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Hardcover. At the height of the Greek Civil War in 1948, thirty-eight thousand children were evacuated from their homes. The Greek Communist Party relocated half of them to orphanages in Eastern Europe, while their adversaries placed the rest in children's homes elsewhere in Greece. This book presents a comprehensive study of the two evacuation programs. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWS; JFFD; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226135984
ISBN
9780226135984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.56
€ 83.91

Paperback. Putting Greece back on the cultural and political map of the "Long 1960s," this book traces the dissent and activism of anti-regime students during the dictatorship of the Colonels (1967-74). Series: Protest, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 392 pages, 33 figures. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785330339
ISBN
9781785330339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.24

Paperback. Discusses the history of child-rearing conditions and practices in late 19th and early 20th century Chile. Num Pages: 376 pages, 16 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JH; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822345749
ISBN
9780822345749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Hardback. Between 1935 and 1938 the celebrated photographer Roman Vishniac explored the cities and villages of Eastern Europe, capturing life in the Jewish shtetlekh of Poland, Romania, Russia, and Hungary. This book is devoted to a subject Vishniac especially loved, and one whose mystery and spontaneity he captured with particular poignancy: children. Num Pages: 156 pages, 69 duotones. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; AJB; AJCP; HBG; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 950.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
156
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520221871
ISBN
9780520221871
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.82

Paperback. The centenary of the First World War has brought with it much attention on the lives of those left behind at home. This book explains how the daily life of children one hundred years ago was affected by war. Series: Britain's Heritage Series. Num Pages: 64 pages, 80. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWN; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445668765
ISBN
9781445668765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.33

Paperback. Written when the author was eighty-three years old, but dealing with only the first twelve years of her life, this title is constructed as a dialogue between the author and her memory. It interrogates her interlocutor in search of her own intentions, more precise accuracy, and, indeed, the truth. Translator(s): Wright, Barbara. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DVUA; 3JJC; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226922317
ISBN
9780226922317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.97

Hardcover. Explores the complex interactions between French medicine and Vietnamese childbirth traditions, documenting the emergence of a plural system of maternity services that incorporated both biomedical knowledge and local birthing traditions. Num Pages: 254 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 22 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465687
ISBN
9781580465687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Paperback. An extraordinary first-person account of a childhood spent in the jungle Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JJPN; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088874
ISBN
9781844088874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.89

Hardback. The author became a High Court judge in 1978, and went onto lead the biggest inquiry into child abuse ever held in Britain, publishing the highly significant and influential report "Lost in Care" in 2000. In this title, he provides frontline insights into the complex British legal system. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp bw plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGHA; LNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780764993
ISBN
9781780764993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 54.65

Paperback. In 1939, John Wright, a four-year-old boy from a deprived but loving Middlesbrough home, was uprooted from his family and evacuated to a large house in North Yorkshire, requisitioned as a nursery school. This title tells his story of love, loss and life with the delight and fear of a wartime child. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JJH; BM; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752452296
ISBN
9780752452296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.68

Hardcover. A richly illustrated book to mark 40 years of the Chickenshed Theatre Company. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJP; 3JM; AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 299 x 210 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1542.
Publisher
Elliott & Thompson
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909653139
ISBN
9781909653139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.18

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3, 1 black & white line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 1KLSB; 3JJ; JFCV; KNAC; KNDF; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421420301
ISBN
9781421420301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. Dynamic stories from Chicana Movement participants living in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago Series: Latinos in Chicago and Midwest. Num Pages: 272 pages, 22 black and white photographs, 7 line drawings, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; JFSJ1; JFSL4; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078125
ISBN
9780252078125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. As early-twentieth-century Chicago swelled with an influx of at least 250,000 new black urban migrants, the city became a center of consumer capitalism. This work argues that this mass consumer marketplace generated a vibrant intellectual life and planted seeds of political dissent against the dehumanizing effects of white capitalism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 27 illustrations, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJC; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807857991
ISBN
9780807857991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.75

Paperback. On the afternoon of December 30, 1903, during a sold out matinee performance, a fire broke out in Chicago's Iroquois Theatre. This work provides a chronicle of this event to assess the titanic tragedy of the fire itself and also the municipal corruption that kindled the flames beforehand and the political cover-ups hidden in the smoke. Num Pages: 240 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJC; BT; HBTB; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809327218
ISBN
9780809327218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.26

Paperback. A reconstruction of the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. Farber tells the story of the protests from the perspectives of the major protagonists--the Yippies, the National Mobilization to End the War, and Mayor Richard J. Daley and his police. Num Pages: 334 pages, 28ill.1M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JPHV; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226238012
ISBN
9780226238012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.20

Paperback. Country by country, historians follow the routes taken by Che Guevara on his two trips across Latin America in the early 1950s. Editor(s): Drinot, Paulo. Num Pages: 4 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPG; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822347675
ISBN
9780822347675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. Series: Haynes Automotive Repair Manuals. Num Pages: 288 pages, b&w & line illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; TRCS; WGCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 273 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Delmar Cengage Learning
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563922497
ISBN
9781563922497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 36.58

Hardcover. Each 96 page, hard cover book in the series is 10 1/2" x 7 5/8" and contains color and black and white photos, drawings, charts, and catalog facsimiles. Each classic model is presented in its historic and developmental aspects. Series: Schiffer Automotive Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, Colour and black and white photos, drawings, charts, and catalog facsimiles. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 202 x 14. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887401947
ISBN
9780887401947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.18

Paperback. Series: Haynes Automotive Repair Manuals. Num Pages: 352 pages, b&w & line illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; 3JJPR; TRCS; WGCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 270 x 211 x 15. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Haynes Manuals Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563922268
ISBN
9781563922268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.32

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