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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Describes what might be called the workers' culture of Shaba, through analyses of communicative (sociolinguistic) and cognitive (ethnosemantic) aspects of language use. In this study, inquiry will be directed to the past, and it will, for many reasons, have to reach into a past which is rather remote from present-day Shaba Swahili. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: 1H; 2H; 3JH; 3JJ; CF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780520076259
- ISBN
- 9780520076259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.80
€ 34.99
€ 25.80
Hardcover. A half-century of Wall Street history as seen through the lives of its most illustrious family This compelling new narrative from bestselling author John Rothchild tells the story of three generations of the legendary Davis family, who rank among the most successful investors in the history of the Street. Num Pages: 320 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons New York
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471331780
- ISBN
- 9780471331780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 39.05
€ 49.99
€ 39.05
Paperback. In December 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a brilliant French artillery officer and a Jew of Alsatian descent, was court-martialed for selling secrets to the German military attache in Paris based on perjured testimony and trumped-up evidence. This title presents an account of the famously complex case. Series: Why X Matters Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBT; JPZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300168143
- ISBN
- 9780300168143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.68
€ 34.99
€ 25.68
Paperback. Examines how people acquired and read books from the sixteenth century to the present, focusing on the personal relationships between readers and the volumes they owned. This title also investigates the means by which books were sold, and lends insights into the ways booksellers and publishers marketed their wares. Num Pages: 304 pages, 90 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: GL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300164046
- ISBN
- 9780300164046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.32
€ 18.99
€ 15.32
Hardcover. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 352 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, 5 maps, 6 black & white tables, 44 b&w illus., 5 maps, 6. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; HBTB; JFFZ; PSVS; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295999340
- ISBN
- 9780295999340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.52
€ 52.52
Hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1 maps, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFFN; JFSC; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295999241
- ISBN
- 9780295999241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.52
€ 52.52
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFD; JHMC; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295999128
- ISBN
- 9780295999128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.74
€ 118.74
Hardback. Editor(s): Grob, Leonard; Roth, John K. Series: Stephen S. Weinstein Series in Post-Holocaust Studies. Num Pages: 245 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295998459
- ISBN
- 9780295998459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.34
€ 118.34
Hardcover. Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 5 maps, 11 illus., 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBBW; HBJF; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295998336
- ISBN
- 9780295998336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.34
€ 118.34
Hardback. Series: Indigenous Confluences. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 2 maps, 20 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; JNAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295998268
- ISBN
- 9780295998268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.94
€ 106.94
Hardback. Series Editor(s): Keyes, Charles F.; Sears, Laurie J.; Rafael, Vicente. Series: Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 3 maps, 27 b&w illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295996677
- ISBN
- 9780295996677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.34
€ 118.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 maps, 21 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 21 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4; JPVH4; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995168
- ISBN
- 9780295995168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.74
€ 118.74
Hardcover. Increases our understanding of the history and development of the arts of the book Num Pages: 384 pages, 152 illus., 90 in color. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 5487 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1792.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295991917
- ISBN
- 9780295991917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.63
€ 81.63
Hardback. Reveals the extraordinary lives and times of remarkable explorers and scientists Editor(s): Glover, Denise M.; Harrell, Stevan; McKhann, Charles Fremont; Swain, Margaret Byrne. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 71 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTP; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991177
- ISBN
- 9780295991177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.23
€ 118.23
Paperback. Offers a perspective on the colonial stereotype of the exotic Pacific island woman, tracing the evolution of female primitivism from Western antiquity to twentieth-century Hollywood. This book includes 37 illustrations of Pacific women from early etchings by shipboard artists. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 37 illus. BIC Classification: 1MK; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987651
- ISBN
- 9780295987651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Paperback. First published in 1993, this illustrated volume defines the main components and sources for Russia's architectural traditions in their historical context. Subject to influences from east and west, it documents Russian architecture's distinctive approaches to building in four parts. Num Pages: 744 pages, 775 illus., 80 in color. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AM; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 215 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 744
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295983936
- ISBN
- 9780295983936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 49.98
€ 51.99
€ 49.98
Paperback. Explores the two-hundred-year-old American tradition of freewheeling, improvisational, and asymmetrical quilts, whose makers experimented boldly with design, color, and pictorial motifs. This work examines the aesthetics and the social history of quilts from the nineteenth century onwards, including Amish, African American, and modern art quilts. Num Pages: 176 pages, 66 illus., 48 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WFBQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295983097
- ISBN
- 9780295983097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
€ 37.99
€ 34.17
Paperback. Destroying almost 3 billion rubles' worth of property in European Russia between 1860 and 1904, accidental and arson fires acted as a brake on Russia's economic development. Using sources ranging from newspaper articles to statistical tables and court records, this work demonstrates the many meanings fire held for peasants and the educated elite. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 306 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295982090
- ISBN
- 9780295982090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Personal accounts of Japanese Americans kept in relocation camps during World War II express experiences with riots, unsanitary conditions, poor medical care, government inqueries, and divided families. Num Pages: 288 pages, 26 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295977850
- ISBN
- 9780295977850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Generations of scholars have debated the influence of Greco-Roman culture on Jewish society and the degree of its impact on Jewish material culture and religious practice in Palestine and the Diaspora of antiquity. Scholar Lee I. Levine examines this phenomenon from the aftermath of Alexander's conquest to the Byzantine era. 28 illustrations. Series: Samuel & Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, 28 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; HDD; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295976822
- ISBN
- 9780295976822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Presents the full text of Chief Seattle's 1887 speech delivered to Washington Territory governor Isaac Stevens, and examines its origins, historical context, and twentieth-century versions and interpretations. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295976334
- ISBN
- 9780295976334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. Editor(s): Chirot, Daniel; Reid, Anthony. Series: Jackson School Publications in International Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1FM; HBTB; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295976136
- ISBN
- 9780295976136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 349 pages, Ill.1M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- SKU
- V9780295974446
- ISBN
- 9780295974446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. Editor(s): Kina, Laura. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 36 colour illustrations, 47 illus., 36 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBS; HBTB; JFSJ5; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295741376
- ISBN
- 9780295741376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.72
€ 42.99
€ 38.72