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paperback. Considers how we remember historical instances of suffering and atrocity, framing its central questions to show larger cultural shifts in how we position ourselves in relation to history, performance, and memory. Series: Unnatural Acts: Theorizing the Performative. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: AN; APFA; DSG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1062.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212924
ISBN
9780253212924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. A history and sociological analysis of the semantics of speculation between 1870 and 1930, this book looks at how speculation was represented in popular discourse and analyzes the discursive struggles turning it into a legitimate economic practice. Translator(s): Savoth, Eric. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPX; JHB; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804771320
ISBN
9780804771320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

A history and sociological analysis of the semantics of speculation between 1870 and 1930, this book looks at how speculation was represented in popular discourse and analyzes the discursive struggles turning it into a legitimate economic practice. Translator(s): Savoth, Eric. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPX; JHB; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804771313
ISBN
9780804771313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 150.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Crossway
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Redesign
Condition
New
SKU
V9781433536250
ISBN
9781433536250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.53

Paperback. Drawing on a range of written and visual materials, including private and business archives, and working at the intersections of art history, literature, and cinema studies, this title argues that "spectacular realities" are part of the foundation of modern mass society. Num Pages: 243 pages, 50 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSG; JHBS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356. Early Mass Culture in Fin-de-Siecle Paris. 243 pages, 52 b&w photographs, 1 map. Drawing on a range of written and visual materials, including private and business archives, and working at the intersections of art history, literature, and cinema studies, this title argues that "spectacular realities" are part of the foundation of modern mass society. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSG; JHBS; JHM. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520221680
ISBN
9780520221680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Hardback. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528. Freak Shows and Modern British Culture. 288 pages, ill. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight: 528.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257689
ISBN
9780520257689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.46
€ 65.36

Paperback. Examines the Roman games focusing on the practicalities of entertainment and architectural venues. This book offers an introduction to the main forms of spectacle in the Roman world, their nature, context and social importance. It also includes a section which reviews the modern reception of Roman spectacles, especially those involving gladiators. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 171 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Duckworth Publishers
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853996962
ISBN
9781853996962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.45

Paperback. Public spectacle formed a crucial component of the language of power in ancient Rome. This text presents a description of Rome's early history, by the historian Livy (16 BCE-17 CE). He presents his account of the growth of the Roman state itself as a visual monument and public spectacle. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520210271
ISBN
9780520210271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.56

Hardback. Chinese culture was a performance culture, and ritual was the highest form of performance. Village ritual life everywhere in pre-revolutionary China was complex, conservative, and extraordinarily diverse. This title discusses the ritual world of a group of rural settlements in Shanxi province in pre-1949 North China. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 15 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; HRKN; HRLF; JFSF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674033047
ISBN
9780674033047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.73

This volume in the series is a collection of lesser-known German armor developments including the Maus, Hummel, Wespe, Karl, Goliath and others. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 300 b/w photos, line schemes. BIC Classification: HBT; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1168. Development - Production - Operations. 160 pages, 300 b&w photographs, line schemes. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBT; JWM. Dimension: 290 x 225 x 21. Weight: 1162.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764326226
ISBN
9780764326226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.71
€ 39.78

Hardcover. The work of the RAF's 100 Group remains one of the least known aspects of the 1939-45 war. This book redresses the balance by focussing on one the heavy units, 223, and its sister units at RAF Oulton, Norfolk. It presents a picture of the secret and vital activities of the special operatives, and their effect on German defences. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 994.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Grub Street United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908117144
ISBN
9781908117144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.42

Paperback. The author of the international bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind looks at covert operations and assassination plots in the medieval period, matching anything to be found in our own era. Series: Warfare in History. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 colour illustrations, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBLC; HBW; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843834526
ISBN
9781843834526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.91

Paperback. Extraordinary true stories of daring and valour Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBW; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Headline Review
Edition
332nd Revised edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755318087
ISBN
9780755318087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Hardback. Special Forces Berlin relates the history of a little known and highly classified US Army Special Forces Detachment that was covertly stationed in Berlin, Germany from 1956 to 1990, poised to act if war ever broke out between the West and the Soviet Union and its allies. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBTW; JWD; JWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159. .
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612004440
ISBN
9781612004440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 pp of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 235 x 28. Weight in Grams: 734.
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612004273
ISBN
9781612004273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.62

Paperback. Umkhonto weSizwe, Spear of the Nation, was arguably the last of the great liberation armies of the twentieth century - but it never got to "march triumphant into Pretoria." This book presents the various stages of MK's thirty-year history, and considers the difficult strategic and moral problems the revolutionary army faced. Series: Ohio Short Histories of Africa. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 179 x 9. Weight in Grams: 118.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821420263
ISBN
9780821420263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. During the colonial period, Africans told each other terrifying rumors that Africans who worked for white colonists captured unwary residents and took their blood. Providing the stories that Africans told to describe colonial power, this book presents an epistemological inquiry into the nature of historical truth and memory. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1HFJ; GTB; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520217041
ISBN
9780520217041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. The ancient story of King Goujian, a psychologically complex fifth-century BCE monarch, spoke powerfully to the Chinese during China's turbulent twentieth century. This title connects the story to the major traumas of the last century, exploring why such stories often remain sealed up within a culture, unknown to outsiders. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520265837
ISBN
9780520265837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.93

Hardback. Series: Psychoanalysis and Social Theory. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801437854
ISBN
9780801437854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.62

Hardback. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453601
ISBN
9780801453601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.77

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