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hardcover. Contouring the Nation is the first book which historically explores obesity in Canada from a critical perspective. Deborah McPhail demonstrates how obesity as a problem was affixed to particular populations in order to separate true Canadians from others. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSJ; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442644502
- ISBN
- 9781442644502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.90
€ 69.90
Hardback. Explores the British obsession with Gypsies throughout the nineteenth century and into the twentieth. This book traces various representations of Gypsies in the works of various British authors. It explores the histories of nomadic writer George Borrow, the Gypsy Lore Society, Dora Yates, and others. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231137041
- ISBN
- 9780231137041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.49€ 78.05
€ 103.49
€ 78.05
Paperback. Traces the vital and varied roles of science through the story of three generations of the eminent Exner family, whose members included Nobel Prize - winning biologist Karl Frisch, the teachers of Freud and of physicist Erwin Schrodinger, artists of the Vienna Secession, and a leader of Vienna's women's movement. Num Pages: 392 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFA; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226111735
- ISBN
- 9780226111735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.29
€ 52.99
€ 40.29
Paperback. Series: World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823233441
- ISBN
- 9780823233441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.51
€ 41.99
€ 41.51
Paperback. Love, corruption, violence and the dangerous politics of aid in the Sudan, by an exciting new writer. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16 b/w illus, (1 x 8pp mono plate section). BIC Classification: 1HBS; BG; HBJH; HBLW3; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006551478
- ISBN
- 9780006551478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.11
€ 17.99
€ 14.11
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907396816
- ISBN
- 9781907396816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.31
€ 21.99
€ 20.31
paperback. Drawing on official records, contemporary writing and oral history, the author examines the myth and reality of women's "experience of war" and argues that the effect of war-work has changed but not improved their working lives. Series: Social and Cultural History Today. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBJD; HBWN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- I.B.Tauris United Kingdom
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860644771
- ISBN
- 9781860644771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.65
€ 37.65
Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486821
- ISBN
- 9780801486821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.80
€ 36.99
€ 35.80
Paperback. Presents an examination of the everyday economy, experiences, and livelihoods in the context of Sri Lanka's civil war. This work explores changing political and policy contexts; the effect of long-term conflict on employment opportunities and life choices for rural and urban youth; life histories, memory, and narratives of violence; and more. Editor(s): Winslow, Deborah; Woost, Michael D. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 b&w photos, 1 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1FKS; GTB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216915
- ISBN
- 9780253216915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.00
€ 26.00
Hardback. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; JFSJ1; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252040375
- ISBN
- 9780252040375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.73
€ 141.73
Hardback. Series: Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5, 3 maps, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 239 x 28. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801445026
- ISBN
- 9780801445026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.64
€ 65.64
Paperback. In June of 1876, the US government's plan to pressure the Lakota and Cheyenne people onto reservations came to a dramatic and violent end with a battle that would become enshrined in American memory. Here, Buchholtz narrates the history of the battle and critically examines the legacy it has left. Series: Critical Moments in American History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415895590
- ISBN
- 9780415895590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.52
€ 49.52
Paperback. Aimed at classics students and general readers, the book provides an in-depth examination of the fraught relationship between Athens' military commanders and its vaunted sovereign democracy. Series: Witness to Ancient History. Num Pages: 152 pages, 12, 4 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416816
- ISBN
- 9781421416816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.12
€ 33.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2 maps, b/w figs. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300107630
- ISBN
- 9780300107630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.29
€ 25.99
€ 19.29
Paperback. At once academic and cheeky, the experience of this book is like reading Herodotus while simultaneously consulting a history of Greece and a scholarly commentary on the text. Num Pages: 360 pages, 14, 5 black & white halftones, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421406565
- ISBN
- 9781421406565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.10
€ 43.10
Aimed at classics students and general readers, the book provides an in-depth examination of the fraught relationship between Athens' military commanders and its vaunted sovereign democracy. Series: Witness to Ancient History. Num Pages: 152 pages, 12, 4 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 260 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416809
- ISBN
- 9781421416809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.68
€ 53.68
hardcover. At once academic and cheeky, the experience of this book is like reading Herodotus while simultaneously consulting a history of Greece and a scholarly commentary on the text. Num Pages: 360 pages, 14, 5 black & white halftones, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781421406558
- ISBN
- 9781421406558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.28
€ 76.28
Hardback. The Historical Dictionary of United States Diplomacy, 1776-1861 relates the events of this crucial period in U.S. history through a chronology, an introductory essay, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on key persons, places, events, institutions, and organizations. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations. Num Pages: 388 pages, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 721.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810861862
- ISBN
- 9780810861862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.44
€ 178.44
Hardcover. Freedom's Dawn is the first book devoted exclusively to John Brown during the six weeks between his arrest and execution. Louis A. DeCaro traces Brown's evolution from prisoner to convicted felon, to a prophetic figure, and then martyr, finally examining the rise of his legacy. Num Pages: 476 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442236721
- ISBN
- 9781442236721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.23
€ 78.23
Paperback. Series: African World Histories. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBLL; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199915392
- ISBN
- 9780199915392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.94
€ 49.94