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Paperback. Why hasn't Africa been able to respond to the challenges of modernity and globalization? Going against the conventional wisdom that colonialism brought modernity to Africa, this book claims that Africa was already becoming modern and that colonialism was an unfinished project. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221308
- ISBN
- 9780253221308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.81
€ 33.99
€ 30.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 34. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801472725
- ISBN
- 9780801472725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.77
€ 33.99
€ 30.77
hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 tables, 2 charts/graphs, 29 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780801441264
- ISBN
- 9780801441264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.86
€ 62.86
paperback. Packed with facts and stories, this book helps you to learn how we would be as freezing cold as Siberia without the Gulf Stream; why we drive on the left-hand side of the road; and why the Midlands became the home of the British curry. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8pp black 8pp colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780670919147
- ISBN
- 9780670919147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. Focuses on how the fascist dictatorship defined the place of women in modern Italy and how women experienced the Duce's rule. This work offers a detailed characterization of Italian women's ambiguous and ambivalent experience of a regime that promised modernity, yet denied women emancipation. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604. Italy, 1922-1945. 384 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. Focuses on how the fascist dictatorship defined the place of women in modern Italy and how women experienced the Duce's rule. This work offers a detailed characterization of Italian women's ambiguous and ambivalent experience of a regime that promised modernity, yet denied women emancipation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520074576
- ISBN
- 9780520074576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.39
€ 38.99
€ 28.39
Hardback. In 1985, a black veteran of the civil rights movement offered a bleak vision of a long and troubled struggle. For black men and women, the question is: how free is free? Despite two major efforts to reconstruct race relations, injustices remain. This book probes the story of racial inequality and the fight for freedom in black America. Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 188 x 23. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031524
- ISBN
- 9780674031524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.13
€ 47.99
€ 40.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Dragon Hill Publishing Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781896124186
- ISBN
- 9781896124186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.99
€ 19.99
€ 14.99
paperback. How It Feels to Be Free examines the role of black female entertainers in the Civil Rights movement. Num Pages: 306 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190610722
- ISBN
- 9780190610722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.48
€ 55.48
Paperback. A trenchant assessment of the ANC's political elite in power and their role in dashing the hopes and aspirations of the post-apartheid generation Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849047234
- ISBN
- 9781849047234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.85
€ 20.99
€ 20.85
Paperback. An exploration of what happened in Cambodia from 1930 to 1975, this title traces the origins and trajectory of the Cambodian Communist movement and sets the ascension of Pol Pot's genocidal regime in the context of the conflict between colonialism and nationalism. Num Pages: 430 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMC; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 143 x 31. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 430
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300102628
- ISBN
- 9780300102628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
Paperback. Examines Mexican immigration - from 1924 when immigration acts drastically reduced immigration to the US to 1965 when many quotas were abolished - to understand how broad themes of race and citizenship are constructed. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 213
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280083
- ISBN
- 9780520280083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.11
€ 32.99
€ 24.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; HPS; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226324159
- ISBN
- 9780226324159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.12
€ 26.99
€ 22.12
Hardcover. In the United States at the height of the Cold War, roughly between the end of World War II and the early 1980s, a new project of redefining rationality commanded the attention of sharp minds, powerful politicians, wealthy foundations, and top military brass. The authors illuminate what it meant to be rational in the age of nuclear brinkmanship. Num Pages: 272 pages, 19 halftones, 17 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; HPS; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226046631
- ISBN
- 9780226046631
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.71€ 79.10
€ 94.71
€ 79.10
Paperback. Series: Culture and Society After Socialism. Num Pages: 288 pages, 23. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLW; JPZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801473524
- ISBN
- 9780801473524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.94
€ 34.99
€ 31.94
Paperback. On Europe's periphery, Russia was an early modernizing nation whose troubles stimulated intellectuals to develop radical and utopian alternatives to Western models of modernity. This work tells the fascinating story of how Russian figures, ideas, and movements changed our world in dramatic but often unattributed ways. Num Pages: 408 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118451
- ISBN
- 9780691118451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. If Napoleon lost on 18 June 1815 (and that's a big 'if'), then whoever rules the universe got it wrong. As soon as the cannons stopped firing, French historians began re-writing history. The Duke of Wellington was beaten, they say, and then the Prussians jumped into the boxing ring, breaking all the rules of battle. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 23. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099594987
- ISBN
- 9780099594987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.84
€ 15.99
€ 11.84
Paperback. A completely original history of one of the most extraordinary movements in the world - the Girl Guides - and how they helped win the war. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007356324
- ISBN
- 9780007356324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.96
€ 17.99
€ 12.96
Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; HBWS4; HBWS5; JPS; JPVH; JPWL; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231180788
- ISBN
- 9780231180788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. Takes readers to a time when both the Catholic Church and the main new Protestant denominations embraced a policy of endorsing religious persecution, coercing unity, and, with the state's help, mercilessly crushing dissent and heresy. This work shows how out of the same traditions came the beginnings of pluralism in the West. Num Pages: 392 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691121420
- ISBN
- 9780691121420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. Tells the story of how the oppressed became the oppressors; how Irish immigrants achieved acceptance among an initially hostile population in America, only by proving that they could be more brutal in their oppression of African Americans than the nativists. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; HBJK; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 189 x 111 x 23. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415963091
- ISBN
- 9780415963091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.88
€ 26.99
€ 26.88
Paperback. The untold story of Ireland's role, from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval Europe. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1x8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340637876
- ISBN
- 9780340637876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.08
€ 15.99
€ 13.08
Paperback. Selected as one of Civil War magazine's 100 essential titles on military campaigns and personalities. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1056.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 784
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252062100
- ISBN
- 9780252062100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 44.14
€ 48.99
€ 44.14
Paperback. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520277588
- ISBN
- 9780520277588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. A work of photojournalism that deals with the New York City's slums in the 1880s. It includes the images of the squalid living conditions of 'the other half', who might well have inhabited another country. Editor(s): Warner, Sam Bass, Jr. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 368 pages, 33 halftones, 13 line illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBF; HBJK; HBLW; JFFN; JFSC; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674049321
- ISBN
- 9780674049321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.83
€ 35.99
€ 30.83