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Regional & national history
Paperback. A frank portrayal of the medical care of dying people past and present, The Inevitable Hour helps to explain why a movement to restore dignity to the dying arose in the early 1970s and why its goals have been so difficult to achieve. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; JHBZ; LNTJ; MBDC; MBN; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421422763
- ISBN
- 9781421422763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.07
€ 27.99
€ 24.07
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801449215
- ISBN
- 9780801449215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.34
€ 46.34
Hardback. The English East India Company was one of the most powerful and enduring organizations in history. This book locates the source of that success in the innovative policy by which the Company's Court of Directors granted employees the right to pursue their own commercial interests while in the firm's employ. Series: Princeton Analytical Sociology Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 line illus. 8 tables. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159065
- ISBN
- 9780691159065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.41
€ 54.99
€ 39.41
Paperback. Series: Princeton Analytical Sociology Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173795
- ISBN
- 9780691173795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.43
€ 37.99
€ 27.43
Hardback. Series: The United States in the World. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8, 5 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HRAX; HRCX7; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453533
- ISBN
- 9780801453533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.11
€ 139.11
Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; BGA; HBJK; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 183.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Douglas & McIntyre
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781553650256
- ISBN
- 9781553650256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.50
€ 20.99
€ 18.50
Hardback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; JP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 260 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165103
- ISBN
- 9780691165103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.69
€ 52.99
€ 37.69
The Unbridled Tongue is a book about talking too much and why it was considered not just inadvisable but dangerous in sixteenth-century Europe. Drawing on a wide range of sources and approaches, it is the first book to address Renaissance literary portrayals of gossip and rumour in a social, religious, political, and historical frame. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199662302
- ISBN
- 9780199662302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.91
€ 150.91
Hardcover. Series: Studies in the Legal History of the South. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 1KBBFS; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFM; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820338644
- ISBN
- 9780820338644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.46
€ 66.46
Paperback. From xenophobic appropriations of Joan of Arc to Afro-futurism, the "national" characters of the colonial era often seem to be dissolving into postnational and virtual subjects. This text analyzes the French colonial experience as a case study in the erosion of belief in national destiny. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226023502
- ISBN
- 9780226023502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.40
€ 43.99
€ 33.40
Hardback. Editor(s): Anderson, Emily. Series: Religion and Society in Asia Pacific. Num Pages: 258 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Singapore
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789811015656
- ISBN
- 9789811015656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.13
€ 189.13
Paperback. In 2001 the Chinese government announced that the precise location of Shangrila - a place that previously had existed only in fiction - had been identified in Zhongdian County, Yunnan. This book advances a view of landscapes as media of governance, representation, resistance, and examining how they are reshaping cultural economies. Editor(s): Yeh, Emily T.; Coggins, Chris. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993584
- ISBN
- 9780295993584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Hardcover. In 2001 the Chinese government announced that the precise location of Shangrila - a place that previously had existed only in fiction - had been identified in Zhongdian County, Yunnan. This book advances a view of landscapes as media of governance, representation, resistance, and examining how they are reshaping cultural economies. Editor(s): Yeh, Emily T.; Coggins, Chris. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 348 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993577
- ISBN
- 9780295993577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.85
€ 133.85
Hardback. Translator(s): Litchfield, R. Burr. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 436 pages, 74 halftones 24 line illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1285.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631325
- ISBN
- 9780691631325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 211.88
€ 211.88
Paperback. Translator(s): Litchfield, R. Burr. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 436 pages, 74 halftones 24 line illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 999.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691601670
- ISBN
- 9780691601670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.30€ 54.95
€ 71.30
€ 54.95
Paperback. This book is a history of the conflict-ridden privatization of communal land in the pueblo of Papantla, a Mexican Indian village transformed by the fast growth of vanilla production and exports in the second half of the 19th century. Num Pages: 408 pages, 21 tables, 7 figures, 2 illustrations, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; HBJK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804758482
- ISBN
- 9780804758482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.86
€ 33.99
€ 30.86
Hardcover. "A superb piece of scholarship."--Anthony Long, author of "Hellenistic Philosophy" Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 271 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 1QSM; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520073029
- ISBN
- 9780520073029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.98€ 48.91
€ 62.98
€ 48.91
Hardback. Northern Ireland's problems are rooted in physical and historical geography: small resource base, peripheral location, violent conquest, repression and ruthless emargination of the native population by the Protestant settlers. At the time of partition, many areas already had a Catholic majority, and the Catholic population is increasing faster. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; HBJD1; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792340461
- ISBN
- 9780792340461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.65
€ 126.65
Paperback. Emilio Bejel looks at Cuba's homoerotic culture through writings about homosexuality, placing them in the social and political contexts that led up to the Cuban revolution. The text maps out the way in which varying attitudes toward power and nationalism struggle for a stance on homosexual issues. Num Pages: 272 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBJK; HBLW; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 181 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226041742
- ISBN
- 9780226041742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
€ 40.99
€ 31.64
Paperback. At the end of World War II, working mothers in the USA protested vigorously at the termination of child care subsidies. This text traces grassroots activism and national and local policy debates concerning public funding of children's day care in the two decades after the end of the war. Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 illustrations, 5 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSP1; JPQB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476. Good copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press North Carolina
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0241225
- ISBN
- 9780807854853
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Drawing on the story of the 1771 Bloody Falls massacre, human geographer Emilie Cameron explores the relationship between stories and colonialism, challenging readers to examine their perceptions of the contemporary Arctic and its peoples. Num Pages: 15 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSL9; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774828840
- ISBN
- 9780774828840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.50
€ 106.50
Paperback. First published in English between 1885 and 1891, this book provides a critical presentation of Jewish history, institutions, and literature from 175 B.C. to A.D. 135. It has rendered invaluable services to scholars for nearly a century. This edition offers a fresh translation and a revision of the entire subject-matter. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 29. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780567130167
- ISBN
- 9780567130167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.93
€ 66.93
Hardback. This volume, by Hungary's preeminent scholar of Eastern European social history, illustrates the similarities and differences among the region's social and governmental structures by focusing on the cases of Prussia, Mecklenburg, the Habsburg Empire, the Russian empire, and Romania. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335553
- ISBN
- 9780880335553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.75
€ 76.75
Hardcover. A survey of 500 years of change in Eastern Europe, this title looks at the structural elements in the early period, such as the lack of organized states and the existence of nomadic states, before examining the disappearance, assimilation, and recurrence of ethnic cultures over time and the formation of modern states. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 36. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335324
- ISBN
- 9780880335324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 46.48
€ 59.42
€ 46.48