Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. This tender memoir chronicles the early years of Sayyid Qutb, one of Egypt's most influential radical Islamist thinkers and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CSR; 3JJ; BM; DSBH; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610755
- ISBN
- 9780815610755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.66
€ 24.66
Hardcover. The year 1919 in Jerusalem marked the conclusion of hundreds of years of Ottoman rule and the beginning of British occupation, a period of great change that would transform the city. This memoir presents a portrait of life in post-WWI Jerusalem as seen through the eyes of a spirited young English girl. Num Pages: 176 pages, 45 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJG; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608721
- ISBN
- 9780815608721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.23
€ 21.99
€ 21.23
Hardback. Child labor greatly contributed to the cultural and economic success of the British Victorian theatrical industry. This book highlights the complexities of the battle for child labor laws, the arguments for the needs of the theatre industry, and the weight of opposition that confronted any attempt to control employers. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; AN; HBTB; JFSP1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137503176
- ISBN
- 9781137503176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardback. The author became a High Court judge in 1978, and went onto lead the biggest inquiry into child abuse ever held in Britain, publishing the highly significant and influential report "Lost in Care" in 2000. In this title, he provides frontline insights into the complex British legal system. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp bw plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGHA; LNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780764993
- ISBN
- 9781780764993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.89€ 54.79
€ 58.89
€ 54.79
Paperback. An extraordinary first-person account of a childhood spent in the jungle Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JJPN; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088874
- ISBN
- 9781844088874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.92
€ 14.99
€ 11.92
Hardcover. Explores the complex interactions between French medicine and Vietnamese childbirth traditions, documenting the emergence of a plural system of maternity services that incorporated both biomedical knowledge and local birthing traditions. Num Pages: 254 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 22 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465687
- ISBN
- 9781580465687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.59
€ 128.59
Paperback. Written when the author was eighty-three years old, but dealing with only the first twelve years of her life, this title is constructed as a dialogue between the author and her memory. It interrogates her interlocutor in search of her own intentions, more precise accuracy, and, indeed, the truth. Translator(s): Wright, Barbara. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DVUA; 3JJC; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226922317
- ISBN
- 9780226922317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.84
€ 31.99
€ 24.84
Hardcover. This book examines the transformations of Egyptian childhoods that occurred across gender, class, and rural/urban divides. It also questions the role of nostalgia and representation of childhood in illuminating key underlying political, social, and cultural developments in Egypt. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137432773
- ISBN
- 9781137432773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. This book explores the role of children and young people within early modern England's Catholic minority. It examines Catholic attempts to capture the next generation, Protestant reactions to these initiatives, and the social, legal and political contexts in which young people formed, maintained and attempted to explain their religious identity. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBTB; HRCC7; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137364494
- ISBN
- 9781137364494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. Recaptures a vanished moment of cultural history. Editor(s): Dollenmayer, David B. Translator(s): Dollenmayer, David B. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 232 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJ; BGLA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631781
- ISBN
- 9780815631781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.56
€ 38.56
Hardcover. This book brings together the newest and the most innovative scholarship on Nigerian children-one of the least researched groups in African colonial history. It engages the changing conceptions of childhood, relating it to the broader themes about modernity, power, agency, and social transformation under imperial rule. Editor(s): Aderinto, Saheed. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSP31. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137501622
- ISBN
- 9781137501622
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. Series: Memory Politics and Transitional Justice. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JJP; HBJK; JHB; JPHX; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349948529
- ISBN
- 9781349948529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. The cult of the child performer was a significant emergence of the Victorian age. Fierce public debate and lasting legislation grew out of the conflict between a desire for juvenile display and a determination to stop exploitation. This study explores the social and artistic context of their lives and their developing professionalism as actors. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ANB; DSBF; JFSP1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551558
- ISBN
- 9780230551558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.64
€ 67.64
Paperback. Places the history of children and youth in the context of the Civil War Editor(s): Marten, James. Series: Children and Youth in America. Num Pages: 282 pages, 9 b&w illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814796085
- ISBN
- 9780814796085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
paperback. Unearths the experiences of and attitudes about children and youth during the decades following the American Revolution Editor(s): Marten, James. Series: Children and Youth in America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814757499
- ISBN
- 9780814757499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270439
- ISBN
- 9781783270439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 maps, 2 black & white illustrations, 2 charts, 1 graph, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJP; HBTB; HBWN; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526104588
- ISBN
- 9781526104588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.95
€ 158.95
paperback. Examines the aspects of childhood in the American colonies between the late sixteenth and late eighteenth centuries. This work contains essays and documents that shed light on the ways in which the process of colonization shaped childhood, and in turn how the experience of children affected life in colonial America. Editor(s): Marten, James. Series: Children and Youth in America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814757161
- ISBN
- 9780814757161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. The centenary of the First World War has brought with it much attention on the lives of those left behind at home. This book explains how the daily life of children one hundred years ago was affected by war. Series: Britain's Heritage Series. Num Pages: 64 pages, 80. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWN; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445668765
- ISBN
- 9781445668765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.47
€ 17.47
Hardback. Between 1935 and 1938 the celebrated photographer Roman Vishniac explored the cities and villages of Eastern Europe, capturing life in the Jewish shtetlekh of Poland, Romania, Russia, and Hungary. This book is devoted to a subject Vishniac especially loved, and one whose mystery and spontaneity he captured with particular poignancy: children. Num Pages: 156 pages, 69 duotones. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; AJB; AJCP; HBG; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 156
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221871
- ISBN
- 9780520221871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.20
€ 52.99
€ 38.20