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Paperback. The General Resettlement of Indians in the Colonial Andes. 312 pages, 8 photographs, 3 maps, 3 figures. Shows how the General Resettlement in the Andes added another layer to a complex web of settlement rather than displacing or destroying it. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; JFSL9. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 19. Weight: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353102
- ISBN
- 9780822353102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Hardcover. This work focuses on the creation of, and struggle over, urban order in four cities in Eastern and Southern Africa, namely Nairobi, Lusaka, Zanzibar, and Lilongwe, and the workings of power in the planning processes for each city. It covers colonial rule and postcolonial inheritance in these cities Series: Space, Place, and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629726
- ISBN
- 9780815629726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.19
€ 57.19
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Officina Libraria
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788899765293
- ISBN
- 9788899765293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.53
€ 17.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. A work of comparative history which examines the elites or ruling groups of two major cities in early modern Europe. Focusing on the lives of 563 individuals - the procuratori di San Marco in Venice and the aldermen and burgomasters of Amsterdam - the author examines the ways in which the elites recruited themselves, their wealth and their power. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFSC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745613246
- ISBN
- 9780745613246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.93
€ 25.93
Paperback. An impassioned work on the magnificent but often maddening city called Venice. This book analyses the particular temperament of Venetians, as well as its waterways, its architecture, its bridges, its tourists, its curiosities, its smells, sounds, lights and colours. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571168972
- ISBN
- 9780571168972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.50
€ 15.99
€ 11.50
Paperback. Though the word 'vegetarianism' was not coined until the mid-nineteenth century, the vegetarian diet has been around as long as man has. Colin Spencer's comprehensive book explores the psychology of abstention from flesh and attempts to discover why omnivorous humans at times voluntarily abstain from an available food. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; WBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Grub Street
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910690215
- ISBN
- 9781910690215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.97
€ 26.97
Paperback. This comparative look at vaqueros, cowboys, and buckaroos brings the mythical image of the American cowboy into focus and detail and honors the regional and national variations. Series: M.K. Brown Range Life Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 163 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBTB; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292712409
- ISBN
- 9780292712409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.64
€ 31.99
€ 28.64
Hardback. Vanity Fair 100 Years showcases a century of personality and power, art and commerce, crisis and culture--both highbrow and low. In the sumptuous 384-page coffee table book, the editors of Vanity Fair have created the definitive history of the most talked-about magazine of our day. Num Pages: 456 pages, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AJC; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 340 x 288 x 40. Weight in Grams: 3854.
- Publisher
- Abrams
- Number of pages
- 456
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 8.11.2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781419708633
- ISBN
- 9781419708633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.97€ 60.46
€ 76.97
€ 60.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBTB; JNF; JNKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552664018
- ISBN
- 9781552664018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.86
€ 30.99
€ 25.86
Paperback. Explains why youth gangs emerged, how they evolved, and why young men found membership and the violence it involved so attractive. This book describes how postwar urban renewal, slum clearances, and ethnic migration pitted African-American, Puerto Rican, and Euro-American youths against each other in battles to dominate changing neighborhoods. Num Pages: 360 pages, 11 halftones, 3 line illus., 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFC; JFFE; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691074542
- ISBN
- 9780691074542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.23
€ 53.29
€ 42.23
Paperback. Surveys centuries of folklore about vampires. This book offers an explanation for the origins of the vampire legends, from the tale of a sixteenth-century shoemaker from Breslau whose ghost terrorized everyone in the city, to the testimony of a doctor who presided over the exhumation and dissection of a graveyard full of Serbian vampires. Num Pages: 244 pages, ill. BIC Classification: HBT; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300164817
- ISBN
- 9780300164817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.82
€ 24.99
€ 18.82
Hardcover. In a secluded valley high in the Andes Mountains, long before the time of the Incas and the Aztecs, the empire of the Aymara rose from the shores of Lake Titicaca and flourished for nearly a thousand years. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBTB; HD; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471575078
- ISBN
- 9780471575078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.57
