Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
paperback. Examines culinary writing and practices as forces for the production of social order and, at the same time, points of cultural resistance. This book offers a close reading of a wide variety of sources and genres to uncover the intersections of food, politics, and privilege in American culture. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 283 pages, 8 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284982
- ISBN
- 9780520284982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.86
€ 33.99
€ 24.86
Hardback. This book charts the growth of the university settlement movement, a fundamental influence in the shaping of the welfare state, from 1918 to Margaret Thatcher's election in 1979. It looks at the complex relationships between charities, the welfare state and individuals and the ways in which change was negotiated over the twentieth century. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JKSN1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078750
- ISBN
- 9780719078750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.98
€ 149.98
Hardback. Women are shown to have played an important and very visible role in society at the time. Series: St Andrews Studies in Scottish History. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843836810
- ISBN
- 9781843836810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.99
€ 97.99
Hardback. Women's bodies and the study of anatomy in Italy between the late thirteenth and the mid-sixteenth centuries. Num Pages: 424 pages, 62 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781890951672
- ISBN
- 9781890951672
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.86
€ 33.99
€ 24.86
Paperback. "First published 2006"--Title page verso. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906817923
- ISBN
- 9781906817923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Hardcover. An exploration of women's experiences and the impact of their activities on the history and landscape of St Louis. Beginning with the colonial period and ending in the 1960s, each chapter identifies the experiences of women in a specific time period and sites of their public activities. Series: Missouri Historical Society Press. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; HBJK; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1211.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Missouri History Museum Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883982300
- ISBN
- 9781883982300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.04€ 29.52
€ 51.04
€ 29.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501704383
- ISBN
- 9781501704383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.82
€ 23.99
€ 21.82
Hardback. This volume explores more than two centuries of literature on the First Ladies, from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama, providing the first historiographical overview of these important women in U.S. history. Editor(s): Sibley, Katherine A. S. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 760 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 168 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1244.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 760
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118732229
- ISBN
- 9781118732229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 225.74
€ 225.74
Paperback. The monastic life, traditionally considered as an area of withdrawal from the world, is here shown to be shaped by metaphors of war, and to be actively engaged with battle in the world outside. Series: Studies in the History of Medieval Religion. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRCC2; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838678
- ISBN
- 9781843838678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.64
€ 33.99
€ 28.64
Paperback. Explores the daily lives and shifting racial boundaries between groups as disparate as Apache resistance fighters, Chinese merchants, Mexican-American homesteaders, Midwestern dry farmers, Mormon polygamists, Serbian miners, New York mine managers, and Anglo women reformers. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1KLCM; HBJK; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060531
- ISBN
- 9780674060531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.97
€ 36.99
€ 30.97
Hardback. Traces the history of the Gregorian revival from its Romantic origins in a community of French monks at Solesmes, whose founder hoped to rebuild the moral foundation of French culture on the ruins of the Benedictine order. Series: California Studies in 19th Century Music. Num Pages: 196 pages, 37 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC; AVGD; HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520210080
- ISBN
- 9780520210080
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.23€ 45.60
€ 58.23
€ 45.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816667550
- ISBN
- 9780816667550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Hardcover. Katherine C. Mooney recaptures the sights, sensations, and illusions of America's first mass spectator sport. Her central characters are not the elite white owners of slaves and thoroughbreds but the black jockeys, grooms, and horse trainers who called themselves race horse men and made the racetrack run--until Jim Crow drove them from their jobs. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674281424
- ISBN
- 9780674281424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
€ 47.99
€ 39.84
Hardcover. In a book addressing those interested in the transformation of monarchy into the modern state and in intersections of gender and political power, Crawford examines the roles of female regents in early modern France. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 310 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674015418
- ISBN
- 9780674015418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.82€ 83.70
€ 93.82
€ 83.70
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFMX; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780271021256
- ISBN
- 9780271021256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.37€ 65.70
€ 78.37
€ 65.70
Paperback. Here presented for the first time in English are the law codes of the Lombard kings who ruled Italy from the sixth to the eighth centuries. The documents afford unparalleled insight into the structure and values of Germanic society. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812210552
- ISBN
- 9780812210552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTP; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801483264
- ISBN
- 9780801483264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.06
€ 46.99
€ 42.06
hardcover. In her short life, Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) authored two novels, 32 stories and numerous essays. This work addresses the conflicts O'Connor experienced as a "southern lady" and professional author. It considers the reasons for feminist critical neglect of the writer. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920122
- ISBN
- 9780813920122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.72
€ 59.72
Paperback. This is first major study of the history of singleness in England to include both women and men. The book explores the lives of people who never married between 1914 and 1960, drawing upon a wide range of sources, and offers valuable insights into the significance of marital status for historians and social scientists. Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Num Pages: 257 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719068935
- ISBN
- 9780719068935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.85
€ 26.99
€ 26.85
Hardcover. Addresses the significance of Sylvester Manor's plantation history to American attitudes about diversity, Indian land politics, slavery and Jim Crow, in tension with idealized visions of white colonial community Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 238 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- First Edition first Printing
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814785775
- ISBN
- 9780814785775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.23
€ 76.23
Paperback. Through the use of evidence from the film and popular fiction of Vietnam, Katherine Kinney draws a picture of a nation politically, culturally, and socially divided, and a war that has been memorialized as a contested site for art, media, politics, and ideology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JFCX; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 361. Paperback in good to very good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF0020488
- ISBN
- 9780195141962
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The battle to keep the nation fed during the Second World War was waged by an army of workers on the land and the resourcefulness of the housewives on the Kitchen Front. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 124 x 17. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752459462
- ISBN
- 9780752459462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.45
€ 17.99
€ 16.45
Paperback. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520277588
- ISBN
- 9780520277588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Shows how Ute women accommodated Anglo ways that benefited them but refused to give up indigenous culture and ways that gave their lives meaning and bolstered personal autonomy. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 maps, 2 tables, 13 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; ACBK; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803220386
- ISBN
- 9780803220386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.79
€ 20.79