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Paperback. Tells the story of how Americans came to drink milk. This title lets us: learn how cow's milk, which was associated with bacteria and disease became a staple of the American diet, and encounter 19th century evangelists who were convinced that cow's milk was the perfect food with divine properties. Num Pages: 310 pages, 32 b&w illustrations, 12 pages of halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814719381
ISBN
9780814719381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardback. This highly engaging book offers a wealth of fresh insights into both the history and development of botanical gardens as well as connections between science and aesthetics. Series: Tauris Historical Geography Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 28 bw integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTP; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 240 x 29. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848857124
ISBN
9781848857124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.14
€ 137.06

Paperback. With what effects, Rice asks, did humankind exploit and then alter the landscape and the quality of the river's waters? Equal parts environmental, Native American, and colonial history, Nature and History in the Potomac Country is a useful and innovative study of the Potomac River, its valley, and its people. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8, 6 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ; WNW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421513
ISBN
9781421421513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.84

Paperback. This volume traces the emergence and development of social rank in our present day world. It looks at ideas of hierarchy in the light of the historical, anthropological and sociological evidence to generate understanding of present-day struggles in race and ethnic relations. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FK; 1KBB; 1KJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSC; JFSL1; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631209492
ISBN
9780631209492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.85

Paperback. Essayists reinterpret treaty making, rights, title, and land claims in Canada from Aboriginal perspectives. Editor(s): DePasquale, Paul W. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
119
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888644626
ISBN
9780888644626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.66

Hardcover. Exploring the morally entangled territory of language and race in 18th- and 19th-century America, Sean Harvey shows that whites' theories of an "Indian mind" inexorably shaped by Indian languages played a crucial role in the subjugation of Native peoples and informed the U.S. government's efforts to extinguish Native languages for years to come. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 330 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFF; HBJK; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674289932
ISBN
9780674289932
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.09

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

€ 106.94

Paperback. After The Second World War, the author was exiled for many years from his home country of Poland. In this book, he evokes that homeland and his years away from it; how it nurtured him and how its divisions and destruction shaped a generation. Translator(s): Leach, Catherine S. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1DVUF; BGLA; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141392288
ISBN
9780141392288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. An investigation of the indigenous arts of the US and Canada in the OXFORD HISTORY OF ART series. The importance of these arts to the integrity of spiritual, social, political and economic systems within Native North American societies is considered through issues such as gender, representation, the colonial encounter and contemporary arts. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 304 pages, 53 colour plates, numerous black and white halftones, 16 line drawings, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; ACBK; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 170 x 18. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
New
SKU
9780192842183
ISBN
9780192842183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 20.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMC; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816665860
ISBN
9780816665860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. This updated edition of Ernest Gellner's classic exploration of the roots of nationalism includes an extended introduction from John Breuilly, tracing the way the field has changed over the past two decades. * As pertinent today as it was when it was first published in 1983. Series: New Perspectives on the Past. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405134422
ISBN
9781405134422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBH; HBTQ; HBTR; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 134 x 9. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816618637
ISBN
9780816618637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.18

Paperback. Explores the transition from oral to written history that is taking place in tribal Jordan, a transition that reveals the many ways in which modernity, literate historicity, and national identity are developing in the contemporary Middle East. This book discusses the substance of tribal history through the eyes of its creators. Series: Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies. Num Pages: 363 pages, 22 b&w photographs, 6 line illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; HBAH; HBTD; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
363
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201019
ISBN
9780520201019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.39

Hardcover. This book presents thirteen articles by leading scholars offering different approaches to mediating, facilitating, and resolving ethnic and class tensions, based on case studies in Hungary, Bulgaria, the Baltic States, and Yugoslavia. Among the topics discussed are higher education, the role of women, nationalism, minorities, and religion. Editor(s): Carey, Henry F. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 179 x 29. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335126
ISBN
9780880335126
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.97

Paperback. Examines the role of literature in building states and citizens. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 figures, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253215543
ISBN
9780253215543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.07

Paperback. Nation Within is the complex history of the events between the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawai?i in 1893 and its annexation to the United States in 1898. Highlighting the native Hawaiians' resistance during that five year span, Tom Coffman shows why occupying Hawai?i was crucial to American imperial ambitions. Num Pages: 368 pages, 68 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361978
ISBN
9780822361978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. This Pulitzer Prize-winning book is the epic story of how African-Americans, in the six decades following slavery, transformed themselves into a political people - an embryonic black nation. Num Pages: 624 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 776.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674017658
ISBN
9780674017658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.75

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 400 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTB; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 35. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231164900
ISBN
9780231164900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

paperback. A history of Russia's mighty culture. It covers the lives of those who have shaped its culture, and the enduring spirit of a people. Num Pages: 768 pages, 32pp colour illustrations, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AB; HBJD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140297966
ISBN
9780140297966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.68

Hardback. Students of slavery, the Old South, and African American history will find in Nat Turner and the Rising in Southampton County an outstanding example of painstaking research and imaginative family and community history. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421414799
ISBN
9781421414799
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.98
€ 47.39

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