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Paperback. Explores the pleasures and pitfalls of the academic life. This title discusses three of the perennial issues that have surfaced in debates about the humanities: the relation between "amateurs" and "professionals," the relation between one academic discipline and another, and the relation between "jargon" and "plain language." Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; H; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691115719
ISBN
9780691115719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.05

Paperback. Considers the intellectual renaissance at the close of the 17th century that caused the shift in the portrayals and perceptions of mountains in prose and poetry, from ugly protuberances to glorious heights. Examines various writers from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, and traces both the causes Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780295975771
ISBN
9780295975771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.59

Paperback. A Most Excellent Dish. Series: The English Kitchen. 144 pages, 20 black and white illustrations. An ingredient with a remarkable social history. Recipes from around the world. A new instalment in The English Kitchen series. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBTB; JFCV; WBT. Dimension: 143 x 186 x 14. Weight: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Prospect Books
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903018811
ISBN
9781903018811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.29

Paperback. A collection of essays that offers insights into various ways that South Carolina women asserted themselves in their state and illuminates the tension between tradition and change that defined the South from the Civil War through the Progressive Era. Editor(s): Spruill, Marjorie Julian (Professor of History, Vanderbilt University, USA); Littlefield, Valinda W.; Johnson, Joan Marie. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 colour & 20 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Volume 2
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329383
ISBN
9780820329383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.86

Hardcover. Part of the three volumes on South Carolina women, this title spans the long period from the sixteenth century through the Civil War era. It features the religious, racial, ethnic, and class diversity of the women. It contains essays on plantation mistresses, overseers' wives, nonslaveholding women from the upcountry and slave women. Editor(s): Spruill, Marjorie Julian (Professor of History, Vanderbilt University, USA); Littlefield, Valinda W.; Johnson, Joan Marie. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Volume 1
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329352
ISBN
9780820329352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.35

Hardcover. A collection of essays that offers insights into various ways that South Carolina women asserted themselves in their state and illuminates the tension between tradition and change that defined the South from the Civil War through the Progressive Era. Editor(s): Spruill, Marjorie Julian (Professor of History, Vanderbilt University, USA); Littlefield, Valinda W.; Johnson, Joan Marie. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 colour & 20 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Volume 2
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329376
ISBN
9780820329376
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.79

Hardcover. At the cutting edge of 'the new social and demographic history', this book provides a detailed picture of the most comprehensive system of poor relief operated by any Elizabethan town. Series: Studies in Regional and Local History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 251 x 181 x 16. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907396915
ISBN
9781907396915
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.49

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Of Hertfordshire Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907396922
ISBN
9781907396922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.32

Paperback. Ida Pruitt, born of American missionaries and raised in a rural Chinese village at the end of the nineteenth century, witnessed almost a century of China's revolutionary upheavals. This work tells the story of this remarkable woman, and brings a different perspective to the study of modern Chinese history. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629962210
ISBN
9789629962210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.74

Paperback. This book examines how, from the late nineteenth century through the 1920s, British policymakers, welfare providers, and working-class men struggled to accommodate men's dependence on the state within understandings of masculine citizenship. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349483556
ISBN
9781349483556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 118.69

Hardback. This book examines how, from the late nineteenth century through the 1920s, British policymakers, welfare providers, and working-class men struggled to accommodate men's dependence on the state within understandings of masculine citizenship. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
323
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137393203
ISBN
9781137393203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.26

Hardcover. Many voices clamor to be heard in debates about whether shamans cure, and whether shamanic spirituality is worth continuing or recovering in the twenty-first century. This book provides newinsights into the fascinating resurgence of shamanism through an exploration of the politicalrepression of religion and its transcendence Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230110915
ISBN
9780230110915
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.87

Paperback. Many voices clamour to be heard in debates about whether shamans cure, and whether shamanic spirituality is worth continuing or recovering in the twenty-first century. This book provides new insights into the fascinating resurgence of shamanism through an exploration of the political repression of religion and its transcendence. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FCS; HRA; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137005564
ISBN
9781137005564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.18

Hardback. Analyzes English social and occupational behavioural ideals from the courtesy book's demise in 1774 to the Medical Act's passage in 1858. Ideals from conduct and etiquette books mix with those displayed by professional groups, particularly medical practitioners, in this analysis of class relations. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333572238
ISBN
9780333572238
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.95

Hardback. An exploration of national identity in Victorian Britain. It draws on travel journals by middle-class British men and women who toured Britain and the Continent, aiming to illustrate the contexts that inspired the collective identities of Britishness, Englishness, Scotsness and Welshness. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333719992
ISBN
9780333719992
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.46

Paperback. Anderson critically analyses the evidence available from regnal lists and Irish annals of the 6th to 9th centuries, to shed new light on the kingdoms of DalRiata and the Picts. This reedition includes a new introduction and a bibliography of recent scholarship by Nicholas Evans. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3F; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
John Donald Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906566302
ISBN
9781906566302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.71

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226054421
ISBN
9780226054421
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.55
€ 78.15

Hardcover. Marjorie Quarton has reproduced and edited an original Commonplace Book, a household notebook from the 1700s containing the recipes and kitchen notes of her ancestor. Num Pages: 157 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; WBA; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Number of pages
157
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843511854
ISBN
9781843511854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ASD; HRQC5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 5. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Rudolf Steiner Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855844032
ISBN
9781855844032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.33

Paperback. Shows the extent of the influence of the 12th-century Calabrian Abbot, Joachim of Fiore, from the 13th to the 16th centuries and demonstrates the continuity between medieval and Renaissance thought in the field of prophecy. The author pinpoints the most original aspects of his theology. Num Pages: 588 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; HRAB1; HRCM; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 34. Weight in Grams: 832.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268011703
ISBN
9780268011703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.14

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