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Paperback. This work argues that slave resistance was much more prevalent and widespread than has usually been attributed, and, specifically, that slaves attempted to run away from their masters whenever they could. It examines contemporary documents to how slaves resisted and the punishments they were meted. Num Pages: 480 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195084511
- ISBN
- 9780195084511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.53
€ 38.53
hardcover. Examines the ways in which emotions, and talk about emotions, interacted with the ethics of the Roman upper classes in the late Republic and early Empire. This book considers how various Roman forms of fear, dismay, indignation, and revulsion created an economy of displeasure that shaped society in constructive ways. Series: Classical Culture and Society. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBLA; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195140781
- ISBN
- 9780195140781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.08
€ 77.08
Paperback. This collected volume, edited by Roy Suny and Terry Martin, looks at how Soviet state managed to create a multiethnic empire in its earlt years, from the end of the Russian Revolution to the end of World WAr II. It brings together the newest research on a wide geographic range, from Russia to central Asia. Editor(s): Suny, Ronald Grigor; Martin, Terry. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195144239
- ISBN
- 9780195144239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.93
€ 81.93
paperback. Series: New Narratives in American History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 halftones; 5 line illustrations; 5 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 122 x 29. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195160215
- ISBN
- 9780195160215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.08
€ 36.08
paperback. Offering an account of the movement of slaves from market to market within the US, this book presents an examination of the lives of those operating and participating in the business of those markets. Considering the impact of the slave trade on American life, it aims to expose the many complexities of southern slavery and antebellum America. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780195310191
- ISBN
- 9780195310191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.55
€ 55.55
paperback. Editor(s): Lassiter, Matthew; Crespino, Joseph. Num Pages: 360 pages, 28 black and white halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195384758
- ISBN
- 9780195384758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.92
€ 55.92
Paperback. Fiefs and Vassals has revolutionized the way we think of the Middle Ages. It offers a fundamental challenge to orthodox conceptions of feudalism and overturns centuries of misconceptions about the nature of medieval social relations. Num Pages: 556 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198206484
- ISBN
- 9780198206484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.79
€ 95.79
Paperback. First published in 1903, this eloquent collection of essays exposed the magnitude of racism in our society. The book endures today as a classic document of American social and political history: a manifesto that has influenced generations with its transcendent vision for change. Editor(s): Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 263 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199387434
- ISBN
- 9780199387434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.15
€ 34.15
hardcover. Familiar Strangers examines how the Soviet empire was built, and ultimately dismantled, by ethnic outsiders. Scott retells Soviet history from the perspective of the socialist state's internal Georgian diaspora. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUG; HBJD; HBTQ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 171 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- OUP USA United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199396375
- ISBN
- 9780199396375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.25
€ 160.25
hardcover. What causes states to politically unify voluntarily? Uniting States develops a realist explanation of voluntary union and argues that unions are the balancing coalitions of last resort. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- OUP USA United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199782192
- ISBN
- 9780199782192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.88
€ 93.88
Paperback. The Frontier of Leisure examines the centrality of leisure to the history of Southern California, and how the region's tourist resorts and residential recreation influenced the nation, from ranch houses and the landscape of postwar suburbia to relations of labor and race, and the place of nature in everyday life. Num Pages: 336 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199891924
- ISBN
- 9780199891924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.50
€ 50.50
paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white halftones, colour illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HBJQ; YQH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 176 x 120. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Pearson United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780205054688
- ISBN
- 9780205054688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.72
€ 117.72
paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 189 x 29. Weight in Grams: 957.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 6th Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780205846795
- ISBN
- 9780205846795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.78
€ 117.78
Paperback. Focuses on a little-known aspect of the Great Patriotic War: its cultural and emotional impact on the Russian people. This title offers scholarship on the Russian cultural offerings of the wartime period - in the rear areas, on the homefront, on the battlefield, and over the airwaves. Editor(s): Stites, Richard. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253209498
- ISBN
- 9780253209498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.42
€ 28.42
Women in the Middle East and North Africa: Restoring Women to History
Nashat, Guity; Tucker, Judith E.
paperback. Tracing the evolution of the role of women beginning with ancient Middle Eastern societies through the seventeenth century, this book examines the interplay between local practices and early Islamic beliefs and institutions. It also examines the development of the foundations of Islamic law and practice with regard to women. Series: Restoring Women to History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; HBJF1; HBJH; JFC; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212641
- ISBN
- 9780253212641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.17
€ 25.17
paperback. A systematic study of bystanders during the Holocaust which analyzes why individuals, institutions and the international community remained passive while millions died. The work illustrates the terrible consequences of indifference and passivity towards the persecution of others. Series: Contributions to the Study of Religion. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Praeger United States
- Edition
- unknown
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275970451
- ISBN
- 9780275970451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.56
€ 52.56
This text explores the clash between communism and Islam in the Soviet campaign against Central Asia between 1917 and 1941. Shoshana Keller utilizes documents from Moscow and Tashkent, including the former Communist Party Archive of Uzbekistan. Num Pages: 300 pages, bibliography, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FC; 3JJG; HBJD; HBJF; HBLW; HRH; JFSR2; JPFC; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275972387
- ISBN
- 9780275972387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 137.83
€ 137.83
hardcover. Davison (a teacher-researcher for the Academic Education Division of the Minneapolis Urban League) begins his narrative with Dutch rule of the island in the 17th century. He describes how the years of Qing dynasty rule (1684-1895) were marked by rebellion and discontent and argues that the Qings han Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBG; HBJD; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Praeger United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275981310
- ISBN
- 9780275981310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.32
€ 74.32
Hardback. On a winter night in 1743, a local magistrate was stabbed to death in the churchyard of Rye by an angry butcher. Why did this grueome crime happen? What does it reveal about the political, economic, and cultural patterns that existed in this small English port town? Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESX; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300099850
- ISBN
- 9780300099850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.69
€ 74.69
paperback. A man of impressive mental powers, of extraordinary intellectual range, and integrity, George Frost Kennan (1904-2005) was an adviser to presidents and secretaries of state. This book describes the development and the essence of Kennan's thinking, and also the importance of his work as a historian during the second half of his long life. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300143065
- ISBN
- 9780300143065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.07
€ 30.07