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Hardcover. In 1997 the United Kingdom returned control of Hong Kong to China, ending the city's status as one of the last remnants of the British Empire and initiating a new phase for it as both a modern city and a hub for global migrations. This book presents a tour of Hong Kong city's post colonial urban landscape. Num Pages: 320 pages, 101 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBTR; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226448565
ISBN
9780226448565
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.37

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hyperion
Edition
Box Har/Co
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781401324254
ISBN
9781401324254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 49.54

Hardback. By 1940, Acker concludes, a particular configuration of ideas about opiate addiction was firmly in place and remained essentially stable until the enormous demographic changes in drug use of the 1960s and 1970s prompted changes in the understanding of addiction-and in public policy. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFFH1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801867989
ISBN
9780801867989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.19
€ 52.02

Hardback. A superlative study of the roots of the modern fashion show Num Pages: 400 pages, 80 colour images + 170 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; AKTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 285 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2138.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300189537
ISBN
9780300189537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.28
€ 43.67

paperback. Only a few years after Britain defeated fascism came the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya - a mass armed rebellion by the Kikuyu people, demanding the return of their land and freedom. Unearthing reams of documents, the author reveals the full savagery of the Mau Mau war and the ruthless determination with which Britain sought to control its empire. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 1QDB; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bodley Head
Condition
New
SKU
9781847922946
ISBN
9781847922946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. Evocative rural history of World War I. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp bw plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784534844
ISBN
9781784534844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.74

Paperback. The first study to focus on how popular representations of the forced relocation and internment of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II affected the formation of Cold War culture Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5995 x 3734 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822327462
ISBN
9780822327462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. This scheme takes an investigative approach to history, developing pupils' thinking skills as they explore the subject. There are tasks designed to ensure progression, plus integrated extended writing to develop literacy skills. Editor(s): Beechener, Caroline; Griffiths, Clive; Jacob, Amanda. Series: Think History!. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 4KHN; YQH. Category: (ES) Secondary; (XS) Student text. Dimension: 264 x 195 x 11. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435313708
ISBN
9780435313708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.59

Paperback. The gripping account of World War Two's legendary heroine, who risked her life to save her country and her lover. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444724622
ISBN
9781444724622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. These essays discuss members of the "other" New York Jewish Intellectuals, men and women who lived in New York during the 1930s and 40s, and who wrote and worked in a different intellectual circle from the one inhabited by those known as the New York Jewish Intellectuals. Num Pages: 394 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814746608
ISBN
9780814746608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardback. Series: Feminist Technosciences. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JFFK; JFSJ; JHBD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999098
ISBN
9780295999098
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.74

Paperback. Series: Feminist Technosciences. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JFFK; JFSJ; JHBD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 247 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999104
ISBN
9780295999104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Hardback. In the 18th and early 19th centuries first modern, public museums of art appeared throughout Europe, setting a standard for nature of such institutions that has made its influence felt to present day. This book includes chapters on fifteen of the earliest major examples, from Capitoline Museum in Rome, opened in 1734, to Alte Pinakothek in Munich. Num Pages: 368 pages, 65 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 189 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1340.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606061206
ISBN
9781606061206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.00

Paperback. Argues that some histories, including Tibetans armed resistance against the Chinese, are arrested, deliberately left untold until some future moment when changed circumstances favor their telling. Num Pages: 328 pages, 36 photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347712
ISBN
9780822347712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Num Pages: 192 pages, 596 color & 8 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; WCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 225 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1208.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764340536
ISBN
9780764340536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 32.42

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 3JJ; JPH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691606460
ISBN
9780691606460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.32

Paperback. "Fever of War" examines the impact of the deadly 1918 influenza epidemic on the American army, its medical officers, and their profession. The tragedy begins with overly confident medical officers who understated the severity of the epidemic. Num Pages: 251 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBJK; HBWN; JWX; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814799246
ISBN
9780814799246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Hardcover. This timely collection of essays, Documentary in a Changing State: Ireland since the 1990s, examines the role of Irish documentary in film and television as Ireland experienced dramatic shifts in its social and political make-up in recent decades. Editor(s): MacKeogh, Carol; O'Connell, Diog. Num Pages: 194 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPR; 3JMC; APFR; APT; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
194
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184912
ISBN
9781859184912
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750925365
ISBN
9780750925365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 36 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 178 x 4. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841655413
ISBN
9781841655413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.06

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