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Paperback. The voyages of Captain Cook are endlessly fascinating to a wide audience, and no aspect of them has been more controversial than Cook's death. This book contains introductory essays that discuss Samwell's contribution to our understanding of the dramatic period in Pacific and maritime history, and examines the personality and career of Samwell. Num Pages: 180 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HBTM; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- No Statement of Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780708320730
- ISBN
- 9780708320730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.36
€ 5.36
Paperback. Frederick Douglass and George Fitzhugh disagreed on virtually every major issue of the day. On slavery, women's rights, and the preservation of the Union their opinions were opposed. This title demonstrates the links between their very different ideas and to show how, operating from liberal principles, they came to such different conclusions. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814722138
- ISBN
- 9780814722138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. Looking at the American Declaration of Independence, this book reveals the document through the eyes of the rest of the world. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 177 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674030329
- ISBN
- 9780674030329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.65
€ 31.99
€ 26.65
Hardback. This book thematizes the mystical figure of the abyss by examining the abyss as the dialectical process of the self's reconstruction followed by its dispossession. It traces such process in Neoplatonic mysticism, German idealism, and Afro-Caribbean philosophy with the end of politicizing the mystical figure from the standpoint of coloniality. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HPC; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823273072
- ISBN
- 9780823273072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.15
€ 97.15
Paperback. This book thematizes the mystical figure of the abyss by examining the abyss as the dialectical process of the self's reconstruction followed by its dispossession. It traces such process in Neoplatonic mysticism, German idealism, and Afro-Caribbean philosophy with the end of politicizing the mystical figure from the standpoint of coloniality. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HPC; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823273089
- ISBN
- 9780823273089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. Develops new historical methods to discover the Chicana's own story. Series: Theories of Representation and Difference. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212832
- ISBN
- 9780253212832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.68
€ 19.99
€ 19.68
paperback. Provides a thorough understanding of the impact of decolonization on world history and cross-cultural encounters worlwide. Editor(s): Le Sueur, James D. Series: Routledge Readers in History. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 176 x 27. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415231176
- ISBN
- 9780415231176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.86
€ 56.86
Hardcover. Series: Dedalus Concept Books. Num Pages: 240 pages, 28 black and whilte illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; WBXD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907650048
- ISBN
- 9781907650048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.58
€ 19.99
€ 18.58
Paperback. During its heyday in the 19th century, the African slave trade was fueled by the close relationship of the US and Brazil. This work tells the story of how US nationals participated in this odious commerce by creating diplomatic, social, and political ties with Brazil, which has the largest population of African origin outside of Africa itself. Num Pages: 341 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 1KLSB; HBTB; HBTS; JPSD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 341
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814736890
- ISBN
- 9780814736890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. To mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has opened its archives to an independent historian. This book reveals the precise role of the Service in twentieth-century British history, since its foundation by Captain Kell of the British Army in October 1909 to root out 'the spies of the Kaiser'. Num Pages: 1072 pages, Illustrations, col. map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBT; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 52. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141023304
- ISBN
- 9780141023304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.68
€ 25.99
€ 16.68
Paperback. Takes the enslaved person's claims of human consumption seriously, focusing on both the literal starvation of the slave and the tropes of cannibalism on the part of the slaveholder, and further draws attention to the ways in which Blacks experienced their consumption as a fundamentally homoerotic occurrence. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814794623
- ISBN
- 9780814794623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Hardback. How does France reconcile the modern movement toward pluralism and decentralization with a strong central governing power? This work offers a radical interpretation of the development of democracy in France and the relationship between government and its citizens. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024960
- ISBN
- 9780674024960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.10
€ 46.99
€ 39.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX; JFF; JMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141981741
- ISBN
- 9780141981741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
hardcover. A three-volume study of the Holocaust. First published in 1961, Raul Hilberg's account of how Germany annihilated the Jewish community of Europe spurred discussion and shaped the field of Holocaust studies. This expanded edition includes new material, particularly from archives in Eastern Europe. Num Pages: 1426 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 101. Weight in Grams: 2426.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300095579
- ISBN
- 9780300095579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 230.69€ 161.76
€ 230.69
€ 161.76
Paperback. "One of the major sources for the study on the interraction between whites and American Indians during the sixteenth century." -- Journal of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association Translator(s): Briffault, Herma. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBG; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801844300
- ISBN
- 9780801844300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.51
€ 35.99
€ 30.51
Paperback. Explores the Latino presence in the United States. This book also debunks common myths about Silicon Valley. Based on oral histories as well as archival research, it shows how San Jose, Santa Clara, and other northern California locales played a critical role in the ongoing development of Latino politics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 halftones. 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press New Jersey
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118468
- ISBN
- 9780691118468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.70
€ 54.99
€ 39.70
paperback. Robert Darnton explores the scandalous literature of libel and the colorful lives of libelers in eighteenth-century France. By doing so he shows how an ideological current eroded authority under the Old Regime and became absorbed in a new, more radical, political culture under Robespierre. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 552 pages, 47 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221718
- ISBN
- 9780812221718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.92
€ 46.99
€ 41.92
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HRAM1; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163215
- ISBN
- 9780691163215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; HPQ; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173757
- ISBN
- 9780691173757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.36
€ 30.99
€ 22.36
Paperback. The brain moves into over-drive and it's time for empire building. So goes Stewart Lee Allen's crazy theory. Only thing is, after retracing coffee's journey to world domination - by train, rickshaw, cargo freighter and donkey - he has plenty of evidence to back it up. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; WBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170. Coffee, the Driving Force in History. 240 pages. The brain moves into over-drive and it's time for empire building. So goes Stewart Lee Allen's crazy theory. Only thing is, after retracing coffee's journey to world domination - by train, rickshaw, cargo freighter and donkey - he has plenty of evidence to back it up. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTB; WBX. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight: 184.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841951430
- ISBN
- 9781841951430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.54
€ 13.00
€ 11.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HBTB; TDCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 686. A Social History of Rubber. 416 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTB; TDCR. Dimension: 153 x 235 x 31. Weight: 684.
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S.
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583672310
- ISBN
- 9781583672310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.52
€ 25.99
€ 22.52
Paperback. "Superbly researched and vividly written, The Devil's Music is one of the only books to trace the rise and development of the blues both in relation to other forms of black music and in the context of" Num Pages: 320 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; AVGK; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Hachette Books United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306807435
- ISBN
- 9780306807435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.85
€ 19.99
€ 16.85
Paperback. This ever-popular diary sheds new light on the social history of early19th Century Cotswold life Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 black and white illustrations, 26 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; 3JH; BJ; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781554685
- ISBN
- 9781781554685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.52
€ 19.99
€ 15.52
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608464609
- ISBN
- 9781608464609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.63
€ 23.99
€ 20.63