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paperback. Presents the global history of genocide and extermination from ancient times. This book examines outbreaks of mass violence from the classical era to the present, focusing on colonial exterminations and 20th-century case studies including the Armenian genocide, the Nazi Holocaust, Stalin's mass murders, and the Cambodian and Rwandan genocides. Num Pages: 768 pages, 38 black-&-white illustrations + 31 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 50. Weight in Grams: 968.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300144253
- ISBN
- 9780300144253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 22.79
€ 39.99
€ 22.79
The Arts of Intimacy: Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Making of C...
Jerrilyn D. Dodds, María Rosa Menocal, Abiga...
paperback. Chronicles the tumultuous history of Castile in the wake of the Christian capture of the Islamic city of Tulaytula, now Toledo, in the eleventh century and traces the development of Castilian culture as it was forged in the intimacy of Christians with the Muslims and Jews they had overcome. Num Pages: 416 pages, 200 colour images & 10 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 186 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1106.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- YALE UNIV PR
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300142143
- ISBN
- 9780300142143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.63
€ 29.99
€ 21.63
hardcover. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBTW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780231153041
- ISBN
- 9780231153041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.99€ 52.66
€ 75.99
€ 52.66
paperback. Argues that the revolutionaries of eighteenth-century France used the natural right concept of the 'enemy of the human race' - an individual who has transgressed the laws of nature and must be executed without judicial formalities - to authorize three-quarters of the deaths during the Terror. Num Pages: 350 pages, 6 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226184395
- ISBN
- 9780226184395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 28.09
€ 39.99
€ 28.09
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
€ 22.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. The Letter and the Cosmos is a sharp and entertaining examination of how languages, letterforms, orthography, and writing tools have reflected our hidden obsession with the alphabet, Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442628533
- ISBN
- 9781442628533
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Paperback. (Re)Visualizing National History is a unique and interdisciplinary volume that offers insights on the dilemmas of present-day European culture, manifestations of nationalism in Europe, and the debates surrounding museums as sites for the representation of politics and history. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442627024
- ISBN
- 9781442627024
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.05
€ 35.99
€ 33.05
Paperback. Remembering Mass Violence breaks new ground in oral history, new media, and performance studies by exploring what is at stake when we attempt to represent war, genocide, and other violations of human rights in a variety of creative works. Editor(s): High, Steven; Little, Edward; Duong, Thi Ry. Num Pages: 376 pages, 19. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTD; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442614659
- ISBN
- 9781442614659
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.72
€ 42.99
€ 38.72
paperback. Red Quarter Moon is an enthralling journey into the past that offers a unique look at the lives of ordinary families and individuals in the USSR. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2, 16 halftones; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442611399
- ISBN
- 9781442611399
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.81
€ 45.99
€ 40.81
paperback. Living with Strangers tells the story of the Sioux who moved into the Canadian-American borderlands in the later years of the nineteenth century. David G. McCrady's award-winning study crosses national boundaries to examine how Native peoples on both sides of the border reacted to the arrival of the Sioux. Num Pages: 200 pages, 14 halftones; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442609907
- ISBN
- 9781442609907
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
paperback. Documentaries have dominated Canada's film production and have been crucial to the formation of Canada's cinematic identity. This volume will be an indispensable companion for anyone seriously interested in Canadian film studies. Editor(s): Leach, Jim; Sloniowski, Jeanette. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; APF; HBT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802082992
- ISBN
- 9780802082992
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.54
€ 44.99
€ 39.54
Paperback. Discounted Labour is an essential new work for anyone interested in the historical struggle for gender equality in Canada. Series: Themes in Canadian History. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802078186
- ISBN
- 9780802078186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.90
€ 35.99
€ 32.90
hardcover. Drawing on the work of a variety of other fields and disciplines - from the ancient Mediterranean to colonial Spain, and from anthropology to psychology - the author argues that colonialism in Africa needs to be understood through the medium of writing. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 468 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HBTQ; HBTR; JHMC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802048721
- ISBN
- 9780802048721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.75
€ 110.75
hardcover. A Heritage of Light is of equal importance to collectors and historians in the United States and Canada. This newly reprinted edition of Russell's classic 1968 study has a new introduction by Janet Holmes. Series: Rich: Reprints in Canadian History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 191 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 223 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802037657
- ISBN
- 9780802037657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.82
€ 96.82
Hardback. Translator(s): Kuster, Ted. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; GTF; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853459033
- ISBN
- 9780853459033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.50
€ 18.99
€ 17.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853458784
- ISBN
- 9780853458784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.53
€ 19.99
€ 18.53
Paperback. Published by Monthly Review Press, 122 West 27th Street, New York, NY 10001. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853458616
- ISBN
- 9780853458616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. In the 1930s, hundreds of barges sailed the crowded waters of the Thames estuary carrying up to 100 tons of every sort of cargo - wheat and barley, coal, gun powder, cement and gravel. These remarkable craft were worked by a crew of two - skipper and mate. Here, the shipmate tells his story. Num Pages: 168 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBTM; KNGS; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850364446
- ISBN
- 9780850364446
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Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.62
€ 9.99
€ 8.62
Hardback. An exploration of American religious responses to the Cold and Vietnam Wars Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTW; HBWS2; HRAM2; HRCX6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814741337
- ISBN
- 9780814741337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.25
€ 47.25
Hardback. This book traces the evolution of Orthodox Judaism's approach to its nonpracticing brethren, shedding new light on the emergence of Orthodoxy as a specific movement within modern Jewish society. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238655
- ISBN
- 9780812238655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.63
€ 81.63
Hardback. Cleansing Honor with Blood examines the daily experiences of interpersonal violence, the elaboration of masculine identities around honor and the practice of violence, and the contests for power and authority among free poor men from the hinterlands of the northeastern Brazilian province of Ceara between 1845 and 1889. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804774567
- ISBN
- 9780804774567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.63
€ 81.63
Hardback. Through a case study of one imperial institution, the community school, this book examines the primary sources we use to study it, the role it has played in debates over history and politics, and the nature of the Ming state. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751742
- ISBN
- 9780804751742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.61
€ 86.61
Hardback. Between 1880 and 1940, California cities were in the vanguard in creating comprehensive city plans and zoning ordinances that came to characterize modern American city growth. This book reveals the means by which property-owning middle-class women achieved entry into the male-dominated sphere of urban planning. Num Pages: 232 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804748759
- ISBN
- 9780804748759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.63
€ 81.63
hardcover. Spanning the century from the Taiping Rebellion through the establishment of the People's Republic of China, this book is a comprehensive history of women in modern China. Its historical scope is broad, touching upon most aspects of life and drawing upon little known Chinese and Japanese sources. Editor(s): Fogel, Joshua A. Num Pages: 284 pages, index, supplementary references, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804714969
- ISBN
- 9780804714969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.94
€ 159.94