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Hardcover. Presents annotated selections from the British records that were copied in situ by the author in al-Fashir and Kutum in 1970 and 1974 and of which the originals were subsequently destroyed by accident. This work deals with such issues as land tenure, agricultural practice, grazing rights and livestock migration routes and tribal administration. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 1200.
Publisher
Hurst
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850659488
ISBN
9781850659488
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.85
€ 75.44

Hardback. Witch-hunts in Central Europe were by no means focused only on women; one in four alleged witches was male. This study analyzes and describes the witch trials of men in French and German-speaking regions, opening up a little known chapter of early modern times, and revealing the conflicts from which witch-hunts of men evolved. Editor(s): Froome-Doring, Linda. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRQX5. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2009th Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230537026
ISBN
9780230537026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.09

Paperback. Renaissance map-makers produced ever more accurate descriptions of geography, which were also beautiful works of art. They filled the oceans Europeans were exploring with ships and to describe the real ships which were the newest and best products of technology. Above all the ships were there to show the European conquest of the seas of the world. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349312078
ISBN
9781349312078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.84

Hardcover. Based on extensive research in formerly secret archives, this volume examines the progress of Soviet industrialisation against the background of the rising threat of aggression from Germany, Japan and Italy, and the consolidation of Stalin's power. Num Pages: 496 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTK; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 34. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333586853
ISBN
9780333586853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 254.21

Paperback. In 1536, Henry VIII faced risings throughout northern England; these posed the greatest threat to any Tudor monarch. The Pilgrimage of Grace has traditionally been assumed to have been a spontaneous protest against the Dissolution of the Monasteries, but this study aims to reveal the full story. Num Pages: 504 pages, 4 maps and 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199259069
ISBN
9780199259069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 90.60

Paperback. This timely book traces ideas of pacifism in English literature, particularly poetry. Early chapters, drawing on religious and secular traditions, provide intellectual contexts. There follows a chronological analysis of literature which rejects war and celebrates peace, from the Middle Ages to the present day. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBH; DSC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349362950
ISBN
9781349362950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Paperback. 208 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Fleming, Rae. In 1802, the "Friends", the "Helen" and the "Jane" set sail from Fort William bound for Canada with over 300 emigrants from Lochaber; the area they left behind still remains a wilderness. Who went, why they went, and what happened when they reached Canada, is explained in this book. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1KBC; HBTB; JFFN; JPVH1. Dimension: 255 x 206 x 13. Weight: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Natural Heritage / Natural History Inc
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780920474969
ISBN
9780920474969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.32

Hardcover. This book examines the structures and texture of rural social relationships, using one type of document found in abundance over all the four component parts of Britain and Ireland: petitions from tenants to their landlords. The book offers unexpected angles on many aspects of society and economy on estates in the 17th and 18th centuries. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137394088
ISBN
9781137394088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691648934
ISBN
9780691648934
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 252.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572410886
ISBN
9781572410886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.63

Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691174464
ISBN
9780691174464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.51
€ 42.10

Hardcover. This book explores the ways in which Ayurveda, the oldest medical tradition of the Indian subcontinent, was transformed from a composite of 'ancient' medical knowledge into a 'modern' medical system, suited to the demands posed by apparatuses of health developed in late colonial India. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTQ; MBP; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230284555
ISBN
9780230284555
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.57

Hardback. This book explores the decision of the British Empire to import Chinese labour to southern Africa despite the already tense racial situation in the region. It enables a clearer understanding of racial and political developments in southern Africa during the reconstruction period and places localised issues within a wider historiography. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTQ; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230303775
ISBN
9780230303775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.73

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137548924
ISBN
9781137548924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.96

Hardback. For six terror-filled weeks in 1870 German armies bombarded Strasbourg, killing hundreds of citizens, wounding thousands, and destroying landmarks. Rachel Chrastil tells how the city became the epicenter of a new kind of warfare whose indiscriminate violence shocked contemporaries and led to debates over the wartime protection of civilians. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674728868
ISBN
9780674728868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.84

Paperback. During the nineteenth-century, European women experienced dramatic and enduring changes in their familial, working and political lives. Breaking away from traditional categories, the authors of this book provide a sense of the variety and complexity of women's lives across national and regional boundaries. Series: Gender and History. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333676066
ISBN
9780333676066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.69

Paperback. A witty and touching account of ten inspirational figures that makes us reconsider conventional ideas of the fifties woman. Num Pages: 384 pages, Section: 8, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0006192
ISBN
9781844087419
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The fascinating story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map, told for the first time by a brilliant young historian. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTP1; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847082541
ISBN
9781847082541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.97

Paperback. Inspirational stories of what women achieved against the odds Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473882249
ISBN
9781473882249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.31

Paperback. Probing beneath the apparent confusion of dozens of cuisines, this book shows how merchants, missionaries, and the military took cuisines over mountains, oceans, deserts, and across political frontiers. It emphasizes how cooking turns farm products into food. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 488 pages, 68 b/w photographs, 10 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBT; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286313
ISBN
9780520286313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

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