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Paperback. This collection of essays focuses attention on how medieval gender intersects with other categories of difference, particularly religion and ethnicity. It treats the period c.800-1500, with a particular focus on the era of the Gregorian reform movement, the First Crusade, and its linked attacks on Jews at home. Editor(s): Fenton, K. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349368341
- ISBN
- 9781349368341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. The Technical Imagination explores how technology entered the popular imagination in the Argentina of the 1920s and 1930s and how its products helped to shape modern thinking at all levels of Argentine society. Translator(s): Callahan, Xavier. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735421
- ISBN
- 9780804735421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.66
€ 86.66
Paperback. Offers an account of the violence and repression that defined the murderous Guatemalan civil war of the 1980s. Drawing on interviews with peasants, community leaders, guerrillas, and paramilitary forces, the author creates a richly detailed political portrait of Santa Maria Tzeja, where highland Maya peasants seeking land settled in the 1970s. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 330 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246751
- ISBN
- 9780520246751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. The Complexity of Robot Motion Planning makes original contributions both to robotics and to the analysis of algorithms. Num Pages: 464 pages, 92 figures. BIC Classification: HBJK; KCP; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 19. .
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262533157
- ISBN
- 9780262533157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.13€ 49.87
€ 51.13
€ 49.87
Paperback. * Provides an accessible narrative history of Egypt from earliest human settlement to the time of the first pharoahs. * Explores prehistoric foundations of many traditions evident in Ancient Egypt. * Includes chronology, glossary, bibiliography and numerous illustrations -- ideal for student use. . Num Pages: 344 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3B; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631217879
- ISBN
- 9780631217879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.07
€ 54.07
Hardback. * Provides an accessible narrative history of Egypt from earliest human settlement to the time of the first pharoahs. * Explores prehistoric foundations of many traditions evident in Ancient Egypt. * Includes chronology, glossary, bibiliography and numerous illustrations -- ideal for student use. . Num Pages: 344 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3B; HBJH; HBLA; HDDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631201694
- ISBN
- 9780631201694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.15
€ 138.15
Paperback. Looks at America's long tradition of unequal access to health care. This title argues that two main features have characterized the US health system: a refusal to adopt a right to care and a particularly American approach to the rationing of care. Num Pages: 360 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226102191
- ISBN
- 9780226102191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.41
€ 23.99
€ 19.41
Hardcover. The 2010 Affordable Care Act (or Obamacare, as its detractors like to call it) is a sweeping reform to the US health care system. Why has the United States been so continually divided on this issue? The author offers an explanation in the form of an engaging and in-depth look at America's long tradition of unequal access to health care. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226348032
- ISBN
- 9780226348032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Annotated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473821231
- ISBN
- 9781473821231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.35
€ 26.99
€ 20.35
Paperback. First English translation of the diaries of John Castle's journey to the Kazakh steppe in 1736. Rich ethnographic writing offers insight into the political unrest of the Russian Empire, hidden practices such as exorcism, and the role of Islam in eighteenth-century Kazakhstan. Editor(s): Teissier, Beatrice. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909930087
- ISBN
- 9781909930087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.63
€ 17.99
€ 17.63
Hardback. A deeply researched and geographically wide-ranging study that reveals that widows were much more economically and socially active than is often thought. Num Pages: 344 pages, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271771
- ISBN
- 9781783271771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.94
€ 157.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 380 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1HBT; HBJH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745651804
- ISBN
- 9780745651804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Hardback. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBT; HBJH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745651798
- ISBN
- 9780745651798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Hardback. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137574121
- ISBN
- 9781137574121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Paperback. Beate Sirota Gordon was born in Vienna, but in 1929 her family moved to Japan so that her father, a noted pianist, could teach, and she grew up speaking German, English, and Japanese. In 1946, at age twenty-two, she helped to draft the new postwar Japanese constitution. This title chronicles the unlikely string of events that led her to that role. Num Pages: 176 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; BM; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226132518
- ISBN
- 9780226132518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.41
€ 23.99
€ 19.41
Hardcover. The strife for social improvement that arose in the decades around the turn of the 20th century raised the issue of social conformity in new ways: how were citizens who did not adhere to the rules to be dealt with? This edited collection opens new perspectives on the history of the emerging welfare state by focusing on its margins. Editor(s): Althammer, Beate; Gestrich, Andreas; Grundler, Jens. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137333612
- ISBN
- 9781137333612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
Hardcover. Offering the first comparative survey of public houses in pre-industrial Europe and drawing on a vast range of primary sources, this study establishes inns and taverns as principal communication sites in local communities. Contested and continuously renegotiated, they catered for basic human needs as well as infinite forms of social exchange. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230554085
- ISBN
- 9780230554085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.36
€ 67.36
Paperback. These tales and descriptions of the Mt. McKinley area of Alaska were written by one of the world's most famous big game hunters. Illustrator(s): Rungius, Carl. Num Pages: 384 pages, 64 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; HBJK; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 753.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Derrydale Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568331553
- ISBN
- 9781568331553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.26
€ 25.99
€ 25.26
Paperback. Brings together the viewpoints of protagonists in the Holocaust restitution drama, from lawyers and diplomats to Holocaust survivors and historians. This work examines the key aspects of Holocaust litigation, including claims involving bank assets, slave labor, insurance, and looted art. Editor(s): Bazyler, Michael J.; Alford, Roger P. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; LBBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799871
- ISBN
- 9780814799871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
hardcover. A new generation of China scholars offers a fresh look at the unusual cross-cultural territory constituted by China's missionary-established Christian colleges before 1950 in this fascinating work. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2 tables, 14 figures, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804759489
- ISBN
- 9780804759489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.74
€ 160.74
In AD 1438 a battle took place outside the city of Cuzco that changed the course of South American history. The Chanka, a powerful ethnic group from the Andahuaylas region, had begun an aggressive program of expansion. Conquering a host of smaller polities, their army had advanced well inside the territory of their traditional rival, the Inca. Series: Monographs. Num Pages: 217 pages, 105 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931745598
- ISBN
- 9781931745598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.69
€ 53.69
Western Europe, Eastern Europe and World Development 13th-18th Centuri...
Batou, Jean; Szlajifer, Henryk
Paperback. Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences. Num Pages: 436 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books United States
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608462001
- ISBN
- 9781608462001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.11
€ 54.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL; JFSR; JP; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 429.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312211516
- ISBN
- 9780312211516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL; JFSR; JP; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312211509
- ISBN
- 9780312211509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.75
€ 67.75