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Hardcover. British Airs and the Making of Environmental Medicine. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. 240 pages, Illustrations. This book explores the social origins of the Western preoccupation with health and environmental hazards. It looks at the rise of the dichotomy between the vulnerable 'in' and the threatening 'out' by examining the pathologies associated with weather, domestic space, ventilation, clothing, and travel in Britain at the turn of the 19th century. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; MBX; MMR. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 16. Weight: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104754
- ISBN
- 9780230104754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Paperback. This book explores the social origins of the Western preoccupation with health and environmental hazards. It looks at the rise of the dichotomy between the vulnerable 'in' and the threatening 'out' by examining the pathologies associated with weather, domestic space, ventilation, clothing, and travel in Britain at the turn of the 19th century. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 239 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; MBX; PDZ; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 309.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349289349
- ISBN
- 9781349289349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardback. Confronting the Bomb tells the dramatic, inspiring story of how citizen activism helped curb the nuclear arms race and prevent nuclear war. Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBTB; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804756310
- ISBN
- 9780804756310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.81
€ 135.81
Paperback. Tells the story of how citizen activism helped curb the nuclear arms race and prevent nuclear war. This book shows how a worldwide, grassroots campaign challenged the nuclear priorities of the great powers and, ultimately, thwarted their nuclear ambitions. Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBTB; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press California
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804756327
- ISBN
- 9780804756327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.26
€ 32.99
€ 31.26
Paperback. Raised amid Virginia's wealthiest slaveholders, Edwards Coles was a close associate of many of nation's leaders, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison among them. And, like Jefferson, he believed the institution of slavery to be morally and ideologically wrong. This title offers a study of slavery and social activism in nineteenth-century America. Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 298 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806891
- ISBN
- 9780875806891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.57
€ 34.99
€ 31.57
Hardback. The turn of the twentieth century represented a crossroads in the French experience of modernization, especially in regard to ideas about gender and sexuality. Drawing together prominent scholars in French gender history, this volume explores how historians have come to view this period in light of new theoretical developments since the 1980s. Editor(s): Forth, Christopher E.; Accampo, Elinor. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230220997
- ISBN
- 9780230220997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.64
€ 129.64
Hardback. This groundbreaking book from one of the foremost leaders in the field presents a fascinating continuum of research-informed strategies to prevent genocide from ever taking place; to avert further atrocities once mass murder occurs; and to prevent further turmoil once a society learns how to rebuild itself. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JMH; JPVH1; JPVR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 171 x 33. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199300709
- ISBN
- 9780199300709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.46
€ 77.46
Paperback. This collection examines ways in which modern literature responds tothe body-at-war, examining the effects of violent conflict on the body in its literal and representative forms. Spanning literature from World WarI to the present day, it includes essays on pacifist theatre, torture, fascist fantasies, and uniforms and masculinity." Editor(s): Rau, Petra. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HBTB; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349311989
- ISBN
- 9781349311989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785335303
- ISBN
- 9781785335303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.54€ 71.99
€ 116.54
€ 71.99
Paperback. Ganguly authoritatively analyzes why hostility persists as well as the current prospects for war and peace in the region. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; 3JJP; HBT; JPFN; JPS; JPVH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123693
- ISBN
- 9780231123693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99
Hardcover. Confessions of the Shtetl explores Jewish conversions to a variety of Christian confessions in the Russian empire, with special attention to the relations of trust and attraction between Jews and Christians that facilitated religious conversions in the provincial heartland of Jewish Eastern Europe. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBTB; HRJP; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804798280
- ISBN
- 9780804798280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.97
€ 85.97
Paperback. A side-splitting story of growing up different in the Old South. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844081288
- ISBN
- 9781844081288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.52
€ 16.99
€ 12.52
Hardback. In this innovative book, Edmund L. Drago tells the first full story of white children and their families in the most militant Southern state, and the state where the Civil War erupted. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823229376
- ISBN
- 9780823229376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.56
€ 103.56
Paperback. Confederate Emancipation offers an engaging and illuminating account of a fascinating and politically charged idea, setting it firmly and vividly in the context of the Civil War and the part played in it by the issue of slavery and the actions of the slaves themselves. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195315868
- ISBN
- 9780195315868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.63
€ 29.63
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752463650
- ISBN
- 9780752463650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.47
€ 26.99
€ 23.47
Hardback. This book describes the most important events and people in Jewish history from Abraham to the present day, in a very concise, accessible way. These 'read-bites' include up-to-date essays discussing the impact of 9-11; the Iraq War, Muslim fundamentalism, and rise of European anti-Semitism on the Jewish people. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742543652
- ISBN
- 9780742543652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.94
€ 181.94
Paperback. Edited by Francois Depelteau and Christopher Powell, this volume and its companion, Applying Relational Sociology: Networks, Relations, addresses fundamental questions about what relational sociology is and how it works." Editor(s): Powell, C. Num Pages: 247 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFF; JFSJ; JHBA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349479023
- ISBN
- 9781349479023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 107.87
€ 107.87
Hardcover. Since its release in 1955, Alain Resnais's Night and Fog has been considered one of the most important films to confront the catastrophe and atrocities of the Nazi era. But was it a film about the Holocaust that failed to recognize the racist genocide? Or was the film not about the Holocaust as we know it today but a political response. Editor(s): Pollock, Griselda; Silverman, Max. Num Pages: 272 pages, 60 ills. BIC Classification: APFB; HBTZ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453518
- ISBN
- 9780857453518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.16
€ 163.16
Hardback. Dan Stone presents a global history of concentration camps, and considers the importance of these institutions to modern consciousness and identity. Tracing camps from their origins in in early-twentieth century colonial warfare, he discusses their evolution throughout the last century, and the complex questions their use raises. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10 black and white images. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBT; HBTZ1; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 204 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198790709
- ISBN
- 9780198790709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.84
€ 19.99
€ 15.84
Paperback. Robert Service's critically acclaimed and compellingly readable history of world communism Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main Market
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330439688
- ISBN
- 9780330439688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 16.15
€ 20.00
€ 16.15
Hardback. The political culture of the German Democratic Republic strongly emphasized solidarity with the non-white world, from contributions to relief efforts in Vietnam to public memorials for Ho Chi Minh and Martin Luther King, Jr. Through a series of illuminating historical investigations, this volume traces the contours of East German internationalism. Editor(s): Slobodian, Quinn. Series: Protest, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 332 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782387053
- ISBN
- 9781782387053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.78
€ 163.78
Hardback. Series: Springer Series on Cultural Computing. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GM; HBTD; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319201696
- ISBN
- 9783319201696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.55
€ 68.55
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFMX; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780271021256
- ISBN
- 9780271021256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.63€ 64.35
€ 77.63
€ 64.35
hardcover. A cultural and social history of Egypt from 1870 to 1930 that examines the way in which men and women began reading, writing, and perceiving the Arabic language in ever more public ways. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804797115
- ISBN
- 9780804797115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.49
€ 81.49