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Paperback. In the years following its near-bankruptcy in 1976 until the end of the 1980s, New York City came to epitomize the debt-driven of the Reagan era. This book asks why a city with a large minority population and a long tradition of liberalism elected a conservative mayor who promoted real-estate development and belittled minority activists. Series: City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 tables 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBTB; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691036731
- ISBN
- 9780691036731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.30€ 55.14
€ 71.30
€ 55.14
Paperback. Opening with a panorama of Russian society, from the cloistered world of the Tsar to the brutal life of the peasants, this book follows workers, soldiers, intellectuals and villagers as their world is consumed by revolution and then degenerates into violence and dictatorship. Num Pages: 960 pages, Over 100 contemporaneous photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 234 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1574.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 100th Anniversary edition with NEW INTRODUCTION
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847924513
- ISBN
- 9781847924513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.99
€ 33.99
€ 22.99
Hardback. Fascinating history of the Second World War as fought 'from below' by anti-fascist militias, who worked both with and against the allied powers. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745328034
- ISBN
- 9780745328034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.01€ 83.51
€ 101.01
€ 83.51
Paperback. Fascinating history of the Second World War as fought 'from below' by anti-fascist militias, who worked both with and against the allied powers. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745328027
- ISBN
- 9780745328027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.78
€ 33.99
€ 22.78
Paperback. An alternative, narrative history of the Russian Revolution published in its centenary. Series: Left Book Club. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745399034
- ISBN
- 9780745399034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.50
€ 23.99
€ 16.50
Hardcover. The route is 247 miles long and divided into eighteen stages. With maps and illustrations inspired by the work of the great AW, this labour of love is essential for all those who wish to follow in Wainwright's footsteps. Num Pages: 240 pages, 120 line/map, 55 bw. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; WSZG; WTH; WTL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 111 x 20. .
- Publisher
- Sigma Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910758144
- ISBN
- 9781910758144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.38
€ 18.99
€ 16.38
Hardback. In focusing on China's social survey movement, this title analyzes how information generated by a range of research practices - census, sociological investigation, and ethnography - was mobilized by competing political factions to imagine, manage, and remake the nation. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267862
- ISBN
- 9780520267862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.37€ 64.45
€ 84.37
€ 64.45
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJPR; HBTZ; JPS; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801443060
- ISBN
- 9780801443060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.33
€ 140.33
paperback. On April 15th, 1912, Titanic, the world's largest passenger ship, sank after colliding with an iceberg, claiming more than 1,500 lives. The author's bestselling history of the voyage, the wreck and the aftermath is a tour de force of detailed investigation and the upstairs/downstairs divide. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; HBLW; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141399690
- ISBN
- 9780141399690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Facing an economic crisis in the 1980s, the Hollywood moved to control the ancillary markets of videotape, video disk and pay-cable. The studios found themselves targeted for acquisition by global media and communications companies. This book examines the transformation that took Hollywood from the production of theatrical film to media software. Series: History of the American Cinema S. Num Pages: 585 pages, 187 b/w photographs, 34 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; APF; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 177 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1028. Hollywood Under the Electronic Rainbow, 1980-1989. Series: History of the American Cinema S. 585 pages, 185 b&w photographs, 38 tables. Facing an economic crisis in the 1980s, the Hollywood moved to control the ancillary markets of videotape, video disk and pay-cable. The studios found themselves targeted for acquisition by global media and communications companies. This book examines the transformation that took Hollywood from the production of theatrical film to media software. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; APF; KNTC. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 27. Weight: 1028.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 585
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232662
- ISBN
- 9780520232662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.34
€ 50.99
€ 36.34
hardcover. Opening with a character-study of the period, followed by ten chapters of narrative history, this sixth volume presents a study of Ireland in 1914. It includes chapters on the economy, Literature, the Irish language, music, arts, education, administration and public service, and emigration, and concludes with a bibliography covering 1800-1921. Series: New History of Ireland. Num Pages: 1016 pages, 40 pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1306. Opening with a character-study of the period, followed by ten chapters of narrative history, this sixth volume presents a study of Ireland in 1914. It includes chapters on the economy, Literature, the Irish language, music, arts, education, administration and public service, and emigration, and concludes with a bibliography covering 1800-1921. Series: New History of Ireland. Num Pages: 1016 pages, 40 pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1306. [Vol VI only]. Scarce. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light age and shelfwear. Light markings on page edges, tight binding, text is crisp and clear and remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0030154
