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Paperback. Natasha Lightfoot tells the story of how Antigua's newly freed black working people struggled to realize freedom, prior to and in the decades following their emancipation in 1834. Their continued efforts in the face of oppression complicate common definitions of freedom and narratives about newly freed slaves in the Caribbean. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 250 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360070
ISBN
9780822360070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.47

Paperback. Series: Tempus Oral History Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752416441
ISBN
9780752416441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. Editor(s): Bouthillier, Guy; Clouthier, Edouard; Cloutier, Edouard. Num Pages: 205 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Baraka Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926824048
ISBN
9781926824048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.09

A chronicle and natural history of the Caribbean. It records experimental adoption of the sugar/African slavery complex that would come to characterise the Caribbean for two hundred years, to such disastrous effects. Editor(s): Kupperman, Karen Ordahl. Num Pages: 208 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KJWWB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603846219
ISBN
9781603846219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.91
€ 46.34

Paperback. Cases of Murder, Treason, Counterfeiting, Massacre, Plunder, and Misuse of Power. 304 pages, illustrations. True Crime in the Civil War delves into the conflict's criminal history, profiling 16 cases of misdeeds committed by men and women on both sides of the fight. Very little has been written about the war behind the lines - a war carried out by merciless guerrillas, bloodthirsty mobs, murderous vigilantes, and sinister secret agents. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BTC; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 23. Weight: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Edition
Stated First Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811710190
ISBN
9780811710190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.73

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611470024
ISBN
9781611470024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.09

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556439094
ISBN
9781556439094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 16.74

Hardcover. Examining seventeenth-century crises of evidence and genres of evidence on which both literary critics and historians now depend, True Relations explores the notion that we apprehend truth through other people's relations of it and that those relations, and our own relation to them, are a function of social relationships in conflict. Num Pages: 344 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; DSBD; HBJD1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812244854
ISBN
9780812244854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.79

Paperback. Provides a portrait of America in the twentieth century. This book offers a varied and authentic voice for the American people, whose lives, loves, griefs, regrets, joys and sense of humour are vividly and honestly recounted throughout, and adeptly organised by Auster into themed sections. Editor(s): Auster, Paul. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BT; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 126 x 33. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571210701
ISBN
9780571210701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.80

Hardcover. Features forty tales that capture the history, romance, and lore of early life on the plains and prairie - rollicking adventures set between the Rio Grande and the Canadian border that reflect the reality of life in the region during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Num Pages: 232 pages, 38 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BT; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615186
ISBN
9780700615186
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.75

Hardback. This book is a comprehensive study of faithful maidenhood in late imperial China from the vantage points of state policy, local history, scholarly debate, and the faithful maiden's own subjective point of view. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 tables, 16 figures, 5 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758086
ISBN
9780804758086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.81

Hardback. " Readers who love history and stories of exploration on the high seas will devour this gripping tale. Series: The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 280 pages, 26, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415420
ISBN
9781421415420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.20

Paperback. " Readers who love history and stories of exploration on the high seas will devour this gripping tale. Series: The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 280 pages, 26, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; RGR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421422572
ISBN
9781421422572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.72

Paperback. Series: Constitutional Conflicts. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822314172
ISBN
9780822314172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.43

Hardcover. Offers a fresh and revealing account of the dramatic 1948 presidential election between President Harry Truman and challenger Thomas Dewey. Recounts a contest with more twists and turns and a different outcome than most contemporaries anticipated, and makes engaging reading for scholar and history buff alike." Num Pages: 272 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700618668
ISBN
9780700618668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.48

Paperback / so. Series: King Legacy (Paperback). Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 145.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807001707
ISBN
9780807001707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.14

Paperback. Trust and Power argues that automobile corporations have historically faced conflicts with the very customers whose loyalty they sought. Num Pages: 316 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTK; KNDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780521120388
ISBN
9780521120388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.37

Hardback. An ambitious new book by one of the world's leading International relations scholars, in which he develops a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to trust and applies this framework to the issue of building trust at the international level. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBJ; JPS; JPSD. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199696475
ISBN
9780199696475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.84

Paperback. "The Truth and Reconciliation Commission" was established to investigate more than 30 years of human rights violations under apartheid. This book presents Jillian Edelstein's four-year project photographing the victims and perpetrators of apartheid. Num Pages: 196 pages, 120 duotone photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AJCR; HBJH; HBLW3; JFFJ; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 900.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862074460
ISBN
9781862074460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.04

Hardcover. An analysis of Britain's New Labour years. This book dissects scandals from Bernie Ecclestone to David Blunkett; explores Labour's contempt for democracy, electoral reform and cash-for-peerages; attacks the illegal and utterly disastrous decision to go to war in Iraq, and questions the deployment in Afghanistan. Num Pages: 304 pages, colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPFF; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 650. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Icon Books Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
SKU
KTJ0007263
ISBN
9781840468229
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Features the history of biology textbook publishing, education reforms in Tennessee, and progressive school reform across the country. This volume sheds light on the trial and the historical relationship of science and religion in America. It explores how the textbook industry created fresh books and presented them as "responses" to the trial. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JNU; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226273440
ISBN
9780226273440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2 maps, b/w figs. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300107630
ISBN
9780300107630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.56

Paperback. Ukranian Cossacks used icon painting to investigate their relationship with both God and the Russian tsar. This study provides answers to many questions pertaining to the political and religious culture of Ukranian Cossackdom, as reflected in the Cossack-era paintings, icons and woodcuts. Series: Harvard Papers in Ukrainian Studies. Num Pages: 132 pages, 4 colour illustrations, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; AGR; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
132
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916458959
ISBN
9780916458959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Caitlin Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894759885
ISBN
9781894759885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.90

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