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Paperback. By the 1940s, the idealization of motherhood had waned, and the American mothers found themselves blamed for a host of societal and psychological ills. This title traces this important shift by exploring the evolution of maternalist politics, changing perceptions of the mother-child bond, and the rise of new approaches to childbirth and suffering. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226670225
ISBN
9780226670225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.94

Hardcover. The true story of the Mona Lisa - the people behind it, how Leonardo painted it and what it meant to him, and its fortunes in the centuries since. Read this book and the world's most famous image will never look the same again. Num Pages: 288 pages, 66 Colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; AFC; AGB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198749905
ISBN
9780198749905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.83

Hardcover. Brenda Ralph Lewis presents an informative overview of how kings and queens came about and of the many forces that have shaped the identity of monarchy and in many cases caused its downfall. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTG; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Sutton Pub Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750929738
ISBN
9780750929738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.75

Paperback. This important new book takes a fascinating thematic approach, providing a useful survey of the position and role of the nobility in the government of states in early modern Europe. Series: Historical Connections. Num Pages: 172 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; HBJD1; HBTG; JPHC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415150446
ISBN
9780415150446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.02

Hardback. Germany's leading role in EU economic policy following the 2008 financial crisis is in a sense only the latest step in a long history of attempts at political unification through economic integration. This volume follows this trajectory in German-speaking lands from the late Renaissance until the close of the 20th century. Editor(s): Lindemann, Mary; Poley, Jared. Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association. Num Pages: 350 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785335884
ISBN
9781785335884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.03

Paperback. Slaves focused their energy and attention, however, not on making money, as slaveholders increasingly did, but on keeping their kin out of the human coffles of the slave trade. Series: Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421400365
ISBN
9781421400365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.46

hardcover. "An earlier version of this work was published in Hebrew under the title Kesef, koaoh, ove-hashpaah." Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804798440
ISBN
9780804798440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.69

Monstrous Motherhood will compel scholars in eighteenth-century studies, women's studies, family history, and cultural studies to reevaluate a foundational assumption that has driven much of the discourse in their fields. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421407371
ISBN
9781421407371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.03

paperback. Presents an account of day-to-day life in a medieval French village. Using records gathered by the Catholic Church in its pursuit of heretics, this book shows the lives of a cast of village characters. Translator(s): Bray, Barbara. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140137002
ISBN
9780140137002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.37

Paperback. Commemorative projects, born out of conflicting memories, can be problematic. Catherine Marshall challenges the coarsening of history by the construction of commemorative monuments that are thought to provide closure over the events that they mark. Num Pages: 36 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 229 x 3. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Quinnipiac University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780990468608
ISBN
9780990468608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.00

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBTS; HRCC97; KCF; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801452086
ISBN
9780801452086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.62

Paperback. Sets out to bring an international framework to the analysis to international and US legal, political and cultural crises. It explores the US's moral supremacy during a time of domestic shortcomings and asks whether insisting that other nations adhere to US norms may harm societies. Editor(s): Hernandez-Truyol, Berta. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 565.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814736142
ISBN
9780814736142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

Paperback. In this analysis, Leslie Peirce delves into the life of a 16th-century Middle Eastern community, bringing to light the ways that women and men used their local law court to solve personal, family and community problems. Num Pages: 475 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JB; HBJF; HBLH; HBT; JFSJ; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Paper edition
Number of pages
475
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520228924
ISBN
9780520228924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.23

Paperback. For several years chapels have been at the heart of Black Country life. A follow-up to "Black Country Chapels", this illustrated book provides an account not only of the buildings themselves, but also of the active social life that surrounded them. It is useful to those born and brought up in the Black Country. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations, ports., facsims. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; AMN; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750941839
ISBN
9780750941839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. The studies in this 1928 book illustrate the lives of children within various different times and social contexts. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 32. 292 pages. The studies in this 1928 book illustrate the lives of children within various different times and social contexts. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB. Dimension: 203 x 130 x 18. Weight: 342.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521236041
ISBN
9780521236041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.40

Paperback. The former Prime Minister examines the history of one of the great loves of his life. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: HBTB; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007183654
ISBN
9780007183654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.28

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253210432
ISBN
9780253210432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.29

Hardback. This book examines major sports, both professional and intercollegiate, from baseball, football, and basketball to golf, tennis, stock car racing, and extreme sports, to explain how sports became a multibillion-dollar industry as well as a major influence on and reflection of American society. Jay also shows how sports have helped shape racial, gender, national, and class identities. Series: Columbia Histories of Modern American Life. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBT; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231125345
ISBN
9780231125345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.01
€ 76.79

Paperback. More than Petticoats: Remarkable Florida Women, 2nd Edition celebrates the women who shaped the Sunshine State. Short, illuminating biographies and archival photographs and paintings tell the stories of women from across the state who served as teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists. Series: More Than Petticoats Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 14.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762758654
ISBN
9780762758654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.75

paperback. From Baroness Pontalba to Kate Chopin to Mahalia Jackson, More than Petticoats: Remarkable Louisiana Women celebrates the women who shaped the Pelican State. Short, illuminating biographies and archvial photographs and paintings tell the stories of women from across the state who served as teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists. Series: More Than Petticoats Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 14.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Globe Pequot United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762741595
ISBN
9780762741595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.75

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