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Paperback. Focusing on four major cultural areas, this book attempts to understand the role of cultural differences within nations and between nations in shaping the economic and social fates of peoples and of whole civilizations. Num Pages: 516 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFC; JFSL3; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 128 x 203 x 31. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Basic Books
Number of pages
516
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465014002
ISBN
9780465014002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBH; HBTQ; HBTR; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 134 x 9. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816618637
ISBN
9780816618637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.13

Paperback. How black identities were forged in New World cultures. Editor(s): Okpewho, Isidore; Davies, Carole Boyce; Mazrui, Ali A. Num Pages: 600 pages, 33 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JFC; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 830.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780253214942
ISBN
9780253214942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.93

Paperback. Antonia Fraser's bestselling account of the lives of women in seventeenth-century England. Series: Women in History. Num Pages: 704 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBG; HBLH; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Edition
Ted Smart edition
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842126356
ISBN
9781842126356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Shows how Auschwitz evolved from a concentration camp for Polish political prisoners into the site of the largest mass murder in history - part death camp, part concentration camp, where around a million Jews were killed. This book examines the mentality and motivations of the key Nazi decision makers. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304. Good, clean copy. Minor shelfwear to cover
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
BBC Books
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0004189
ISBN
9780563522966
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 9.88

Hardcover. Focusing on women of the counterculture, this book describes how gender was perceived within the movement, with women taking on much of the responsibility for sustaining communes. It examines the lives of younger runaways and daughters who shared the lifestyle. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 illustrations, 8 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616336
ISBN
9780700616336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.95

Paperback. As well as providing an authoritative history of art therapy, it covers such diverse topics as the philosophy of art therapy, the way attitudes to insanity have changed, the role of art therapy in the context of post-war rehabilitation and the treatment of tuberculosis patients, Surrealism, and Britain's first therapeutic community. Series: Arts Therapies. Num Pages: 336 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: HBT; MMZ; MQTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853027994
ISBN
9781853027994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.59

Paperback. The first full-length study of slave memory in the South African context, this examines the relevance and effects of slave memory for contemporary negotiations of South African gendered and racialised identities. It reads memory as one way of processing t Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBTS. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145072
ISBN
9781868145072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.46

Paperback. A lively reader on the peoples and cultures of Central Asia Editor(s): Sahadeo, Jeff; Zanca, Russell. Num Pages: 424 pages, 24 b&w photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FC; GTB; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219046
ISBN
9780253219046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801476099
ISBN
9780801476099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.30

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812211191
ISBN
9780812211191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.26

Hardback. In Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor Tim Lawrence examines the city's party, dance, music, and art culture between 1980 and 1983, tracing the rise, apex, and fall of this inventive, vibrant, and tumultuous scene. Num Pages: 600 pages, 115 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPN; AVGV; AVRS; HBTB; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 239 x 38. Weight in Grams: 984.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361862
ISBN
9780822361862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.43

Hardback. Renowned photographer Valerie O'Sullivan captures the rich heritage and traditions of the untamed hills of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks, as well as the resilience of the people who have braved the elements and carved out a life here. Num Pages: 240 pages, 200 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AJB; AJC; HBTB; RGBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 258 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1326.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The Collins Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781848892941
ISBN
9781848892941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.97

Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTV; HBWE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 287 x 40. Weight in Grams: 754.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
9781447267546
ISBN
9781447267546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.00
€ 6.28

Paperback. A Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling historian explores one of the great mysteries of American history: the Salem witch trials Num Pages: 512 pages, 2 x 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
9781474602266
ISBN
9781474602266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 6.28

Hardcover. In 2011, adhering to his mentor Henri Cartier-Bresson's mantra to 'photograph the truth', the author embarks on a photographic journey in southeast Asia. This is a collection of elusive still images - photographs, mainly in black and white, that tell a story, seize a moment in life or are a witness to joy, struggle or human dignity. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; AGH; AJB; AJCR; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 338 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500519240
ISBN
9780500519240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 6.76

Hardback. In the aftermath of the French Revolution, "freedom" came to have a host of meanings. This volume examines these contested visions of freedom both inside and outside of revolutionary situations in the nineteenth century, as each author explores and interprets the development of nineteenth-century political culture in a particular national context. Editor(s): Woloch, Isser. Series: The Making of Modern Freedom Series. Num Pages: 464 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBG; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780804727488
ISBN
9780804727488
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.94
€ 54.13

Paperback. To read of sea roving's various incarnations - piracy, privateering, buccaneering, la flibuste, la course - is to bring forth romantic, and often violent, imagery. The Sea Rover's Practice is the only book that describes in detail the tactics of sea rovers - how they actually sought out and attacked vessels and towns. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBTM; JKV; JWXZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Potomac Books
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574889116
ISBN
9781574889116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 625.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252061561
ISBN
9780252061561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. On May 15, 1916, a crowd of 15,000 witnessed the lynching of an 18-year-old black farm worker named Jesse Washington. Most central Texans of the time failed to call for the punishment of the mob's leaders. This work seeks to explain how a culture of violence that nourished this practice could form and endure for so long among ordinary people. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074301
ISBN
9780252074301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1955
Publisher
Anchor Books New York
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385092609
ISBN
9780385092609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.55

Paperback. Chinese artists, activists, and netizens are pioneering a new order of pornographic representation that is in critical dialogue with global entertainment media. Jacobs examines the role of sex-positive feminists and queer communities to investigate pornography's "afterglow" (a state of crisis and decay within digital culture). Num Pages: 216 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFD; JFSJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349503612
ISBN
9781349503612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.22

Paperback. Despite its pervasive presence in the South Asian past, slavery is overlooked in the region's historiography. This work contributes to a rethinking of slavery in world history. It describes a range of sites and contexts covering more than a thousand years, foregrounding the life stories of individual slaves. Editor(s): Chatterjee, Indrani; Eaton, Richard Maxwell. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FK; 1FM; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218735
ISBN
9780253218735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages, 10, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801496899
ISBN
9780801496899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.29

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