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Hardcover. Presents an account of the early history of El Rancho de las Golondrinas from the ranch's beginnings to its establishment as a history museum, including biographical sketches, histories, and photographs. Num Pages: 208 pages, 200 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 287 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890135532
ISBN
9780890135532
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.82

hardcover. Juxtaposing a discussion of state policy with ideas of race and citizenship in Canadian civil society, Carmela K. Patrias shows how minority activists were able to bring national attention to racist employment discrimination during the Second World War and obtain official condemnation of such discrimination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442642362
ISBN
9781442642362
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.20

paperback. Juxtaposing a discussion of state policy with ideas of race and citizenship in Canadian civil society, Carmela K. Patrias shows how minority activists were able to bring national attention to racist employment discrimination during the Second World War and obtain official condemnation of such discrimination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442611283
ISBN
9781442611283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.04

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Cape Town Press South Africa
Edition
1st
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781919713632
ISBN
9781919713632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. This title presents an in-depth study of the lives and politics of two of the most interesting social radicals of their time. Quakers, Anna and Thomas Haslam campaigned for social reform in the late 19th century, and played a central role in the formation of an early Irish feminist agenda in the early 20th century. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 445. Biography..Anna and Thomas Haslam. Keywords: Quakerism. 265pp
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859183946
ISBN
9781859183946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 21.31

Paperback. Editor(s): Blanton, Carlos Kevin. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 b&w map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477309032
ISBN
9781477309032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Addresses the political, cultural, and historical debate that has ensued in Spain as a result of the discovery and exhumation of mass graves dating from the years during and after the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). This title includes essays that present an analysis of how Spain has sought to come to terms with the violence of Franco's regime. Editor(s): Jerez Farran, Carlos; Amago, Samuel. Series: Contemporary European Politics and Society. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268032685
ISBN
9780268032685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.60

Hardback. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785335303
ISBN
9781785335303
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.12
€ 73.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 570 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 35. Weight in Grams: 814.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Revised and Enlarged Ed
Number of pages
570
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803292284
ISBN
9780803292284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Hardback. Covering more than 500 years of history, culture, and politics, The Lima Reader seeks to capture the many worlds and many peoples of Peru's capital city, featuring a selection of primary sources that consider the social tensions and cultural heritages of the "City of Kings." Editor(s): Aguirre, Carlos; Walker, Charles F. Series: The Latin America Readers. Num Pages: 296 pages, 67 illustrations, incl. 14 in color. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822363378
ISBN
9780822363378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.11

Paperback. Covering more than 500 years of history, culture, and politics, The Lima Reader seeks to capture the many worlds and many peoples of Peru's capital city, featuring a selection of primary sources that consider the social tensions and cultural heritages of the "City of Kings." Editor(s): Aguirre, Carlos; Walker, Charles F. Series: The Latin America Readers. Num Pages: 296 pages, 67 illustrations, incl. 14 in color. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963. .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363484
ISBN
9780822363484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Focuses on the development of democratic life in Mexico and Peru from independence to the late 1890s. The author traces the emergence of hundreds of political, economic, and civic associations run by citizens in both nations and shows how they became models of and for democracy in the face of dictatorship and immense economic hardship. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 488 pages, 9 maps, 19 figures, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226101415
ISBN
9780226101415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Hardcover. Drawing on a wealth of archival research, Carlos A. Forment demonstrates how citizens of Latin America established strong democratic traditions in their countries through the practice of democracy in their everyday lives. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 456 pages, 9 maps, 19 figures, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 33. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226257150
ISBN
9780226257150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 50.79

Paperback. Exiled to a remote and barren corner of Italy for his opposition to Mussolini, Carlo Levi entered a world cut off from history and the state, hedged in by custom and sorrow, without comfort or solace, where, eternally patient, the peasants lived in an age-old stillness and in the presence of death - for Christ did stop at Eboli. Translator(s): Frenaye, Frances. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; FA; FC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141183213
ISBN
9780141183213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Carlo Levi (1902-1975) was a painter, writer, and antifascist Italian from a Jewish family whose political activism forced him into exile for most of the Second World War. Written as war clouds were gathering over Europe, this work is also a powerful indictment of our contemporary moral and political failures. Editor(s): Pugliese, Stanislao G. Translator(s): Gourevitch, Adolphe. Num Pages: 176 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: DN; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
103
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139977
ISBN
9780231139977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. What constitutes historical truth? How do we draw a boundary between truth and fiction? What is the relationship between history and memory? How do we grapple with the historical conventions that inform, in different ways, all written documents? This title looks at these questions raised by decades of post-structuralism. Translator(s): Tedeschi, Anne C. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520274488
ISBN
9780520274488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. Was he influenced by the environment, he asks himself, and if so, how? Ginzburg uses his own experience to examine the elusive and constantly evolving nature of history and historical research. Translator(s): Tedeschi, John; Tedeschi, Anne C. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11, 11 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421409900
ISBN
9781421409900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.81

Paperback. In his new preface, Ginzburg reflects on the interplay of chance and discovery, as well as on the relationship between anomalous cases and historical generalizations. Translator(s): Tedeschi, John; Tedeschi, Anne C. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11, 3 black & white line drawings, 4 black & white halftones, 4 black & white illustratio. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJD; HRQX5. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd edition.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421409924
ISBN
9781421409924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.79

Paperback. Menocchio's 500-year-old challenge to authority remains evocative and vital today. Translator(s): Tedeschi, John; Tedeschi, Anne C. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRAM7; LAZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421409887
ISBN
9781421409887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.89

Paperback. Field Marshal Montgomery's battle plan for Normandy, following the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944, resulted in one of the most controversial campaigns of the Second World War. This book gives an account of the conception and execution of Montgomery's plan, with its problems and complexities. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141017617
ISBN
9780141017617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.96

Hardback. An exploration of the emotional and spiritual life of the ancient Romans, focusing on the sentiments of honour that shaped the Romans' sense of themselves and their society. The book draws on contemporary theories of the self and social theory to deepen the reader's understanding of ancient Rome. Num Pages: 339 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
339
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520225251
ISBN
9780520225251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. An inquiry into the collective psychology of the ancient Romans that speaks not about military conquest, sober law, and practical politics, but about extremes of despair, desire, and envy. This title makes us uncomfortably familiar with a society struggling at or beyond the limits of human endurance. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691010915
ISBN
9780691010915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 90 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AMC; AMG; HBJK; HBLL; JKSM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 273 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816649402
ISBN
9780816649402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.24

Paperback. Original, comprehensive, and compelling, The Treasure of the San Jose separates popular myth from history and sheds light on the human lives associated with a "treasureship. Num Pages: 290 pages, 19, 15 black & white illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
290
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421404165
ISBN
9781421404165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.75

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