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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. Seeking to historicize today's "Great Recession," this volume includes essays that uses examples from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia to situate the current economic crisis and its impact on workers in the context of previous abrupt shifts in the modern-day capitalist marketplace. Editor(s): Fink, Leon; McCartin, Joseph A.; Sangster, Joan. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 charts, 3 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252038174
- ISBN
- 9780252038174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.21
€ 134.21
hardcover. This book focuses on the lives, struggles, and contrasting perspectives of the 60,000 workers, military administrators, and technical staff employed in the largest, most strategic industry of the Nationalist government, the armaments industry based in China's wartime capital, Chongqing. Num Pages: 480 pages, 22 tables, 3 maps, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; HBTB; KNDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804748964
- ISBN
- 9780804748964
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.20
€ 87.20
Hardcover. The book aims to understand work participation in the workplace or worker voice by examining the inter-war experience in Australia, Canada, Germany, the UK and the US. Series: Studies in Labour History. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBTK; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781382684
- ISBN
- 9781781382684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.35
€ 47.35
Paperback. In this wide-ranging and accessible survey of American labour songs, Ronald D. Cohen chronicles the history behind the work songs of cowboys, sailors, hoboes, and others, as well as the singing culture of groups ranging from the Industrial Workers of the World to Pete Seeger Num Pages: 208 pages, 36 color Illustrations and 6 Black & White. BIC Classification: AVGC; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Carquinez Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780974412481
- ISBN
- 9780974412481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.41
€ 26.41
Words Between Us: First Maaori-Paakehaa Conversations on Paper = He Ka...
Professor Of Law Alison Jones
Paperback. This book traces M?ori engagement with handwriting from 1769 to 1826. Through beautifully reproduced written documents, it tells an image-led story about the earliest relationships between M?ori and P?keh? based around the written word. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 2PGPA; HBJM; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 175. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Huia Pub.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869694784
- ISBN
- 9781869694784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 30.47
€ 46.99
€ 30.47
Paperback. An account of blasphemy in Victorian England, retelling the forgotten stories of more than 200 working-class blasphemers, such as G.W. Foote, who stood trial three times for the crime of blasphemy. Foote's "martyrdom" transformed blasphemy from a religious offence into a class and cultural crime. Num Pages: 442 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBF; HBTB; HRAM7; HRCC2; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226506913
- ISBN
- 9780226506913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.69
€ 43.99
€ 33.69
Paperback. Consigned to illiteracy, American slaves left little record of their thoughts and feelings or so we have believed. But a few learned to use pen and paper to make sense of their experiences, despite prohibitions. These authors perspectives rewrite the history of emancipation and force us to rethink the relationship between literacy and freedom." Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: D; HBTS; HBWJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780674088061
- ISBN
- 9780674088061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.02
€ 36.99
€ 31.02
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Silver Link Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781858951614
- ISBN
- 9781858951614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.65
€ 21.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. Showing the lessons that can be learned from the past, the author explores twelve universal topics, from work and love to money and creativity, and reveals the wisdom that we've been missing. It stepping into the territory of Alain de Botton and Theodore Zeldin, is 'practical history' - using the past to think about our day to day lives. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846683947
- ISBN
- 9781846683947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.09
€ 11.99
€ 10.09
Paperback. The nineteenth century, a time of cultural, political, and socio-economic transformation in Europe, brought about fundamental changes in the role of women. Women achieved this by fighting for their rights in the legal, economic, and political spheres. This volume provides a context to the movement by including countries from all regions of Europe. Editor(s): Paletschek, Sylvia; Pietrow-Ennker, Bianka. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBTB; JFFK; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754941
- ISBN
- 9780804754941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. This textbook covers the key areas of women's lives in the period 1850-1945 and should be welcomed by students and teachers as an introduction to a formative period in women's history. Editor(s): Purvis, June. Series: Women's and Gender History. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415238892
- ISBN
- 9780415238892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.15
€ 50.15
Paperback. The American Historical Association's Committee on Women Historians commissioned some of the pioneering figures in women's history to prepare essays in their respective areas of expertise. These volumes, the second and third in a series of three, complete their collected efforts. It also includes essays on sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East. Editor(s): Smith, Bonnie G. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072345
