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Paperback. The Oxford Handbook of Oral History brings together forty authors on five continents to address the evolution of oral history, the impact of digital technology, the most recent methodological and archival issues, and the application of oral history to both scholarly research and public presentations. Editor(s): Ritchie, Donald A. Series: Oxford Handbooks in History. Num Pages: 560 pages, figures. BIC Classification: HBA; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 172 x 35. Weight in Grams: 956.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199945061
ISBN
9780199945061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 86.66

Paperback. Spanning three centuries and four continents, from the late medieval period to the present day, this collection builds a picture of the practical and ideological issues surrounding women soldiers, and the ambiguous place they inhabit, uncovering in the process a remarkable continuity across cultures and periods. Series: Women & Men in History. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBTB; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582414389
ISBN
9780582414389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.89

paperback. Most of this collection pertains to records of some 25,000 slaving voyages between 1595 and 1867, while other papers offer quantitative analysis in the ethnicity of slaves, mortality trends and slaves' reconstruction of their identities. Editor(s): Eltis, David; Richardson, David. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; HBTB; HBTS; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780714643908
ISBN
9780714643908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 105.23

hardcover. Explores the Japanese motivations in raising the proposal for racial equality at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. Offering new insights, this is the first comprehensive analysis of an historically significant event. Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBTB; JFF; JFSL1; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415172073
ISBN
9780415172073
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.91

paperback. Anti-apartheid was one of the most significant international causes of the late twentieth century. The book provides the first detailed history of the emergence of anti-apartheid activism in Britain and the USA, tracing the network of individuals and groups who shaped the moral and political character of the movement. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJH; HBTB; HBTQ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2010
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349301485
ISBN
9781349301485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.19

paperback. Seven people signed the Proclamation of the Republic in 1916 - four of them were poets. To commemorate its centenary, Cork City Council has commissioned four of Ireland's leading contemporary writers to reflect on the meaning of this single most important artefact of the 1916 Rising. Editor(s): McCarthy, Thomas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBTB; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Collins Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781848893122
ISBN
9781848893122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.60

Paperback. Explores the historical transformation of tobacco from Amerindian shamanism to global capitalism, from the food of the spirits to the fatal epidemic, from the rough pipe and cigar to the modern day cigarette. Num Pages: 292 pages, 15 b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFH1; JHBT; KN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415116695
ISBN
9780415116695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.04

Paperback. Series: Social History of Modern Art. Num Pages: 550 pages, 283 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JF; ACV; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 192 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 922.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226063348
ISBN
9780226063348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.15

Hardcover. Exploring the varied depictions and descriptions of pain - from martyrdom narratives to practices of torture and surgery - this title attempts to decode this culture of suffering in the Middle Ages. It presents the cacophony of howls emerging from the written record of physicians, torturers, theologians, and mystics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226112671
ISBN
9780226112671
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 55.42

Hardcover. Explores the ambitions, tastes, and prejudices of Chicagoans during the 1920s and '30s. This book reproduces various elements of the "Chicagoan": its covers, cartoons, editorials, reviews, and features. Num Pages: 400 pages, 81 colour plates, 301 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJG; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 366 x 290 x 30. Weight in Grams: 3180.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226317618
ISBN
9780226317618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.55
€ 60.30

Hardcover. This text traces Armenia's past from ancient times to the end of the 20th century through more than 200 colour maps containing information about physical geography, demography, and sociological, religious, cultural and linguistic history. Num Pages: 360 pages, 232 colour maps, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DVUR; GBC; HBJD; HBTP; RGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 473 x 30. Weight in Grams: 3490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226332284
ISBN
9780226332284
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 285.20
€ 238.33

hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 243 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226339986
ISBN
9780226339986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.35

Paperback. In this study, Joseph Koerner establishes the character of Renaissance art in Germany and examines how artists such as Albrecht Durer and Hans Baldung Grien reflected in their masterworks the changing status of the self in 16th-century Germany. Num Pages: 564 pages, 1 colour plate, 223 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACND; AFC; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 217 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226449999
ISBN
9780226449999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.79
€ 52.25

Hardcover. Drawing on novels, plays, and films of the 1920s and '30s, as well as the work of biologists, psychiatrists, and sexologists, this title brings together the experience and perception of modernity with sexuality, technology, and ecological concerns into a cogent discussion of science's place in reproduction in British and American cultural history. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226560694
ISBN
9780226560694
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.30
€ 59.81

Paperback. In the 1920s thousands of migrants settled in the Los Angeles suburb of South Gate. Blue collar workers built the suburb literally from the ground up. 'My blue heaven' demonstrates the ethic of self-reliance and homeownership which formed the core of South Gate's identity. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 432 pages, 4 colour plates, 11 halftones, 9 maps, 5 line drawings, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226583013
ISBN
9780226583013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.49

Hardcover. Exploring the relationship between power and knowledge in European engagement with Asia, this work examines the East India Company at work and reveals how writing and print shaped authority on a global scale in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It also uncovers the intellectual and political legacies of early modern trade and empire. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; HBTK; KNTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226620411
ISBN
9780226620411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 45.78

Paperback. Editor(s): Parascandola, Louis J.; Parascandola, John. Num Pages: 360 pages, B&W Illus.: 25,. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231165730
ISBN
9780231165730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

paperback. Barbara N. Ramusack surveys the prescriptive roles and lived experiences of women from the period of the early states to the 1990s. Series: Restoring Women to History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212672
ISBN
9780253212672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.38

paperback. Addresses conceptual and ethical questions that arise from historical accounts of the Holocaust. Series: Jewish Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217288
ISBN
9780253217288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.94

Paperback. Opening the subject of subaltern genocide for exploration by scholars of genocide, ethnic conflict, and human rights, this title explores genocide's sociological, anthropological, psychological, symbolic, and normative dimensions. Editor(s): Robins, Nicholas A.; Jones, Adam. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 b&w illus., 2 figures, 7 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253220776
ISBN
9780253220776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

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