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History: specific events & topics
paperback. The Tlingits, the largest Indian group in Alaska, have lived in Alaska's coastal southwestern region for centuries and first met non-Natives in 1741 during an encounter with the crew of the Russian explorer Alexei Chirikov. This title outlines a picture of traditional Tlingit society before contact with Europeans. Translator(s): Bland, Richard; Solovjova, Katerina. Num Pages: 388 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 678.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803220713
- ISBN
- 9780803220713
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774821025
- ISBN
- 9780774821025
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Condition: New
€ 63.88€ 63.16
€ 63.88
€ 63.16
Paperback. Analyses the Dutch involvement in Atlantic slavery and assesses the historical consequences of this for contemporary European society. Series: Decolonial Studies, Postcolonial Horizons. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DDN; HBJD; HBTR; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745331072
- ISBN
- 9780745331072
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.65
€ 40.99
€ 31.65
paperback. It is widely held that the United States lagged behind Western Europe in developing modern social policies. This historical analysis, however, shows that the United States actually pioneered generous social spending for many of its elderly, disabled and dependent citizens. Num Pages: 736 pages, 10 tables, 33 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFF; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1053.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780674717664
- ISBN
- 9780674717664
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.33
€ 52.99
€ 44.33
Paperback. A finalist for the Lincoln Prize, The Sea Captain's Wife "comes surprisingly, and movingly, alive" (Tina Jordan, Entertainment Weekly). Num Pages: 384 pages, 47 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393330298
- ISBN
- 9780393330298
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.57
€ 19.99
€ 18.57
hardcover. Series: Indigenous Confluences. Num Pages: 184 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 3 maps, 16 illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 409.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295998343
- ISBN
- 9780295998343
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Condition: New
€ 118.74
€ 118.74
Paperback. Studies admission records to Soviet Communist party cells in the 1920s for what they reveal about the politics of self-representation in Bolshevik political culture Series: Donald W. Treadgold Studies on Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1DVUA; GTB; HBG; HBLW; HBTV4; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991122
- ISBN
- 9780295991122
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Identifies and recovers the excitement and dynamism that characterized ceremonial culture in pre-modern Europe. This work talks about: the relation between public and private space, the development of fully-realized dramas and rituals from earlier forms, and the semiotic code that ceremonies manifested to their audiences. Editor(s): Howe, Nicholas. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 259.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268030759
- ISBN
- 9780268030759
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.25
€ 26.99
€ 25.25
paperback. Odessa--celebrated and vilifi ed as a Jewish city of sin Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; GTB; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253223289
- ISBN
- 9780253223289
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. Opening the subject of subaltern genocide for exploration by scholars of genocide, ethnic conflict, and human rights, this title explores genocide's sociological, anthropological, psychological, symbolic, and normative dimensions. Editor(s): Robins, Nicholas A.; Jones, Adam. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 b&w illus., 2 figures, 7 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253220776
- ISBN
- 9780253220776
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
paperback. Addresses conceptual and ethical questions that arise from historical accounts of the Holocaust. Series: Jewish Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217288
- ISBN
- 9780253217288
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.94
€ 23.99
€ 21.94
paperback. Barbara N. Ramusack surveys the prescriptive roles and lived experiences of women from the period of the early states to the 1990s. Series: Restoring Women to History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212672
- ISBN
- 9780253212672
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.38
€ 16.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. Editor(s): Parascandola, Louis J.; Parascandola, John. Num Pages: 360 pages, B&W Illus.: 25,. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231165730
- ISBN
- 9780231165730
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.30
€ 30.99
€ 22.30
Hardcover. Exploring the relationship between power and knowledge in European engagement with Asia, this work examines the East India Company at work and reveals how writing and print shaped authority on a global scale in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It also uncovers the intellectual and political legacies of early modern trade and empire. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; HBTK; KNTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226620411
- ISBN
- 9780226620411
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Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 45.78
€ 53.24
€ 45.78
Paperback. In the 1920s thousands of migrants settled in the Los Angeles suburb of South Gate. Blue collar workers built the suburb literally from the ground up. 'My blue heaven' demonstrates the ethic of self-reliance and homeownership which formed the core of South Gate's identity. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 432 pages, 4 colour plates, 11 halftones, 9 maps, 5 line drawings, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226583013
- ISBN
- 9780226583013
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74
Hardcover. Drawing on novels, plays, and films of the 1920s and '30s, as well as the work of biologists, psychiatrists, and sexologists, this title brings together the experience and perception of modernity with sexuality, technology, and ecological concerns into a cogent discussion of science's place in reproduction in British and American cultural history. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226560694
- ISBN
- 9780226560694
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Condition: New
€ 70.98€ 60.32
€ 70.98
€ 60.32
Paperback. In this study, Joseph Koerner establishes the character of Renaissance art in Germany and examines how artists such as Albrecht Durer and Hans Baldung Grien reflected in their masterworks the changing status of the self in 16th-century Germany. Num Pages: 564 pages, 1 colour plate, 223 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACND; AFC; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 217 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1572.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226449999
- ISBN
- 9780226449999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.52€ 52.69
€ 61.52
€ 52.69
hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 243 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226339986
- ISBN
- 9780226339986
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.50
€ 46.99
€ 36.50
Hardcover. This text traces Armenia's past from ancient times to the end of the 20th century through more than 200 colour maps containing information about physical geography, demography, and sociological, religious, cultural and linguistic history. Num Pages: 360 pages, 232 colour maps, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DVUR; GBC; HBJD; HBTP; RGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 473 x 30. Weight in Grams: 3490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226332284
- ISBN
- 9780226332284
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Condition: New
€ 283.92€ 239.07
€ 283.92
€ 239.07
Hardcover. Explores the ambitions, tastes, and prejudices of Chicagoans during the 1920s and '30s. This book reproduces various elements of the "Chicagoan": its covers, cartoons, editorials, reviews, and features. Num Pages: 400 pages, 81 colour plates, 301 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJG; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 366 x 290 x 30. Weight in Grams: 3180.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317618
- ISBN
- 9780226317618
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Condition: New
€ 66.25€ 60.30
€ 66.25
€ 60.30
Hardcover. Exploring the varied depictions and descriptions of pain - from martyrdom narratives to practices of torture and surgery - this title attempts to decode this culture of suffering in the Middle Ages. It presents the cacophony of howls emerging from the written record of physicians, torturers, theologians, and mystics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226112671
- ISBN
- 9780226112671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 55.42
€ 65.07
€ 55.42
Paperback. Series: Social History of Modern Art. Num Pages: 550 pages, 283 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JF; ACV; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 192 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226063348
- ISBN
- 9780226063348
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.45
€ 47.99
€ 37.45
Paperback. Explores the historical transformation of tobacco from Amerindian shamanism to global capitalism, from the food of the spirits to the fatal epidemic, from the rough pipe and cigar to the modern day cigarette. Num Pages: 292 pages, 15 b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFH1; JHBT; KN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415116695
- ISBN
- 9780415116695
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Condition: New
€ 74.33
€ 74.33
paperback. Seven people signed the Proclamation of the Republic in 1916 - four of them were poets. To commemorate its centenary, Cork City Council has commissioned four of Ireland's leading contemporary writers to reflect on the meaning of this single most important artefact of the 1916 Rising. Editor(s): McCarthy, Thomas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBTB; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The Collins Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848893122
- ISBN
- 9781848893122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.60
€ 12.99
€ 10.60