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Paperback. During the worst years of apartheid, the most popular show on television in South Africa - among both blacks and whites - was "The Cosby Show". Combining South Africa's political history and a social history of television, this title challenges conventional understandings of globalization. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTB; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226451893
ISBN
9780226451893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, 324 colour & 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AG; HBJK; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 427 x 227 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1034.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764349225
ISBN
9780764349225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 310 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 397.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349492848
ISBN
9781349492848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Hardback. An ideology of African ignorance arose in South Africa during the first half of the 20th century: Africans were hungry because they didn't know how to feed themselves properly. This work tells of the foods Africans ate, the maladies they suffered, and how the doctors and politicians reacted. Series: Reconsiderations in Southern African History. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 b&w photographs, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB; JFFA; JFFJ; JFSL; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813920474
ISBN
9780813920474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
NUS Press
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9789971698416
ISBN
9789971698416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.19

paperback. The early 1970s were the age of gloom and glam. Under Edward Heath, the optimism of the Sixties had become a distant memory. Now the headlines were dominated by social unrest, fuel shortages, unemployment and inflation. This book tells the history of the gaudy, schizophrenic atmosphere of the early Seventies. Num Pages: 768 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141032153
ISBN
9780141032153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 16.46

Hardcover. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Baylor University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781481300513
ISBN
9781481300513
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.30

Paperback. Examines how trade unionism has waxed and waned in the nation's political and moral imagination, among both devoted partisans and intransigent foes. This book takes us all the way to the organizing fever of Los Angeles, where the labor movement stands at the center of the effort to transform millions of new immigrants into alert citizen unionists. Series: Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America. Num Pages: 400 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Revised and Expanded edition with a New preface an
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160276
ISBN
9780691160276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.30

Paperback. Theoretically sophisticated ethnographies of different aspects of various governments, showing the importance of such work to anthropology and to the study of states in general. Editor(s): Stepputat, Finn. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; JHMP; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822327981
ISBN
9780822327981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.69

Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Edward Everett Root
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911454007
ISBN
9781911454007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.09

Paperback. Studies the way in which status symbols operated as a key tool for defining and redefining identities, relations, and power in the hierarchical world of Louis XIV's court. Series: The Past & Present Book Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 black & white figures/illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198754350
ISBN
9780198754350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.73

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APB; APT; BM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781101986233
ISBN
9781101986233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 23.93

Paperback. Many thousands of people kill themselves every year, and many more are left behind to grieve. This book recounts individual suicide cases from the Bible and ancient Greeks to the present day and analyzes how ideas about suicide have changed over time. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 206 x 25. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300209365
ISBN
9780300209365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.44

Hardback. This book examines the enormous riskiness of transatlantic trade in 18th century Spain and argues that many of the long-condemned commercial practices were vital accommodations to pervasive risk and uncertainty. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804785426
ISBN
9780804785426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.05

Paperback. ILLUSTRATED with 200 photographs, all of which were taken by the author, this evocative book reveals developments in fishing boats built to the requirements of mostly Scottish fishermen from the mid-1960s to the late 1980s. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; KNAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 167 x 9. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752456089
ISBN
9780752456089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.60

Hardback. Num Pages: 146 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 2 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137411952
ISBN
9781137411952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.28

Paperback. This work offers unusual, unique and highly personalized images of Pittsburgh, combined with prose. Douglas Cooper details the inspiration for his artistic vision, the formal properties of his art and how it relates to architecture. Num Pages: 144 pages, 136 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; AFC; AM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 279 x 11. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822957485
ISBN
9780822957485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.92

Paperback. Exploring conflicting representations of Youngstown across a century of growth, struggle and heartbreaking decline, this study looks at the roles of work and memory. It acts as a cautionary tale about corporate responsibility in an era of globalization. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps, 37photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612925
ISBN
9780700612925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.22

Hardback. An original interpretive history of the origins, rise, and eventual fall of the New Odessa Jewish commune formed by members of Am Olam and an analysis of the process of their transformation from Russian revolutionary intelligentsia who rejected any outward forms of Judaism to Americans who in large measure came to terms with their Jewishness. Series: Borderlines: Russian and East European-Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 215 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBT; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9781618113818
ISBN
9781618113818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.88

Paperback. Unveils the radical roots of modern dance and recalls the excitement and energy of New York City in the 1930s. This book explores the relationship between the modern dance movement and leftist political activism in this period. Num Pages: 264 pages, 58 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; ASD; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822319481
ISBN
9780822319481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTK; TRF; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Caitlin Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894759205
ISBN
9781894759205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.64

Paperback. Steve Biko inspired a generation of black South Africans to claim their true identity and refuse to be a part of their own oppression. This book shows how fundamental he was to the reawakening and transformation of South Africa in the second half of the twentieth century - and just how relevant he remains. Series: Ohio Short Histories of Africa. Num Pages: 160 pages, yes b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBTV; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821420256
ISBN
9780821420256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. an essential document of the Black Panther Party written by three leading thinkers and party activists who were jailed following the FBI'S 1969 mandate to destroy the organization "by any means possible." Series: Semiotext(e) / Active Agents. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 175 x 118 x 14. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Semiotext(e)
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780936756745
ISBN
9780936756745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Stir It Up explores the changing aims of home economics while putting the phenomena of Martha Stewart, Rachael Ray, Ty Pennington, and the "Mommy Wars" into historical context. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812221213
ISBN
9780812221213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

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