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Paperback. Between 1958 and 1970, a distinctive movement for racial justice emerged from unique circumstances in Milwaukee. The Milwaukee movement culminated in the dramatic - and sometimes violent - 1967 open housing campaign. This book offers a useful contribution to movement history in the urban North that also adds a vital piece to the national story. Num Pages: 360 pages, 19 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057296
ISBN
9780674057296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801456664
ISBN
9780801456664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.10

Paperback. Series: Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801474514
ISBN
9780801474514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. Describing the tensions that existed between the Sephardic community of Bordeaux and the Ashkenazic Jews of France, the author also depicts their role in the relation of the Jews with Napoleon and the forming of the Grand Sanhedrin. Series: Judaic Studies S. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817350789
ISBN
9780817350789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.60

Hardcover. After the Crimean War, when photographers were reporting from the field of military conflict for the first time, coverage of the American Civil War and Franco-Prussian War followed, as did the Balkan wars of 1876-78. This book offers remarkable photographs of the time, showing all manner of aspects of the Serbian campaigns, including uniforms. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1DVWYS; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 303 x 14. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Helion and Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909982246
ISBN
9781909982246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.11

Paperback. Covers the Kosovo War, and the overthrow of Milosevic, with close-up accounts of his trial at the Hague, and subsequent death. This book looks at the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindic in 2003, and its consequences. Num Pages: 368 pages, 40 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; HBJD; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300158267
ISBN
9780300158267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.00

Paperback. Together, Cranach's paintings and Luther's powerful oratory created a force field that transformed Germany, Europe, and ultimately the Western world Num Pages: 344 pages, 77 b&w illustrations in text, 11 colour plates in an 8-page insert. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300192537
ISBN
9780300192537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.79

Paperback. A study of the Seven Years' War, reviewing the grand strategies of the combatants and the differing styles of warfare used in the many campaigns. The narrative is supported by official war papers, personal diaries and memoirs, and official reports. Series: Essential Histories. Num Pages: 96 pages, 12 colour & 27 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBG; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 242 x 7. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841761916
ISBN
9781841761916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.62

Paperback. A captivating re-examination of the Easter Rising, addressing the fundamental questions and myths surrounding Ireland's founding fathers Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 page plate section (colour/greyscale). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Condition
New
SKU
KKD0007056
ISBN
9781786070739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. The chapters in this volume, each written by a leading scholar of the period, analyse in turn the response to the Union of 1603, the religious controversies under the early Stuarts, the Civil War, Commonwealth, and Restoration periods, and the social and economic context within which these developments took place. Editor(s): Wormald, Jenny. Series: Short Oxford History of the British Isles. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOG0007964
ISBN
9780198731610
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Offers sources vital for the reconstruction of events in the first Islamic century, covering the period which ends with the unsuccessful Arab siege of Constantinople, an event which both modern historians and Syriac chronographers see as making a decisive caesura in history. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 tables, 5 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; DNF; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 206 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853232384
ISBN
9780853232384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.27

Paperback. Editor(s): Howell, Kenneth W. Series: War and the Southwest Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of North Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574413120
ISBN
9781574413120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.06

Paperback. Providing a vital perspective on Scotland's sexual history and its political and social context, this study fills a gap in our understanding of modern Scottish, and British society. It explores the period from 1950 to 1980, covering the immediate post-war and Scotland's sexual 'coming-of-age'. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748694068
ISBN
9780748694068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.19

Hardcover. This is the first scholarly study of Scotland's sexual coming-of-age in the post-war period, charting its political growth from a deeply moralistic policy framework towards a less judgmental, global and scientific context. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0 black & white illustrations, some black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662. Sexuality and Scottish Governance 1950-80. 272 pages, 0 black & white illustrations, some black & white line drawings. This is the first scholarly study of Scotland's sexual coming-of-age in the post-war period, charting its political growth from a deeply moralistic policy framework towards a less judgmental, global and scientific context. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBK5. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 24. Weight: 662.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748645602
ISBN
9780748645602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.10
€ 107.83

Hardcover. The period of reform, revolution, and reaction that characterized seventeenth - and eighteenth-century Europe also witnessed an intensified interest in lesbians. The author demonstrates how intimacies between women became harbingers of the modern, bringing the sapphic into the mainstream of some of the most significant events in Western Europe. Num Pages: 344 pages, 9 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFSK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 267 x 26. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226187563
ISBN
9780226187563
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.62
€ 80.83

Paperback. This is first major study of the history of singleness in England to include both women and men. The book explores the lives of people who never married between 1914 and 1960, drawing upon a wide range of sources, and offers valuable insights into the significance of marital status for historians and social scientists. Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Num Pages: 257 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
257
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719068935
ISBN
9780719068935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780252061462
ISBN
9780252061462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

Paperback. Creates an account of post-colonial Africa seen at once as a whole and as a location that wholly defies generalised explanations. This book gives a sustained meditation on themosaic of peoples and practices we call 'Africa', and an impassioned attempt to come to terms with humanity itself as it struggles to escape from foreign domination. Translator(s): Glowczewska, Klara. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; BGHA; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140292626
ISBN
9780140292626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. Taking the achievements, ambiguities, and legacies of World War II as a point of departure, The Shadow of War: The Soviet Union and Russia, 1941 to the Present offers a fresh new approach to modern Soviet and Russian history. Series: Blackwell History of Russia. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405169585
ISBN
9781405169585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.03

Paperback. The fascinating story of how a beautiful nineteenth-century Irishwoman came to be the Eva Peron of her day Num Pages: 352 pages, 8pp colour. BIC Classification: 1KLSP; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Headline Review
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755311156
ISBN
9780755311156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

hardcover. Unique insight into pre-revolutionary Iran from a high-level insider Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 bw in 16pp plates. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
I.B.Tauris
Condition
New
SKU
9781784536329
ISBN
9781784536329
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.99
€ 47.49

hardcover. The intimate guide to life as a Shaker in 19th century America Editor(s): Morse, Flo; Newton, Vincent. Num Pages: 96 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC99; WJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 145 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781581574999
ISBN
9781581574999
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.76

Paperback. During the forty years of the Dutch presence in colonial America, their intrusion led to the betrayal of their own values and the betrayal of the indigenous peoples. They reaped the shame of reproaching themselves for unjust wars and faced a native insurgency that they could neither negotiate nor satisfactorily quell. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812222722
ISBN
9780812222722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

As a leader of the Southern Regional Council in the 1960s and later as director of the Field Foundation, Leslie Dunbar's advocacy and behind-the-scenes organizing made him one of the most significant people in the civil rights movement. This text gathers 14 of Dunbar's essays and speeches. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813122618
ISBN
9780813122618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.94

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