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Hardback. In a process that will seem tragically familiar to modern-day readers, this book charts the origins and progress of two generations of seemingly endless violence and political instability, set against the backdrop of Yucatan, Mexico. Num Pages: 488 pages, 2 tables, 16 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 865. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804760485
ISBN
9780804760485
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.64

Hardback. Argues persuasively that the size, scope, and intensity of black resistance in the Second Seminole War makes it the largest sustained slave insurrection in American history. Series: The New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 32 black and white photographs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252036910
ISBN
9780252036910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.79

hardcover. This work is a history of the Rock Island Barracks, one of the Union's largest camps for Confederate prisoners. The testimony of its most famous (albeit fictional) inmate Ashley Wilkes of "Gone with the Wind" fame, has helped to seal its harsh reputation. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780875802671
ISBN
9780875802671
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.40

Paperback. This book offers a fresh analysis of the role of exemplary violence and its psychological impact. It considers the role emotions such as shame and disgust play in facilitating a climate of extreme brutality and what lessons we can learn from the case of Sierra Leone in understanding the atrocities of other contemporary conflicts. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; HBJH; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044226
ISBN
9781849044226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.66

paperback. Series: Voices of resistance. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; BG; HBJF; JF; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Monthly Review Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853458234
ISBN
9780853458234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.35

Hardback. Explores the importance of public image in the Tudor and Stuart monarchies. Num Pages: 512 pages, 90 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 71. Weight in Grams: 1526.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300162011
ISBN
9780300162011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.32

Paperback. Undoubtedly, the Second World War was one of the darkest periods of history. With untold losses and countless with physical and mental scars, there was little to celebrate except the relief of closure. Yet what happened once the noise of the shelling subsided and the smoke dissipated? Certainly, late 1940s peacetime Britain was far from easy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910294451
ISBN
9781910294451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 30, 18 black & white halftones, 9 figures, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801477935
ISBN
9780801477935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.47

Paperback. Series: Anthropology of Contemporary North America. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 photos, 4 maps, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; JHMC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803290587
ISBN
9780803290587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Hardback. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: index. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 1HFJZ; HBJH; HBLW; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571819451
ISBN
9781571819451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.73

Paperback. Editor(s): Balogh, Brian; Schulman, Bruce J. Series: Miller Center of Public Affairs Books. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801456572
ISBN
9780801456572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.74

paperback. "The freshness of the authors' approaches . . . is salutary. . . . The collection is stimulating and valuable."-Joan Shelley Rubin, "Journal of American History" Editor(s): May, Lary. Num Pages: 320 pages, x, 310 p., 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226511764
ISBN
9780226511764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 159 x 47. Weight in Grams: 990.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691169798
ISBN
9780691169798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.47

Hardcover. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 6 charts and 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571812711
ISBN
9781571812711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.76

Paperback. Receive Our Memories consists of a rare set of correspondence from a poor, uneducated Mexican in the mid-20th century to his daughter who moves to the United States, putting a human face on the experience of both the immigrant and the family left behind, as well as the histories of both countries. Num Pages: 288 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJPG; BJ; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199340439
ISBN
9780199340439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.77

Hardcover. Editor(s): Hodges, Richard; Smith, Ken. Series: Sheffield Archaeological Monographs. Num Pages: 142 pages, 42figs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 290. Weight in Grams: 45.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
J.R. Collis Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780906090381
ISBN
9780906090381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.89

Hardback. The first comprehensive account of how Chile came to terms with General Augusto Pinochet s legacy of human rights atrocities. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 584 pages, 29 photographs, 1 table, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 41. Weight in Grams: 975.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822347125
ISBN
9780822347125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.15

Paperback. Weaves a wealth of cultural theory into a rare analysis of Malay cinema and the work of new Malaysian anglophone writers. Num Pages: 544 pages, 9 b&w photos, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1F; APFA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774811736
ISBN
9780774811736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.14

Hardcover. Instead of looking inward for renewal, Americans looked outward for ways to restore their moral leadership. From world's judge to world's policeman was a small step, and intervention in the name of human rights became a cause both the left and right could embrace. This book shows that human rights emerged as a reaction to the Vietnam trauma. Num Pages: 324 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 32. Weight in Grams: 732.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
324
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674724853
ISBN
9780674724853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 548 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APFA; HBJK; JFHC; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
548
Condition
New
SKU
V9781510707764
ISBN
9781510707764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.61

