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Paperback. An historical study of the Soviet labour camp movement based on recently declassified archives. The book examines the operations of the camp system both from within - who staffed it and how it worked - and as an integral part of Soviet totalitarianism. Num Pages: 234 pages, photographs, tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPHX; JPVH1; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780765604279
ISBN
9780765604279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.72

Paperback. The Bancroft Prize-winning classic, now completely revised and updated Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465018819
ISBN
9780465018819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.47

Paperback. In 1937, Mexican workers were among the strikers and supporters beaten, arrested, and murdered by Chicago policemen in the now infamous Republic Steel Mill Strike. This book paints a multifaceted portrait of the complexities and contours of the Mexican American struggle for equality from the 1930s to the postwar era. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; KCF; KCZ; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134024
ISBN
9780691134024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Examines a critical period in American politics and labor history, beginning with the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939 through the wave of major industrial strikes that followed the war and accompanied the reconversion to a peacetime economy. Series: Labor in Crisis. Num Pages: 344 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JHBL; JPFF; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592131976
ISBN
9781592131976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.07

paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 458. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074288
ISBN
9780252074288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. A history of the American Federation of Labor, which played a key role in wartime production and was a major actor in the contentious relationship between the state, organized labor, and the working class in the 1940s. Num Pages: 288 pages, 28 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814748244
ISBN
9780814748244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Hardcover. By providing a comprehensive and multi-layered picture of the troubled relationship between working-class radicals and organised Liberalism in England between 1868 and 1888, Labour and the Caucus offers a new, innovative pre-history of the Labour party. Series: Studies in Labour History. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPFF; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846319440
ISBN
9781846319440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.46

A trans-national study of the neglected influences of nation, empire and race upon the development and electoral fortunes of the Labour Party in Britain and the Australian Labor Party from their formative years of the 1900s to the elections of 2010. It engages with traditional explanations of Labour politics based largely upon class. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1MBF; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJM; HBTQ; JPL. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719080791
ISBN
9780719080791
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.41

Hardback. This collection of essays deals with the latest research on British labour history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It has been written by leading British historians, such as Ken Brown, Malcolm Chase and Matthew Worley, in honour of Professor Chris Wrigley Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; JFSC; JHB; JPF; JPW; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784995270
ISBN
9781784995270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.45

Hardback. This book examines the explosive growth of the CIO in Canada during the Second World War, showing how cultural as well as economic forces were at work in the gritty work of union organizing. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774823425
ISBN
9780774823425
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.47

Paperback. This book examines the explosive growth of the CIO in Canada during the Second World War, showing how cultural as well as economic forces were at work in the gritty work of union organizing. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780774823432
ISBN
9780774823432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Labour Leends and Russian Gold. 320 pages. Part of a three-volume series, which looks at the relationship between different sections of the British left and Bolshevism in the first half of the twentieth century. This book focuses on funding and political resources. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFC; JPFF; JPL. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 25. Weight: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Lawrence And Wishart Ltd
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905007257
ISBN
9781905007257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.57

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 402 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
402
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636627
ISBN
9780691636627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 201.37

Paperback. A companion to "Luminous Debris", this title offers readings of late Roman and early Christian ruins in the author's adopted region of Provence, sifting through iconographic, architectural, and sacramental vestiges to shed light on nothing less than the existential itself. Num Pages: 264 pages, 19 b/w photographs, 5 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLC; HDDM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253353
ISBN
9780520253353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. "Ladies of the Canyons is the true story of a group of remarkable women whose lives were transformed by the people and landscape of the American Southwest in the first decades of the twentieth century"--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816524945
ISBN
9780816524945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.25

Hardback. This book reconceptualizes the political narrative of Guatemala's nineteenth century through a careful reconstruction of community-level conflict over land, labor, and local government in the western highland region. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752138
ISBN
9780804752138
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.95

Paperback. The follow-up to the international bestseller Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey, this book moves the story into the 1920s, and focuses on the remarkable American heiress who came to reign at Highclere Castle. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 x black and white inset sections. BIC Classification: 1DBKESB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444762129
ISBN
9781444762129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Tells the story of William De Lancey, who became one of the first professional staff officers in the British Army, worked for Wellington throughout the Penisular War, and was his chief-of-staff at the Battle of Waterloo. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862274211
ISBN
9781862274211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.60

Hardback. Posterity remembers Lady Godiva for her naked horseback ride through the city of Coventry, but that is only part of her story. This book investigates who Lady Godiva really was and traces the evolution of the Godiva legend from its first appearance in the 13th century through to the present day. Num Pages: 176 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405100465
ISBN
9781405100465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.10

Paperback. * Traces the erotic myth of Lady Godiva back to its medieval origins. * Based on scholarly research but written to be accessible to general readers. * Combines history, literature, art and folklore. * Focuses on the twin themes of voyeurism and medievalism. Num Pages: 176 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405100472
ISBN
9781405100472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.02

Paperback. Lady Jane Grey, is one of the most elusive and tragic characters in English history. In July 1553 the death of the childless Edward VI threw the Tudor dynasty into crisis. On Edward's instructions his cousin Jane Grey was proclaimed queen, only to be ousted 13 days later by his illegitimate half sister Mary and later beheaded. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations, maps, geneal. tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444350180
ISBN
9781444350180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.63

Paperback. This fascinating book studies Katherine Knollys' life and times, including her intriguing relationship with Elizabeth I. Num Pages: 132 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 149 x 8. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782795858
ISBN
9781782795858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Hardback. Here we have the compelling biography of Lady Lucy Houston DBE, campaigner for women's rights, ardent champion of Winston Churchill and devoted Royal Air Force patron. Num Pages: 248 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 241 x 24. Weight in Grams: 850.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473879362
ISBN
9781473879362
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.56

Paperback. Pioneering missionary doctor served 43 years in China during transformative first half of the 20th-century. Num Pages: 436 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BG; HBJF; HBLW; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
409
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888644176
ISBN
9780888644176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

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