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Hardcover. This collection of essays focuses on multiple aspects of textiles and dress, their making, meaning, and representation and explores the impact of international trade and other forms of cultural exchange. They include perspectives of archaeology, economics, religion and material culture. Editor(s): Koslin, Desiree G.; Snyder, Janet. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; AFW; HBJD1; HBLC; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 433.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2003rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293772
ISBN
9780312293772
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.44

Paperback. Encountering Ellis Island lays bare the profound and sometimes-victorious story of people chasing the American Dream: leaving everything behind, facing a new language and a new culture, and starting a new American life. Series: How Things Worked. Num Pages: 184 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421413686
ISBN
9781421413686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.58

Hardback. The text studies how various Western, Japanese, and Chinese businesses struggled with the persistent dilemma in China of how to retain control over corporate hierachies while adapting to dramatic changes in Chinese society, politics and foreign affairs from 1880-1937. Num Pages: 269 pages, 11 b/w photographs, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; KCZ; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520216259
ISBN
9780520216259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.23
€ 45.45

Hardcover. Bringing together key historical and innovative ethnographic materials on the peoples of the South-West Province of Cameroon and the Nigerian borderlands, this volume presents critical and analytical approaches to the production of ethnic, political, religious, and gendered identities in the region. Editor(s): Fowler, Ian; Fanso, Verkijika G. Series: Cameroon Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; HBJH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453367
ISBN
9781845453367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 7 bw line; 57 bw halftone. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190624545
ISBN
9780190624545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.70

Paperback. Reprint of a primary source which gives important insights into the Danish conquest of England in the early eleventh century. Editor(s): Campbell, Alistair. Series: Camden Classic Reprints. Num Pages: 268 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521626552
ISBN
9780521626552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.46

Paperback. Today Israel's Separation Wall swallows land, separating Palestinian farmers from their fields, and Israeli settlements grow in the Occupied Territories. Revealing the Israel-Palestine landscape primarily as one of enclosure, this title sheds light on Israel's actions. Num Pages: 392 pages, 32 b/w photos, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FB; 1KBB; HBJD1; HBJF1; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520291058
ISBN
9780520291058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Hardback. Exploring the production of lack and desire through fine-grained ethnography, this volume examines how diagnoses of emptiness operate in a range of very different domains in contemporary China. Editor(s): Bregnbaek, Susanne; Bunkenborg, Mikkel. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785335808
ISBN
9781785335808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.32

Hardcover. Zenobia was acknowledged in her lifetime as beautiful and clever, gathering writers and poets, artists and philosophers around her at the Palmyrene court. This narrative explores the legendary queen and charts the progression of her unequivocal declaration, not only of independence of Rome, but of supremacy. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 bw illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBS; BGH; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847250346
ISBN
9781847250346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.20

Paperback. A brand-new biography of one of the most extraordinary figures of Antiquity. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 x 8pp colour plate sections. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 114 x 187 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857381637
ISBN
9780857381637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JF; ACQ; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 210 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1248.
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271037226
ISBN
9780271037226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.53
€ 101.75

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099532392
ISBN
9780099532392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardback. A study of the late Mongol empire in Northeast Asia during mid-fourteenth century. It focuses on the themes such as: the need for a regional perspective encompassing all states and ethnic groups in the area; the process and consequences of pan-Asian integration under the Mongols; and, the need to see Koryo Korea as part of the wider Mongol empire. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLC1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780674036086
ISBN
9780674036086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.12

Paperback. Editor(s): Tyrrell, Ian; Sexton, Jay. Series: The United States in the World. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HBJK; HBTR; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801479199
ISBN
9780801479199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.51

Paperback. A history of the colonial tea plantation regime in Assam, which brought more than one million migrants to the region in northeast India, irrevocably changing the social landscape. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 344 pages, 12 photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFFN; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822350491
ISBN
9780822350491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

Paperback. A brilliant new history of the Caribbean. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447217282
ISBN
9781447217282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.32

Hardback. A study of the role of family and trade networks in shaping the American West in the nineteenth century. Series: History of the American West. Num Pages: 648 pages, 43 illustrations, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1100.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803224056
ISBN
9780803224056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.81

Hardcover. Catherine L. Phipps examines a largely unacknowledged system of "special trading ports" that operated under full Japanese jurisdiction in the shadow of the better-known treaty ports. Phipps demonstrates why the special trading ports were key to Japan's achieving autonomy and regional power during the pivotal second half of the nineteenth century. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417168
ISBN
9780674417168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.89

Paperback. This volume offers a bold and comprehensive reinterpretation of the struggle for mastery in the Middle East during the long 19th century (1789-1923). Num Pages: 426 pages, 27 halftones, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJF1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 29. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674005419
ISBN
9780674005419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.74

Paperback. Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction; the extraordinary and forgotten story behind the building of the First World War cemeteries. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWTY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007456680
ISBN
9780007456680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. Explains the history of the warlord system in Afghani politics Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS4; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042253
ISBN
9781849042253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

Hardback. Renaissance humanists believed that the origins of peoples could reveal crucial facts about their modern political character. The author explores what happened when European historians turned to study the political history of a faith other than their own. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 370 pages, 8 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674026568
ISBN
9780674026568
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.37
€ 70.43

Paperback. Focusing on the formative period of European exploration, settlement, and conquest in the Americas, from roughly 1500 to 1760, Empires of God brings together literary scholars and historians of the English, French, and Spanish Americas to demonstrate the power of religious ideas and narratives to create kingdoms both imagined and real. Editor(s): Gregerson, Linda; Juster, Susan. Num Pages: 344 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HRAX; HRC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222609
ISBN
9780812222609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Empires - vast states of territories and peoples united by force and ambition - have dominated the political landscape for more than two millennia. This title departs from conventional European and nation-centered perspectives to take a look at how empires relied on diversity to shape the global order. Num Pages: 528 pages, 44 halftones. 34 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QD; HBG; HBJQ; HBL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 179 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
unknown
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152363
ISBN
9780691152363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.42

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