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Paperback. Pawning was a common credit mechanism in Mexico City in the 19th century. A two-tiered sector of public and private pawnbrokers provided collateral credit. This book shows how Mexican women depended on credit to run their households since the Bourbon era and how the collateral credit business of pawnbroking developed into a profitable enterprise. Series: Engendering Latin America. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803269231
ISBN
9780803269231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226147550
ISBN
9780226147550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.34

Paperback. Describes the competing approaches to reproductive health that evolved on plantations, as both black women and white men sought to enhance the health of enslaved mothers. This book focuses on the health care of enslaved women, and argues for the critical role of reproductive medicine in the slave system of antebellum America. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3; MBX; VFXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674034921
ISBN
9780674034921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF; HBLA; HRQX5; HRQX9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772890067
ISBN
9788772890067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.74

Paperback. Examine life in Myanmar post-military rule Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 145. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849045803
ISBN
9781849045803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.89

Paperback. The memoirs of Hortense (1646-99) and Marie (1639-1715) Mancini, members of court of Louis XIV, represent earliest examples in France of memoirs published by women under their own names during their lifetimes. This title chronicles the beginnings of women's rights within the confines of an otherwise circumscribed early modern aristocratic society. Editor(s): Nelson, Sarah. Translator(s): Nelson, Sarah. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 254 pages, 2 halftones, 3 maps, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; BGHA; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226502793
ISBN
9780226502793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Hardback. Num Pages: 25 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, 3 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBJM; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319501789
ISBN
9783319501789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.62

Paperback. In 1950s rural Ireland a widow conceals pregnancy by travelling to Belfast and giving birth to a girl named Marie Therese. The child was left to face a life of misery in the care of nuns at Nazareth House. This is her story, one of resilience and the need to discover who she really is by tracing the mother that the nuns had told her didn't exist. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; BGA; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 174 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Colourpoint Creative Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780730653
ISBN
9781780730653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.49

Hardback. A fresh look at the British Museum's celebrated and extensive ancient Egyptian collection from across three thousand years Num Pages: 176 pages, 280 color illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; ACG; AGC; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 273. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300218381
ISBN
9780300218381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.09

Paperback. The biography of a White Russian emigree trapped with her family in Hitler's Germany at the outbreak of World War II. Living among the ruins of Berlin during Allied bombing raids, she grew up to be a strong-minded, committed and courageous woman. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGA; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 27. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712665803
ISBN
9780712665803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.10

Hardback. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: index. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 1HFJZ; HBJH; HBLW; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571819451
ISBN
9781571819451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.82

Hardback. Details Shanghai's beginnings as a treaty port in the mid-nineteenth century; its capitalist boom following the 1911 Revolution; the fifteen years of economic and social decline initiated by the Japanese invasion in 1937 and attempts at resistance; and the city's disgraced years under Communism. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 520 pages, 2 tables, 40 illustrations, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804749046
ISBN
9780804749046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.79

Paperback. Details Shanghai's beginnings as a treaty port in the mid-nineteenth century; its capitalist boom following the 1911 Revolution; the fifteen years of economic and social decline initiated by the Japanese invasion in 1937 and attempts at resistance; and the city's disgraced years under Communism. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 520 pages, 2 tables, 40 illustrations, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749053
ISBN
9780804749053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

Paperback. Series: Irish narratives. Num Pages: 102 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 0. Weight in Grams: 111.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
102
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859182024
ISBN
9781859182024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.64

Paperback / so. Series: Studien Zur Internationalen Politik. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; HBJH; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Deutscher Universit?tsverlag United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783824444366
ISBN
9783824444366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.26

Hardcover. Alexander I was a ruler with high aspirations for the people of Russia. Cosseted as a young grand duke by Catherine the Great, he ascended to the throne in 1801 after the brutal assassination of his father. This biography focuses on the complex forces that shaped Alexander's tumultuous reign. Translator(s): Emanuel, Susan. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 233 x 39. Weight in Grams: 834.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875804668
ISBN
9780875804668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.21

Paperback. Translator(s): Emanuel, Susan. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 277 x 50. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875807553
ISBN
9780875807553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Hardback. This is a compelling biography of Francis Jeanson, French existential philosopher, member of the French Resistance during World War II, and head of the "Jeanson network," which raised funds for the Algerians during the French-Algerian war. Translator(s): Todd, Jane. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755085
ISBN
9780804755085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.69

Hardback. Num Pages: 281 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1FB; GTJ; HBJD1; HBJF1; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137551085
ISBN
9781137551085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.30

Hardback. Series: Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVWB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Anthem Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783082322
ISBN
9781783082322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.83

paperback. Marija Gimbutas wrote and taught with rare clarity in her original - and originally shocking - interpretation of prehistoric European civilization. This text contains the distillation of her studies, combined with new disco veries, insights, and analysis. Editor(s): Dexter, Miriam Robbins. Num Pages: 306 pages, 78 b/w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; HRK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 174 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544. 306 pages, 130 b&w illustrations, 1 map. Editor(s): Dexter, Miriam Robbins. Marija Gimbutas wrote and taught with rare clarity in her original - and originally shocking - interpretation of prehistoric European civilization. This text contains the distillation of her studies, combined with new disco veries, insights, and analysis. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; HRK. Dimension: 251 x 174 x 19. Weight: 544.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
306
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520229150
ISBN
9780520229150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.35

Paperback. This text examines variation in systems of economic production and exchange and how these systems supported the power networks that integrated Maya society. Editor(s): Masson, Marilyn A.; Freidel, David A. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 1QDA; HBJK; HBLC; JP; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
AltaMira Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759100817
ISBN
9780759100817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.80

Paperback. This agenda-setting text has been fully revised in its second edition, with coverage extended into the Christian era. It remains the most comprehensive and engaging introduction to the sexual cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. Series: Ancient Cultures. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 191 x 22. Weight in Grams: 788.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444349863
ISBN
9781444349863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 54.03

Paperback. Explores the dual discourse on female sexual mobilization that emerged during World War II. Num Pages: 251 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBWQ; JFSJ1; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780814737392
ISBN
9780814737392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

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