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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. Invisible Wars examines the impact of three centuries of colonial evangelization on indigenous religious practices in Central Mexico by focusing on clandestinely produced Nahua and Zapotec texts, trial records, and native resistance to disciplinary and punitive campaigns. Num Pages: 400 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804773287
- ISBN
- 9780804773287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.48
€ 150.48
Paperback. This text is one man's quest to understand the failure of the German-Jewish relationship and to explain the attitudes of Germany's assimilated Jews over a 300-year period. He juxtaposes the broad picture of history and politics in Germany against the stories of six of his own ancestors. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLL; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 678. Clean copy with slight sunning to spine and slight shelf wear but remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Counterpoint
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKE0000417
- ISBN
- 9781582430126
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Takes readers inside the wily world of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century pirates. With swashbuckling irreverence and devilish wit, this book uncovers the hidden economics behind pirates' notorious, entertaining, and sometimes downright shocking behavior. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTM; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150093
- ISBN
- 9780691150093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.36
€ 18.99
€ 15.36
Paperback. This collection of essays applies the most current thinking in literature and urban studies to an examination of visual culture of 19th century France - painting, caricature, illustrated magazines, posters - resulting in a subtle map of the gendered topography of Parisian modernity, the stomping ground of the flaneur. Editor(s): D'Souza, Aruna; McDonough, Tom. Series: Critical Perspectives in Art History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; ACV; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719079429
- ISBN
- 9780719079429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.69
€ 26.99
€ 26.69
Paperback. Marwan Bishara, the chief policy analyst for Al Jazeera English and presenter of the show "Empire", looks at the roots of pro-democracy revolutions in the Arab world and offers an original analysis of what went right, why this moment is paramount, and how Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Avalon Publishing Group United States
- Edition
- First Trade Paper Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568589749
- ISBN
- 9781568589749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.77
€ 25.99
€ 16.77
paperback. A fascinating study of ritual and symbolism which poses new questions for the understanding of our history. Editor(s): Hobsbawm, Eric; Ranger, Terence. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 464. Series: Canto Classics. 326 pages. Editor(s): Hobsbawm, Eric; Ranger, Terence. A fascinating study of ritual and symbolism which poses new questions for the understanding of our history. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBT. Dimension: 210 x 136 x 17. Weight: 468.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 324
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107604674
- ISBN
- 9781107604674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.23
€ 23.99
€ 23.23
Paperback. Groundbreaking analysis of the birth of racism in America - volume 2. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844677702
- ISBN
- 9781844677702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.35
€ 28.35
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844677696
- ISBN
- 9781844677696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.49
€ 32.99
€ 25.49
Paperback. There was racism in the ancient world, after all. This book refutes the common belief that the ancient Greeks and Romans harbored "ethnic and cultural," but not racial, prejudice. It considers themes in the history of discrimination. It provides analysis of proto-racism and prejudices toward particular groups of foreigners in Greco-Roman world. Num Pages: 592 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 590
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691125985
- ISBN
- 9780691125985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.56
€ 54.99
€ 39.56
Paperback. The extraordinary history of news and its dissemination, from medieval pilgrim tales to the birth of the newspaper Num Pages: 456 pages, 64 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300212761
- ISBN
- 9780300212761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.82
€ 23.99
€ 17.82
Paperback. Translation, Jewish philosophy, and social and cultural history Num Pages: 202 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HP; HRCF1; HRJS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222497
- ISBN
- 9780253222497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. "Heterosexuality" is assumed to denote a universal sexual and cultural norm. This work challenges the common notion that the distinction between heterosexuality and homosexuality has been a timeless one. It reveals that as late as 1923, the term "heterosexuality" referred to a "morbid sexual passion". Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226426013
- ISBN
- 9780226426013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.99
€ 27.99
€ 22.99
Hardback. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 370 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBTB; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401773454
- ISBN
- 9789401773454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.44
€ 65.44
Hardback. Frequently perceived as a characteristic of modern culture, the phenomenon of celebrity has much older roots. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509508730
- ISBN
- 9781509508730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.49
€ 78.49
Paperback. Frequently perceived as a characteristic of modern culture, the phenomenon of celebrity has much older roots. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509508747
- ISBN
- 9781509508747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.26
€ 28.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199930340
- ISBN
- 9780199930340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.31
€ 57.31
Hardcover. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813534091
- ISBN
- 9780813534091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.23
€ 42.23
Paperback. Recounts the kidnapping of the author in Africa aged ten, his service as a slave of an officer in the British Navy for ten years, and his life after he bought his freedom in 1766, growing to become one of the foremost figures of the anti-slavery movement in Britain. This autobiography presents a tale of spiritual quest. Editor(s): Carretta, Vincent. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Rev ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780142437162
- ISBN
- 9780142437162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198707523
- ISBN
- 9780198707523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.53
€ 15.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. Series: Oriental Institute Publications. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLA; HBTB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226260082
- ISBN
- 9780226260082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.01
€ 31.99
€ 25.01