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hardcover. Attitudes toward homosexuality in the premodern Arab-Islamic world are commonly depicted as schizophrenic. This title argues that this apparent paradox is based on the anachronistic assumption that homosexuality is a timeless, self-evident fact to which a particular culture reacts with some degree of tolerance or intolerance. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLL; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 181 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780226729886
ISBN
9780226729886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 45.68

Hardback. Nazis began detaining Jews in camps as soon as they came to power in 1933. Kim Wunschmann reveals the origin of these extralegal detention sites, the harsh treatment Jews received there, and the message the camps sent to Germans: that Jews were enemies of the state, dangerous to associate with and fair game for acts of intimidation and violence. Num Pages: 367 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 32. Weight in Grams: 728.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674967595
ISBN
9780674967595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.36
€ 50.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 43. Weight in Grams: 787.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Condition
New
SKU
V9780394743981
ISBN
9780394743981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752480923
ISBN
9780752480923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.68

Paperback. Why does it matter that nations should care for their archives, and that they should develop a sense of shared identity? And why should these processes take place in the public domain? Editor(s): Mangcu, Xolela. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 130. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145324
ISBN
9781868145324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253008220
ISBN
9780253008220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. Reveals the ways in which many Minsk Jews acculturated to Soviet society in the 1920s and 1930s Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 292 pages, 14 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1DVUB; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JFSR1; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253008138
ISBN
9780253008138
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.98

Paperback. Religion is commonly imagined as a timeless component of human inheritance, but in the Western Himalayas the community of Himachal Pradesh discovered their religion only after India became an independent secular state. This title shows that modern secularity is not so much the eradication of religion as the very condition for its emergence. Num Pages: 305 pages, 25 images. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HRAM2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520290549
ISBN
9780520290549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 27, 18 black & white halftones, 3 tables, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801452314
ISBN
9780801452314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.71

Hardback. Drawing on popular media and medical works as well as archival records and oral histories, this book examines how notions of femininity and womanhood were reshaped in Denmark, a small, largely agrarian country that remained neutral during the war. It explores changes in the female body and personality and the redefinition of female respectability. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DND; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691049274
ISBN
9780691049274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.56
€ 77.19

Paperback. Presenting an examination of women writers and prewar ideology, this book investigates love as a critical aspect of Japanese culture during the early-mid-twentieth century. It focuses on same-sex love, love marriage, and maternal love. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; DSB; HBJF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804761987
ISBN
9780804761987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Hardcover. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875804224
ISBN
9780875804224
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.79

Paperback. By examining how Indians formulated notions of citizenship across the British empire from the late nineteenth century through the early twentieth, Sujatha Banerjee theorizes modes of citizenship decoupled from the rights-conferring nation-state. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346081
ISBN
9780822346081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. By examining how Indians formulated notions of citizenship across the British empire from the late nineteenth century through the early twentieth, Sujatha Banerjee theorizes modes of citizenship decoupled from the rights-conferring nation-state. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345909
ISBN
9780822345909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801473449
ISBN
9780801473449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. This work argues that the formation of the Campesino as both a political category and a cultural identity in Mexico was one of the most enduring legacies of the great revolutionary upheavals that began in 1910. It provides information through oral histories, archival documents, and newspapers. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804743563
ISBN
9780804743563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

hardcover. This work argues that the formation of the Campesino as both a political category and a cultural identity in Mexico was one of the most enduring legacies of the great revolutionary upheavals that began in 1910. It provides information through oral histories, archival documents, and newspapers. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804743525
ISBN
9780804743525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.11

Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12, 5 black & white halftones, 3 colour tables, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; JFC; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801453984
ISBN
9780801453984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.64

Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFJ; JFSG; JFSL; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816697571
ISBN
9780816697571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

Paperback. London's forgotten scandals, secrets and personalities from the twentieth century, told by the writer of the popular blog Another Nickel in the Machine. Num Pages: 320 pages, 120. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445651194
ISBN
9781445651194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.98

Paperback. In this fascinating new biography Ian Kelly reveals the man who changed the way we dress forever - and how his life reflects upon and has influenced our own 21st century culture. Num Pages: 608 pages, 2 x 8pp b/w picture sections. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340836996
ISBN
9780340836996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. An extraordinarily gripping narrative of how Britain, seemingly on the ropes after losing control of America, built the military and naval might to defeat Napoleon -- and in doing so transformed her destiny. Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349141664
ISBN
9780349141664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 62 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBWQ; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 171 x 11. Weight in Grams: 416. From D-Day to the Ardennes - Memories of the 61st Reconnaissance Regiment - 50th (TT) Northumbrian Division. 176 pages, 62 b&w illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBWQ; JWTR. Dimension: 240 x 171 x 11. Weight: 418.
Publisher
Brewin Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781858582566
ISBN
9781858582566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 936 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HBWN; JHBL; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 1425. Weight in Grams: 1569.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
936
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804738804
ISBN
9780804738804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 58.49

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