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Paperback. Are sex scandals simply trivial distractions from serious issues or can they help democratize politics? Looking at six major British scandals between 1763 and 1820, this book demonstrates that scandals brought people into politics because they evoked familiar stories of sex and betrayal. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126012
ISBN
9780691126012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 35.48

Paperback. Linking the personal and the political, this book depicts the making of the working class in Britain as a 'struggle for the breeches.' Focusing on Lancashire, Glasgow, and London, it contrasts the experience of artisans and textile workers, demonstrating how each created distinctively gendered communities and political strategies. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 415 pages, 10 b&w illustrations, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
415
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520208834
ISBN
9780520208834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198726517
ISBN
9780198726517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Making use of the literature on national reconciliation and narrative psychology theory, this book examines the fight over the 'judicial' and the 'historical' truth in Italy today, through a contrasting analysis of judicial findings and the 'narratives of victimhood' prevalent among representatives of both the post- and the neo-fascist right. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 166 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857451743
ISBN
9780857451743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.54

Paperback. .
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099592525
ISBN
9780099592525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.28

Hardcover. Rhetorics of Belonging describes the formation and operation of a category of Palestinian and Israeli "world literature" whose authors actively respond to the expectation that their work will "narrate" the nation, invigorating critical debates about the political and artistic value of national narration as a literary practice. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846319433
ISBN
9781846319433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.98

Paperback. This publication brings a new perspective to the study of ancient gold from U Thong, the highly significant corpus of early gold artefacts found in and around the moated city, the largest accumulation of such artefacts from any of the ancient muang of Thailand. Num Pages: 168 pages, 400 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3B; AFKG; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 210. .
Publisher
River Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9786167339818
ISBN
9786167339818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.61

Hardback. Sir Walter Ralegh created a public identity by means of the prose texts he wrote from prison. This study not only offers an analysis of these political writings, but also demonstrates the ways in which his readers modified Ralegh's public identity in a series of posthumous reinterpretations. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333660768
ISBN
9780333660768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: APFA; HBJD; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Nordic Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9789187675119
ISBN
9789187675119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.62

Hardback. Series: Animalibus: Of Animals and Cultures. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AGC; AJC; DSB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 206 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1157.
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271063317
ISBN
9780271063317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 31.13

Paperback. Editor(s): Knudsen, Ann-Christina Lauring; Gram-Skjoldager, Karen. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Aarhus University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9788771240573
ISBN
9788771240573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.28

Paperback. A young man suddenly emerged claiming to be Richard of York, the younger of the Princes in the Tower. As such, he tormented Henry vii for eight years. He tried three times to invade England and behaved like a prince. Officially, however, he was proclaimed to be Perkin Warbeck, the son of a Flemish boatman. Num Pages: 624 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 39. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099449966
ISBN
9780099449966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.29

Paperback. Throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries, illegitimate offspring of elite families in colonial Spanish America appealed to the Council of the Indies in Spain to purchase legitimations. This analysis provides a detailed picture of attitudes to illegitimacy in colonial Spanish America. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 tables 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3J; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731485
ISBN
9780804731485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.67

hardcover. Papua New Guinea has experienced a remarkably rapid transition from scattered primitive societies to a modern unified nation. The dictionary covers major economic, social, political, and cultural developments, basic geographic information and biographies. With maps. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania and the Middle East. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; GBC; HBJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 146 x 29. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810839366
ISBN
9780810839366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.30

Paperback. Fits, trances, visions, clairvoyance, and possession. Believers have viewed these experiences as religious - as manifestations of God, or the Christ within. This book explores the myriad ways in which believers and detractors interpreted these experiences in Anglo-American culture between the mid-eighteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Num Pages: 448 pages, 12 halftones 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HRCS; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 231 x 32. Weight in Grams: 718.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691010243
ISBN
9780691010243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.06
€ 46.00

Paperback. Martin finds that objects not only reflect culture, they are the means to create it. Series: Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50, 4 black & white line drawings, 34 black & white halftones, 12 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801898266
ISBN
9780801898266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.32

Paperback. As turbulent social and economic changes swept the South in the first half of the 20th century, education became the flashpoint. Ann Short Chirhart's study is the first to analyze such modernizing events in Georgia. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 b/w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820326696
ISBN
9780820326696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJF; HBTB; HBTW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 239 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231146630
ISBN
9780231146630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231146623
ISBN
9780231146623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21
€ 55.91

Hardcover. KERRY Editor(s): O'Sullivan, Anne; Sheehan, John. Series: Archaeology/medieval studies. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 294 x 206 x 0. Weight in Grams: 2060. 461pp
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780902561847
ISBN
9780902561847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.00
€ 49.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 75 black & white halftones, 25 colour illustrations, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 204 x 14. Weight in Grams: 721.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608931750
ISBN
9781608931750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.11

Hardcover. A study of an important class of ceramics from the key coastal colonial site of Cosa in southwest Tuscany, this work documents the rise of Republican Rome to dominance in central Italy in the third and second centuries BC. It catalogues and analyzes five deposits of black-glaze pottery from Cosa. Series: Supplements to the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. Num Pages: 304 pages, 351 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; AFPC; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1275.
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472115853
ISBN
9780472115853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.17
€ 84.11

Hardback. Argues for recognition of horses' critical contribution to the history of American energy and the rise of American industrial power, and an understanding of the reasons for their replacement as prime movers. Num Pages: 336 pages, 26 halftones, 3 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 145 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674031296
ISBN
9780674031296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 40.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBZ; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Beacon Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807076996
ISBN
9780807076996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.76

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