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Paperback. Editor(s): Kina, Laura. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 36 colour illustrations, 47 illus., 36 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBS; HBTB; JFSJ5; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295741376
ISBN
9780295741376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.57

Paperback. Queer Wales provides varied perspectives on queer history, culture, politics and life in Wales, launching an important discussion and suggesting that perhaps Wales has always been a bit of a queer place to live. Editor(s): Osborne, Huw. Series: Gender Studies in Wales. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 black and white images. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783168637
ISBN
9781783168637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 398 pages, 11 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
398
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226354620
ISBN
9780226354620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.87

Paperback. Offers a collection of essays exploring ideologies and discourses that center on sexual otherness in medieval Iberian cultures, Martyred saints, Moors, Jews, viragoes, hermaphrodites, sodomites, kings, queens, and cross-dressers that comprise the mosaic of historical and imaginative figures unearthed in Queer Iberia. Editor(s): Blackmore, Josiah; Hutcheson, Gregory S. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 488 pages, 3 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5741 x 3963 x 36. Weight in Grams: 803.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822323495
ISBN
9780822323495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.96

Hardback. Leading sexuality scholars explore queer lives and cultures in the first full post-war decade through an array of sources and a range of perspectives. Drawing out the particularities of queer cultures from the Finland and New Zealand to the UK and the USA, this collection rethinks preconceptions of the 1950s and pinpoints some of its legacies. Editor(s): Bauer, Heike; Cook, Matt. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBLW; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230300699
ISBN
9780230300699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.68

Paperback. The only book to investigate the sudden appearance of the haemophilia gene in the Royal Family. Num Pages: 190 pages, 32 illustrations, tables, map, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGR; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Sutton Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750911993
ISBN
9780750911993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.50

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 538 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 914.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
538
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642512
ISBN
9780691642512
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 266.91

Hardback. As the wife of King George II, Caroline of Ansbach became queen of England in 1727. This volume intends to survey Caroline's significant contributions to the arts and culture and the ways in which she used her patronage to strengthen the royal family's connections between the recently installed House of Hanover and English society. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 232 pages, 120 colour images + 40 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; AB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 272 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1318.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300197778
ISBN
9780300197778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.69

Detailed study of same-sex desire and military authority in the British Armed Forces between 1939 and 1945 Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 224 pages, Tables, black & white|Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719082948
ISBN
9780719082948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.02

Hardcover. The Queen Alexander Hosptial Home Num Pages: 144 pages, 61 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 180 x 15. Weight in Grams: 572. Good copy in dustwrapper 4to Illustrated. The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Phillimore
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0304569
ISBN
9781860770555
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Paperback. Presenting the history of twentieth-century physics, this book takes us from the discovery of X rays in the mid-1890s to superstring theory in the 1990s. It also shows how the revolutionary discoveries of scientists ranging from Einstein, Planck, and Bohr to Stephen Hawking have been built on the great traditions of earlier centuries. Num Pages: 512 pages, 34 tables 22 line illus. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBT; PDX; PDZ; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 690.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
510
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095523
ISBN
9780691095523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.30
€ 55.14

paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; HRCC97. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691601113
ISBN
9780691601113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.49

Hardback. Offers a collection of fifteen insightful essays that examines the complexity and diversity of Quaker antislavery attitudes across three centuries, from 1658 to 1890. This volume seeks to correct that oversight, offering accessible and provocative insights on a key chapter of religious, political, and cultural history. Editor(s): Carey, Brycchan; Plank, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; HRCC97. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252038266
ISBN
9780252038266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.15

Paperback. What does it mean to be queer and Asian-American at the turn of the century? This title considers how Asian-American racial identity and queer sexuality interconnect in mutually shaping and complicating ways. It gathers an array of voices and experiences that represent the communities of a queer Asian-America. Editor(s): Eng, David L.; Hom, Alice Y. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 445 pages, 13 b&w photographs, 7 cartoons. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSK1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 794.
Publisher
Temple University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566396400
ISBN
9781566396400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 42.71

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814725450
ISBN
9780814725450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardback. Epstein reveals the modern view of cultural, ethnic, and religious purity in the early modern Mediterranean as a mirage, and he offers new insights into how present-day conceptions about creed, color, ethnicity, and language originated. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4, 3 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QRM; 3H; HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801884849
ISBN
9780801884849
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.98
€ 57.22

Paperback. Philosophical consideration of genocide Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JPA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 27. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849043939
ISBN
9781849043939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.89

Hardback. How can we comprehend the sociopolitical processes that give rise to extreme violence, ethnic cleansing, or genocide? This title demonstrates that it is indeed possible to compare the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide, and ethnic cleansing in Bosnia-Herzegovina while respecting the specificities of each appalling phenomenon. Series: The CERI Series in Comparative Politics & International Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JFFE; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231142823
ISBN
9780231142823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.67

paperback. This work synthesizes various source materials including newspapers, mortician trade journals, and popular magazines, to offer a historical study of cremation in the United States. The changing view of cremation from a universally condemned practice, to accepted necessity is examined. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520236882
ISBN
9780520236882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.19

A close look at milk and its history as a pure and modern consumer product in American culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 hts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBTB; JFCV; TDCT; TVHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199899128
ISBN
9780199899128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 98.87

Paperback. The kinds of punishment used in a society have been considered an important criterion in judging whether a society is civilized or barbaric, advanced or backward, modern or premodern. This title asks how such distinctions have affected our understanding of the past and contributed to the proliferation of kinds of barbarity in the modern world. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 halftones. 1 line illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130309
ISBN
9780691130309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ASZM; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486449036
ISBN
9780486449036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.15

Marking the centennial of the founding of Columbia University's school of journalism, this candid history of the school's evolution is set against the backdrop of the ongoing debate over whether journalism can-or should-be taught in America's universities. Num Pages: 337 pages, 32 Photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBT; JNMN; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 239 x 27. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
337
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231130905
ISBN
9780231130905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.61

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813571324
ISBN
9780813571324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.56

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