€ 41.99
€ 32.57
Paperback. The lifeboats of Valentia have been in service since 1946, when the volunteer crew were summoned to action by the firing of maroon flares. This title includes accounts, images, and detailed records of the station. It gives a tribute to the people who have served here. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTM; JKSW3; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 560. 8vo Very good copy. Kerry
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KEX0277214
- ISBN
- 9781845887070
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.00
€ 10.00
Hardcover. Along the Russian-Qing frontier in the nineteenth century, a new political space emerged, shaped by competing imperial and spiritual loyalties, cross-border economic and social ties, and revolution. David Brophy explores how a community of Central Asian Muslims responded to these historic changes by reinventing themselves as the Uyghur nation. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBTB; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674660373
- ISBN
- 9780674660373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 42.10
€ 49.99
€ 42.10
Paperback. This work traces the scientific, administrative, and political strategies that enabled the foundation of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. It argues that agriculture and animal breeding rank alongside classification and collections in explaining why natural history was important for French rulers. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 halftones, 3 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226768632
- ISBN
- 9780226768632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.34
€ 47.99
€ 37.34
Hardback. This brief history connects the past and present of utopian thought, from the first utopias in ancient Greece, right up to present day visions of cyberspace communities and paradise. Series: Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405183291
- ISBN
- 9781405183291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.82
€ 95.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 349 pages, Ill.1M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- SKU
- V9780295974446
- ISBN
- 9780295974446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardcover. This book is the first full-length study of utopianism in eighteenth-century Ireland. It reveals that a distinct utopianism emerged in the early decades of the eighteenth century based on the improving visions of the Dublin Society Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; HBJD1; HBTB; JHMC; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Ireland
- Number of pages
- 246
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782051688
- ISBN
- 9781782051688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
Paperback. The concepts of utopia and dystopia have received much historical attention. Utopias have traditionally signified the ideal future: large-scale social, political, ethical, and religious spaces that have yet to be realized. This title offers a fresh approach to these ideas. Editor(s): Gordin, Michael D.; Tilley, Helen; Prakash, Gyan. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146980
- ISBN
- 9780691146980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Hardcover. In 1911, when a professor took his students to tour Nanjing's shantytowns, one student was grateful as his eyes had been opened to the poverty in his own city. Years later, when another professor showed his students a film on the poor quarters of Nanjing, they demanded his expulsion. This book explores the reasons for these different reactions. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 424 pages, 35 b/w figures, 5 maps, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021327
- ISBN
- 9780674021327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.30
€ 54.99
€ 46.30
Hardcover. Suffolk, became home for many American airmen during the War. They brought with them chewing gum and coke. In return the British taught the GIs the art of darts and dominos when the newcomers ventured into English pubs. This book examines the meeting of cultures. USAAF Missions are included to show what desperate times these were for the airmen. Num Pages: 224 pages, 80 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBTB; HBWQ; JWG; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781553466
- ISBN
- 9781781553466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.67
€ 26.99
€ 19.67
Paperback. Offers an insight into the Standard-type classes of US battleships. This book provides an investigation into the histories of each of the warships in the Standard-type battleship classes, the first three of which, the Nevada, Pennsylvania and New Mexico, formed the US Navy's main force in the inter-war period. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 186 x 6. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472806963
- ISBN
- 9781472806963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.45
€ 16.99
€ 12.45
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 20 b/w; 47 col. BIC Classification: HB; HBTM; HBWQ; JW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 5. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472818102
- ISBN
- 9781472818102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.57
€ 17.99
€ 16.57
Paperback. The Forrestal class (Forrestal, Saratoga, Ranger, and Independence) was the first completed class of US Navy supercarriers, so-named for their 25 percent size increase over the World War II-era carriers such as the Midway class, and the strength of their air wings. This title deals with this topic. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTW; JWMV2; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 245 x 3. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782003809
- ISBN
- 9781782003809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46