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Paperback. With Jackie in a pill-box hat and Marilyn crooning to the president, the 1960s opened with women hovering at the fringes of the public imagination - and ended with a feminist movement that outpaced anything NASA could concoct. A compelling story, but did it really happen that way? Yes and no, argue Lauri Umansky and Avital Bloch. Editor(s): Bloch, Avital H.; Umansky, Lauri. Series: American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 342 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JFCA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814799109
ISBN
9780814799109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Traces the origins of the "illegal alien" in American law and society, explaining why and how illegal migration became the central problem in US immigration policy - a process that profoundly shaped ideas and practices about citizenship, race, and state authority in the twentieth century. Series: Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America. Num Pages: 416 pages, 14 halftones. 3 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated edition with a New Foreword
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160825
ISBN
9780691160825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.15

Hardback. This book uses the writings of T. S. Eliot and Walter Benjamin to examine the fraught relationship between literary and historical form during the modernist period. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804799041
ISBN
9780804799041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.98

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9780801448638
ISBN
9780801448638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.36

Paperback. Centring her analysis around several major Puerto Rican anti-prostitution campaigns, the author exposes the race-related double standards of sexual norms and practices in Puerto Rico between 1870 and 1920, the period that witnessed Puerto Rico's shift from Spanish to US colonialism. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJP; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822323969
ISBN
9780822323969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Hardback. In this history of the last year of the war in the Pacific, award-winning historians Waldo Heinrichs and Marc Gallicchio examine all the issues facing the Allies in their fight against the Japanese, and whether unconditional surrender was inevitable. Num Pages: 728 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSP; 3JJH; HBJM; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190616755
ISBN
9780190616755
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 39.46

Paperback. Develops an historical argument with contemporary relevance - Empire abroad inevitably undermines democracy at home. Focusing on France and to a lesser extent on the United Kingdom, this title shows how empire and the post-colony have pervaded - and corroded - Western cultural, intellectual, and social life from the mid-19th century onwards. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JFFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822336976
ISBN
9780822336976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.17

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
563
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590336649
ISBN
9781590336649
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.51
€ 83.74

hardcover. Based on archival research, this is a history of the Russo-Chinese border which examines Russia's expansion into the Asian heartland during the decades of Chinese decline and the 20th-century paradox of Russia's inability to sustain political and economic sway over its domains. Num Pages: 448 pages, maps, bibliograpgy, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 793.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Routledge United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563247231
ISBN
9781563247231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.69

Hardcover. The beginning of filmmaking in the German colonies coincided with colonialism itself coming to a standstill. Scandals and economic stagnation in the colonies demanded a new and positive image of their value for Germany. Series: Film Europa. Num Pages: 308 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1H; 3JH; 3JJC; APF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782386971
ISBN
9781782386971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 402 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 174 x 31. Weight in Grams: 984.
Publisher
Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789461536044
ISBN
9789461536044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.10

Paperback. Details the history, weapons and tactics of the Japanese destroyers that was built before the war. This book includes the famous Fubuki class called Special Type by the Japanese, which were, when completed in the late 1920's, the most powerful class of destroyers in the world. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBTM; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 186 x 6. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849089845
ISBN
9781849089845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 5. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846032806
ISBN
9781846032806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.46

Paperback. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 80 b/w; 30 col. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ; JWF; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 5. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472818164
ISBN
9781472818164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. The Imperial Japanese Navy was a pioneer in naval aviation, having commissioned the world's first built-from-the-keel-up carrier, the 'Hosho'. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, it experimented with its carriers, perfecting their design and construction. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 52 illustrations, (7 colour ). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; 3JJH; JWF; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 185 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841768533
ISBN
9781841768533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.21

Num Pages: 248 pages, over 450 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 227 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1564.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764337697
ISBN
9780764337697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.26
€ 66.80

Paperback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 256 pages, 51, 22 colour plates, 29 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 237 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801479786
ISBN
9780801479786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

Paperback. A critical history of Israel's expanisionist politics that reveals how imperialist tendencies run the gamut from Left to Right. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 3JJP; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTQ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745316154
ISBN
9780745316154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.43

Paperback. Taking British colonialism and White Australia as case studies, Alison Bashford's innovative study, now published for the first time in paperback, examines the enclosures, boundaries and borders which were the objects and means of public health, as well as of colonial, national and racial administration between 1850 and 1950. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJM; HBLL; HBLW; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137429216
ISBN
9781137429216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 175.91

Paperback. Intended as a reminder of Europe for soldiers and clerks of the empire, the city of Dalat, located in the hills of Southern Vietnam, was built by the French in an alpine locale that reminded them of home. This book uncovers the strange 100-year history of a colonial city that was conceived as a center of power. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. Num Pages: 374 pages, 34 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
374
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition Thus; 1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520272699
ISBN
9780520272699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

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