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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
€ 22.98

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
€ 14.92

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
€ 23.30

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
€ 48.66

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

€ 126.76

Hardcover. Num Pages: 407 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JF; HBTB; HRAM1; HRAX; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 245 x 32. Weight in Grams: 852.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Brepols Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9782503531748
ISBN
9782503531748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.69

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
€ 24.38

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
€ 28.70

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
€ 41.47

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
€ 30.42

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
€ 31.45

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
€ 14.63

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
€ 18.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBG; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199334070
ISBN
9780199334070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.12

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

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

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
€ 27.12

paperback. Since the 1950s, the Central Intelligence Agency has published an in-house journal, "Studies in Intelligence". This book, which presents the most interesting articles from the journal, provides revealing insights into CIA strategies and into events in which the organization was involved. Editor(s): Westerfield, H. Bradford. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JPQB; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300072648
ISBN
9780300072648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.19

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

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
€ 35.44

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

€ 36.99
€ 31.54

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.
Publisher
O´Brien Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847177186
ISBN
9781847177186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
€ 17.21

Paperback. This work examines the the social upheavals of the Paris Commune of 1871 and the 1848 Revolution. It argues that whereas the insurgents of 1848 fought and died in defence of their status as workers, those of 1871 did so as members of a besieged urban community. Num Pages: 262 pages, 10 halftones, 2 maps, 12 line drawings, 16 tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226305615
ISBN
9780226305615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 30.98

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