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Paperback. Fugitive Testimony examines African American slave narratives in light of contemporary artists' use of the genre within their visual art at the end of the twentieth century. It identifies a sustained representational strategy employed by black cultural producers across time to challenge the racial presumptions that manifest as artistic constraints. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBS; DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823272907
- ISBN
- 9780823272907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardback. Fugitive Testimony examines African American slave narratives in light of contemporary artists' use of the genre within their visual art at the end of the twentieth century. It identifies a sustained representational strategy employed by black cultural producers across time to challenge the racial presumptions that manifest as artistic constraints. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBS; DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 231 x 18. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823272891
- ISBN
- 9780823272891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.50
€ 103.50
Hardback. Tells the stories of three of the most dramatic fugitive slave trials of the 1850s, presenting the determination of the fugitives, the radical tactics of their rescuers, the brutal doggedness of the slavehunters, and the tortuous response of the federal courts. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 241 x 32. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047044
- ISBN
- 9780674047044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.13
€ 47.99
€ 40.13
Paperback. Yet the very permeability of the frontiers, Whittaker contends, permitted a transformation of Roman society, breathing new life into the empire rather than causing its complete extinction. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 341 pages, 55, 55 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801857850
- ISBN
- 9780801857850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.12
€ 40.99
€ 34.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 127 photos & 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 215 x 5. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888395986
- ISBN
- 9780888395986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.41
€ 24.99
€ 17.41
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Frith Book Company Ltd. United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Pbk. ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859373170
- ISBN
- 9781859373170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.02
€ 19.99
€ 16.02
Hardcover. By 1989 it was obvious that the majority of Hungary's population wanted fundamental political, economic and social changes. These essays examine the components of the peaceful transition that over a ten-year period led to democracy in Hungary. Editor(s): Schmidt, Maria; Toth, Laszlo. Series: EEM Atlantic Studies on Society in Change. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBTB; JPHV; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 39. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Edition
- EEM #574
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880334723
- ISBN
- 9780880334723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.90€ 59.90
€ 76.90
€ 59.90
paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 illustrations/3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSC; JFSJ1; JNLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780271024912
- ISBN
- 9780271024912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.61
€ 38.99
€ 30.61
paperback. Tells the history of the past two centuries, showing how a disparate group of thinkers, journalists, radicals and charismatics emerged from the ruins of empire to create an unstoppable Asian renaissance, one whose ideas lie behind everything from the Chinese Communist Party to the Muslim Brotherhood, and have made our world what it is today. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241954669
- ISBN
- 9780241954669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.84
€ 13.00
€ 11.84
Paperback. Presents the comprehensive history of the meteoric rise and precipitous decline of the United Farm Workers, the most successful farm labor union in United States history. Based on little-known sources and one-of-a-kind oral histories with many veterans of the farm worker movement, this book revises much of what we know about the UFW. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 b/w photographs, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBTK; JPWQ; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283855
- ISBN
- 9780520283855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
Hardcover. The memories of David Shachar are a journey through the tunnel of time: from wanderings in Poland to the life of a refugee in World War II, and on to a soldier's life fighting the Nazis. After the war, while studying radio electronics in Paris, David cut his studies short and came to Israel to fight in the War of Independence. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white halftones, colour illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 246 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House Israel
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652295460
- ISBN
- 9789652295460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.79
€ 34.99
€ 23.79
Paperback. Starting from the events surrounding the First World War, the author traces the history of the modern Middle East and puts the Arab Spring into context. McMillan breaks down the nuances of Western involvement in the Middle East, alliances and divisions between Middle Eastern peoples and nations, and the role of religion in these conflicts. Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBTV; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137522047
- ISBN
- 9781137522047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.12€ 124.95
€ 130.12
€ 124.95
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909291041
- ISBN
- 9781909291041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.57
€ 19.99
€ 18.57
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783160549
- ISBN
- 9781783160549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.43
€ 16.99
€ 16.43
Paperback. Offers fresh insight into and new perspectives on key cultural phenomena, from the iconic role of the Scottish regiments to the role of tartan in rock music. This book argues that tartan may be fun, but it also plays a wide range of roles in Scottish and international culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442. Scottish Culture, History and Myth. 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. Offers fresh insight into and new perspectives on key cultural phenomena, from the iconic role of the Scottish regiments to the role of tartan in rock music. This book argues that tartan may be fun, but it also plays a wide range of roles in Scottish and international culture. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBTB. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 16. Weight: 442.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748664641
- ISBN
- 9780748664641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.38
€ 38.99
€ 35.38
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 410 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTV2; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635262
- ISBN
- 9780691635262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.45€ 133.69
€ 177.45
€ 133.69
paperback. When sanctions prohibited local use of racially, ethnically, and scatalogically offensive toponyms, names like Jap Valley, California, were erased from the national and cultural map forever. This title considers the efforts to computerize mapmaking, standardize geographic names, and respond to public concern over ethnically offensive appellations. Num Pages: 230 pages, 33 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBGP; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226534664
- ISBN
- 9780226534664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.33
€ 20.99
€ 18.33
Paperback. An analysis of Pueblo Indian pottery, Pueblo and Spanish blankets, and Spanish religious images that links economic change to social and cultural change in the New Mexico. It charts the creation of a culturally innovative and dominating Hispanic settler - or vecino - community during the final decades of the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 353 pages, 12 figures, 19 b/w photographs, 9 maps, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520251595
- ISBN
- 9780520251595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.78
€ 34.99
€ 25.78
Paperback. Presenting a portrait of engaged, activist lives in the 1930s, this book features a global network of individuals and organizations that posed challenges to the racism and colonialism of the era. It positions race at the center of the British, imperial, and transatlantic political culture of the 1930s. Num Pages: 408 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTQ; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141862
- ISBN
- 9780691141862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Analyzing the 'democratic' features and institutions of the Athenian democracy in the fifth century BC, this work traces their development from Solon's judicial reforms to the flowering of popular sovereignty, when the people assumed the right both to enact all legislation and to hold magistrates accountable for implementing what had been enacted. Num Pages: 500 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 46. Weight in Grams: 917.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520067981
- ISBN
- 9780520067981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.32
€ 53.24
€ 42.32
Hardback. This is a comparative study of the reforms and revolutions that have swept through the former USSR and Balkan states in the past 25 years. The collection examines the struggle to modernise the economies and political systems of the former Soviet states and Eastern Europe. It specifically focuses on the mostly nonviolent Colour Revolutions. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLX; HBTV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849041447
- ISBN
- 9781849041447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 53.08
€ 53.24
€ 53.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: CFZ; HBTB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837621198
- ISBN
- 9783837621198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.87
€ 52.99
€ 37.87
Hardcover. Num Pages: 212 pages, 120 illus, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; AMG; HBJD1; HBTB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 208 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1056.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781898595106
- ISBN
- 9781898595106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.51
€ 129.51
Paperback. Spanning five centuries, this volume focuses on the development and legacy of the slave trade, slave rebellions, and its intrinsic contribution of slavery to contemporary West Indian politics and culture. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBTS; JFC; JHM; JPH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745313771
- ISBN
- 9780745313771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.33
€ 37.99
€ 25.33