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Hardcover. Portugal's poor military performance in the First World War, notably in Africa, restricted Afonso Costa's (1871-1937) ability to secure his diplomatic aims which, in any case, were highly unrealistic. Nevertheless, his loyal press in Portugal described him as the leader of the small nations', and reported his every statement as a major triumph. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 207 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905791873
ISBN
9781905791873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Hardcover. Sebastiao Salgado is one the most respected photojournalists. His work concentrates on Africa, where he has shot more than 40 reportage works over a period of 30 years. This book brings together Salgado's photos of Africa in three parts. It is a document of Africa and also an homage to the continent's history, people, and natural phenomena. Editor(s): Salgado, Lelia Wanick. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 372 x 37. Weight in Grams: 3236.
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Multilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783822856215
ISBN
9783822856215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 57.83

Paperback. A genuinely comparative study of the different trajectories and experiences of independent African states. This expanded, revised and updated new edition of an established text now includes the latest scholarship and features more on issues such as AIDS, urbanisation, South Sudan, questions of citizenship and the importance of transnational spaces. Num Pages: 680 pages, 14 black & white tables, 6 black & white halftones, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1024.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
680
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230272880
ISBN
9780230272880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.70

Paperback. Recounts the opposition to British and French rule practised both by Africans living on the continent and by European anticolonialists and members of the Black Diaspora. This book covers campaigns waged by an early incarnation of the ANC and other groups in South Africa who fought against legal and other aspects of white minority rule. Num Pages: 494 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1H; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Hurst & Co.
Number of pages
494
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850659365
ISBN
9781850659365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.43

Hardback. A revised and updated edition of this magisterial and sweeping history of modern Africa. Num Pages: 1232 pages, 5x4 b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Second Edition, Second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786490360
ISBN
9781786490360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.41

Hardcover. Editor(s): Abegunrin, Olayiwola Layi. Num Pages: 170 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJP; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629485614
ISBN
9781629485614
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.72
€ 157.94

Paperback. Black women and Hollywood in the pre-Civil Rights era Num Pages: 440 pages, 14 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APB; APF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221926
ISBN
9780253221926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. The first comprehensive analysis of the impact of the Reagan revolution on African-American political life. The book also critically assesses the Clinton administration's record on race and the Democratic party response to affirmative action, welfare, and other aspects of the African-American political agenda. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 544 pages, 80 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; JFC; JFSL3; JPH; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231104197
ISBN
9780231104197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.78

Paperback. Focuses on black migration and Latino immigration, examining tensions and alliances that emerged between African Americans and other groups. Exploring the challenges of residential segregation and deindustrialization, this book also tackles such topics as the real estate industry's discriminatory practices. Editor(s): Kusmer, Kenneth L.; Trotter, Joe. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 512 pages, 5 line drawings, 16 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSG; JFSL3. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226465104
ISBN
9780226465104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Tells the story from Africa's greatest living conservationist. This book covers a typical day for the author that involves rescuing baby elephants from poachers; finding homes for orphan elephants, all the while campaigning the ever-present threat of poaching for the ivory trade. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 pages black and white and colour. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JJP; 3JM; BM; PSVW7; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780670919710
ISBN
9780670919710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Hardcover. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. 330 pages, 23, 23 black and white. A look at the ambiguous experience of black security force personnel in white minority ruled colonial Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTQ; JFSL3; JKSW1. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 32. Weight: 638.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463805
ISBN
9781580463805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.43

Paperback. Counterinsurgency, Civil War, and Decolonization. Series: African Studies. 278 pages, 10 b/w illus. This 2009 book details the devastating Mau Mau civil war fought in Kenya during the 1950s and its legacies for the post-colonial state. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JJPG; HBJH; HBLW; HBW. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 15. Weight: 442.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521130905
ISBN
9780521130905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.36

Paperback. In the OXFORD HISTORY OF ART series, this book discusses folk and decorative arts alongside fine art produced by African-Americans throughout the nineteenth century. It also explores more recent issues in art and politics - the Civil Rights era and Black Nationalism in the 1960s and 70s and the emergence of new black artists in the 1980s and 90s. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 320 pages, colour plates, halftones, line drawings and maps throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; ACBK; ACV; ACX; AFTB; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 169 x 21. Weight in Grams: 742.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192842138
ISBN
9780192842138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.77

Paperback. Tells the story of anthropological fieldwork centred at Rhodes-Livingstone Institute in Northern Rhodesia during mid-twentieth century. Focusing on collaborative processes rather than on the activity of individual researchers, this book places anthropologists' assistants and informants in a central role in the making of anthropological knowledge. Num Pages: 392 pages, 23 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; 1HFMZ; 3JJ; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326731
ISBN
9780822326731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Hardback. Political history of Africa since independence movements Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: 1HF; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 768.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
500
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849045155
ISBN
9781849045155
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 28.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1HF; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141984094
ISBN
9780141984094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Afro-Cuban identity in Post-Revolutionary Novel and Film examines the changing discourse on race as portrayed in Cuban novels and films produced after 1959. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; APFA; DSB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611484229
ISBN
9781611484229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.67

Paperback. Explores the role of African Americans in the Pentecostal Church from 1906-2006 Editor(s): Yong, Amos; Alexander, Estrelda Y. Series: Religion, Race, & Ethnicity. Num Pages: 271 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HRCC2; HRCC96; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814797310
ISBN
9780814797310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Hardcover. Makes a persuasive case for a black Atlantic literary renaissance and its impact on modernist studies. This title explores the term 'Afromodernisms' and the study to address together the cognate fields of modernism and the black Atlantic. It sets an agenda for the study of blackness and modernism. Editor(s): Sweeney, Fionnghuala; Marsh, Kate. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748646401
ISBN
9780748646401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.97

Hardback. A history of the largest union in the AFL-CIO and its growth in a major American city Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JJ; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781439902783
ISBN
9781439902783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.48

Hardback. Through a bold combination of meticulous historiographical research and autobiographical material, this book characterizes the post-World War II era as a time of "latency" during which there emerged a new "chronotope," or change in our relationship to time. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBLW3; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804785181
ISBN
9780804785181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 40.71

Hardback. Once the United States landed on the moon in July 1969, it was up to President Nixon to decide what to do in space after Apollo. This book chronicles the decisions he made, including ending space exploration and approving the space shuttle. Those decisions determined the character of the US human space flight program for the next forty years. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 290 x 202 x 36. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137438522
ISBN
9781137438522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.87

Hardcover. Investigates the ways in which the events in Derry on 30th January 1972 have found representation in photography, film, theatre, poetry, television documentary, art installations, murals, music, commemorative events, legal discourse, eyewitness testimony, and pressure-group campaigns. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
152
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184257
ISBN
9781859184257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. Illuminates various aspects of a central but unexplored area of American history: the midcentury Japanese American experience. This title includes case studies that focus on various developments relating to Japanese Americans in the aftermath of their wartime confinement, including resettlement nationwide. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480. Portraits in Midcentury Japanese American Life and Politics. 328 pages, illustrations. Illuminates various aspects of a central but unexplored area of American history: the midcentury Japanese American experience. This title includes case studies that focus on various developments relating to Japanese Americans in the aftermath of their wartime confinement, including resettlement nationwide. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 21. Weight: 462.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271593
ISBN
9780520271593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

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