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Hardback. The arrival of Europeans in the Americas brought with it a demographic catastrophe of vast proportions for the native populations. In this book Livi Bacci argues that the catastrophe was not the inevitable outcome of contact with Europeans but was a function of both the methods of the conquest and the characteristics of the subjugated societies. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745640006
- ISBN
- 9780745640006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.71
€ 75.71
Paperback. With humble beginnings as an RAF apprentice, Johnny Wells progressed to pilot and rose to the higher echelons of command at the Air Ministry. This title provides a testimony of what was required of air pilots during the Second World War. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752463537
- ISBN
- 9780752463537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.58
€ 17.99
€ 16.58
Paperback. In 1979, Florida Seminoles opened the first tribally operated high-stakes bingo hall in Native North America. This book presents an ethnographic account of the history and consequences of Seminole gaming. It describes casino operations, chronicles the everyday life and history of the Seminole Tribe, and shares the insights of individual Seminoles. Num Pages: 304 pages, 36 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; JFSL9; JHMC; KNSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342274
- ISBN
- 9780822342274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 250 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JMC; VFX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138020436
- ISBN
- 9781138020436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.93
€ 180.93
Paperback. Media analyst McChesney (communication, U. of Illinois-Urbana Champaign) deconstructs how the media system works in the US so that citizens can see it isn't so mysterious and be inspired to take a role in reshaping the flawed policies that the system is built on. McChesney argues that the increasing Num Pages: 367 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S.
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583671054
- ISBN
- 9781583671054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.58
€ 19.99
€ 18.58
Paperback. Fitzroy Maclean's classic work has been updated with a new chapter by Magnus Linklater, examining how Scottish identity is faring in the wake of the first Scottish Parliament for nearly 300 years. Series: Illustrated National Histories. Num Pages: 248 pages, 238 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 181 x 15. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500282335
- ISBN
- 9780500282335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 5.70
€ 16.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. One of the most influential documents of our time, Mao Tse-tung's pamphlet on guerrilla warfare has become the basic textbook for waging revolution in underdeveloped and emergent areas throughout the world. This book analyzes the nature and conduct of guerrilla warfare, and considers its implications for American policy. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 210 x 10. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780252068928
- ISBN
- 9780252068928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.27
€ 17.99
€ 17.27
Paperback. Discusses the literary and artistic effects of globalisation Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 252 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AB; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253223456
- ISBN
- 9780253223456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.42
€ 26.99
€ 25.42
Paperback. The powerful thesis of this book is that in order to achieve full selfhood we must all repeatedly and endlessly kill the phantasmatic image of ourselves instilled in us by our parents-the projection of the child our parents wanted. Translator(s): Hays, Marie-Claude. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: JMAF; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 7. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731416
- ISBN
- 9780804731416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.61
€ 27.99
€ 26.61
Paperback. Translator(s): Burk, Drew S. Series: Univocal. Num Pages: 54 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 86.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Univocal Publishing LLC
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937561000
- ISBN
- 9781937561000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.51
€ 17.99
€ 17.51
Hardback. TEXT IN ARABIC. Covers topics ranging from plant-fibre skirts of the Neolithic, Ancient Egyptian linen shifts and togas of Classical Age, to 19th-century Tyrolean dirndls, contemporary African ceremonial attire and Middle Eastern burqas of our own age, historical period and style of dress. This book is a glorious celebration of ethnographic clothing. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AKTH; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 236 x 53. Weight in Grams: 3150.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500516065
- ISBN
- 9780500516065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.99€ 55.00
€ 69.99
€ 55.00
Paperback. Contains an essay on Gay Musicology, its history and scope. Along with this historical essay, this work includes an introduction that outlines the changes that have occurred as Gay Musicology has grown. Editor(s): Brett, Phillip; Wood, Elizabeth; Thomas, Gary C. Num Pages: 418 pages, 9 black & white tables, 18 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AV; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415978842
- ISBN
- 9780415978842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.69
€ 80.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Lantern Books,US United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590564233
- ISBN
- 9781590564233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.50
€ 23.99
€ 21.50
Paperback. Editor(s): Freeman, Anthony. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; JMA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 168 x 11. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907845188
- ISBN
- 9780907845188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.98
€ 25.98
Paperback. Explores the ways in which food practices enabled women to exert control within the family and to define their religious vocations. This title describes what women meant by seeing their own bodies and God's body as food and what men meant when they too associated women with food and flesh. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. Num Pages: 300 pages, 24ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC1; HRCR; HRCV; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 686. The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. 300 pages, 24ill. Explores the ways in which food practices enabled women to exert control within the family and to define their religious vocations. This title describes what women meant by seeing their own bodies and God's body as food and what men meant when they too associated women with food and flesh. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC1; HRCR; HRCV; JFSJ1. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520063297
- ISBN
- 9780520063297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.48
€ 38.99
€ 28.48
Hardback. Looks at Japanese culinary history, delving into the writings of medieval and early modern Japanese chefs. This book traces the development of Japanese cuisine from 1400 to 1868. It shows how medieval 'fantasy food' rituals - where food was revered as symbol rather than consumed - were continued by early modern writers. Num Pages: 258 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 3 line drawings, 8 color images, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516. 258 pages, Illustrations. Looks at Japanese culinary history, delving into the writings of medieval and early modern Japanese chefs. This book traces the development of Japanese cuisine from 1400 to 1868. It shows how medieval 'fantasy food' rituals - where food was revered as symbol rather than consumed - were continued by early modern writers. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JHBT. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 24. Weight: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262270
- ISBN
- 9780520262270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.17€ 65.14
€ 84.17
€ 65.14
Paperback. The father of gonzo journalism takes to the campaign trail Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; DNJ; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780330510752
- ISBN
- 9780330510752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 4.99
€ 13.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Written in an accessible tone but grounded in years of research, this book charts the nautical influence on fashion over five chapters, each of which considers a particular maritime profession: The Officer, The Sailor, The Fisherman, The Sportsman and The Pirate. Num Pages: 224 pages, 210 illustrations, 141 in colour. BIC Classification: AKTH; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 238 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500517802
- ISBN
- 9780500517802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.00
€ 27.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. Agripping account of the Battle of Waterloo drawing on extensive unpublished letters and diaries of the ordinary soldiers who took part Num Pages: 496 pages, 2 x 8pp plate section. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 33. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781471102936
- ISBN
- 9781471102936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.99
€ 5.99
Paperback. A very readable history of the British Army that manages to be objective yet sympathetic, and concise while never being superficial Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781472136206
- ISBN
- 9781472136206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.23
€ 6.23