History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Places modern slavery in its historical context, tracing the phenomenal development of the international anti-slavery movement. This book demonstrates how the problems of eradication seem greater and more intractable than they had ever been with the expansion of slaving to include forced labor, prostitution, and the exploitation of children. Num Pages: 496 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 145 x 32. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S.
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759103405
- ISBN
- 9780759103405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.31
€ 88.31
Written by three prominent historians of the period, Slavery's Ghost forces readers to think critically about the way we study the past, the depth of racial prejudice, and how African Americans won and lost their freedom in nineteenth-century America. Series: The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402352
- ISBN
- 9781421402352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.28
€ 61.28
Hardback. Series: Ecology & History. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821421819
- ISBN
- 9780821421819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.61
€ 85.61
Paperback. Series: Ecology & History. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821421826
- ISBN
- 9780821421826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.09
€ 34.99
€ 32.09
Paperback. Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBTS; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820348056
- ISBN
- 9780820348056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.32
€ 27.99
€ 26.32
hardcover. Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBTS; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820348025
- ISBN
- 9780820348025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.51
€ 87.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 403 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814760284
- ISBN
- 9780814760284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.98
€ 33.99
€ 30.98
Paperback. Written by three prominent historians of the period, Slavery's Ghost forces readers to think critically about the way we study the past, the depth of racial prejudice, and how African Americans won and lost their freedom in nineteenth-century America. Series: The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402369
- ISBN
- 9781421402369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 24.89
€ 25.00
€ 24.89
Paperback. Explores both the material culture of slavery as well as its representation in literature. This book considers the place of slaves in Plato's "Meno", Aristotle's "Politics", Aesop's "Fables", Aristophanes' "Wasps", and Euripides' "Orestes". Num Pages: 312 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226167893
- ISBN
- 9780226167893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.39
€ 37.99
€ 29.39
hardcover. First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 284 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714631424
- ISBN
- 9780714631424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.13
€ 193.13
Paperback. Apparently innocuous, sugar is a substance which brings with it a profound disquiet. This title provides the account of the historical transformations which sugar's representation has undergone, providing a resource for scholars in Slavery, Caribbean, Black Atlantic, Postcolonial and Literary Studies. Series: Liverpool Studies in International Slavery. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846317491
- ISBN
- 9781846317491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.56
€ 31.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. Shows that although plantation slavery was a horrible reality for many Africans and their descendants in Latin America, blacks experienced many other realities in Iberian colonies. This work analyses a treatise by a seventeenth-century Muslim scholar in Morocco and argues it shaped the slave trade to Latin America. Editor(s): Landers, Jane G.; Robinson, Barry M. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826323972
- ISBN
- 9780826323972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.25
€ 45.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475924
- ISBN
- 9780801475924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.46
€ 38.99
€ 35.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801447402
- ISBN
- 9780801447402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.57
€ 140.57
Paperback. BIC Classification: HBJM; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; RNFD. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781925495430
- ISBN
- 9781925495430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.14
€ 32.99
€ 24.14
Hardback. In this comprehensive global history, Alan Mayne explores the evolution and meaning of the 'slum', from its origins in London early in the nineteenth century to its use to describe favela communities in the lead up to the Rio de Janeiro Olympic games in 2016. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780238098
- ISBN
- 9781780238098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.94
€ 40.99
€ 28.94
Paperback. Definitive work on modern-day piracy. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849040792
- ISBN
- 9781849040792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.94
€ 45.94
Paperback. Num Pages: photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; 3JH; AJ; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 260 x 9. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Broadcast Books United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874092759
- ISBN
- 9781874092759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.32
€ 8.32
Hardcover. Drawn from the collections of the National Library of Ireland, and based on their extremely successful exhibition of the same name, Small Lives offers an eclectic survey of Irish childhood as captured by the camera. Editor(s): O'Connor, Aoife. Num Pages: 224 pages, chiefly Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; AJCP; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1212.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Dublin
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780717154623
- ISBN
- 9780717154623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Small Media, Big Revolution: Communication, Culture, and the Iranian R...
Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTV; JFD; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816622177
- ISBN
- 9780816622177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.64
€ 30.99
€ 27.64
Paperback. * A vivid and charming memoir of Gypsy life in the 1950s Num Pages: 352 pages, Integrated: 16, b/w drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJPG; BGA; HBJD1; HBTB; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349000039
- ISBN
- 9780349000039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.74
€ 15.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. Drawing on memoirs, private correspondences and other sources, this book examines the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Despite rapid recovery and redevelopment, the author describes the social/political conflict and division that followed the fire. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226735481
- ISBN
- 9780226735481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.90
€ 37.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. BIC Classification: 3JJC; HBLW; HBTM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 135 x 191 x 8. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Capstone Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781491484579
- ISBN
- 9781491484579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.85
€ 11.99
€ 10.85
Paperback. A fascinating history of open smuggling along the south coast of Britain Num Pages: 320 pages, 52 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKES; 3JH; BTC; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445643656
- ISBN
- 9781445643656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.61
€ 20.61