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Hardback. This book charts the growth of the university settlement movement, a fundamental influence in the shaping of the welfare state, from 1918 to Margaret Thatcher's election in 1979. It looks at the complex relationships between charities, the welfare state and individuals and the ways in which change was negotiated over the twentieth century. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JKSN1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719078750
ISBN
9780719078750
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.13

Hardback. This book examines the experiences of the millions of service dependents created by total war, particularly those of men taken captive in both Europe and the Far East. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables|Maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719078545
ISBN
9780719078545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.80

Hardback. Neil Armstrong offers the first study to examine both the experience and representation of Christmas during the formative period of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 5HC; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719077593
ISBN
9780719077593
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.63

Hardback. This study of caregiving during WW I looks anew at life behind the lines for ordinary British soldiers who served on the Western front. Using a variety of literary, artistic, and architectural evidence, Dr Reznick shows that Britain's 'generation of 1914' was a group bound as much by comradeship of healing as by comradeship of the trenches. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Summerfield, Penny; Gatrell, Peter; Jones, Max; Carden-Coyne, Ana. Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719069741
ISBN
9780719069741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.93

Hardback. The book is the first comprehensive survey charting the development of cinema exhibition and cinema-going in Britain from the first public film screening - the Lumiere Brothers' showing of their Cinematographe show at London's Regent Street Polytechnic in February 1896 - through to the development of the multiplex and megaplex cinema. Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; APF; HBT. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719069444
ISBN
9780719069444
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.77

Hardback. This book examines the cultural impact of colonialism on both colonizer and colonized via analysis of the domestic interiors and public spaces of empire within the Indian Subcontinent, contrasting representations of such spaces within contemporary discourse with analysis of the evidence of actual interiors and the social practices there engendered. Series Editor(s): Breward, Christopher; Sherman, Bill. Series: Studies in Design and Material Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1FK; AMR; HBTB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 810.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719069420
ISBN
9780719069420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.69

Hardback. Explores some of the ways in which conscientious objectors to compulsory military service were viewed and treated in England during the First World War. This book considers these men's experiences, their beliefs, perceptions and actions. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLW; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719069222
ISBN
9780719069222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.48

Hardback. Offering a new contribution to debates about the British home front in WWII, this book addresses the way the Home Guard has been remembered in popular culture through examination of key films, as well as TV's Dad's Army. The authors also explore the personal memories of individuals who served in the Home Guard. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Gatrell, Peter; Jones, Max; Carden-Coyne, Ana. Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719062018
ISBN
9780719062018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.50

Hardback. This book describes the development of local history in England from its origins in the Middle Ages to its practise in the early twenty-first century. It looks also at how local history is related to archaeology, landscape, and family history. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719029509
ISBN
9780719029509
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.99

Hardcover. Presents the story of how a handful of young women radically changed British education by following the philosophy of the German educationalist, Friedrich Froebel. Their efforts also led to the foundation of the Kindergarten Movement in Britain. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBTB; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718828356
ISBN
9780718828356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.65

Hardcover. This fascinating new book explores some of the materials and bizarre methods that women - and men - have used in the past to enhance or hold on to their looks. Num Pages: 160 pages, 30 black and white. BIC Classification: HBTB; WJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 124 x 20. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
British Library
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712357524
ISBN
9780712357524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.71

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 550 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691652931
ISBN
9780691652931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 278.16

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTV2; HRAM2; HRAX; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691652894
ISBN
9780691652894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.28

hardcover. Series: Princeton Studies in History. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691652627
ISBN
9780691652627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.28

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKS; 3JJP; HBJF; HBTQ; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691652467
ISBN
9780691652467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 277.80

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 566 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JPQB; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 971.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
566
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691651521
ISBN
9780691651521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 285.25

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691651279
ISBN
9780691651279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 199.69

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 692 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1142.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
692
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691651149
ISBN
9780691651149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 346.11

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 584 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTM; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 971.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691650890
ISBN
9780691650890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 291.00

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBTB; HRAX; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691650586
ISBN
9780691650586
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.06

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