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Paperback. The 500-year story of how, and why, our homes have come to be what they are, from the bestselling author of The Victorian City and The Victorian House. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848878006
ISBN
9781848878006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Hardcover. Num Pages: 448 pages, Integrated photographs throughout. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472924827
ISBN
9781472924827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 23.93

Hardback. The Making of Modern Cameroon, Vol. 1 examines the history of present day Cameroon's struggle to create, unite, and integrate their country. The story begins with the colonization of the country by Germany in 1884 and continues with the country's experience under British and French rule from 1914 to 1961. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; 3JJ; GTB; HBTB; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761808961
ISBN
9780761808961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.92

Paperback. An account of Japanese society during the modern era, from 1600 to 2000. This book analyzes the making of the modern state, a time which saw three periods of major social change: the imposition of hegemonic order on feudal society; the opening of Japanese ports; and defeat in World War II. Num Pages: 936 pages, 53 halftones, 9 maps, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1278.
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Number of pages
936
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009912
ISBN
9780674009912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.17

Paperback. This transdisciplinary volume traces the history of tourism from the Renaissance to the present day, combining the findings of historical and literary research. Editor(s): Korte, Barbara; Harvie, Christopher; Schneider, R.; Berghoff, Hartmut. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; J; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
323
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349665136
ISBN
9781349665136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.12

Hardback. In 1902, Professor Woodrow Wilson took the helm of Princeton University, then a small denominational college. But Wilson had a blueprint for remaking the too-cozy college into an intellectual powerhouse. This book tells how the University adapted and updated Wilson's vision to transform itself into the prestigious institution. Num Pages: 688 pages, 35 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; HBT; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1142.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126869
ISBN
9780691126869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 396 pages, 36 b/w illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520243279
ISBN
9780520243279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.55

Paperback. In the twelfth century, the Catholic Church attempted a thoroughgoing reform of marriage and sexual behavior aimed at eradicating sexual desire from Christian lives. This book illuminates the birth of a cultural movement that managed to regulate selfish desire and render it innocent - or innocent enough. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FK; 1FPJ; 3F; 3H; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226706276
ISBN
9780226706276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.83

hardcover. In the twelfth century, the Catholic Church attempted a thoroughgoing reform of marriage and sexual behavior aimed at eradicating sexual desire from Christian lives. This book illuminates the birth of a cultural movement that managed to regulate selfish desire and render it innocent - or innocent enough. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FK; 1FPJ; 3F; DSB; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226706269
ISBN
9780226706269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.67
€ 97.99

Paperback. This work on terrorism is based on complex observations of actual movement participants and addresses a broad spectrum of terrorist activity- from Italian left-wing terrorists to Basque nationalist groups to the international terrorism of the Middle East. Translator(s): White, David Gordon. Num Pages: 370 pages, 1 line drawing, 4 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226896533
ISBN
9780226896533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.73

paperback. From our suburban streets which still trace the boundaries of long vanished farms to the Norfolk Broads, formed when medieval peat pits flooded - evidence of man's effect on Britain is everywhere. This title includes over 250 maps and photographs that changes the way you see your surroundings. Num Pages: 832 pages, 250 photos and maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
832
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141040592
ISBN
9780141040592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.93

Paperback. Tells the story of the rise of behavioral scientists in government and how their potentially dangerous, "American" assumptions about human behavior would shape US views of domestic disturbances and insurgencies in Third World countries. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBT; JMAL; JPS; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691114552
ISBN
9780691114552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.56

Paperback. .
Publisher
Little Toller
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908213105
ISBN
9781908213105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.77

Paperback. Offers an account of working-class society in its formative years, 1780 to 1832. This English social history shows how the working class took part in its own making and re-creates the whole-life experience of people who suffered loss of status and freedom, and who underwent degradation. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 976 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSC; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 43. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141976952
ISBN
9780141976952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.36

Hardback. The contributors question the current academic understanding of what is known as the global middle class. They see middle-class formation as transnational and they examine this group through the lenses of economics, gender, race, and religion from the mid-nineteenth century to today. Editor(s): Lopez, A. Ricardo; Weinstein, Barbara. Series: Radical Perspectives: A Radical History Review Book Series. Num Pages: 464 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 753.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351177
ISBN
9780822351177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.89

Paperback. The contributors question the current academic understanding of what is known as the global middle class. They see middle-class formation as transnational and they examine this group through the lenses of economics, gender, race, and religion from the mid-nineteenth century to today. Editor(s): Lopez, A. Ricardo; Weinstein, Barbara. Series: Radical Perspectives: A Radical History Review Book Series. Num Pages: 464 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822351290
ISBN
9780822351290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Paperback. Offers a comprehensive history of global population displacement in the twentieth century, and provides a new analytic approach to the subject by exploring its causes, consequences, and meanings Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 black and white maps. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; JFFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198744474
ISBN
9780198744474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.75

Paperback. A study of moral education in American universities that examines the consequences of the 19th-century debates over the purpose and pursuit of higher education, and the modernization efforts of the academic reformers of that era. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCX; JNA; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226710204
ISBN
9780226710204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.23

Paperback. From late 2010 onwards, the Arab world has been shot through with insurrection and revolt. As a result, Tunisia is now seen as the unlikely birthplace and exemplar of the process of democratisation in the Arab world. This is a full history of the Tunisian revolution, from its roots decades ago to the process of becoming a democracy. Editor(s): Gana, Nouri. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBT; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBTV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748691043
ISBN
9780748691043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.23

Hardcover. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226297088
ISBN
9780226297088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.23

paperback. The international bestselling story of one British soldier's brave choice to exchange places with a Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 x 8pp Black & White. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0021955
ISBN
9781444714197
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.12

Paperback.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752460710
ISBN
9780752460710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.40

Paperback. Explores the rich heritage of Bowie's productive and inspired decade, and traces the way in which his music reflected and influenced the world around him. This book examines in detail Bowie's audacious creation of an 'alien' rock star, Ziggy Stardust, and his increasingly perilous explorations of the nature of identity and the meaning of fame. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; AVGP; AVH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099548874
ISBN
9780099548874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNC; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226313283
ISBN
9780226313283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 23.95

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