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Paperback. Series: Photographic Memories. Num Pages: 96 pages, Historical photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKESU; AJCP; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Frith Book Company Ltd. United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Pbk ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859373408
ISBN
9781859373408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.92

Paperback. Highly acclaimed in previous editions, this classic work by John Hostetler has been expanded and updated to reflect current research on Amish history and culture as well as the new concerns of Amish communities throughout North America. Num Pages: 448 pages, 91 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HRCC99; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
4th
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801844423
ISBN
9780801844423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.66

Paperback. The Revolution s aspiration was summed up by the phrase life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Yet the American founding was also a bid for inclusion in the community of nations. According to Eliga Gould, America aspired to diplomatic recognition under international law and the authority to become an Atlantic colonizing power itself." Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; JPH; JPS; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674416949
ISBN
9780674416949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.66

Hardback. A poignant, affectionate history of the peoples of Syria, their fragile coexistence and how sectarianism is unravelling a once proud country. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; HBJF1; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044004
ISBN
9781849044004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.34

Hardcover. Amsterdam's Atlantic puts Dutch Brazil back on the front pages and argues that the way the Amsterdam media constructed Atlantic events was a key element in the transformation of public opinion in Europe. Series: The Early Modern Americas. Num Pages: 272 pages, 51 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 30. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248661
ISBN
9780812248661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.12

Paperback. A ride on a rollercoaster is the highlight of any trip to an amusement or theme park. From the first mass-produced rollercoaster, the Switchback Railway, through to the giant wooden coasters of the inter-war period, the author uses historic postcards and photographs to chart their development and that of other amusement rides. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: HBTB; WTHT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 149 x 4. Weight in Grams: 130. New.
Publisher
Shire
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780747811541
ISBN
9780747811541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGL; DSK; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 163 x 10. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New Updated Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780708326725
ISBN
9780708326725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.86

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474230162
ISBN
9781474230162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

Hardcover. Eric R. Schlereth places religious conflicts between deists and their opponents at the center of early American public life. This history recasts the origins of cultural politics in the United States by exploring how everyday Americans navigated questions of religious truth and difference in an age of emerging religious liberty. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812244939
ISBN
9780812244939
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.31

paperback. Celebrates a bygone American era, focusing on life in 1920s Terre Haute, Indiana. Series: Quarry Books. Num Pages: 288 pages, 82 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 381. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Quarry Books United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221292
ISBN
9780253221292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Hardback. "An American in Victorian Cambridge" is a richly detailed account of student life in the Cambridge of the 1840s. The rationale for the book, which is as appealing today as it was then, is that this is pre-eminently a book about an American student at an English university. In this new edition, some substantial additions have been made. Editor(s): Stray, Chris. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 3JH; BM; HBTB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 36. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898249
ISBN
9780859898249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.04

Paperback. "An American in Victorian Cambridge" is a richly detailed account of student life in the Cambridge of the 1840s. The rationale for the book, which is as appealing today as it was then, is that this is pre-eminently a book about an American student at an English university. In this new edition, some substantial additions have been made. Editor(s): Stray, Chris. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 3JH; BM; HBTB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898256
ISBN
9780859898256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.02

Paperback. This text is a history of how the obsession with homosexuality is deeply tied to changing American anxieties about social and sexual order in the modern age. It argues that homosexuality served as a marker of the "abnormal" against which contradictory concepts of the "normal" were defined. Num Pages: 416 pages, 14 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 858.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226793672
ISBN
9780226793672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Hardback. Ernesto Bassi examines the lives of those who resided in the Caribbean between 1760 and 1860 to trace the configuration of a dynamic geographic space he calls the transimperial Greater Caribbean, where residents made their own geographies and futures while trade, information, and people circulated freely across borders. Num Pages: 360 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JF; HBJK; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362203
ISBN
9780822362203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.33

Paperback. Ernesto Bassi examines the lives of those who resided in the Caribbean between 1760 and 1860 to trace the configuration of a dynamic geographic space he calls the transimperial Greater Caribbean, where residents made their own geographies and futures while trade, information, and people circulated freely across borders. Num Pages: 360 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JF; HBJK; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822362401
ISBN
9780822362401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. The life of Usamah ibn-Munqidh epitomized the height of Arab civilization as it flourished during the early Crusading period. His memoirs provide a valuable non-European perspective and insight into the military and cultural contact between medieval West and East, between Christian and Muslim. Translator(s): Hitti, Phillip K. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 265 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FBS; DN; HBJF1; HBLC; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420. Memoirs of Usamah Ibn-Munqidh. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. 265 pages, bibliography. The life of Usamah ibn-Munqidh epitomized the height of Arab civilization as it flourished during the early Crusading period. His memoirs provide a valuable non-European perspective and insight into the military and cultural contact between medieval West and East, between Christian and Muslim. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FBS; DN; HBJF1; HBLC; HBTB; JFSR2. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 19. Weight: 420. Translator(s): Hitti, Phillip K.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231121255
ISBN
9780231121255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.43

Hardback. An Archaeology of Improvement in Rural Massachusetts Series: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology. Num Pages: 249 pages, 12 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBJK; HBTK; HDT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 543.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319221045
ISBN
9783319221045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.55

Paperback. Editor(s): Stearns, Peter N.; Lewis, Jan. Num Pages: 486 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 32. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814780886
ISBN
9780814780886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Hardback. Tracing the historical evolution of debates concerning poverty, this book demonstrates that discussions about economic issues - downsizing, globalization, and financial regulation - were shaped by the ideological conflicts of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137829
ISBN
9780231137829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.89

Paperback. This text traces the interaction between humans and the Canadian landscape, from the arrival of the first peoples to our current environmental crisis. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: HBT; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 5182 x 23. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774821025
ISBN
9780774821025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.08
€ 62.91

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