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Hardback. European settler societies have a long history of establishing a sense of belonging and entitlement outside Europe, but Zimbabwe has proven to be the exception to the rule. Arriving in the 1890s, white settlers never comprised more than a tiny minority. Instead of grafting themselves onto local societies, they adopted a strategy of escape. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; HBJH; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621428
- ISBN
- 9780230621428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.28
€ 62.28
Paperback. European settler societies have a long history of establishing a sense of belonging and entitlement outside Europe, but Zimbabwe has proven to be the exception to the rule. Arriving in the 1890s, white settlers never comprised more than a tiny minority. Instead of grafting themselves onto local societies, they adopted a strategy of escape. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; HBJH; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621435
- ISBN
- 9780230621435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.56
€ 61.56
Hardback. David McDermott Hughes investigates why climate change is not yet a moral issue by examining the history of energy use in Trinidad and Tobago. Drawing parallels between Trinidad's history of slavery and its oil industry, Hughes shows how treating oil as "ordinary" prevents us from making the moral choice to abandon it. Num Pages: 208 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; JHMC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363064
- ISBN
- 9780822363064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.12
€ 115.12
Paperback. David McDermott Hughes investigates why climate change is not yet a moral issue by examining the history of energy use in Trinidad and Tobago. Drawing parallels between Trinidad's history of slavery and its oil industry, Hughes shows how treating oil as "ordinary" prevents us from making the moral choice to abandon it. Num Pages: 208 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; JHMC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822362982
- ISBN
- 9780822362982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
paperback. This biography of Harry Truman presents a picture of an extraordinary American President. Drawing archival material and interviews, McCullough chronicles Truman's boyhood, his entry into politics and his emergence as President. This book won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1993. Num Pages: 1117 pages, 316pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1440.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780671869205
- ISBN
- 9780671869205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 15.75
€ 20.00
€ 15.75
Hardback. Beginning with responses to fascism in the 1930s and ending with protests against the Iraq wars, this book shows how American artists have borne witness, registered dissent, and asserted the enduring ability of imagination to uncover truths about individuals and nations. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 color, 63 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 261 x 22. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286702
- ISBN
- 9780520286702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.90
€ 54.99
€ 38.90
Hardcover. How do two ideologically opposed governments co-operate? The Unionist government struggled to answer this question during the sixties and seventies. This book charts the development of this government's policy towards its neighbor in Southern Ireland and explains how it ended up in a total stalemate with the emergence of the Troubles. Num Pages: 159 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLW; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137499530
- ISBN
- 9781137499530
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.92
€ 61.92
Hardcover. Shows how the modus vivendi approach rejects the broad philosophical ambitions that characterize much of recent liberal thought. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 55.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521119788
- ISBN
- 9780521119788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.94€ 93.41
€ 105.94
€ 93.41
Paperback. Mayers analyses the entire history of American foreign relations with first Russia and then the Soviet Union, using the drama of the lives of the men and women who worked at the American embassy in Moscow to tell his story. Particular attention is paid to the critical events of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 368 pages, 14 pp halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 619. Good clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- SKU
- KEC0000122
- ISBN
- 9780195115765
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. "For Italian city builders more than a thousand years ago, the urban realm was the great theater where their best aspirations were played out, the place where society said the most substantial things a" Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 illustrations, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; ACND; AM; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813342986
- ISBN
- 9780813342986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.01
€ 27.01
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674033139
- ISBN
- 9780674033139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.22
€ 33.99
€ 28.22
Paperback. The indigenous people of the Americas have resisted a 500-year assault. During this time, authorities insisted that the toleration of indigenous societies would undermine the states. However, they have started to reverse themselves. This work offers the history behind these times of transition. Series: David Rockefeller Centre for Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 340 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JFSL9; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press Massachusetts
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009646
- ISBN
- 9780674009646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.23
€ 27.99
€ 24.23
Paperback. Part of a series, this concise text focuses on key issues affecting indigenous and ethnic groups worldwide. Building on introductory material, it then explores a particular issue and its impact on a culture. It aims to help readers identify with others of a different ethnic background. Series: Cultural survival studies in ethnicity & change. Num Pages: 168 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSL1; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 230. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0016389
- ISBN
- 9780205198160
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Presents an examination of the major aspects of daily life - from food and sports to religion, education, and politics - of ancient Rome's 'common people', including slaves. This book offers generous selections from a variety of primary source materials. It includes 30 illustrations, a chronology of Roman history, and a bibliography. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209572
- ISBN
- 9780872209572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 17.69
€ 20.00
€ 17.69
Hardback. Since the growth of interest and fascination with the Japanese, and the emergence of Japan as a world economic power, many works that have studied Japanese culture. This is an analysis of how Japanese culture and society structure, shape, and mould the emotions of the Japanese people. Num Pages: 200 pages, 22 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 441.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727198
- ISBN
- 9780804727198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.32
€ 75.32
Paperback. A classic account of how landscape has been central to questions of 'Englishness' - of national identity, history and modernity, as well as concepts of citizenship and the body. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JFC; RGC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 270 x 44. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780235813
- ISBN
- 9781780235813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.35
€ 16.99
€ 15.35
Hardcover. How does one get from William Burroughs' floor to binding books for Pope John XXIII? A must-read book lover's memoir. Num Pages: 400 pages, 32 B&W photos. BIC Classification: BM; JFCA; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Biblioasis Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 421
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927428177
- ISBN
- 9781927428177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70
Paperback. Series: Nonprofit Management & Finance. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNK; KJM; KJMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781468446814
- ISBN
- 9781468446814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.69
€ 61.69
Paperback. So much has been written about the Roman army in Britain that the vital role of the navy - both in support of the army and in the defence of this distant Roman province - has been largely overlooked. This title provides a comprehensive account of the Roman navy's importance in the conquest and defence of Britain. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA; HD; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 171 x 14. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752425412
- ISBN
- 9780752425412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.55
€ 33.99
€ 28.55
Paperback. A monograph exploring the ways in which Deleuze's philosophy of time can enhance our understanding of contemporary mainstream cinema. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748635856
- ISBN
- 9780748635856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.07
€ 41.99
€ 37.07