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paperback. This book explores the casting of China s earliest female Olympians as celebrities within the context of a national crisis, born of internal conflicts and external attack by Japan. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 348 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSJ1; WSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774824828
ISBN
9780774824828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Hardcover. What is environmental history? It is a kind of history that seeks understanding of human beings as they have lived, worked, and thought in relationship to the rest of nature through the changes brought by time. In this new edition of his seminal student textbook, J. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745688428
ISBN
9780745688428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.45

hardcover. What took place in Auschwitz revokes what Adorno termed the "Western legacy of positivity", the innermost substance of traditional philosophy. This text anatomizes the range of Adorno's concerns, including sections such as "Art, Memory of Suffering", and "Damaged Life". Editor(s): Tiedemann, Rolf. Translator(s): Livingstone, Rodney. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 39. Weight in Grams: 898.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804731430
ISBN
9780804731430
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.23

hardcover. Focusing on the lives and work of women teachers in two rural California counties from 1850 to 1950, Country Schoolwomen explores the social context of teaching, seeking to understand what teaching meant to women teachers, what it provided them, and how it shaped their categories of experience. Num Pages: 356 pages, 19 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804730044
ISBN
9780804730044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.91

hardcover. Editor(s): Syrett, David. Series Editor(s): Jones, Dr. Ben. Series: Navy Records Society Publications. Num Pages: 554 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; BJ; HBTM; HBW; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 148. Weight in Grams: 882.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
554
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754651796
ISBN
9780754651796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.71

Paperback. aeo This is the first history of exploration to focus on the experience of non--European peoples who were colonized. aeo It is an extremely wide--ranging work of comparative history, which draws its case studies from the cultural encounters and collisions initiated by the English, Spanish, Portugese and French. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745611570
ISBN
9780745611570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.01

hardcover. Investigates how French Romanticism was shaped by and contributed to colonial discourses of race. This title studies the ways in which metropolitan Romantic novels comprehend and construct colonized peoples, fashion French identity in the context of colonialism, and record the encounter between Europeans and non-Europeans. Series: Routledge Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; DSK; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415994675
ISBN
9780415994675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.26

hardcover. Editor(s): Falola, Toyin; Njoku, Raphael Chijioke. Num Pages: 370 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFD; HBJH; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 22. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022455
ISBN
9780253022455
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

Paperback. Explores the world of the thumbscrew and the rack, engines of torture authorized for investigating crime in European legal systems from medieval times into the eighteenth century. Drawing on juristic literature and legal records, this crisply written book provides an account of how European legal systems became dependent on the use of torture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HBT; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226468945
ISBN
9780226468945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.92

paperback. This is the fascinating story of arguably the world's greatest and best known shipbuilding company, from its glory days to its collapse in the late 20th century. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; HBJD1; HBTK; KNGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The History Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780752488615
ISBN
9780752488615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 17.75

Paperback. The real story of Oliver Twist and Fagin's children. Num Pages: 160 pages, 70. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 173 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302. 160 pages, 70 Illustrations. The real story of Oliver Twist and Fagin's children. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Dimension: 238 x 173 x 14. Weight: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Amberley
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848688469
ISBN
9781848688469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.68

Paperback. Challenges the orthodoxy and argues that there were many more slave revolts than is usually assumed and they were far from insignificant historically. This book argues that we need to look beyond the canonical sources and episodes to see a bigger history of long-term resistance of slaves to their enslavement. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; HBG; HBLA; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844651023
ISBN
9781844651023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJH; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349297030
ISBN
9781349297030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.22
€ 52.98

paperback. This analysis of the social development of Spain since 1800 explores the social conflicts at the root of the Spanish Civil War and how that war and the subsequent changes, from democracy to Franco and back again, have shaped the social relations of the country. Num Pages: 308 pages, maps, graphs, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415090834
ISBN
9780415090834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.25

Paperback. A Seattle Times selection for one of Best Non-Fiction Books of 2010Winner of the New England Historial Association's 2010 James P. Hanlan AwardWinner of the Outdoor Writers Association of America 2011 Excellence in Craft Award, Book Division, First Place"A compelling and well-annotated tale of greed, slaughter and geopolitics." Los Angeles Times Num Pages: 464 pages, 125 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393340020
ISBN
9780393340020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.58

paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 2AB; 3JF; DSB; HBTB; HBTQ; HPCD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 264 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270682
ISBN
9780823270682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

paperback. Offers an analysis of the forms and uses of individualism in colonial and anti-colonial India. This book presents an examination of how concepts of individualism functioned in support of and resistance to British imperialism in India. It highlights the complexity of the multiple narratives that constitute British colonial history. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822327684
ISBN
9780822327684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.45

Hardcover. A study of one of the major social reforms of 20th-century European history that presents an analysis built on hundreds of sources that include papers from state and municipal archives, material from the popular and professional press, legal tracts, films, novels, and personal accounts. Num Pages: 254 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBTB; KFFR. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875804231
ISBN
9780875804231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.15

hardcover. "An earlier version of this work was published in Hebrew under the title Kesef, koaoh, ove-hashpaah." Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804798440
ISBN
9780804798440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.69

hardcover. Based on extensive participant observation and ethnographic research, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of early conflict between Miskitu Indians and the Sandinista government, and their subsequent partial reconciliation. Editor(s): Hale, Charles R. Num Pages: 316 pages, 15 half-tones 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 30. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804722551
ISBN
9780804722551
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.10

Hardback. It sheds new light on how cultural conceptions about nature influenced political policies for resource conservation and land management in Venice. Num Pages: 376 pages, 13, 3 black & white line drawings, 1 maps, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; RGBL; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801892615
ISBN
9780801892615
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.66
€ 60.15

paperback. The book covers the main themes, events and issues in the history of sport over the last 200 years. Written in an accessible style in short, themed chapters the book covers everything from bare-knuckle boxing to global mega-events like the FIFA World Cup. Num Pages: 800 pages, 8 page black and white plate section.photographs, illustrations and documents. BIC Classification: HBTB; WSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 56. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Featherstone Education
Condition
New
SKU
9781472922212
ISBN
9781472922212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Offers an analysis of both visual and textual representations of the commodity and the ritual that was tea in nineteenth-century England. This book demonstrates how tea functions within the literature as an arbiter of taste and middle-class respectability, aiding in the determination of class status and moral position. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821418291
ISBN
9780821418291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. This book, the first to study women's historical involvement in postwar reconciliation, examines how patriarchy and the international relations system operated simultaneously to ensure postwar male privilege. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349371174
ISBN
9781349371174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.22
€ 52.98

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