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Paperback. Takes the enslaved person's claims of human consumption seriously, focusing on both the literal starvation of the slave and the tropes of cannibalism on the part of the slaveholder, and further draws attention to the ways in which Blacks experienced their consumption as a fundamentally homoerotic occurrence. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814794623
- ISBN
- 9780814794623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.36
€ 34.36
Paperback. Taking poetry as an act of witness and restorative memory, this essay traces the development of poems relating to Ireland's Great Hunger from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Num Pages: 52 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 282 x 6. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Quinnipiac University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780997837445
- ISBN
- 9780997837445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.02
€ 13.99
€ 12.02
Unlocked Memories is a collection of memories that were shared by Russians who witnessed the German invasion of the Leningrad region in 1941. All were young during World War Two and each lived under German rule after the Leningrad region was overrun and occupied by the enemy. Num Pages: 150 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761853251
- ISBN
- 9780761853251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 108.76
€ 108.76
Paperback. The rich and fascinating oral narrative of an African American WWII fighter pilot, radio personality, and co-founder of Harlem's American Negro Theater. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 1KLCM; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTD; JFSL3; JWG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281968
- ISBN
- 9781137281968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.25
€ 66.25
Paperback. Virgil Richardson has blazed his own unique trail through the 20th century: a cofounder of Harlem's American Negro Theater and radio personality in 1930s, a World War II pilot, and an expatriate through much of the last 50 years. In "Flight," this remarkable man tells the story of his life in his own vivid words. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBJK; HBL; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349529377
- ISBN
- 9781349529377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. This study uses the participation of free-colored men, whether mulatos, pardos, or morenos (i.e., Afro-Spaniards, Afro-Indians, or "pure blacks"), in New Spain's militia as a prism for examining race relations, racial identity, racial categorization, and issues of social mobility for racially stigmatized groups in colonial Mexico. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804742290
- ISBN
- 9780804742290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.65
€ 145.65
Hardback. These books, produced from the archives of the Library of Congress and edited by Vincent Virga, offer a glimpse into the history of the United States through rare historical full-color maps, narrative captions, and short essays. Series: Mapping the States Through History. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBN; HBJK; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 50.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762760114
- ISBN
- 9780762760114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.00€ 22.10
€ 24.00
€ 22.10
Hardback. Brings together two subjects in American history: the story of the struggle to end slavery that reached a violent climax in the Civil War, and the story of the westward expansion of the US. This work embraces East and West, as well as North and South, as the US observes the 2015 sesquicentennial commemoration of the end of the Civil War. Editor(s): Scharff, Virginia. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 color plates, 67 b/w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281264
- ISBN
- 9780520281264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
The Hoggs of Texas. Letters and Memoirs of an Extraordinary Family, 18...
Virginia (University Of St. Thomas) . Ed(S): ...
Editor(s): Bernhard, Virginia (University of St. Thomas). Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Texas State Historical Association,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781625110015
- ISBN
- 9781625110015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.05
€ 40.05
paperback. Series: American Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBA; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816620425
- ISBN
- 9780816620425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.49
€ 27.99
€ 26.49
Paperback. Tells the story of the women who were left alone after World War I - a remarkable generation of women who were changed by war; and in their turn helped change society. This title is about those women, and about how they were forced, to stop depending on men for their income. Num Pages: 432 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141020624
- ISBN
- 9780141020624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. While it is true that Catherine the Great shocked the Russian court with the number and age of her lovers, there is no truth in the rumour of her death by stallion. Unhappily married to the Grand Duke Peter, she turned her attentions to a certain Sergey Saltykov who fathered the future Tsar Paul I. This biography reveals this extraordinary woman. Num Pages: 592 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; BGR; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 38. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099462347
- ISBN
- 9780099462347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.22
€ 27.99
€ 21.22
Though millions of women drive regularly, the image of the flighty "woman driver" continues to stigmatize their abilities. Scharff travels back in time to explore how the first automobiles collided with cultural and sexual notions of feminine nature and how women have influenced the car industry as a whole. Num Pages: 220 pages, b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; TRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826313959
- ISBN
- 9780826313959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.10
€ 39.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 130 pages, b/w illus & maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, US United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939923779
- ISBN
- 9780939923779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.90
€ 21.99
€ 15.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 371 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 371
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349529803
- ISBN
- 9781349529803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.43
€ 128.43
Paperback. Puts to rest the unfounded allegations surrounding Jefferson and Sally Hemings. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819178213
- ISBN
- 9780819178213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.18
€ 18.99
€ 17.18
Paperback. Vita Sackville-West was an extraordinary woman from a long line of extraordinary women. Her grandmother, daughter of an old-clothes pedlar, made her fortune as a dancer and had a scandalous affair with an English diplomat. Their illegitimate daughter Victoria, Vita's mother, spent her childhood hidden in a convent. This book tells their stories. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784871161
- ISBN
- 9781784871161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. Had the pacifist International Solidarity Movement not been in Gaza at the time, the world would have been deprived of a detailed account from the inside, having instead to rely on the generalised accounts of news agencies reporting from outside the Strip. This volume contains a direct eye-witness account of Gaza's last bloodbath. Translator(s): Filippin, Daniela. Num Pages: 178 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMC; BJ; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 172. Stay Human. 178 pages, Illustrations. Had the pacifist International Solidarity Movement not been in Gaza at the time, the world would have been deprived of a detailed account from the inside, having instead to rely on the generalised accounts of news agencies reporting from outside the Strip. This volume contains a direct eye-witness account of Gaza's last bloodbath. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMC; BJ; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight: 170. Translator(s): Filippin, Daniela.
- Publisher
- Kube Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 178
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847740199
- ISBN
- 9781847740199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.96
€ 14.99
€ 13.96
Hardcover. Num Pages: 157 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 211 x 17. Weight in Grams: 982.
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788776021894
- ISBN
- 9788776021894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.75
€ 36.99
€ 26.75
paperback. Considers how we remember historical instances of suffering and atrocity, framing its central questions to show larger cultural shifts in how we position ourselves in relation to history, performance, and memory. Series: Unnatural Acts: Theorizing the Performative. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: AN; APFA; DSG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1062.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212924
- ISBN
- 9780253212924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.49
€ 16.99
€ 16.49
Hardback. The ending of absolute, centralized monarchy and the beginning of political combat between nobles and commoners make the years 1787 to 1788 the first stage of the French Revolution. The author examines how the French people became engaged in a movement of opposition that culminated in demands for the public's role in government. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 518 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 518
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025349
- ISBN
- 9780674025349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.57€ 132.51
€ 148.57
€ 132.51
Paperback. Series: Legacy Editions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JHB; KFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231183352
- ISBN
- 9780231183352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Hardback. Series: Legacy Editions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JHB; KFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231183345
- ISBN
- 9780231183345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.14
€ 134.14
Paperback. A cultural and political interpretation of the portraits, reliefs, allegories and historical paintings commissioned for the US Capital between 1815 and 1860. It seeks to give the reader an enhanced appreciation for the racial and ethnic implications of these works. Series: Perspectives on the Art & Architectural History of the United States Capitol. Num Pages: 292 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; ACV; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press Ohio
- Number of pages
- 292
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KEX0212660
- ISBN
- 9780821413425
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95