- ISBN
- 9780198217510
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 85.00
€ 85.00
Paperback. Adding to the growing body of scholarship on the long civil rights struggle. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 392 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JJG; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550. Race and Class Struggles in Depression-Era Baltimore. Series: Radical Perspectives. 392 pages, 40 photographs. Adding to the growing body of scholarship on the long civil rights struggle. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JJG; JFSL1; JHMC. Dimension: 160 x 228 x 23. Weight: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353591
- ISBN
- 9780822353591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardback. A groundbreaking reassessment of when, and why, Canada's army broke away from its British imperial roots to become a truly national force. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774826396
- ISBN
- 9780774826396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.50
€ 106.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 37. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781250426
- ISBN
- 9781781250426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.74
€ 19.99
€ 14.74
Paperback. Examines the work experience, living conditions, and social relations of thousands of African men, women, and children on European-owned tobacco farms in colonial Zimbabwe from 1890 to 1945. Series: Ohio RIS Africa Series. Num Pages: 271 pages, photographs, maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; KCF; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780896802032
- ISBN
- 9780896802032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.70
€ 34.99
€ 31.70
Paperback. The author was still a young man when he decided to fight for the Republican cause in Spain's civil war. But though he braved icy, storm-swept mountains alone to contact Republican sympathisers, he was immediately suspected of being a Nationalist spy. This title tells the story of his experiences as a Republican soldier. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; BM; HBWP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241953297
- ISBN
- 9780241953297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Paperback. This text addresses a central question in the history of modern France and modern colonialism: how did the Third Republic, highly regarded for its professed democratic values, allow itself to be seduced by the insidious and persistent appeal of a civilizing ideology with distinct racist overtones? Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804740128
- ISBN
- 9780804740128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.34
€ 40.99
€ 36.34
Paperback. Raymond Durgnat'sclassic study of how themiddle-class view of life as expressed in British cinema transformed our understanding of British films and also opened some disturbing new insights into a national character by whose enigmas and contradictions we have so long been fascinated. Includes a newforeword by Kevin Gough-Yates. Series: BFI Silver. Num Pages: 416 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; APF; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 135 x 33. Weight in Grams: 650. British Movies from Austerity to Affluence. Series: BFI Silver. 416 pages, 79 black & white halftones. Raymond Durgnat'sclassic study of how themiddle-class view of life as expressed in British cinema transformed our understanding of British films and also opened some disturbing new insights into a national character by whose enigmas and contradictions we have so long been fascinated. Includes a newforeword by Kevin Gough-Yates. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; APF; HBTB. Dimension: 190 x 135 x 33. Weight: 650.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844574537
- ISBN
- 9781844574537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.85
€ 40.99
€ 33.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19, 16 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501705236
- ISBN
- 9781501705236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.44
€ 38.44
Paperback. Tells the story of America's women prospectors - from the California gold rush through the mid-twentieth century. Num Pages: 375 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3734 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803299160
- ISBN
- 9780803299160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.10
€ 25.99
€ 24.10
Paperback. Provides an overview of the military history of South Asia since 1700, covering the areas including states of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. This book offers introductions to topics ranging from the rise of the East India Company, to the rise of national armies and the tensions between India and Pakistan. Editor(s): Marston, Daniel P., D. Phil.; Sundaram, Chandar S. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b&w photos, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 16. Weight in Grams: 437.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219992
- ISBN
- 9780253219992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Hardback. The first comprehensive history of over two centuries of warfare and international conflict in Afghanistan, including the Anglo-Afghan wars of the nineteenth century, the early twentieth century struggles over modernization, the fall of the last monarchy, the Soviet-Afghan War, and the twenty-first century US Global War on Terror. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700624072
- ISBN
- 9780700624072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.22
€ 83.22
hardcover. The former mayor--the son of a barber and a domestic who grew up in Harlem and Trenton--discusses his journey to becoming the 106th mayor of New York City. Num Pages: 408 pages, Including an 8-pp. B/W photo insert on gloss. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPR; BGHA; JPHL; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 244 x 33. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781610393010
- ISBN
- 9781610393010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.35
€ 32.99
€ 27.35
Hardcover. Details the surveillance by the British security service MI5 of anti-Nazi refugees who came to Britain fleeing political persecution in Germany and Austria Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; JFFD; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090790
- ISBN
- 9780719090790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.20
€ 150.20