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Hardback. Post gives the reader a behind-the-scenes view of internal tempests as they brewed and how different personalities and experts passionately argued about the best way to present the story of America. Num Pages: 400 pages, 49, 49 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GM; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 168 x 29. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411002
- ISBN
- 9781421411002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.72
€ 37.99
€ 31.72
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780576220
- ISBN
- 9781780576220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.78
€ 32.99
€ 29.78
Paperback. A shocking expose of the true story behind the death of the much-beloved UN Secretary General, Dag Hammarskjold Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJPK; HBJH; HBTW; JFHC; JPSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 34. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849048026
- ISBN
- 9781849048026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.03
€ 24.99
€ 23.03
Paperback. A new perspective on the controversial life of Roger Casement. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; B; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd Dublin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845889821
- ISBN
- 9781845889821
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.51
€ 16.99
€ 14.51
Hardback. Tells two intertwined stories: how, in early twentieth-century Iran, an emerging middle class used scientific knowledge as its cultural and economic capital, and how, along with the state, it employed biomedical sciences to tackle presumably modern problems like the stress of everyday life, people's defective willpower and demographic stagnation. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FBN; HBJF1; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254473
- ISBN
- 9780520254473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.58€ 64.59
€ 84.58
€ 64.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Edition
- 10th Anniversary
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271021720
- ISBN
- 9780271021720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.53
€ 33.99
€ 26.53
Hardback. Presents a story of the battle over the Thirteenth Amendment, and of James Ashley, the unsung Ohio congressman who proposed the amendment and steered it to passage. This book takes you to the floor of Congress and to the back rooms where deals were made. It brings to life the messy process of legislation and more. Num Pages: 320 pages, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226178202
- ISBN
- 9780226178202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.79
€ 34.99
€ 27.79
Paperback. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141975283
- ISBN
- 9780141975283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.96
€ 25.99
€ 17.96
Hardback. In Who Counts? Diane M. Nelson presents a complex reading of mathematics and the contested and myriad ways it is used by the Guatemalan state to marginalize indigenous populations as well as its use by indigenous peoples to critique systemic inequalities. Num Pages: 328 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359739
- ISBN
- 9780822359739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.56
€ 115.56
Paperback. Two classic books are brought together here. Editor(s): Menzies, Gordon. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 maps, 32 plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3D; 3F; 3H; 3J; HBJD1; HBLA; HBLC; HBLH; JFC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902930381
- ISBN
- 9781902930381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.59
€ 32.99
€ 29.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLW; JFFN; JFSL1; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484407
- ISBN
- 9780801484407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.90
€ 33.99
€ 30.90
Paperback. Chronicles the rise of Los Angeles through shifting ideas of race and ethnicity, and offers its perspective on how the city grew and changed. This book considers six different developments in the history of the city, including the cementing of the Los Angeles river, the outbreak of bubonic plague in 1924, and the largest brickyard in the 1920s. Num Pages: 352 pages, 56 b/w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246676
- ISBN
- 9780520246676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.99
€ 33.99
€ 29.99
Paperback. Looking at the field of "whiteness studies" and linking it to traditional historical inquiry, Matthew Frye Jacobson shows that in the USA, nation of immigrants, "race" has been at the core of civic assimilation: ethnic minorities in becoming American were reracialized to become Caucasian. Num Pages: 368 pages, 14 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFN; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674951914
- ISBN
- 9780674951914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.08
€ 37.99
€ 32.08
paperback. This book considers how white U.S.-Americans may participate in racial justice-making, and shows how 'white' identities embody problematic moral realities, arguing that reparations for people of African descent and sovereignty for Native peoples are critical for racial justice and transformation of what it means to be white in the United States. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HPQ; HRA; HRAB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349537464
- ISBN
- 9781349537464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.87
€ 71.87
Hardcover. A fascinating anthology of narratives from the period 1735-1830, by European women who recount their enslavement in North Africa. The first such collection, it includes an extensive introduction which links the discourse on contemporary Western women captives in Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq with that of former white captives in North Africa. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221987
- ISBN
- 9780230221987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.53€ 136.12
€ 146.53
€ 136.12
White Wall of Spain: The Mysteries of Andalusian Culture
Josephs, Allen (Professor Of Spanish, Univers...
paperback. Focusing on the cultural distinctions that have set Andalucia apart throughout recorded history, this book spans more than 3000 years in assessing the oldest civilization in the Western world. The author considers such areas as its Oriental origins, industry, commerce and the arts. Num Pages: 208 pages, photographs, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813010137
- ISBN
- 9780813010137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.30
€ 24.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 1KBB; HBJH; HBJK; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 135 x 203 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195030426
- ISBN
- 9780195030426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.59
€ 35.59
Hardcover. Editor(s): Rotfeld, Adam Daniel; Torkunov, Anatoly. Series: Pitt Series in Russian and Eastern European Studies. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1DVUA; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 247 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1110.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944409
- ISBN
- 9780822944409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.95
€ 102.95
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813062648
- ISBN
- 9780813062648
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.10
€ 51.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632864130
- ISBN
- 9781632864130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.47
€ 19.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. A comparative approach to the American Indians and Scottish Highlanders, this book examines the experiences of clans and tribal societies, which underwent parallel experiences on the peripheries of Britain's empire in Britain, the United States, and Canada. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199737826
- ISBN
- 9780199737826
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Condition: New
€ 64.53
€ 64.53
paperback. From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize-shortlisted 'Return of a King', the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time. Num Pages: 640 pages, 24 b/w, 24 col illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 41. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780006550969
- ISBN
- 9780006550969
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.00
€ 19.99
€ 15.00
Paperback. This text offers evidence that alcohol encouraged white conquest and destroyed Native Americans. It presents the motivations of the government and its people in promulgating and prohibiting alcohol among Indians. It recounts the devastating role that intoxicants had in the "winning" of the West. Num Pages: 180 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFH1; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700609642
- ISBN
- 9780700609642
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Condition: New
€ 29.55
€ 29.55
Hardback. In White Innocence Gloria Wekker explores a central paradox of Dutch life-the passionate denial of racial discrimination and colonial violence coexisting alongside aggressive racism and xenophobia-to show how the narrative of Dutch racial exceptionalism elides the Netherland's colonial past and safeguards white privilege. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DD; HBJD1; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360599
- ISBN
- 9780822360599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.33
€ 111.33