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Paperback. Martin E. Marty argues here that religion in 20th-century America was essentially shaped by its encounter with modernity. In this first volume, he records and explores the diverse ways in which American religion embraced, rejected or cautiously accepted the modern world. Num Pages: 398 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226508948
ISBN
9780226508948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. In this second volume of two tracing the history of 20th-century American religion, Martin E. Marty tells the story of how America has survived religious disturbances and culturally prospered from them. Num Pages: 478 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBTB; HRA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
478
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226508979
ISBN
9780226508979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 30.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875807249
ISBN
9780875807249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.05

Paperback. Explores the story of rural shock work and Stakhanovism in the Soviet countryside in the late 1930s. This book attempts to contextualize Stakhanovism, considering historical context, changing party priorities, propaganda, the press, the nature of farm leaderships, shortages, peasant attitudes, gender, purges, and local organizations. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742541276
ISBN
9780742541276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 90.63

Hardback. Explores the story of rural shock work and Stakhanovism in the Soviet countryside in the late 1930s. This book attempts to contextualize Stakhanovism, considering historical context, changing party priorities, propaganda, the press, the nature of farm leaderships, shortages, peasant attitudes, gender, purges, and local organizations. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 631.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742541269
ISBN
9780742541269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 176.80

Hardcover. These biographies aim to gain Mississippi's womens their place in its written record. The women whose stories are told here range from Felicite Girodeau, who was both a person of colour and a slaveholder, to Vera Mae Pigee, who "mothered" the civil rights movement in the Mississippi Delta. Editor(s): Swain, Martha H. (Cornaro Professor of History Emerita, Texas Women's University, USA); Payne, Elizabeth Anne (Professor of History, University of Mississippi, USA); Spruill, Marjorie Julian (Professor of History, Vanderbilt University, USA); Ditto, Susan. Num Pages: 360 pages, 17 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Volume 1 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820325026
ISBN
9780820325026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.70

Paperback. Explores the historical forces that have shaped women's lives in Mississippi. This book acknowledges the state's diverse cultural and physical landscapes as they discuss how issues of race, gender, and class affected women's lives in various private and public spheres. Editor(s): Payne, Elizabeth Anne (Professor of History, University of Mississippi, USA); Swain, Martha H. (Cornaro Professor of History Emerita, Texas Women's University, USA); Spruill, Marjorie Julian (Professor of History, Vanderbilt University, USA). Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Volume 2
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820333946
ISBN
9780820333946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.35

Paperback. These biographies aim to gain Mississippi's womens their place in its written record. The women whose stories are told here range from Felicite Girodeau, who was both a person of colour and a slaveholder, to Vera Mae Pigee, who "mothered" the civil rights movement in the Mississippi Delta. Editor(s): Swain, Martha H. (Cornaro Professor of History Emerita, Texas Women's University, USA); Payne, Elizabeth Anne (Professor of History, University of Mississippi, USA); Spruill, Marjorie Julian (Professor of History, Vanderbilt University, USA); Ditto, Susan. Num Pages: 360 pages, 17 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Volume 1
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820325033
ISBN
9780820325033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.07

Hardcover. Presents fresh insights into the relationships between missions and indigenous peoples, and the outcomes of mission activities in the processes of imperial conquest and colonisation. This book focuses on missions across the British Empire (including India, Africa, Asia, the Pacific), within transnational and comparative perspectives. Editor(s): Grimshaw, Patricia; May, Andrew. Num Pages: 207 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBTQ; HRCX7; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845193089
ISBN
9781845193089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.16

Hardback. Using the tools of medicine, literary theory, psychology, psychoanalysis, and etymology, this book probes the breast-related fantasies underlying German culture and literature in the second half of the eighteenth century. It is intended for those interested in German textual studies, the history of sexuality, and theories of psychoanalysis. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 29. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295986111
ISBN
9780295986111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.37

paperback. This collection of nearly 600 excerpts from contemporary essays and letters conveys a panoramic picture of New York City as described by visitors, from the Dutch days to the 1960s. Contributors include: James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain and H.G. Wells. Num Pages: 417 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBTB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
417
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823215294
ISBN
9780823215294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.44

Paperback. A definitive study of coin production in medieval England, tracing the development, significance and wider context of mints and money. Num Pages: 596 pages, 55 b/w illus. 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 31. Weight in Grams: 105.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
596
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107564985
ISBN
9781107564985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.55

Paperback. A history of mining in Cornwall Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; HBTK; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 234 x 9. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752432496
ISBN
9780752432496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.35

Paperback. The interface of metalliferous mining with the China Clay Industry is addressed in some detail in the first chapter. It will be noticed that the decline of metal mining in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is marked by the movement of steam engines to the ever-expanding clay area centred on St Austell. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; HBT; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 167 x 10. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752428789
ISBN
9780752428789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.35

paperback. This book explores an industry that was of profound importance both in terms of the local economy and the history of mining nationally, but is long forgotten: the late medieval royal silver mines at Bere Ferrers in the Tamar Valley. Num Pages: 222 pages, highly illustrated. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTK; HDDM; HDL; HDT; KCZ; TDM; TTU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 172 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
V9780859898287
ISBN
9780859898287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.46

Hardback. This book explores an industry that was of profound importance both in terms of the local economy and the history of mining nationally, but is long forgotten: the late medieval royal silver mines at Bere Ferrers in the Tamar Valley. Num Pages: 222 pages, highly illustrated. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTK; HDDM; HDL; HDT; KCZ; TDM; TTU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898270
ISBN
9780859898270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.96

Hardback. Num Pages: 343 pages, 14-11 photos and 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTQ; JFFN; JHBD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
OUP India
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199469864
ISBN
9780199469864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.40

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752484785
ISBN
9780752484785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.35

Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, 321 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 290 x 18. Weight in Grams: 960.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764347672
ISBN
9780764347672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.89

Num Pages: 128 pages, 323 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTK; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 279 x 18. Weight in Grams: 930.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764349010
ISBN
9780764349010
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. We tend to see the Second World War as a man's war, featuring Spitfire crews and brave deeds on the Normandy beaches. But in conditions of "Total War" millions of women demonstrated that they were cleverer, more broad-minded and altogether more complex than anyone had ever guessed. This title tells the story of the women's Second World War. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141037899
ISBN
9780141037899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Offers a comprehensive overview of scholarship on Somalia and Somaliland, one that transcends the usual boundaries and presents readers with an introduction to Somali culture, history and politics. Editor(s): Hoehne, Markus; Luling, Virginia. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; HBJH; HBTB; JHMC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849040457
ISBN
9781849040457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 46.91

paperback. Chronicles 700 of the most outlandish commanders, battles, and accomplishments in military history. Its seventy lists include warfare's top ten winners, losers, traitors, entertainers, war novels, and movies. Military historians, buffs, and enthusiasts will enjoy this often irreverent and controversial look at the profession of arms. Series: Most Wanted. Num Pages: 288 pages, facsimiles, , portraits. BIC Classification: HBT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 204 x 33. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
illustrated edition
SKU
V9781574885095
ISBN
9781574885095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.04

hardcover. Grounded in archival research and oral history, Militant Minority provides a valuable case study of one of the most organized and independent working classes in North America, during a period of ideological tension and unprecedented material advance. Num Pages: 424 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBTB; HBTK; JPFF; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 860.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442641945
ISBN
9781442641945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.44

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