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Society & culture: general

hardcover. Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBTS; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820348025
ISBN
9780820348025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 403 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814760284
ISBN
9780814760284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.98

Paperback. Written by three prominent historians of the period, Slavery's Ghost forces readers to think critically about the way we study the past, the depth of racial prejudice, and how African Americans won and lost their freedom in nineteenth-century America. Series: The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402369
ISBN
9781421402369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.89

hardcover. First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 284 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714631424
ISBN
9780714631424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 13 photographs. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCF; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472030224
ISBN
9780472030224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.12

Hardcover. A detailed history showing that the free blacks and "contraband" slaves who joined the US Navy during the Civil War were essential to Northern victories at sea. Through their role in preserving the Union, they helped to win recognition for African Americans as full citizens. Num Pages: 252 pages, 12ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875802862
ISBN
9780875802862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 45.73

Paperback. Shows that although plantation slavery was a horrible reality for many Africans and their descendants in Latin America, blacks experienced many other realities in Iberian colonies. This work analyses a treatise by a seventeenth-century Muslim scholar in Morocco and argues it shaped the slave trade to Latin America. Editor(s): Landers, Jane G.; Robinson, Barry M. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826323972
ISBN
9780826323972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.25

Paperback. Continuing film lovers' ongoing conversation about the low, the bad, and the sleazy face of cinema, this book examines the ineffable quality of "sleaze" in relation to a range of issues, including the production realities of low-budget exploitation pictures and the ever-shifting terrain of reception and taste. Editor(s): Sconce, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 352 pages, 59 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; APFA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339649
ISBN
9780822339649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.59

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583224786
ISBN
9781583224786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.89

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Seven Stories Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583227015
ISBN
9781583227015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.64

Paperback. Editor(s): Bendix, Regina F.; Bendix, John. Num Pages: 131 pages, illus. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHMP; JKVC; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 169 x 8. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
131
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772899879
ISBN
9788772899879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.39

Paperback. There's more than one way to make a bed, and humans throughout history have devised every sort they could imagine. This book, illustrated with 140 images, takes readers on a tour of beds and sleeping customs around the world. It offers a look at the history of beds and - under the impetus of both functional needs and aesthetic tastes. Num Pages: 200 pages, 140 color illus. BIC Classification: AFT; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7459 x 5499 x 11. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295985985
ISBN
9780295985985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.54

Paperback. "Sligo has everything. From the Curlew Mountains to Benbulben, every hill and valley is linked by the gossamer threads of myth, folklore and legend and, in this new work by Joe McGowan, those stories are brought back to life in all their heroic detail.Includes bibliographical references."-- Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845888367
ISBN
9781845888367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.21

Paperback. A profile of the black men who congregate at Slim's Table at the Valois "See Your Food" cafeteria on Chicago's South Side. Num Pages: 200 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 145 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226170312
ISBN
9780226170312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFCV; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Prospect Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909248373
ISBN
9781909248373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JM; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 40. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447270201
ISBN
9781447270201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Charts the studio's fortunes, which peaked during World War II, declined in the post-war period, and finally collapsed in the 1950s. With unparalleled access to archival materials, the author chronicles the period from 1942 to the company's demise in 1957. It represents the most insightful exploration of the Hollywood studio system to date. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; HBJK; HBLW; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289673
ISBN
9780520289673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.38

Paperback. Urban slum dwellers - especially in emerging-economy cities - are often poor, live in squalor, and suffer unnecessarily from disease, disability, premature death, and poor life expectancy. Yet living in a city can and should be healthy. This title shows why and how slums can be unhealthy, and more. Editor(s): Corburn, Jason; Riley, Lee. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; KCN; MB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520281073
ISBN
9780520281073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.40

Paperback. Paints a portrait of the practitioners of slumming and their world: who they were, why they went, what they claimed to have found, how it changed them, and how slumming, in turn, shaped both Victorian and twentieth-century understandings of poverty and social welfare, gender relations, and sexuality. Num Pages: 424 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBLL; JFFA; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2006, Third Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128009
ISBN
9780691128009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.16

Paperback. From Jacob Riis' How The Other Half Lives (1890) to Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Igor Krstic outlines a transnational history of films that either document or fictionalise the favelas, shantytowns, barrios poulares or chawls of our 'planet of slums'. BIC Classification: APFA; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474425933
ISBN
9781474425933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.42

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