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Regional & national history
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
New Perspectives on the Civil War: Myths and Realities of the National...
Simon, John Y.; Stevens, Michael E.. Ed(S): S...
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 35.99
€ 30.30