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hardcover. Based on extensive participant observation and ethnographic research, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of early conflict between Miskitu Indians and the Sandinista government, and their subsequent partial reconciliation. Editor(s): Hale, Charles R. Num Pages: 316 pages, 15 half-tones 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 30. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804722551
- ISBN
- 9780804722551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.10
€ 160.10
Paperback. The phrase "the Black Legend" was coined in 1912 by a Spanish journalist in protest of the characterization of Spain by other Europeans as a backward country. Challenging this stereotype, this book contextualizes Spain's tarnished reputation by exposing colonial efforts of other nations whose interests were served by propagating the Black Legend. Editor(s): Greer, Margaret R.; Mignolo, Walter D.; Quilligan, Maureen. Num Pages: 448 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTQ; HRAM9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 226 x 26. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226307220
- ISBN
- 9780226307220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.53
€ 42.99
€ 33.53
Hardback. What can we learn about modern Chinese history by reading a marginalized set of materials from a widely neglected period? This book captures the ingenuity of a journal that captures the chaotic potentialities within China's early Republic and its global twentieth century. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 384 pages, 84 black and white, 8 color. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJC; HBJF; HBTV; JPH; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284364
- ISBN
- 9780520284364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.80€ 54.49
€ 69.80
€ 54.49
Paperback. There are a couple of hundred songs that are sung by millions across the world each day, that school children know by heart and sports fans belt out perfectly even after eight beers. And they aren't pop songs - they are national anthems. In this book, the author brings the incredible stories of the world's national anthems to life. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Windmill Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099592235
- ISBN
- 9780099592235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 10.51
€ 19.99
€ 10.51
Paperback. Rising gas prices, sprawl and congestion, global warming, even obesity - driving is a factor in many contentious issues. This book looks at the period between 1895 and 1961 - from the founding of the first automobile factory in America to the creation of the Interstate Highway System - to find out how driving evolved into a symbol of freedom. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226745640
- ISBN
- 9780226745640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.94
€ 32.99
€ 25.94
Paperback. Debt was an inescapable fact of life in early America. At the beginning of the 18th century, its sinfulness was preached by ministers. By 1800, imprisonment for debt was under attack, and insolvency was seen merely as an economic setback. This work focuses on this crucial transformation in early American society. Num Pages: 358 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBTB; KCZ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032415
- ISBN
- 9780674032415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.85
€ 34.99
€ 29.85
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
€ 70.98€ 60.32
€ 70.98
€ 60.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- First Paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801481871
- ISBN
- 9780801481871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.94
€ 34.99
€ 31.94
Hardback. Representing Imperial Rivalry in the Early Modern Mediterranean explores representations of national, racial, and religious identities within a region dominated by the clash of empires. Series: UCLA Clark Memorial Library Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1DS; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442649026
- ISBN
- 9781442649026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.24
€ 70.24
Hardback. An enthralling account of World War II across all its theaters through the eyes and experiences of the top journalists who witnessed it Num Pages: 440 pages, 24 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBTB; HBWQ; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 42. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300224665
- ISBN
- 9780300224665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.75
€ 30.99
€ 22.75
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ; LNDC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784537227
- ISBN
- 9781784537227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.96€ 126.76
€ 141.96
€ 126.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 130 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJC; HBLW; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 244 x 24. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750967990
- ISBN
- 9780750967990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.79
€ 26.99
€ 23.79
Paperback. Pioneering study of the anglophone 'settler boom' in North America, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand between the early 19th and early 20th centuries, looking at what made it the most successful of all such settler revolutions, and how this laid the basis of British and American power in the 19th and 20th centuries. Num Pages: 592 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 45. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199604548
- ISBN
- 9780199604548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.67
€ 29.67
Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138787
- ISBN
- 9780691138787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 245 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801446276
- ISBN
- 9780801446276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.51
€ 71.51
Hardback. Scholars of the period will find this to be a richly informative and thoroughly engrossing read. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10, 7 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QRM; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400716
- ISBN
- 9781421400716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.74€ 55.15
€ 59.74
€ 55.15
Paperback. Scholars of the period will find this to be a richly informative and thoroughly engrossing read. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10, 7 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QRM; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400723
- ISBN
- 9781421400723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.87
€ 33.99
€ 28.87
Hardback. Examines how the elite in early modern Ireland spoke about human societies and human bodies, and demonstrates that this elite discourse was grounded in a commitment to the languages and sciences of Renaissance Humanism Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBR; 3JD; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719088360
- ISBN
- 9780719088360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.99€ 72.05
€ 78.99
€ 72.05
Paperback. The new edition of this classic history examines the political, economic, social, religious and cultural life of Europe at the height of the Renaissance.J.R. Hale not only records the events of 1480--1520, but also suggests what it was like to have lived in this period. Series: Blackwell Classic Histories of Europe S. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631216254
- ISBN
- 9780631216254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.92
€ 49.92
Hardback. The new edition of this classic history examines the political, economic, social, religious and cultural life of Europe at the height of the Renaissance. J.R. Hale not only records the events of 1480 to 1520, but also suggests what it was like to have lived in this period. Series: Blackwell Classic Histories of Europe S. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631216247
- ISBN
- 9780631216247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.92
€ 149.92
Paperback. Organized around the categories of materiality, women, and transgression during renaissance, this book promotes and challenges readers' thinking of the everyday. It foregrounds the common person, the marginal, and the domestic even as it presents the unusual details of their existence. Editor(s): Fumerton, Patricia; Hunt, Simon. Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 52 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216639
- ISBN
- 9780812216639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben looks closely at the literature of the survivors of Auschwitz, probing the philosophical and ethical questions raised by their testimony. Translator(s): Heller-Roazen, Daniel. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; DNF; DSB; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890951177
- ISBN
- 9781890951177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.63
€ 26.99
€ 20.63
Paperback. Petra R. Rivera-Rideau shows how the popular music style reggaeton offers a space for Puerto Rican musicians to express identities that center blackness, forge links across the African diaspora, and critique the popular Puerto Rican discourse of racial democracy, which conceals racism and marginalizes black Puerto Ricans. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGW; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359647
- ISBN
- 9780822359647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Hardback. A study of the Samsui women who migrated from China to Singapore, where they have been commemorated as nation-builders. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774825757
- ISBN
- 9780774825757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.94
€ 106.94