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Regional & national history
Hardback. Barcelona's Vocation of Modernity is a study of the emergence and development of the cultural image of the Iberian peninsula's foremost modern city. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; DSB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 238 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758321
- ISBN
- 9780804758321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.27
€ 81.27
paperback. Transforming Labour offers one of the first critical assessments of women's paid labour in this era, a period when more and more women, particularly those with families, were going 'out to work'. Num Pages: 416 pages, 12, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780802096524
- ISBN
- 9780802096524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.75
€ 45.99
€ 40.75
Paperback. Highgate and Muswell Hill Series: Archive Photographs. Num Pages: 192 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 11. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752401195
- ISBN
- 9780752401195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.62
€ 19.99
€ 18.62
Paperback. In the years between 1880 and 1950, Americans recited poetry at family gatherings, school assemblies, church services, camp outings, and civic affairs. This book presents a portrait of the uses of verse in America. It shows how the sites and practices of reciting poetry influenced readers' lives and helped them to find meaning in a poet's words. Num Pages: 488 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 141 x 31. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035126
- ISBN
- 9780674035126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.97
€ 36.99
€ 30.97
Paperback. In 2004, the French government instituted a ban on the wearing of 'conspicuous signs' of religious affiliation in public schools. Though the ban applies to everyone, it is aimed at Muslim girls wearing headscarves. This book argues that the law is symptomatic of France's failure to integrate its former colonial subjects as full citizens. Series: The Public Square. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; JFFN; JFSL1; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 213 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147987
- ISBN
- 9780691147987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. France is in the throes of a crisis defined by the rhetoric of a universalism that takes the abstract individual to be the representative not only of citizens but also of the nation. In this book, the author shows how the requirement for abstraction has led to the exclusion of women from French politics. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226741086
- ISBN
- 9780226741086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. 'The biggest discovery since Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon unearthed Tutankhamun in 1922' The Sunday Times Num Pages: 464 pages, 16pp colour and b/w. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 30. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340831724
- ISBN
- 9780340831724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.65
€ 23.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. Ancient Egypt brought vividly to life by TV historian and one of the world's leading Egyptologists, Professor Joann Fletcher Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444785166
- ISBN
- 9781444785166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.58
€ 23.99
€ 16.58
Paperback. Paints a picture of how a small town in the West coped with disaster at the turn of the twentieth century. This book illustrates that even the smallest things we do have consequences - good or bad. Num Pages: 256 pages, 45 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989419
- ISBN
- 9780295989419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.95
€ 36.95
hardcover. Examining World War II, the Holocaust, and their aftermath through the lens of Central and Eastern European Jewish families Editor(s): Michlic, Joanna Beata. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781512600094
- ISBN
- 9781512600094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.31€ 75.00
€ 90.31
€ 75.00
CD-Audio. A title, that describes the events of 1900-1949 by the people who saw them happen, from the death of Queen Victoria and accession of Edward VII through the First World War, the sinking of the Titanic, the General Strike and the Great Depression, to the Second World War and its aftermath. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- BBC Physical Audio
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910281758
- ISBN
- 9781910281758
CD
Condition: New
€ 66.99€ 47.47
€ 66.99
€ 47.47
Hardcover. Luxurious Citizens traces the ways in which Americans tied consumer desire to the national interest between 1789 and 1865 and reveals how the nation transformed individual desires for goods into an index of civic worth, placing unbridled consumption at the heart of their modern political economy. Series: America in the Nineteenth Century. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; JFFT; KCP; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248920
- ISBN
- 9780812248920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.96
€ 61.96
Hardback. Antiwar protest has long been an under-reported component of the Civil War story. "Heaven Will Frown on Such a Cause as This" traces the life stories of six men in northern states who denounced the war against the Confederacy. These men were called "copperheads" by their opponents, but they labeled themselves "Peace Democrats." Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761819974
- ISBN
- 9780761819974
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.99
€ 116.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Blue Bike Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926700243
- ISBN
- 9781926700243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Hardback. Analyzing lecture transcripts, administrative guidelines, didactic tales, and diaries, this title abandons the facile explanation that charity was a response to poverty and social unrest. It examines the social and economic changes that stimulated the fervor for doing good. Num Pages: 424 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FPC; HBJF; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253636
- ISBN
- 9780520253636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.37€ 64.45
€ 84.37
€ 64.45
Hardback. As the wife of King George II, Caroline of Ansbach became queen of England in 1727. This volume intends to survey Caroline's significant contributions to the arts and culture and the ways in which she used her patronage to strengthen the royal family's connections between the recently installed House of Hanover and English society. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 232 pages, 120 colour images + 40 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; AB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 272 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1318.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300197778
- ISBN
- 9780300197778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.69
€ 52.99
€ 37.69
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752446080
- ISBN
- 9780752446080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.36
€ 15.99
€ 14.36
Paperback. Based on letters, diaries and oral histories, this title explores the impact of the 'war to end all wars' on the male body. It argues that military experiences led to a greater sharing of gender identities between men of different classes and ages. Series: Picturing History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 66 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWN; JFSJ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861890351
- ISBN
- 9781861890351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.83
€ 36.83
paperback. Offers a comprehensive study of English police constables walking the beat in the early part of the twentieth century. This book explores police relations with the public, the varied arrangements of the Bobby's domestic life, and the vicissitudes of his working life from the moment that he first put his uniform on, to when he finally took it off. Num Pages: 334 pages, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; 1DBKEN; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846312366
- ISBN
- 9781846312366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.71
€ 73.71
Paperback. Exploring the origins of welfare in the context of local politics, this book examines the first welfare policy created specifically for mother-only families in Chicago in 1911. This revealing study shows how assumptions about women's roles have historically shaped public policy. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 halftones, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFF; JFSJ1; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226303932
- ISBN
- 9780226303932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74