- ISBN
- 9780252072345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.18
€ 24.99
€ 23.18
Paperback. Concerned with issues that have shaped the history of women in particular places and eras, this title examines women in ancient civilizations; including women in China, Japan, and Korea; women and gender in South and South East Asia; Medieval women; women and gender in Colonial Latin America; and the history of women in the US up to 1865. Editor(s): Smith, Bonnie G. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072499
- ISBN
- 9780252072499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.19
€ 30.99
€ 27.19
Paperback. Peterson, University of Maryland; Francesca Sawaya, University of Oklahoma; Talia Schaffer, Queens College, CUNY; Alpana Sharma, Wright State University; Lynn Thiesmeyer, Keio University; Ana Parejo Vadillo, Birkbeck College, University of London; and Julian Yates, University of Delaware. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801869358
- ISBN
- 9780801869358
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.19
€ 34.99
€ 29.19
Hardback. Offers a reappraisal of the role of women in the politics and practice of welfare in late Victorian and early Edwardian England. Using a working diary written by the activist and female poor law guardian Mary Haslam, this book portrays Bolton women as sophisticated political operators. Num Pages: 364 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJC; HBTB; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845190873
- ISBN
- 9781845190873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.40
€ 130.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; HBTV; JFFK; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226401898
- ISBN
- 9780226401898
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.81
€ 40.99
€ 31.81
Hardcover. Examines the Soviet state's attempt to rebuild following World War II by offering support to families and encouraging women to enter the work force. This book also scrutinizes a society that proclaimed sexual equality, but was unable to achieve these goals because of the failure of the state to provide the structures necessary for equality. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335805
- ISBN
- 9780880335805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.77
€ 46.99
€ 33.77
Top scholars in eighteenth-century studies examine the significance of the parallel devaluations of women's culture and popular culture by looking at theatres and actresses; novels, magazines, and cookbooks; and populist politics, dress, and portraiture. Editor(s): Potter, Tiffany. Num Pages: 344 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBLL; HBTB; JFCA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 240 x 31. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442641815
- ISBN
- 9781442641815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.08
€ 74.08
Paperback. "Women who kill rupture the assumptions about what a woman is. This book explores different socio-cultural understandings of women who commit, or are accused, of murder. It discusses a wide range of cases in order to highlight the ways in which such women have been perceived"-- Series: Cultural Criminology. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSJ; JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 323.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349308385
- ISBN
- 9781349308385
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Condition: New
€ 72.80
€ 72.80
Hardback. Analyses the lives and livelihoods of the female cashew shellers in Mozambique's capital in the colonial era, during which the industry grew to be a major export, and relates how the women played a fundamental, but previously underappreciated, role in the colony's economy. Num Pages: 303 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBTB; JFFN; JFSJ1; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011282
- ISBN
- 9781847011282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.12
€ 80.12
Hardcover. This text examines the struggle of bondpeople to secure and retain for themselves recognised rights as producers and consumers in the context of the brutal, formal slave economy sanctified by the law. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTS; JPVH; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820316673
- ISBN
- 9780820316673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.10
€ 64.10
Paperback. Lavishly illustrated study of historical narrative stereography and the story it tells about women and gender roles Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Edition
- Nov
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611688399
- ISBN
- 9781611688399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.57
€ 45.99
€ 45.57
Paperback. The Women's Peace Union grew out of the women's suffrage movement of the early-20th century. This text investigates the personalities and the philosophical disagreements of the union's leading members, their political tactics, commitment to pacifism and feminism, and eventual burnout. Series: Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; GTJ; HBTB; JFFK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815604174
- ISBN
- 9780815604174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.30
€ 24.30
Hardback. Documents the phenomenon of feminised migration by analysing accounts of the lives of women migrants in the 'host' countries. Based on more than 100 interviews with women migrants from Hungary and Bulgaria and with 'host' women in Italy and the Netherlands, this book includes theoretical debates on migration and subjectivity, and more. Editor(s): Passerini, Luisa; Lyon, Dawn; Capussotti, Enrica. Num Pages: 335 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452773
- ISBN
- 9781845452773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.26
€ 165.26