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Paperback. Counterinsurgency, Civil War, and Decolonization. Series: African Studies. 278 pages, 10 b/w illus. This 2009 book details the devastating Mau Mau civil war fought in Kenya during the 1950s and its legacies for the post-colonial state. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JJPG; HBJH; HBLW; HBW. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 15. Weight: 442.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521130905
ISBN
9780521130905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.30

Paperback. This work shows how women between the 12th and 16th centuries were able to carve out areas of influence by exploiting the institutional church and by manipulating religious precepts. Contributors argue that women's participation in religious life offered them access to power in all its forms. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC7; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226066394
ISBN
9780226066394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.18

Paperback. A history of the postwar avant-garde in America. The book integrates diverse moments in American culture, such as bebop jazz, gestalt therapy, beat poetry, Jungian psychology and Zen Buddhism and argues that all of these movements have a unifying theme: spontaneous improvization. Num Pages: 356 pages, 8 colour plates, 30 halftones, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ABA; ACX; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041902
ISBN
9780226041902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.34

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 245 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
2nd edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801446276
ISBN
9780801446276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FCS; 3JH; HBJD; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241957523
ISBN
9780241957523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. 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 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804759496
ISBN
9780804759496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 40.23

Hardback. Series: Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801438172
ISBN
9780801438172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.44

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The Merlin Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850366648
ISBN
9780850366648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.41

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 584 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTM; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 971.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691650890
ISBN
9780691650890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 268.47

Paperback. Chronicles the many ways that sports are an integral part of Baltimore's history and identity and part of what makes the city unique, interesting, and, for some people, loveable. Wide ranging and eclectic, the essays included here cover not only the Orioles and the Ravens, but also lesser-known Baltimore athletes and teams. Editor(s): Nathan, Daniel A. Series: Sport, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 315 pages. BIC Classification: HBJ; JHBD; JHBS; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press United States
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
SKU
V9781682260050
ISBN
9781682260050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.95

Paperback. A diary kept by a 27-year-old Vietnamese doctor who was killed by the Americans during the Vietnam War, while trying to defend her patients. It shows the diarist as a vibrant human being, a poetic longing for love, trying hard to be worthy of the Communist Party and doing her best to look after her patients under appalling conditions. Num Pages: 272 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BGHA; HBJF; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 122 x 17. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846040764
ISBN
9781846040764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.76

Hardcover. Examine the ways in which this secretive men's club both reflected and helped to create some extreme Victorian ideas about race, sex and gender which, although a background theme to the more acceptable moral righteousness of the period, nevertheless has reverberated with powerful emphasis, even down to the present day. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Academica Press,LLC
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936320875
ISBN
9781936320875
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.24
€ 90.54

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; KNDF; WBXD2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
William Morrow
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062389756
ISBN
9780062389756
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.99

Paperback. " Readers who love history and stories of exploration on the high seas will devour this gripping tale. Series: The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 280 pages, 26, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; RGR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421422572
ISBN
9781421422572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.32

Hardback. " Readers who love history and stories of exploration on the high seas will devour this gripping tale. Series: The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 280 pages, 26, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415420
ISBN
9781421415420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.88

Paperback. Examines labouring-status women in late medieval Valencia as they negotiated the fundamentally defining experience of their lives: marriage Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black & white illustration, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 303.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526106650
ISBN
9781526106650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.81

Hardcover. An important, but understudied segment of colonial society, urban Indians composed a majority of the population of Spanish America's most important cities. This title brings together the work of scholars of urban Indians of colonial Latin America. Editor(s): Murillo, Dana Velasco; Lentz, Mark; Ochoa, Margarita R. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194413
ISBN
9781845194413
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.90

Paperback. This volume brings together the pioneering work of scholars of urban Indians of colonial Latin America. The geographic range, chronological scope, and thematic content of urban native studies is addressed by examining such topics as the role of natives in settling frontier regions, interethnic relations, and much more. Editor(s): Murillo, Dana Velasco; Lentz, Mark; Ochoa, Margarita R. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845196219
ISBN
9781845196219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.64

Hardcover. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3J; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804796118
ISBN
9780804796118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.85

Hardback. Told through the life and work of a barber--Ibn Budayr--this book explores emerging written historical forms by non-scholars in the 18th century Ottoman Empire to offer a revisionist history that connects 18th century society and culture to the 19th century Arab Renaissance. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804785327
ISBN
9780804785327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.70

Paperback. Told through the life and work of a barber--Ibn Budayr--this book explores emerging written historical forms by non-scholars in the 18th century Ottoman Empire to offer a revisionist history that connects 18th century society and culture to the 19th century Arab Renaissance. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804797276
ISBN
9780804797276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.69

Paperback. 'Ottoman Tulips, Ottoman Coffee' offers a critical exploration of a range of definitive cultural phenomena of the Ottoman 18th century, including the coffee house, print culture, imperial architecture, royal pageantry and festivals. Editor(s): Sajdi, Dana. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JF; HBJF1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780766553
ISBN
9781780766553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.06

Paperback. While European commerce in race was substantial, the colonial trade in ideas of race was profitable as well. Looking at official propaganda and commercial representations in France during the Third Republic, this book explores the way the French increased the value of their identity at home at the expense of their colonized brothers and sisters. Num Pages: 232 pages, 20 b&w photos, 1 figures. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JFD; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 401.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218995
ISBN
9780253218995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.24

Hardcover. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403934444
ISBN
9781403934444
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.23

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