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Paperback. Chronicling the experience of New York City's Jewish families during the Great Depression, this work tells the story of a generation of immigrants and their children as they faced an uncertain future in America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815606178
ISBN
9780815606178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.57

Hardback. This exciting history of male prostitution in New York, the first detailed history of the hustler, draws the reader into the fascinating sexual culture of postwar America. its subject matter and style will appeal to a wide range of readers, especially those interested in the histories of sex, the city, masculinity, and American culture. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Cooter, Roger; Steedman, Carolyn. Series: Encounters: Cultural Histories. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719080074
ISBN
9780719080074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.57

Paperback. This definitive collection of the Empire State's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things is filled with quirky photographs throughout and maps for each region. New York Curiosities includes humorous state facts and amusing stories and serves as a combination almanac, off-the-wall travel guide, and wacky news gazette. Series: Curiosities Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBE; HBJK; WH; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762769841
ISBN
9780762769841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. The definitive collection of New York City's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for New York City residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist. From Chinatown restaurants that make "bubble tea" to the Burger King peacock statue in Staten Island, this book will have it all. Series: Curiosities Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 16.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762760558
ISBN
9780762760558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.48

Paperback. A stirring street-level account of the growth of New York, growth made possible by the efforts of the cartmen and other unskilled labourers Num Pages: 240 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 163 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780814724613
ISBN
9780814724613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Offers a revealing portrait of New York at the moment it was emerging as a major metropolis. This book is suitable for students of urban social history, popular culture, literature, and journalism. Editor(s): Blumin, Stuart M. Num Pages: 251 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520067226
ISBN
9780520067226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. The second edition of New Worlds for All incorporates fifteen years of additional scholarship on Indian-European relations, such as the role of gender, Indian slavery, relationships with African Americans, and new understandings of frontier society. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 264 pages, 21, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421410319
ISBN
9781421410319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.66

Hardcover. This volume compares the colonial experience of native peoples of the conquered Aztec, Maya and Inca civilizations, from the 16th to the early 19th centuries. Editor(s): Cahill, David; Tovias, Blanca. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLSX; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903900635
ISBN
9781903900635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.65

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 Map 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFLA; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691632773
ISBN
9780691632773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.37

Hardback. Poetry in Saudi Arabia today is a dramatic manifestation of the rapid changes that are sweeping not only through the country's literature and culture, but also through Saudi life as a whole. This title presents a picture of how poetry has evolved in Saudi Arabia. Editor(s): Al-Bazei, Saad. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSC; FYT; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780760988
ISBN
9781780760988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.49
€ 137.06

Paperback. Concerns the transformation of time during Japan's Meiji period, specifically from around 1870 to 1900. This book explores how changing conceptions of time destabilized inherited knowledge and practices and facilitated the reconfiguration of the archipelago's heterogeneous communities into the liberal-capitalist nation-state, Japan. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128016
ISBN
9780691128016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. Offers a thematic overview of the region's social, economic, and political life, and underscores the region's growing role in national politics. Num Pages: 417 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 468 x 468 x 597. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9781588269119
ISBN
9781588269119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.80

paperback. Canadian historians and educators discuss current debates about history education and historical knowledge to develop an innovative agenda for research and practice in the new millennium. Editor(s): Clark, Penny. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774820592
ISBN
9780774820592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

paperback. Editor(s): Sinclair, Minor. Num Pages: 302 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; HBLW3; JPW; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Monthly Review Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853459514
ISBN
9780853459514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Editor(s): Schoenl, William. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 177.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
134
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761823827
ISBN
9780761823827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.93

Paperback. Editor(s): Millen, Rochelle L.; Bennett, Timothy; Mann, Jack. Num Pages: 404 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814755402
ISBN
9780814755402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

hardcover. Editor(s): Simon, John Y.; Stevens, Michael E. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780945612629
ISBN
9780945612629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.64

Paperback. In this volume, leading Civil War historians gather to differentiate between the fact and the fiction of America's collective memories. Conntributors include Pulitzer Prize winner Mark E. Neely, Jr, Alan T. Nolan, John Y. Simon, James I. "Bud" Robertson, Jr, and Gary W. Gallagher. Editor(s): Simon, John Y.; Stevens, Michael E. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 147 x 11. Weight in Grams: 267.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521209
ISBN
9780742521209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.15

Paperback. Series: Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs. Num Pages: 338 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; 3J; HBJF1; HBLC; HBLL; HBLW; KFFR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780932885265
ISBN
9780932885265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.65

Hardcover. Editor(s): Quilter, Jeffrey; Castillo B., Luis Jaime. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia. Num Pages: 416 pages, 192 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3D; 3F; HBJK; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 260 x 182 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884023623
ISBN
9780884023623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 41.87

Hardback. Essays consider the changes and development of Scotland at a time of considerable flux in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Editor(s): Hammond, Matthew. Series: Studies in Celtic History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10, 8 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings, 8 black and white, 2 li. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838531
ISBN
9781843838531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

This book on cultural studies aims to identify the status of the field in Italian cultural studies. It contains articles that will interest a variety of undergraduate and graduate classes and it is an invaluable resource for scholars of Italian studies. Editor(s): Parati, Graziella. Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611475326
ISBN
9781611475326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.46

Paperback. A cultural and literary history of New Orleans, covering the city's Creole traditions and reputation for gastronomy and festivities. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 b&w drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Signal. 1 Paperback(s)
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904955023
ISBN
9781904955023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.64

Paperback. This probing look at a generation of New Orleanians and how they redefined a society shattered by the Civil War engages historical actors on their own terms and makes real the human dimension of life during this difficult period in American history. Num Pages: 324 pages, 6, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421416977
ISBN
9781421416977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.30

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