c 1800 to c 1900
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c 1800 to c 1900
Hardback. By looking at the activities of Taoist clerics in Peking, this book explores the workings of religion as a profession in one Chinese city during a period of dramatic modernisation. It focuses on ordinary religious professionals, most of whom remained obscure temple employees. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 425 pages, 5 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HRAX; HRKN5; HRLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025059
- ISBN
- 9780674025059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.34
€ 53.99
€ 45.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JH; ACVT; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111. .
- Publisher
- September Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910463574
- ISBN
- 9781910463574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.08
€ 17.99
€ 14.08
Hardback. This book is the first to explore the deep and lasting impacts of the largest colonial trading company, the British East India Company on the natural environment. The contributors - drawn from a wide range of academic disciplines - illuminate the relationship between colonial capital and the changing environment between 1600 and 1857. Editor(s): Damodaran, Vinita; Winterbottom, Anna; Lester, Alan. Series: Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTP; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427267
- ISBN
- 9781137427267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.90
€ 197.90
Hardback. This study uses the participation of free-colored men, whether mulatos, pardos, or morenos (i.e., Afro-Spaniards, Afro-Indians, or "pure blacks"), in New Spain's militia as a prism for examining race relations, racial identity, racial categorization, and issues of social mobility for racially stigmatized groups in colonial Mexico. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804742290
- ISBN
- 9780804742290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.32
€ 141.32
Hardback. Brings together two subjects in American history: the story of the struggle to end slavery that reached a violent climax in the Civil War, and the story of the westward expansion of the US. This work embraces East and West, as well as North and South, as the US observes the 2015 sesquicentennial commemoration of the end of the Civil War. Editor(s): Scharff, Virginia. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 color plates, 67 b/w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281264
- ISBN
- 9780520281264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.68
€ 38.99
€ 28.68
The Hoggs of Texas. Letters and Memoirs of an Extraordinary Family, 18...
Virginia (University Of St. Thomas) . Ed(S): ...
Editor(s): Bernhard, Virginia (University of St. Thomas). Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Texas State Historical Association,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781625110015
- ISBN
- 9781625110015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.66
€ 45.99
€ 38.66
Tells the tale of a nineteenth-century black widow. This book deals with story of Minnie Walkup, a young woman from New Orleans who began her life of crime when she was only sixteen years old. It details her remarkable life and criminal activities. Series: True Crime History. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606350348
- ISBN
- 9781606350348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.63
€ 43.99
€ 36.63
Voices of the Spirit: Sources for Interpreting the African American Ex...
Visiting Assistant Professor Of Anthropology ...
Paperback. This text provides a selection of African-American "voices", describing written works, oral history, photographs and moving images. Sources from 1883 to the 1990s are annotated and discussed, and are aimed at showing more of the African-American experience than is often portrayed in the mass media. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; GBCR; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- American Library Association
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838906392
- ISBN
- 9780838906392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.63
€ 43.99
€ 36.63
Paperback. Vita Sackville-West was an extraordinary woman from a long line of extraordinary women. Her grandmother, daughter of an old-clothes pedlar, made her fortune as a dancer and had a scandalous affair with an English diplomat. Their illegitimate daughter Victoria, Vita's mother, spent her childhood hidden in a convent. This book tells their stories. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784871161
- ISBN
- 9781784871161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.70
€ 14.99
€ 11.70
Hardcover. Vasily Kandinsky was born in Moscow in 1866 and, at the age of thirty, decided to study painting in Munich. He moved to Paris in 1934 and continued to draw and paint until his death in 1944. This volume catalogue raisonne of Kandinsky's drawings publishes many drawings and presents insights into the artist's creative process. Num Pages: 496 pages, 75 colour, 1000 mono. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; AFF; AGB; AGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 298 x 282 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2606.
- Publisher
- Philip Wilson Publishers
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856676369
- ISBN
- 9780856676369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 233.02€ 177.10
€ 233.02
€ 177.10
Paperback. Series: Legacy Editions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JHB; KFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231183352
- ISBN
- 9780231183352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.15
€ 36.99
€ 27.15
Hardback. Series: Legacy Editions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JHB; KFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231183345
- ISBN
- 9780231183345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.52
€ 130.52
Paperback. Having established laws removing many children from the marketplace, turn-of-the-century America was discovering new, sentimental criteria to determine a child's monetary worth. This book traces the emergence of the modern child, at once economically 'useless' and emotionally 'priceless,' from the late 1800s to the 1930s. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691034591
- ISBN
- 9780691034591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.93
€ 45.99
€ 32.93
Paperback. A cultural and political interpretation of the portraits, reliefs, allegories and historical paintings commissioned for the US Capital between 1815 and 1860. It seeks to give the reader an enhanced appreciation for the racial and ethnic implications of these works. Series: Perspectives on the Art & Architectural History of the United States Capitol. Num Pages: 292 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; ACV; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press Ohio
- Number of pages
- 292
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KEX0212660
- ISBN
- 9780821413425
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. British Airs and the Making of Environmental Medicine. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. 240 pages, Illustrations. This book explores the social origins of the Western preoccupation with health and environmental hazards. It looks at the rise of the dichotomy between the vulnerable 'in' and the threatening 'out' by examining the pathologies associated with weather, domestic space, ventilation, clothing, and travel in Britain at the turn of the 19th century. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; MBX; MMR. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 16. Weight: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104754
- ISBN
- 9780230104754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.65
€ 64.65
Hardcover. An autobiographical volume covering Nabokov's first 40 years up to his departure from Europe for America at the outset of World War II, telling of his emergence as a writer, his early loves and his marriage, his passion for butterflies and his lost homeland. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151886
- ISBN
- 9781857151886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.54
€ 20.99
€ 15.54
Paperback. An autobiography of Vladimir Nabokov. It presents recollections - of his comfortable childhood and adolescence, of his rich, liberal-minded father, his beautiful mother, an army of relations and family hangers - on and of grand old houses in St Petersburg and the surrounding countryside in pre-Revolutionary Russia. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 2ADT; 3JH; 3JJ; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183220
- ISBN
- 9780141183220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.93
€ 13.99
€ 10.93
Paperback. Editor(s): Kamp, Marianne. Translator(s): Kamp, Marianne; Markova, Mariana. Num Pages: 242 pages, 4 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FC; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253021380
- ISBN
- 9780253021380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.13
€ 29.99
€ 27.13
Hardback. Translation of: Ocherk byta zhenshchiny oseiiedlago tuzemnago naselenaieiia Fergany. 1886. Editor(s): Kamp, Marianne. Translator(s): Kamp, Marianne; Markova, Mariana. Num Pages: 242 pages, 4 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FC; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253021274
- ISBN
- 9780253021274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.83
€ 37.83
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Havel, Hippolyte. Editor(s): Berkman, Alexander. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBF; DSBH; DSC; JPFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 205 x 37. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- AK Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849352567
- ISBN
- 9781849352567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.08
€ 18.08