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Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442637382
ISBN
9781442637382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.70

Paperback. Offers a mixture of reflexive theoretical essays and interpretative case studies that embrace the challenge of writing a social and cultural history of Latin America that is not divorced from politics and broader arenas of power. Editor(s): Joseph, Gilbert M. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBAH; HBJK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822327899
ISBN
9780822327899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.69

hardcover. This is the first comprehensive collection of remarks attributed to Abraham Lincoln by his contemporaries. Much of what is known or believed about the man comes from such utterances, which have been an important part of Lincoln biography. Editor(s): Fehrenbacher, Don E.; Fehrenbacher, Virginia. Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1125.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804726368
ISBN
9780804726368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.81

Hardback. Editor(s): Blowen, Sarah; Demossier, Marion; Picard, Jeanine. Series: Contemporary France Series. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571817280
ISBN
9781571817280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.68

Paperback. Reconcilable Differences examines the interplay between Canada and the United States from the birth of these two countries to present day, drawing on political, economic, and social research as well as historiographical approaches to create an engaging narrative. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 maps; 9 figures; 12 photos. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195447071
ISBN
9780195447071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Paperback. Editor(s): Duranti, Marco; Schwelling, Birgit. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837619317
ISBN
9783837619317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.91

Paperback. A fascinating collection that advances a renewed conceptual framework for understanding slavery in West Africa today: instead of retracing the end of West African slavery, this work highlights the preliminary contours of its recent reconfigurations. Editor(s): Rossi, Benedetta. Series: Liverpool Studies in International Slavery. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 282 x 22. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781383056
ISBN
9781781383056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.68

Paperback. "This engaging book tackles the contentious issue of categorizing the Christian military campaigns against Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula."-Historian Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
342
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812218893
ISBN
9780812218893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.34

Hardback. A consideration of the ways in which the past was framed and remembered in the pre-modern world. Editor(s): Cox, Elizabeth; McAvoy, Liz Herbert; Magnani, Roberta. Series: Gender in the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 215 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844037
ISBN
9781843844037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.29

Paperback. McMahon demonstrates how FDR's goals of constructing a stronger presidency and undermining the power of conservative Southern Democrats dovetailed with his administration's efforts to seek racial equality through the federal courts. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 115 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226500881
ISBN
9780226500881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.68

hardcover. This book tracks the development of biomedicine in South Korea following liberation from Japan in 1945, covering the transition from Japanese imperial models of practice to an approximation of American and international models of health. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; 3JJH; HBJF; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804784115
ISBN
9780804784115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.42

Paperback. A collection of essays which questions long-standing stereotypes about the traditional subordination of women in the Middle East. It offers an exploration of tradition, identity, and power in different parts of the Middle East. Editor(s): Gocek, Fatma Muge; Balaghi, Shiva. Num Pages: 233 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231101233
ISBN
9780231101233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Paperback. Translator(s): Bethenfalvy, Balint. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 167 x 41. Weight in Grams: 870.
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583674499
ISBN
9781583674499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.99
€ 28.24

Hardcover. The Rural Social Centres of the German-educated Ahmed Hussein were the cornerstones of his project initiatives, encouraging integrated social services through complete community participation. Amy J. Johnson analyses his career and the development of ideas of social reform in Egypt. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 280 pages, 36 b&w photographs, index, notes. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJ; GTF; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630142
ISBN
9780815630142
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.66

Hardcover. Explores the role of cultural heritage in post-conflict reconstruction, whether as a motor for the prolongation of violence or as a resource for building reconciliation. This book focuses on the material practices and rhetorical strategies developed around cultural heritage in post-civil war Spain and the victorious Franco regime's reconstruction. Num Pages: 272 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; GM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 171 x 25. Weight in Grams: 786.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194352
ISBN
9781845194352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 248 x 18. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845196295
ISBN
9781845196295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.31

Hardback. Series: Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps, figures, charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813933177
ISBN
9780813933177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226324012
ISBN
9780226324012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.48

Paperback. With an understanding of the historical roots of the Fourth Amendment, this book suggests that we can upend negative assumptions of modern search and seizure law, and create fresh institutional approaches that give political voice to citizens and safeguard against unnecessary humiliation and dehumanization at the hands of the police. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814783269
ISBN
9780814783269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBWE; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 180 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Helion and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910777107
ISBN
9781910777107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.95

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