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Hardback. Reveals the extraordinary lives and times of remarkable explorers and scientists Editor(s): Glover, Denise M.; Harrell, Stevan; McKhann, Charles Fremont; Swain, Margaret Byrne. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 71 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTP; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991177
ISBN
9780295991177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.23

Hardcover. Increases our understanding of the history and development of the arts of the book Num Pages: 384 pages, 152 illus., 90 in color. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 5487 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1792.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295991917
ISBN
9780295991917
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.00

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 maps, 21 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 21 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4; JPVH4; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295995168
ISBN
9780295995168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.23

Hardback. Series Editor(s): Keyes, Charles F.; Sears, Laurie J.; Rafael, Vicente. Series: Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 3 maps, 27 b&w illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295996677
ISBN
9780295996677
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Hardback. Series: Indigenous Confluences. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 2 maps, 20 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; JNAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295998268
ISBN
9780295998268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.10

Hardcover. Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 5 maps, 11 illus., 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBBW; HBJF; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295998336
ISBN
9780295998336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Hardback. Editor(s): Grob, Leonard; Roth, John K. Series: Stephen S. Weinstein Series in Post-Holocaust Studies. Num Pages: 245 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295998459
ISBN
9780295998459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFD; JHMC; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999128
ISBN
9780295999128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.71

Hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1 maps, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFFN; JFSC; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999241
ISBN
9780295999241
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.12

Hardcover. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 352 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, 5 maps, 6 black & white tables, 44 b&w illus., 5 maps, 6. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; HBTB; JFFZ; PSVS; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295999340
ISBN
9780295999340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.12

hardcover. Editor(s): Raiford, Leigh; Raphael-Hernandez, Heike. Num Pages: 392 pages, 64 black & white illustrations, 21 colour plates, 64 b&w illus., 21 color plates. BIC Classification: ACV; ACX; AGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295999562
ISBN
9780295999562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Paperback. Examines how people acquired and read books from the sixteenth century to the present, focusing on the personal relationships between readers and the volumes they owned. This title also investigates the means by which books were sold, and lends insights into the ways booksellers and publishers marketed their wares. Num Pages: 304 pages, 90 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: GL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300164046
ISBN
9780300164046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.23

Paperback. In December 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a brilliant French artillery officer and a Jew of Alsatian descent, was court-martialed for selling secrets to the German military attache in Paris based on perjured testimony and trumped-up evidence. This title presents an account of the famously complex case. Series: Why X Matters Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBT; JPZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300168143
ISBN
9780300168143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.68

Hardcover. A half-century of Wall Street history as seen through the lives of its most illustrious family This compelling new narrative from bestselling author John Rothchild tells the story of three generations of the legendary Davis family, who rank among the most successful investors in the history of the Street. Num Pages: 320 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons New York
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471331780
ISBN
9780471331780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 39.05

Paperback. Describes what might be called the workers' culture of Shaba, through analyses of communicative (sociolinguistic) and cognitive (ethnosemantic) aspects of language use. In this study, inquiry will be directed to the past, and it will, for many reasons, have to reach into a past which is rather remote from present-day Shaba Swahili. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: 1H; 2H; 3JH; 3JJ; CF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780520076259
ISBN
9780520076259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.80

Hardcover. This is a detailed study of the changing nature and limits of academic freedom in pre-war Japan from the Meiji Restoration to the eve of World War II. The analysis is complemented by an extensive use of biographical and archival material. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 illustrations, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780520078215
ISBN
9780520078215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.92
€ 53.36

Paperback. Attempts to account for the widespread phenomenon of sport. Drawing upon ethnological findings to demonstrate the ritual character of sport, the text explores the relationship between ancient Greek sport and sacrificial ritual and traces elements common to both back to primitive origins. Num Pages: 136 pages, with 24 figs. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBTB; JFC; JHM; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 36.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520080959
ISBN
9780520080959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.65

paperback. The Japanese women whose memoirs, journals and essays are collected in this volume constitute a strong current in the history of modern Japanese life from the 1880s to the outbreak of World War II. The women reveal why they joined left-wing groups in order to fight oppression and injustice. Editor(s): Hane, Mikiso. Translator(s): Hane, Mikiso. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Reflections on the Way to the Gallows: Rebel Women in Prewar Japan United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780520084216
ISBN
9780520084216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. This text offers a new statement on the making of national politics. Comparing the popular political cultures and discourses of post-colonial Mexico and Peru, it provides an analysis of their effect on the evolution of these nation states. Series: A Centennial book. Num Pages: 496 pages, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSR; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520085053
ISBN
9780520085053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. A study of Arab politics in the late Ottoman Empire as viewed from the imperial capital in Istanbul. This analytical narrative of the young Turk period (1908-1918), discusses both Arab concerns and the policies of the Ottoman government toward the Arabs. Num Pages: 266 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJF1; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520204461
ISBN
9780520204461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.19

Paperback. Focuses on the role of markets in linking local communities to larger networks of commerce, culture, and political power. This book uses bazaars in the northeast Indian state of Bihar during the colonial period as the site of its investigation. Num Pages: 311 pages, 6 b/w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; KC; KNPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press Berkeley, U.S.A.
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
311
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520211001
ISBN
9780520211001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.01

Paperback. When Orange County, California, filed for Chapter 9 protection on December 6, 1994, it became the largest municipality in United States history to declare bankruptcy. Presenting an analysis of this momentous fiscal crisis, this title uncovers the many twists and turns from the dark days in December 1994 to the financial recovery of June 1996. Num Pages: 320 pages, 86 tables, 1 map, 1 line figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; HBTB; KCP; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520214866
ISBN
9780520214866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.53

Paperback. On the morning of January 24, 1848, James W Marshall discovered gold in California. The news spread across the continent, launching hundreds of ships and hitching a thousand prairie schooners. This title demonstrates that in its far-reaching repercussions, it was the most significant event in the first half of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 569 pages, 14 b/w illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
569
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780520216594
ISBN
9780520216594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.38

Paperback. Japan was the only non-Western nation to industrialize before 1900 and its leap into the modern era has stimulated vigorous debates among historians and social scientists. This title considers daily life in the three centuries leading up to the modern era in Japan. Num Pages: 227 pages, 6 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JHM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520218123
ISBN
9780520218123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.47

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