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Paperback. Full of unique and compelling insights into the working lives of migrant women in the UK, this book draws on more than two decades of in-depth research to explore the changing nature of women s employment in post-war Britain. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JMC; JFFN; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444339185
ISBN
9781444339185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.04

Paperback. Income levels have risen sharpley in China during the last two decades. Although just 2% of all Chinese have hot, running water, virtually all households have televisions. This personal, intelligent book addresses these sweeping changes and how they are forming modern China. Num Pages: 400 pages, 65. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPR; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871319197
ISBN
9780871319197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC5; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 245.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226420684
ISBN
9780226420684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.38

Hardback. Analyzes the experiences of Filipino men in Los Angeles's Little Manila, from the 1920s to the end of World War II. This book discusses Filipino boxers' challenge to white America's assumptions about race; the meanings behind zoot suit fashions; and taxi dance halls, where Filipino men crossed racial boundaries by dancing with Anglo women. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 b& w halftones, 9 color halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSJ; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231115926
ISBN
9780231115926
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.82

Hardback. By redefining our understanding of activism and assessing women's efforts within the context of their milieu, this innovative work reclaims an era often denigrated for its lack of attention to women. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; JFSJ1; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801882616
ISBN
9780801882616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.28
€ 47.61

Paperback. A survey of the impressive career of Hugo Friedhofer, composer for Hollywood movies. His life is examined through essays, personal letters, and interviews with film historians and friends of the composer, but the largest contribution is by Friedhofer himself in the form of an oral history. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 214 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810844780
ISBN
9780810844780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.00

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138999091
ISBN
9781138999091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 47.20

Paperback. The true story of the wives behind the American Space Race, the challenges they faced in the '50s and '60s, and the 40 year friendship that bound them together. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BT; TTDS; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755362622
ISBN
9780755362622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.74

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691157238
ISBN
9780691157238
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.66
€ 42.52

Paperback. In 1957 the UK Design Centre launched the first annual Designs of the Year Awards to identify the very best of British design. This beautifully designed book introduces and illustrates the quirky breadth of the awards. Iconic objects by Kenneth Grange and David Mellor sit alongside such retro classics as the Barbican basin and Globoot wellies. Num Pages: 108 pages, 85 colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; ACXJ; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 264 x 10. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
V & A Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
108
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851776733
ISBN
9781851776733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.56

Paperback. Fascinating, insightful, and incredibly moving - the First World War Home Front through one woman's eyes Editor(s): Scales, Peter. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; BJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 123 x 17. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445618968
ISBN
9781445618968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.76

Paperback. 271pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Picador
Edition
Main Market
Number of pages
256
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KLN0022354
ISBN
9780330484466
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This 1993 book explores how the 'critical assembly' of scientists at Los Alamos created the first atomic bombs. Num Pages: 528 pages, 82 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; PDX; TTMW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 35. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780521541176
ISBN
9780521541176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 373 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 5SL; DSBH; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 554. A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America. 373 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 5SL; DSBH; JFSK1. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight: 544.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
373
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231074896
ISBN
9780231074896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.61

Paperback. Examines the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in postwar Chicago. The author reveals how the two populations arrived in Chicago in the midst of social and economic change and, in spite of declining industrial employment and massive urban renewal projects, managed to carve out a geographic and racial place in Chicago. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 18 halftones, 9 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226212845
ISBN
9780226212845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.00
€ 27.79

Hardcover. As African American populations grew and white communities declined throughout the 1960s and '70s, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans migrated to the city, adding a complex layer to local racial dynamics, this book provides history to examine the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in the postwar era. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 halftones, 9 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226244259
ISBN
9780226244259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.40
€ 79.56

Paperback. Focusing on the years 1917 to 1960, this work examines the complex and lasting effects of forced cotton cultivation in central Africa. Local plots gave way to commercial fields, creating social, environmental and economic change. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 b&w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB; JFSF; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299153342
ISBN
9780299153342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.78

Hardcover. The dramatic story of an iconic love song, its three creators, and their lives under the Nazis. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 3JJH; AV; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393065848
ISBN
9780393065848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.86

Paperback. The winner of three gold medals in track at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, Wilma Rudolph has been portrayed and remembered across a wide range of settings and sites over the past half-century. (Re)Presenting Wilma Rudolph explores the major episodes and sites of memory across the track legend's life and death. Series: Sports and Entertainment. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGS; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633846
ISBN
9780815633846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.04

Hardcover. This study focuses on postwar Japan's foreign policy making in the political and security areas, the core UN missions. The intent is to illustrate how policy goals forged by national security concerns, domestic politics, and psychological needs gave shape to Japan's complicated and sometimes incongruous policy toward the UN since World War II. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; JPQB; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 177 x 33. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674019638
ISBN
9780674019638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.39

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