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History: specific events & topics

Hardcover. This text is based on extensive personal viewing of urban Chinese women and study of contemporary literature and articles in the periodical press that touched on the problems of rural women. Each chapter is devoted to one aspect of women's lives including: girlhood, sexuality, marriage, and work. Num Pages: 400 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 43. Weight in Grams: 725.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804714167
ISBN
9780804714167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSL; JHBD; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295975580
ISBN
9780295975580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardcover. Editor(s): Benninga, Noah; Stoll, Katrina. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBAH; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 168 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Vallentine Mitchell
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910383056
ISBN
9781910383056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.00

Hardcover. New essays by prominent scholars in German and Holocaust Studies exploring the boundaries and confluences between the fields and examining new transnational approaches to the Holocaust. Num Pages: 328 pages, 31 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139610
ISBN
9781571139610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.97

Hardback. The Nazis' attempt to annihilate the Jewish people, the Holocaust, continues to raise a disturbing question. About six million defenseless men, women, and children were murdered for no reason but their ancestry. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190661137
ISBN
9780190661137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 39.97

Paperback. Beauty shops are places where women can enjoy the company of other women and exchange information or secrets. This work traces the development of the American beauty shop, from its largely separate racial origins, through white recognition of the "ethnic market", to the end of the 20th century. Num Pages: 262 pages, 18 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL1; KCCD; KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780814793589
ISBN
9780814793589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Editor(s): Boesen, Elisabeth; Lentz, Fabienne; Margue, Michel; Scuto, Denis; Wagener, Renee. Series: Histoire. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 b/w. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837621167
ISBN
9783837621167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.07

Hardback. This book provides an insightful new study, drawn from the largely unpublished Buddhist paintings at Dunhuang, of medieval Chinese wall painting, workshop production, and artistic performance in theory and practice. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 tables, 155 illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FC; 1FPC; AFC; AGR; HBT; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 29. Weight in Grams: 975.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804745338
ISBN
9780804745338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.34

Paperback. This book is about the role of the Easter rituals in the Yaqui way of life in both Arizona and Sonora. It contains detailed ethnographic descriptions of these ceremonies. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 1KLCM; HBTB; HRCR; HRKT; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 33. Weight in Grams: 821.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761805793
ISBN
9780761805793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 130.36

Paperback. How can court testimony be used to rebuild a cohesive national identity for the Hutus and Tutsis? And how is it that dance and theater help to move forward the cause of justice and reconciliation? This title provides a satisfying analysis of the interplay between justice, performance, narrative, and memorialization. Num Pages: 264 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; AN; HBTZ; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 231 x 11. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857421081
ISBN
9780857421081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.11

Paperback. Religious life and public life are both passionately performed, but often understood to exclude one another. This book's array of voices investigates the publics hailed by religious performances and the challenges they offer to theories of the democratic public sphere. Editor(s): Chambers, Claire; Du Toit, Simon; Edelman, Joshua. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; ASD; HBTB; HRAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 389.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349464067
ISBN
9781349464067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.51

Hardback. Building on the eighteenth-century commonplace that the theater could be a school for public virtue, this book illustrates the connections between the popularity of theatrical performances in eighteenth-century British North America and the British and American national identities that colonial and Revolutionary Americans espoused. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; AN; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812240245
ISBN
9780812240245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.26

Hardback. Num Pages: 281 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPC; 3J; AN; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 221 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137597854
ISBN
9781137597854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.38

Hardback. When Britain agreed to 'restore' Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China in 1984, British spokesmen explained that the Communist Chinese were reforming and would allow Hong Kong to continue its dynamic capitalist ways. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPCH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFN; JPS; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Ethics & Public Policy Center Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896331624
ISBN
9780896331624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.94

Paperback. This work covers the story of an important antebellum reform movement: ecclesiastical abolitionism. It covers the struggle among the most radical religions to purge their churches and society of sin, especially slavery, and their uncompromising efforts to force morality into political discourse. Series: Religion and Politics. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; HR; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629245
ISBN
9780815629245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.15

Hardcover. A lucid and entertaining explanation of the evolution of modern steam power. Series: Railroads Past & Present. Num Pages: 216 pages, 185 b&w photos, 24 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; TRF; WGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 948.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780253342195
ISBN
9780253342195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.36

Paperback. Tells the story of women in the 1950s: a time before the Pill, when divorce spelled scandal and two-piece swimsuits caused mass alarm. This book illustrates how the women of the 1950s yearned for the innovative technology of the era to liberate them from repetitive drudgery. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241958049
ISBN
9780241958049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 293 pages, 41 halftones, 2 maps, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293189
ISBN
9780226293189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Hardback. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319441672
ISBN
9783319441672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.94
€ 38.61

Hardcover. With original ideas and insights, this title is suitable for students of the Jewish past. It will also attract readers with the widest possible range of interests. Num Pages: 408 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520077027
ISBN
9780520077027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.92
€ 53.80

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