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Paperback. A groundbreaking and beautifully written history of ballet, from its origins to the present, by a dancer turned historian and critic - will do for ballet what Alex Ross's The Rest Is Noise did for music. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ASDL; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 45. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847082565
ISBN
9781847082565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.36

Hardcover. An investigation into aphrodisiacs challenges pre-conceived ideas about sexuality during this period. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series. Num Pages: 225 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Royal Historical Society
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861933242
ISBN
9780861933242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Paperback. Highlights the conflicts and debates that surrounded the 1952 celebration of the 300th anniversary of the landing of Jan Van Riebeeck and the founding of Cape Town, South Africa. This title reveals the expectations of the festival planners and how the festival was engineered and the ANC and other non-Europeans mounted opposition to it. Series: African Systems of Thought. Num Pages: 17 b&w photos, 3 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; GTB; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253216137
ISBN
9780253216137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBL; HBTB; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349438037
ISBN
9781349438037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Paperback. An Apache's personal testimony from the bloody Apache Wars into the reservation years of the mid-20th century. Num Pages: 302 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBTB; JFC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803286160
ISBN
9780803286160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.10

Hardcover. Anzac Labour explores the horror, frustration and exhaustion surrounding working life in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War. Based on letters and diaries of Australian soldiers, it traces the history of work and workplace cultures through Australia, the shores of Gallipoli, the fields of France and Belgium, and the Near East. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJF; HBJM; HBTB; HBTQ; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137363978
ISBN
9781137363978
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.18

paperback. Anzac Labour explores the horror, frustration and exhaustion surrounding working life in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War. Based on letters and diaries of Australian soldiers, it traces the history of work and workplace cultures through Australia, the shores of Gallipoli, the fields of France and Belgium, and the Near East. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJM; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ; HBW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2014
SKU
V9781349473182
ISBN
9781349473182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.62

Paperback. Peter N. Stearns examines mounting pressures on modern families. Surveying popular media, "expert" childrearing manuals, newspapers, and journals, Stearns shows how schooling, physical and emotional vulnerability and the rise of commercialism became primary concerns for parents. Num Pages: 251 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSP1; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814798492
ISBN
9780814798492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardcover. Over the last 70 years, memories and narratives of the Holocaust have played a significant role in constructing Jewish communities. This book explores one field where these narratives are disseminated: Holocaust pedagogy in Jewish schools in Melbourne and New York. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782386520
ISBN
9781782386520
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.71

Hardcover. Editor(s): Fischer-Tine, Harald. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 404 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 673.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319451350
ISBN
9783319451350
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.13

Hardback. Num Pages: 109 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AN; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 293.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
109
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349951321
ISBN
9781349951321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.62

Paperback. This collection of true stories illuminates the experiences of a young Polish boy before World War II, through the gathering storm of Nazism, into the death camps, to poignant reunions many years later. Num Pages: 248 pages, 21, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Expanded ed
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801863103
ISBN
9780801863103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.76

Hardcover. This book examines the relationship between antislavery texts and emerging representations of 'free labour' in mid-nineteenth-century America. Num Pages: 158 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230621480
ISBN
9780230621480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.28

Hardback. Editor(s): McElligott, Anthony; Herf, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 390 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBTZ; HBWQ; HRAX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319488653
ISBN
9783319488653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.22

Paperback. Editor(s): Gidley, Ben; Renton, James. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; HRAM; HRH; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137412997
ISBN
9781137412997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.90

Hardcover. Previous owner's signature and date on inside front cover. 311pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
David C. Jolly Publishers Brookline, Massachusetts
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
SKU
KON0819362
ISBN
9780911775082
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 53.98
€ 5.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 colour illus & maps. BIC Classification: 1M; 3J; HBJM; HBLH; HBTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 170. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Monash University Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925377323
ISBN
9781925377323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.80

Paperback. Taking as its focus both large works by well-known authors and lesser-studied works, this study explores the relationship between ideology and subjectivity in late medieval literature, documenting the trajectory of antimercantile ideology against major developments in economic theory and practice in the later Middle Ages. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349382798
ISBN
9781349382798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.94

Num Pages: 576 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; HRCX7; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 49. Weight in Grams: 491.
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826314956
ISBN
9780826314956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.97

Paperback. This collection of essays looks at the impact of anticommunism on black political culture during the early years of the Cold War, with an eye toward local and individual stories that offer insight into larger national and international issues. Editor(s): Lieberman, Robbie; Lang, Clarence. Series: Contemporary Black History. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; HBTW; HBWS; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230113749
ISBN
9780230113749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.25

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