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Hardback. David Jones has translated two important collections of short stories from the late thirteenth century that were assembled in the British Isles. The collections of narratives depict working daily life as well as offering a moral and theological insight into medieval life overall. Translator(s): Jones, David. Series Editor(s): Horrox, Rosemary; MacLean, Simon. Series: Manchester Medieval Sources. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 221 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719084249
- ISBN
- 9780719084249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.35
€ 146.35
Hardback. With its dialect and striking modern icons such as the Angel of the North, the north east has been described as England's most distinctive region. This study reveals the impact of the new cultural institutions that emerged after 1945 upon this region with deeply rooted vernacular traditions. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKEY; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719082283
- ISBN
- 9780719082283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.34
€ 158.34
The Alderley Sandhills Project. An Archaeology of Community Life in (P...
Conlin Casella, Eleanor; Croucher, Sarah K.
Paperback. Situates the results of traditional archaeological excavations within a broader spectrum of archival sources, family photographs and personal memories of former site residents to consider the dramatic influences of industrialization and subsequent de-industrialisation on the material world of a rural community in the North-West of England. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKEN; HBTG; HDD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 172 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719081989
- ISBN
- 9780719081989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.52
€ 42.52
Hardback. A unique and overdue insight and study into how the landscape, institutions and collective memory has influenced the representation of the past on British television from 1946 to the present day, promoting a very singular view of what it means to be British. Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APT; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719080920
- ISBN
- 9780719080920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.94
€ 158.94
Hardback. This is a landmark study which examines the film and reading tastes of working-class consumers in 1930s Britain. Drawing on a wealth of original research, Robert James argues that working-class consumers used popular film and fiction to answer a range of cultural and social needs in this tumultuous decade. Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 169 x 26. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719080258
- ISBN
- 9780719080258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.22
€ 159.22
Hardback. This exciting history of male prostitution in New York, the first detailed history of the hustler, draws the reader into the fascinating sexual culture of postwar America. its subject matter and style will appeal to a wide range of readers, especially those interested in the histories of sex, the city, masculinity, and American culture. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Cooter, Roger; Steedman, Carolyn. Series: Encounters: Cultural Histories. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719080074
- ISBN
- 9780719080074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.90
€ 146.90
Hardback. The book explores the identity of British agricultural labourers during a time of crisis for the British countryside. It looks at how they expressed grievances and celebrated their sexuality and way of life through songs Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; AVGH; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078903
- ISBN
- 9780719078903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.91
€ 158.91
Hardback. Presents a response to the prominent Methodist historian David Hempton's call to analyse women's experience within Methodism. This book deals with British Methodist women preachers over the nineteenth century, with emphasis on the Primitive Methodists and Bible Christians. Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; HRCC95; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 31. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078859
- ISBN
- 9780719078859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.03
€ 159.03
Hardback. Using oral histories and archival records from Barbados, Britain and the United States, and engaging with the role of gender in defining and building nationhood and citizenship, Mary Chamberlain challenges previous histories of Caribbean decolonisation which focus on one perspective alone. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078767
- ISBN
- 9780719078767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.70
€ 158.70
Hardback. A study of cross-cultural engagements between the indigenous peoples of the Pacific and Spanish explorers during the early modern period. It analyses eight main voyages, their aims and outcomes, looking at the different patterns of contact and the use of gift-giving and bartering as social cement. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBLH; RGR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719077791
- ISBN
- 9780719077791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.94
€ 158.94
Hardback. Shows how a multi-ethnic Roman Catholic and Jewish population derived mainly from the littorals and islands of the Mediterranean became settled in British Gibraltar. This book explains how the demographic, economic, administrative and political history of Gibraltar accounts for the construction of a distinctive 'Gibraltarian' identity. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSG; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719076350
- ISBN
- 9780719076350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.15
€ 149.15
Hardback. This original new study examines how members of the English medieval nobility and their families fell from position and power in the period 1075-1455. Based on extensive research in chronicle, administrative, artistic and other interdisciplinary sources, the study spans from the Earls' Revolt of 1075 to the beginning of the Wars of the Roses. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719075216
- ISBN
- 9780719075216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.22
€ 159.22
Hardback. Colette Wilson writes clearly and authoritatively and her original, scholarly and beautifully illustrated book makes a strong contribution to our understanding of the Paris Commune, its aftermath in the early years of the Third Republic and French cultural memory overall Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Summerfield, Penny; Gatrell, Peter; Jones, Max; Carden-Coyne, Ana. Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719074769
- ISBN
- 9780719074769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.31
€ 158.31
Hardback. Monasticism in Late Medieval England provides an ideal introduction to this subject for students and scholars alike. It combines translated sources relating to every aspect of late medieval monastic life with the first extended overview of pre-Reformation monasticism in England for a generation. Series Editor(s): Horrox, Rosemary; MacLean, Simon. Series: Manchester Medieval Sources. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HRCX8. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719071744
- ISBN
- 9780719071744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.66
€ 146.66
Hardback. This exciting collection of documents offers readers access to primary material illustrating the experiences of women in Britain in politics, society and daily life in the period 1770 to the 1970s. Series Editor(s): Bennett, Harry. Series: Documents in Modern History. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 27. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719069543
- ISBN
- 9780719069543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.85
€ 146.85
Hardback. This original and innovative book examines an intensive period in the development of London, when in the opening decades of the nineteenth century a concerted attempt was made to transform the metropolis into a modern European capital Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; AM; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719068201
- ISBN
- 9780719068201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.38
€ 147.38
Hardback. Examines the events that led up to the 1848 rising in Ireland and examines the reasons for its failure. This book places the rising in the context of political changes outside Ireland, especially the links between the Irish nationalists and radicals and republicans in Britain, France and north America. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719065163
- ISBN
- 9780719065163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.21
€ 148.21
hardcover. 'Who will write the History of the American Revolution' asked a worried John Adams, and 'who will ever write it? This book is an attempt to answer these questions. Examining the many histories of the American Revolution and Constitution, it looks at how the transition from amateur to professional transformed the interpretation of the Revolution. Series Editor(s): Richardson, Roger. Series: Issues in Historiography. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 31. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719052415
- ISBN
- 9780719052415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.21
€ 147.21
Paperback. Series: Hearts of the Lancaster Grand Hotel. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FW; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 108 x 25. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718079970
- ISBN
- 9780718079970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.35
€ 10.35
Hardback. Since its arrival at the British Museum in 1891 the Aigina Treasure a group of Greek Bronze Age gold jewellery and other objects that is believed to come from the island of Aigina has been shrouded in mystery and speculation. This volume argues for the Treasures possible Minoan, Mycenaean, Near Eastern and Egyptian connections. Editor(s): Fitton, J. Lesley. Num Pages: 136 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 305 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- British Museum Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714122625
- ISBN
- 9780714122625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.60
€ 106.60