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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. In 1804 French Saint-Domingue became the independent nation of Haiti after the only successful slave uprising in world history. Before Haiti explains the origins of this free colored class, exposes the ways its members both supported and challenged slavery, and examines how they created their own New World identity from 1760 to 1804. Series: Americas in the Early Modern Atlantic World. Num Pages: 407 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTR; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108370
- ISBN
- 9780230108370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.81€ 75.75
€ 89.81
€ 75.75
Paperback. Attitudes toward homosexuality in the premodern Arab-Islamic world are commonly depicted as schizophrenic. This title argues that this apparent paradox is based on the anachronistic assumption that homosexuality is a timeless, self-evident fact to which a particular culture reacts with some degree of tolerance or intolerance. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFM; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 49267th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226729893
- ISBN
- 9780226729893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.41
€ 32.99
€ 25.41
hardcover. This book is an anthology of essays by Yuji Ichioka, the foremost authority on Japanese American history, which studies Japanese American life and politics in the interwar years. Editor(s): Chang, Gordon G.; Azuma, Eiichiro; Dirlik, Arif. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751476
- ISBN
- 9780804751476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.56
€ 75.56
Paperback. Editor(s): Gems, Gerald R. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGS; HBTB; JFSL3; WSBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803266797
- ISBN
- 9780803266797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.59
€ 36.99
€ 35.59
Hardcover. Brings to light the profound social, legal, and cultural changes that attended the growth of the erotica sector. This title includes readings of government and industry records, oral histories, and erotica industry's products uncover the roots of sexual marketplace and reveal the indelible ways in which sexual expression have become intertwined. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226325217
- ISBN
- 9780226325217
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.91€ 43.46
€ 50.91
€ 43.46
Paperback. Madame de Pompadour's comment, 'Apres moi, le deluge' (after me, the deluge), has looked like a callous if accurate prophecy of the political cataclysms in 1789. But decades before the Bastille fell, French writers had used the phrase to describe a different kind of selfish recklessness. This book examines these fears and the responses to them. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBTV2; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143262
- ISBN
- 9780691143262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.97€ 41.83
€ 52.97
€ 41.83
Paperback. "The Empire of English" offers a broad re-examination of eighteenth-century British literary culture, centered around issues of language, nationalism, and provinciality. Num Pages: 239 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DS; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 309.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349528547
- ISBN
- 9781349528547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 218 pages, 25 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTD; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780823273522
- ISBN
- 9780823273522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.45
€ 112.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages, 25 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HBTB; JFSG; 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
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823273539
- ISBN
- 9780823273539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.02
€ 28.02
Paperback. From its earliest days under English rule, New York City had an unusually diverse ethnic makeup, with substantial numbers of Dutch, English, Scottish, Irish, French, German, and Jewish immigrants, as well as a large African-American population. This title paints a portrait of this society, exploring the meaning of ethnicity in early America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 halftones 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691037875
- ISBN
- 9780691037875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.74€ 50.46
€ 64.74
€ 50.46
Paperback. Series: Morningside Books. Num Pages: 292 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBJF; HBTV; JFS; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231076791
- ISBN
- 9780231076791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.94
€ 40.99
€ 28.94
Paperback. Series: Beginnings. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBTR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078583
- ISBN
- 9780719078583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.66
€ 22.66
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691649306
- ISBN
- 9780691649306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.00€ 154.38
€ 206.00
€ 154.38
Hardback. Behind Enemy Lines draws on personal testimonies, official records and film to explore the experiences of male and female clandestine agents who were recruited and trained by a British organisation and infiltrated into Nazi-Occupied France to encourage sabotage and subversion during the Second World War. Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 black & white tables, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719075698
- ISBN
- 9780719075698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.89
€ 145.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Sourcebooks
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781492603054
- ISBN
- 9781492603054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.98
€ 17.99
€ 16.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, B&W photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ASZH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 228 x 31. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629144962
- ISBN
- 9781629144962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.06
€ 17.99
€ 17.06
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 470 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBTB; HBWJ; JPVL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633770
- ISBN
- 9780691633770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 222.34
€ 222.34
Paperback. Elegantly written and meticulously researched, this book offers a major new interpretation of the Ku Klux Klan in America, placing the organization in its context of class and gender as well as race and religion. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 pp halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HBTV; JFFJ; JFSL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195098365
- ISBN
- 9780195098365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.79
€ 34.79
paperback. Conceptualizing production studies from a European perspective, the book evaluates the history of European thought on production: theories of practice, the languages, grammars, and poetics of film, practical theories of production systems such as film dramaturgy, and the self-theorizing of European auteurs and professionals. Editor(s): Szczepanik, Petr; Vonderau, Patrick. Series: Global Cinema. Num Pages: 274 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF; HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349448517
- ISBN
- 9781349448517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.62
€ 118.62
Paperback. This book re-examines 'everyday resistance', gender and power through the lens of women's experiences in colonial South Asia. Moving away from educated and outstanding figures and drawing on a range of unconventional sources, it unearths a narrative of deep and enduring resistance offered by less extraordinary women in their daily lives." Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349363179
- ISBN
- 9781349363179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.69
€ 61.69
Hardcover. This book re-examines 'everyday resistance', gender and power through the lens of women's experiences in colonial South Asia. Moving away from educated and outstanding figures and drawing on a range of unconventional sources, it unearths a narrative of deep and enduring resistance offered by less extraordinary women in their daily lives. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553446
- ISBN
- 9780230553446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.43
€ 62.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSJ1; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137491725
- ISBN
- 9781137491725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.61
€ 39.61
Hardback. , and Japan, but it looks at how Moscow, Hanoi, Pyongyang, Tirana, and Ulan Bator interacted with Beijing in their political economic relations. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBTW; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 38. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415833
- ISBN
- 9781421415833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.43
€ 77.43
Hardcover. What does it mean to be a Muslim - in this world, in this deeply transformative time? Hamid Dabashi suggests that the transition to a changed, post-Western world requires the crafting of a new language of critical conversation with Islam and its cosmopolitan heritage - a language that is tuned to the emerging, not the disappearing, world Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF1; HBTR; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137301284
- ISBN
- 9781137301284
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.96
€ 58.96