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Regional & national history
Hardcover. Obesity among American children has reached epidemic proportions. Laura Dawes traces changes in diagnosis, treatment, and popular conceptions of the most serious health problem facing American children today, and makes the case that understanding the cultural history of a disease is critical to developing effective public health policy. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; MBX; MJW; MMZF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674281448
- ISBN
- 9780674281448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.78€ 51.39
€ 56.78
€ 51.39
Hardback. First full study devoted to the archery and crossbow guilds which grew up in Flanders in the middle ages. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271047
- ISBN
- 9781783271047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.00
€ 96.00
Hardback. A searching critique of the popular Elizabethan literature that praised merchants, industrialists and craftsmen. Series: Past and Present Publications. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 421. Clean copy with some shelf wear fine in dustjacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0001722
- ISBN
- 9780521265065
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Internationally known during her lifetime, Laura Battiferra (1523-89) was a gifted and prolife poet in Renaissance Florence. This anthology gathers her most essential writing, including newly discovered poems, to provide modern readers with a valuable social chronicle of sixteenth-century Italy and the courtly culture of the Counter-Reformation. Editor(s): Kirkham, Victoria. Translator(s): Kirkham, Victoria. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 448 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: DCQ; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 181 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226039237
- ISBN
- 9780226039237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.82
€ 42.99
€ 32.82
Paperback. Selling the American Way documents how U.S. officials defined and defended the "American Way of Life" in a quest to promote democratic capitalism and discredit communism, but faced great difficulties in reconciling their symbolic America with the complex political, economic, and strategic realities of the Cold War. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 401.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221190
- ISBN
- 9780812221190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 362 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVH; HBJD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Aspekt,The Netherlands Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789075323115
- ISBN
- 9789075323115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.90
€ 23.99
€ 17.90
Hardcover. This volume of essays traces the historical-sociological background of minority policies in Hungary, along with nation's changing image and its immigration problems in the 20th century. Num Pages: 320 pages, charts. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 166. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335560
- ISBN
- 9780880335560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.86
€ 54.99
€ 38.86
Hardcover. Num Pages: 550 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1DVKS; 3J; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 34. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336901
- ISBN
- 9780880336901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.13€ 50.37
€ 65.13
€ 50.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 270 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBJK; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 218 x 13. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764332111
- ISBN
- 9780764332111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.01
€ 31.99
€ 21.01
Hardback. Translator(s): Vincz, Jason. Num Pages: 562 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253019394
- ISBN
- 9780253019394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.57
€ 78.57
Paperback. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Collection Publications. Num Pages: 170 pages, 81 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3F; ACK; HBJD; HBLC; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 238 x 13. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
- Number of pages
- 170
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884023173
- ISBN
- 9780884023173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.37
€ 27.99
€ 24.37
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JB; BGX; HBJK; HRAX; HRCC93. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691651866
- ISBN
- 9780691651866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.84
€ 141.84
Great Plains Warriors of World War II: Air Bases and Plants Built for ...
Larson Usaf, (Ret), Lt.Col George A.
Num Pages: 256 pages, 329 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNN; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1604.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764343797
- ISBN
- 9780764343797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.46€ 38.86
€ 54.46
€ 38.86
Paperback. Lars T. Lih gives a non-partisan,vivid portrait and a striking new interpretation of a key revolutionary thinker and founder of the Soviet Union, Lenin, and shows that underneath the sharp polemics, Lenin was more a romantic enthusiast than a sour pragmatist. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 55. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 200 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861897930
- ISBN
- 9781861897930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.07
€ 17.99
€ 14.07
Hardcover. Despite being two key sites for filmmaking in the Soviet bloc, the national cinemas of Czechoslovakia and East Germany have received comparatively little attention from scholars. This volume comprehensively explores these film cultures to form a multifaceted, richly contextualized portrait. Editor(s): Karl, Lars; Skopal, Pavel. Series: Film Europa. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 1DVK; 3JJPG; APF; HBJD; HBLW3; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782389965
- ISBN
- 9781782389965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.36
€ 164.36
Paperback. Political and economic developments after the implosion of the Sovjet Union have not been easy, nor have outcomes been similar. This book traces the trajectories of political development in post-communist countries through cases from within the post-communist region that exhibit maximum variation in terms of both background variables and outcome. Editor(s): Johannsen, Lars; Pedersen, Karin Hilmer. Num Pages: 170 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; GTB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779344341
- ISBN
- 9788779344341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.08
€ 12.08
hardcover. Using archaeological work at Thotlakonda in Southern India as a lens in an examination of Buddhist monastic life, this title discovers the tension between the desired isolation of the monastery and the mutual engagement with neighbors in the Early Historic Period. It shows how archaeology can contribute to our understanding of religious practice. Series: Archaeology of Religion. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 180 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759107496
- ISBN
- 9780759107496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.45
€ 168.45
Paperback. Seeks to establish the interrelations among the three known works of the Cairene historian al-Jabarti, which are the best known narrative sources in Arabic for the entire period of Ottoman rule in Egypt (1517-1798) until the rise of Mehmet Ali Pasha. Num Pages: 358 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 358
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779342811
- ISBN
- 9788779342811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.97
€ 16.97
Paperback. Editor(s): Bisgaard, Lars; Mortensen, Lars Boje; Pettitt, Tom. Num Pages: 301 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DN; HBJD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788776745578
- ISBN
- 9788776745578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.36
€ 35.99
€ 26.36
hardcover. This work studies the nature of Venetian rule over the Slavs of Dalmatia during the 18th century, focusing on the cultural elaboration of an ideology of empire that was based on a civilizing mission toward the Slavs. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1DVWYC; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 277. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804739450
- ISBN
- 9780804739450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.06
€ 148.06
hardcover. This is a social and cultural study of what happened in Venice in 1785 when a sixty-year-old man was accused of having sex with an eight-year-old girl. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HRC; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 992. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762618
- ISBN
- 9780804762618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.96
€ 147.96
Paperback. This work studies the nature of Venetian rule over the Slavs of Dalmatia during the 18th century, focusing on the cultural elaboration of an ideology of empire that was based on a civilizing mission toward the Slavs. Num Pages: 424 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1DVWYC; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739467
- ISBN
- 9780804739467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.80
€ 37.99
€ 35.80
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727020
- ISBN
- 9780804727020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.73
€ 37.99
€ 33.73
Hardback. Provides a succinct bibliography of the various kings of medieval England, from the Bretwaldas of Bede's day through the short reign of Richard III. Series: Magill Bibliographies S. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3D; 3F; 3H; GBCR; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810831940
- ISBN
- 9780810831940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.24
€ 100.24