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Regional & national history

Hardback. A history of Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood, spanning three eras of suburban and urban development and examining the controversial planning practices that shaped it. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12 b/w photos, 8 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774815352
ISBN
9780774815352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.28

Paperback. French Canadian workers who paddled canoes, transported goods, and staffed the interior posts of the northern North American fur trade became popularly known as voyageurs. This title reveals the contours of voyageurs' lives, world views, and values. Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803287907
ISBN
9780803287907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Beginning with the precolonial land-use practice of Native Americans and concluding with twenty-first century concerns over our global ecological crisis, this book addresses issues such as preservation of wilderness, expulsion of native peoples from national parks, and population growth, and considers formative forces of gender, race, and class. Series: Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures. Num Pages: 464 pages, 43 black and white figures. BIC Classification: HBJK; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140355
ISBN
9780231140355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 black and white photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081132
ISBN
9780252081132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Native women share their knowledge and insights about leadership at the community level. Editor(s): Kenny, Carolyn; Fraser, Tina Ngaroimata. Num Pages: , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774823470
ISBN
9780774823470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

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

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. A history of the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil Series: Archive Photographs. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752400129
ISBN
9780752400129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.60

Paperback. Covers revolutionary women leaders in the Paris Commune. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; GTB; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217059
ISBN
9780253217059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

paperback. Offers an analysis of the culture and paintings of colonial Cuzco. Focusing on the era's paintings and its historical archives, this book explores how the festival celebrated the victory of the Christian God over sin and death, the triumph of Christian orthodoxy over the imperial Inka patron (the Sun), and Spain's conquest of Peruvian society. Num Pages: 312 pages, 51 illustrations, 8 in color. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJH; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822323679
ISBN
9780822323679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.64

Hardback. Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439912645
ISBN
9781439912645
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.06

Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; GTJ; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801474262
ISBN
9780801474262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.49

Hardback. Folded plate (1 leaf, 39 x 61 cm, folded to 19 x 16 cm) in pocket. Num Pages: 219 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; ACBK; HBJK; HDDA; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 661. Weight in Grams: 1333.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781477310304
ISBN
9781477310304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 42. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801475795
ISBN
9780801475795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.78

Paperback. .
Publisher
Historic Environment Scotland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849170734
ISBN
9781849170734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. Late Medieval Christianity's encounter with miraculous materials viewed in the context of changing conceptions of matter itself. Num Pages: 440 pages, 50 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; HRAX; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Zone Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935408116
ISBN
9781935408116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.61

Hardcover. The Greeks and Romans were not shy about sex. In classical Greece, statues of erect penises served as boundary-stones and signposts. In Rome, marble satyrs and nymphs grappled in gardens. How are we to make sense of this abundance of sexual imagery? Were these images seductive, shocking, humorous? This title answers these questions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 173 x 29. Weight in Grams: 952.
Publisher
British Museum Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714122786
ISBN
9780714122786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.47

Paperback. An inspiring story of resilience and the power of optimism - the true story of Alice Herz-Sommer, the world's oldest Holocaust survivor. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444737622
ISBN
9781444737622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 465 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 796.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
465
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865974272
ISBN
9780865974272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. Isabella de' Medici was the hostess of a glittering circle in Renaissance Florence. Beautiful and liberated, she not only matched the intellectual accomplishments of her male contemporaries, but sought sexual parity also, engaging in an adulterous affair with her husband's cousin. This title illuminates this often misunderstood figure. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571230310
ISBN
9780571230310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.08

Paperback. On an icy dawn morning in Paris in January 1943, a group of 230 French women resisters were rounded up from the Gestapo detention camps and sent on a train to Auschwitz - the only train, in the four years of German occupation, to take women of the resistance to a death camp. This title presents the story of these women. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099523895
ISBN
9780099523895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. During the Nazi occupation, the inhabitants of the Plateau Vivarais Lignon saved several thousand people from the concentration camps. This book tells a story of courage and determination, of a small number of heroic individuals who risked their lives to save others, and of what can be done when people come together to oppose tyranny. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554646
ISBN
9780099554646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Hardcover. In 1997 the United Kingdom returned control of Hong Kong to China, ending the city's status as one of the last remnants of the British Empire and initiating a new phase for it as both a modern city and a hub for global migrations. This book presents a tour of Hong Kong city's post colonial urban landscape. Num Pages: 320 pages, 101 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBTR; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226448565
ISBN
9780226448565
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.37

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hyperion
Edition
Box Har/Co
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781401324254
ISBN
9781401324254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 49.54

Paperback. With the expanding presence of China in the global economy, Americans more and more look east for goods and trade. Focusing on the trade and consumption of porcelain, tea, and chinoiserie, this title shows that colonial Americans saw themselves as part of a world much larger than just Britain and Europe. Num Pages: 280 pages, 49 halftones, 1 line drawing, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260280
ISBN
9780226260280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

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