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Paperback. The Irish famine peaked in Black '47, but it brought misery and increased mortality to Ireland for several years. This title presents the Great Irish Famine from a variety of perspectives. It concentrates on fresh insights available through interdisciplinary and comparative methods. It highlights several economic and sociological features. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 320 pages, 54 tables, 38 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 10. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
9780691070155
ISBN
9780691070155
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.99
€ 36.72

Paperback. Famine remains one of the worst calamities that can befall a society. Mass starvation - whether it is inflicted by drought or engineered by misguided or genocidal economic policies - devastates families, weakens the social fabric, and undermines political stability. This title traces the history of famine from the earliest records to today. Num Pages: 344 pages, 7 halftones. 16 line illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147970
ISBN
9780691147970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.19

paperback. Enlightened Virginity in Eighteenth-Century Literature analyzes the history of the English virgin at the height of her celebrity. In so doing, it presents new arguments about the early English novel and its relationship to science, religion, and feminist theory. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HRC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2006
SKU
V9781349535637
ISBN
9781349535637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Hardcover. The life and times of polymath, scholar, author and folk hero, Hamish Henderson (1919-2002), poses, and helps us to answer, these questions. This book examines his life long commitment to finding a form of artistic expression suitable for post was Europe. It explores his ideas in their intellectual, cultural and political contexts. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748696574
ISBN
9780748696574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.94
€ 101.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JPA; JPHV; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691171296
ISBN
9780691171296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.38

Paperback. Editor(s): Phillips, Coretta; Webster, Colin. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFJ; JFSL; JHM; JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415540490
ISBN
9780415540490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.63

Paperback. Series: Frauen in der Literaturgeschichte. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Centaurus Verlag & Media
Condition
New
SKU
V9783825506223
ISBN
9783825506223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.59

Paperback / so. Series: Soziologie Und Okologie. Num Pages: 335 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810036940
ISBN
9783810036940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.97

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9783322971678
ISBN
9783322971678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.50

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 198 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
United Kingdom
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9783322951120
ISBN
9783322951120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.50

Hardcover. Cultural diversity-the multitude of different lifestyles that are not necessarily based on ethnic culture-is a catchphrase used increasingly instead of multiculturalism and in conjunction with globalization. Even though it is often used as a slogan it does capture a widespread phenomenon that cities must contend with.. Editor(s): Gdaniec, Cordula. Num Pages: 196 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845456658
ISBN
9781845456658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.32

Hardback. No descriptive material is available for this title. Num Pages: 244 pages, Illustrations, plans, transparencies, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; DSY; JFSL9; JNLB; JNU; YQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810822405
ISBN
9780810822405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.37

Paperback / so. Series: Biographie & Gesellschaft. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810006097
ISBN
9783810006097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.45

Hardback. For nearly a century, it has been a commonplace of Central European history that there were no Jews in medieval Prussia. This groundbreaking historical investigation demonstrates the very weak foundations upon which that assumption rests, tracing it to the ideologically compromised work of a single Nazi-era historian who badly mishandled evidence. Num Pages: 364 pages, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3H; HBAH; HBLC1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785334924
ISBN
9781785334924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.16

Paperback. [Fine s] sharp tongue is tempered with humor. . . . Read this book and see how complex and fascinating the whole issue is. The New York Times Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JM; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393340242
ISBN
9780393340242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.41

Hardback. Fresh approaches to how premodern women were viewed in legal terms, demonstrating how this varied from country to country and across the centuries. Editor(s): Beattie, Cordelia; Stevens, Matthew Frank. Series: Gender in the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 262 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; JFSJ1; LNMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838333
ISBN
9781843838333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.34

Paperback / so. Series: Transformationsprozesse: Schriftenreihe der Kommission Fur d. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810017482
ISBN
9783810017482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Jakobeit, Cord. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 38. Weight in Grams: 844.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783322960122
ISBN
9783322960122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.78

Paperback. * Brings together important essays that have helped to establish sexuality as one of the most vital areas of study in the humanities and social sciences. * Includes an introduction that comprehensively maps this newly emerging field, as well as provides a context for the pivotal scholarship included in the volume. Editor(s): Corber, Robert J.; Valocchi, Stephen. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 190 x 15. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631229179
ISBN
9780631229179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 53.85

paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
SKU
V9781349386758
ISBN
9781349386758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Hardback. This text charts the changes in Canada's literary profile since the mid-1990s, within a context of the national rhetoric of multiculturalism. By looking at a range of fictions by women from various ethnocultural backgrounds, it examines the complexities embedded within Canadian identity. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312239008
ISBN
9780312239008
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.56

Hardcover. Shedding light on the American campaign to democratize Western Germany after World War II, this book covers the importance of cultural policy and visual propaganda to the US occupation. It evokes Germany's political climate between 1945 and 1949, adding an unexpected dimension to the confrontation between the United States and the USSR. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJPG; JFC; JPVN. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226301693
ISBN
9780226301693
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.97
€ 45.29

Paperback. This text presents the ideas of a number of contemporary modernist and liberal Muslim thinkers, exposing an important intellectual current in Islamic thought. Responding to the challenges brought by colonialism and modernization, they propose new conceptions and interpretations of Islam. Editor(s): Cooper, John; Nettler, Ron (Oriental Institute, Oxford University); Mahmoud, Muhammed (Oriental Institute, Oxford University). Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860645310
ISBN
9781860645310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.52

Hardback. Series: International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice. Num Pages: 149 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSP31; JHB; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 397.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
149
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319114835
ISBN
9783319114835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.15

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