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Paperback. In an era defined by the threat of nuclear annihilation, Western nations attempted to prepare civilian populations for atomic attack through staged drills, evacuations, and field exercises. This title investigates the fundamentally theatrical nature of these Cold War civil defense exercises. Num Pages: 432 pages, 58 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JWKW; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822339700
ISBN
9780822339700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816518296
ISBN
9780816518296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.00

Paperback. Series: Jack & Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, 70 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; AN; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 813. Weight in Grams: 681.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477308202
ISBN
9781477308202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.81

Paperback. Offers a part gossipy narrative, part behind-the-scenes glimpse into the New York theatre culture, and part polemic on how mainstream artists co-opt the work of marginal artists. This book uses the suspicions of copyright infringement to initiate a larger conversation on how AIDS and gay experience are represented in American art and commerce. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; JFD; JFSK; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press Durham, North Carolina
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822322641
ISBN
9780822322641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.86

Hardcover. This case study describes the work of the people responsible for creating festive lore and its system of ceremonies and festivities - an inseparable part of every culture. Translator(s): Naor, Chaya. Series: Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814328453
ISBN
9780814328453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.14

Hardback. A study of the television dramas about government corruption that became hugely popular in the mid-1990s and their reflection of China's post-Socialist anxieties. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFDT; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774826310
ISBN
9780774826310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.49

Paperback. Beginning in the 1950s, the theory of modernization emerged as the dominant paradigm of sconomic, social, and political development within the America foreign policy establishment. This collection of essays attempts to shed fresh light on the global forces that shaped the Cold War and its legacies. Editor(s): Engerman, David C.; etc.; Gilma, Nils (Postgraduate Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, USA); Haefele, Mark H. (Assistant Professor of History, Fordham University, USA). Series: Culture, Politics & the Cold War. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; GTF; JPA; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558493704
ISBN
9781558493704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.18

Paperback. Editor(s): Schlehe, Judith; Uike-Bormann, Michiko; Oesterle, Carolyn; Hochbruck, Wolfgang. Num Pages: 274 pages, 29 b/w & 3 colour illus. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 137 x 20. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837614817
ISBN
9783837614817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. Discusses how Chinese conceptions of nationalism were affected by the "discovery" of Hawaii as a centre of the Pacific, the Philippine revolution against the United States, and the relationship between nationality and ethnicity made apparent by the Boer War in South Africa. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822328674
ISBN
9780822328674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.32

Hardback. Staging Words, Performing Worlds presents new perspectives on Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, and Venezuela and their theater by theorizing how, through performance, nation can be "re-imagined" and reconstructed. Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482782
ISBN
9781611482782
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.71

Paperback. Perhaps the most easily recognizable military helmet of the 20th century is the German Stahlhelm. In this revised and expanded edition of the text, Floyd R. Tubbs and Robert W. Clawson identify and classify the Stahlhelm and relate its history, designs, features and uses. Num Pages: 104 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW; JWM; JWTU; TTMW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kent State Univ Pr
Edition
Rev Exp Su
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873386777
ISBN
9780873386777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.54

Paperback. Drawing on oral histories and a close study of daily life in rural Guyana, the author chronicles the complex struggles of the citizens of Guyana to form a unified national culture against the pulls of ethnic, racial, religious, and class identities. Num Pages: 343 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSG; JFC; JFSL3; JHM; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
343
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822311195
ISBN
9780822311195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.32

Paperback. Editor(s): Alland, Sandra; Barokka, Khairani; Sluman, Daniel. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 10. .
Publisher
Nine Arches Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911027195
ISBN
9781911027195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. The news story of the year: an explosive expose of how British military intelligence really works, from the inside. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; BT; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
O'Brien Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862788438
ISBN
9780862788438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.57

Paperback. Stalin was once described - by Hitler - as "half beast, half giant". How did a man once regarded by his rivals as intellectually inferior come to achieve near-divine status as dictator of the largest country in the world? This biography argues that the key to understanding the enigma of Stalin lies in his unadulterated political ambition. Series: Profiles in Power. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582784796
ISBN
9780582784796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.74

Hardback. Translation and expansion of: Togliatti e Stalin; published in Italian in 1997 and updated in 2007. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBTW; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 728.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804774321
ISBN
9780804774321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.04

Paperback. "To my mind, the most significant single scholarly contribution made to date, anywhere, to the history of Soviet power."-George F. Kennan Num Pages: 752 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; JPFC; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 592.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
728
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393308693
ISBN
9780393308693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.43

Paperback. Covers the famed Russian rocket launchers of World War II. Translator(s): Force, Edward. Num Pages: 48 pages, b/w photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JWM; TTMW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 295 x 210 x 3. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887406690
ISBN
9780887406690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, over 470 b/w photos, 16 color aircraft profiles. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 240 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764304767
ISBN
9780764304767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.37
€ 49.51

Hardcover. Provides a history of the Soviet partisan movement, a people's army of irregulars fighting behind enemy lines. This work describes it as a social phenomenon and reveals how its members were both transformed by the crucible of war. It shows that people who suddenly had the autonomy to act on their own came to rethink the Stalinist regime. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700614806
ISBN
9780700614806
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.42

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