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Paperback. In the early twentieth century, Peruvian intellectuals, like their European counterparts, rejected biological categories of race as a basis for discrimination. This title traces the history of the notion of race from this turn-of-the-century definition to a denial of the definition's scientific validity. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 424 pages, 21 b&w photographs, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324201
- ISBN
- 9780822324201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. Deals with the power of stories to educate and heal the heart, mind, body, and spirit. This book demonstrates how an indigenous knowledge system facilitates a valuable meaning-making process through storywork. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTD; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814027
- ISBN
- 9780774814027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. This is a book about a countercultural milieu that attempted to establish innovative ideas of collectivity and individuality through the formation of art groups in the 1950s and 1960s. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 145, 145 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJPK; ACXD; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786940056
- ISBN
- 9781786940056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.48
€ 29.99
€ 27.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Rabb, Theodore K.; Rotberg, Robert I. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTK; JPA; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691615028
- ISBN
- 9780691615028
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Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.46
€ 53.24
€ 42.46
Hardcover. Children's work is a controversial subject both in the sciences of sociology and history. This book includes articles that examine children's work from the mid-1800's and until the 1990's. It is the result of an inter-Nordic research project about children's work in the Nordic countries involving various five Nordic countries. Editor(s): De Coninck-Smith, Ning; Sandin, Bengt; Sandin, Ellen. Num Pages: 211 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSP1; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 182 x 18. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788778382696
- ISBN
- 9788778382696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.43
€ 31.99
€ 23.43
Paperback. Describes Britain's rise as the world's first industrial world power, its decline from the temporary dominance of the pioneer, its rather special relationship with the rest of the world (notably the underdeveloped countries) and the effects of all these on the life of the British people. Num Pages: 432 pages, diagrams, further reading, index. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC; KJK; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140257885
- ISBN
- 9780140257885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
paperback. The ten essays in this richly illustrated volume detail Nova Scotia's industrial history. Covering coal, steel, iron, ropeworks, and railways, this work presents a rich and diverse industrial heritage that includes a discussion of the impact of industrialization on humans, the role of external capital, and the involvement of unions. Editor(s): Candow, James E. Num Pages: 225 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KBCV; HBTB; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 183 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552660607
- ISBN
- 9781552660607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.67
€ 26.99
€ 23.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press Ithaca
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801483851
- ISBN
- 9780801483851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 44.14
€ 48.99
€ 44.14
Inequality in the Portuguese-Speaking World: Global and Historical Per...
Francisco Bethencourt (Ed.)
Hardcover. Editor(s): Bethencourt, Francisco. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSP; HBTB; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845198466
- ISBN
- 9781845198466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.15
€ 129.15
Paperback. What makes a place? This title searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. It explores the area thematically - connecting, for example, Eadweard Muybridge's foundation of motion-picture technology with Alfred Hitchcock's filming of "Vertigo". Num Pages: 166 pages, 17 color illustrations, 7 b/w photographs, 22 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 181 x 14. Weight in Grams: 594. A San Francisco Atlas. 166 pages, illustrations. What makes a place? This title searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. It explores the area thematically - connecting, for example, Eadweard Muybridge's foundation of motion-picture technology with Alfred Hitchcock's filming of "Vertigo". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTP1. Dimension: 302 x 181 x 14. Weight: 592.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 166
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262508
- ISBN
- 9780520262508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Hardback. What makes a place? This title searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. It explores the area thematically - connecting, for example, Eadweard Muybridge's foundation of motion-picture technology with Alfred Hitchcock's filming of "Vertigo". Num Pages: 166 pages, 17 color illustrations, 7 b/w photographs, 22 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262492
- ISBN
- 9780520262492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Hardcover. Alejandra Dubcovsky maps channels of information exchange in the American South, exploring how colonists came into possession of knowledge in a region that lacked a regular mail system or a printing press until the 1730s. She describes ingenious oral networks, and she uncovers important lessons about the nexus of information and power. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674660182
- ISBN
- 9780674660182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 42.02
€ 49.99
€ 42.02
Hardback. Inglorious Empire tells the real story of the British in India - from the arrival of the East India Company to the end of the Raj - revealing how Britain's rise was built upon its plunder of India. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJD1; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 224 x 33. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849048088
- ISBN
- 9781849048088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. This eye-opening exploration of the aesthetic and legal innovations of home video revisits four decades of frequently overlooked histories of video recording. Num Pages: 352 pages, 54 illustrations. BIC Classification: AJRH; HBTB; JFDT; LNRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822343769
- ISBN
- 9780822343769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. A fascinating memoir of an extraordinary family told through the vast, four hundred year old house, Knole Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408809686
- ISBN
- 9781408809686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
€ 19.99
€ 14.82
Paperback. Inhuman Bondage is the definitive study of slavery for our time, providing a global perspective on the subject with an emphasis on the United States. Davis is one of our preeminent historians and the authority on America's greatest historical problem. Num Pages: 464 pages, maps, halftone plates. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 458
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195339444
- ISBN
- 9780195339444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.96
€ 24.99
€ 18.96
Hardcover. This text is a business study and history of INSEAD which details how the business and management school's success was achieved, and goes on to relate the story of the school to the management themes of leadership, teamworking and innovation. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBT; JNM; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear in good dustwrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0007110
- ISBN
- 9780333803981
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Irish Academic Press Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780716530473
- ISBN
- 9780716530473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.27
€ 27.99
€ 21.27
Hardcover. Num Pages: 150 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HBJF; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 266 x 18. Weight in Grams: 960.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894898911
- ISBN
- 9781894898911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 27.76
€ 41.99
€ 27.76
Paperback. An account of wartime Greece, exploring the impact of Nazi Occupation upon the lives and values of ordinary people. It seeks to offer a vividly human picture of resistance fighters and black marketeers, teenage German conscripts and Gestapo officers, Jews and starving villagers. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 464 pages, 70 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300089233
- ISBN
- 9780300089233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.18
€ 21.99
€ 17.18
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBTR; JHB; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 28. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784537364
- ISBN
- 9781784537364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.06
€ 42.99
€ 36.06
Paperback. Sweig shatters the mythology surrounding the Cuban Revolution in this compelling revisionist history that reconsiders the roles of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara and restores to a central position the leadership of the Cuban urban underground. 20 halftones. 2 maps. Num Pages: 286 pages, 10 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJC; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016125
- ISBN
- 9780674016125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.88
€ 37.99
€ 31.88
Paperback. A gripping personal account of the reolutionary years 1916 to 1921. This captivating journal is written with wry, down-to-earth humour and gives the reader a real insight into Ireland's fight for freedom, from the inside. Editor(s): Good, Maurice. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847177186
- ISBN
- 9781847177186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.51
€ 16.99
€ 14.51
paperback. Socially engaged art, by means of its transformative practice, is shaping today's institutions and the very culture of now. This volume focuses on how artists and others have worked with, within, and sometimes in opposition to large Chicago institutions, such as public schools, universities, libraries, archives, museums, and other civic bodies. Editor(s): Smith, Stephanie. Num Pages: 200 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AC; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780982879863
- ISBN
- 9780982879863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.41
€ 19.99
€ 17.41