went to their deaths. Num Pages: 192 pages, 48 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRLF; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 170 x 12. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750945004
- ISBN
- 9780750945004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
€ 17.99
€ 16.51
Hardcover. Brenda Ralph Lewis presents an informative overview of how kings and queens came about and of the many forces that have shaped the identity of monarchy and in many cases caused its downfall. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTG; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Sutton Pub Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750929738
- ISBN
- 9780750929738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.75
€ 26.99
€ 23.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 20 halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 30. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190231019
- ISBN
- 9780190231019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.00
€ 43.00
Hardcover. In explaining an improbable liaison and its consequences, A Mattress Maker's Daughter explores changing concepts of love and romance, new standards of public and private conduct, and emerging attitudes toward property and legitimacy just as the age of Renaissance humanism gives way to the Counter Reformation and Early Modern Europe. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 420 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 242 x 38. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674724662
- ISBN
- 9780674724662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.64€ 57.66
€ 62.64
€ 57.66
Paperback. Provides important background for the continued scholarly and popular interest in witches and witchcraft today Editor(s): Breslaw, Elaine G. Num Pages: 550 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; HRQX5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 26. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814798515
- ISBN
- 9780814798515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Paperback. The term "civilization" comes with considerable baggage, setting up a dichotomy wherein people, cultures, and histories are "civilized" - or not. This book examines how the idea of civilization has informed our thinking about international relations over the course of ten centuries. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBW; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226142401
- ISBN
- 9780226142401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.59
€ 44.99
€ 34.59
Hardback. This book examines Anglican missionary work in nineteenth-century British Columbia at several scales: the local ethnographic literature; histories of contact and conflict in mainland B.C. from the early nineteenth century; the theology and sociology of mission; and the recent critical literature on European colonialism. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; HRCX7; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774806541
- ISBN
- 9780774806541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.28
€ 113.28
Paperback. A monograph that places Ainu - the native people living in Ezo, the northernmost island of the Japanese archipelago - at the center of an exploration of Japanese expansion during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the height of the Tokugawa shogunal era. Num Pages: 344 pages, 23 figures, 4 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542. Ecology and Culture in Japanese Expansion, 1590-1800. 344 pages, 23 figures, 4 maps, 3 tables. A monograph that places Ainu - the native people living in Ezo, the northernmost island of the Japanese archipelago - at the center of an exploration of Japanese expansion during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the height of the Tokugawa shogunal era. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 22. Weight: 486.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520248342
- ISBN
- 9780520248342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.56
€ 35.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Takes stock of the 'new British queer history'. Topics range from newspaper reporting of sodomy cases, to homoerotic representations in art, to queer autobiographical accounts, to oral histories of Scottish lesbians, and much else besides. Editor(s): Lewis, Brian. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719088957
- ISBN
- 9780719088957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.83
€ 26.99
€ 26.83
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803232907
- ISBN
- 9780803232907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.58
€ 18.99
€ 18.58
Paperback. Presents a look at one of the first major railway disasters in Britain, the fall of the Dee bridge in May 1847, which occurred just outside Chester with the loss of five lives. This book provides detailed technical insight and is illustrated with contemporary material. It is useful for engineering students, historians and railway enthusiasts. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENC; 3JH; HBTK; TNCJ; TRF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 07th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752442662
- ISBN
- 9780752442662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.66
€ 24.99
€ 21.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 42 b/w illus., 10 maps, 5 plans. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 146. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300220261
- ISBN
- 9780300220261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.19
€ 19.99
€ 16.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRQX2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141393148
- ISBN
- 9780141393148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Provides an account of the origins of coffee drinking and coffeehouse society, and in so doing the author reshapes our understanding of the commercial and consumer revolutions in Britain during the long Stuart century. Num Pages: 378 pages, 43 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300171228
- ISBN
- 9780300171228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.54
€ 43.99
€ 31.54
Hardback. In charting the growth of gleaming shopping centers and refurbished brownstones in Harlem, Brian Goldstein shows that gentrification was not imposed on an unwitting community by opportunistic developers or outsiders. It grew from the neighborhood's grassroots, producing a legacy that benefited some longtime residents and threatened others. Num Pages: 356 pages, 42 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; HBTB; JFSG; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674971509
- ISBN
- 9780674971509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.87
€ 35.99
€ 30.87
Hardback. Making available an invaluable perspective on African American life, this volume represents a publication of immense historical and literary importance. Editor(s): Dolinar, Brian. Series: New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 175 x 33. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252037696
- ISBN
- 9780252037696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.53
€ 133.53
Paperback. A full and richly illustrated history of windmills in Suffolk - a county particularly notable for them. Num Pages: 188 pages, 75, 70 black and white, 5 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; HBTB; TGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 354. 188 pages, 75, 70 black and white, 5 line drawing. A full and richly illustrated history of windmills in Suffolk - a county particularly notable for them. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; HBTB; TGB. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 12. Weight: 354.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 188
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843837237
- ISBN
- 9781843837237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.71
€ 26.99
€ 23.71
Hardback. Traces the ever-evolving relationship between science and industry and reveals the unsuspected role geology played in shaping our understanding of the history of oil Num Pages: 248 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; KNBP; RBGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803234864
- ISBN
- 9780803234864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.69
€ 52.69
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752442587
- ISBN
- 9780752442587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.87
€ 33.99
€ 28.87