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Paperback. Series: NYU Series in Social & Cultural Analysis. Num Pages: 256 pages, 41 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479818365
ISBN
9781479818365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Presents an argument that the research university developed in response to market forces and bureaucracy, producing a academic whose goal was to establish originality and achieve fame through publication. This book investigates the origins and evolving fixtures of academic life: the lecture catalog, the library catalog, and the grading system. Num Pages: 668 pages, 51 halftones, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JHBC; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 36. Weight in Grams: 914.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
668
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226109220
ISBN
9780226109220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.62

Hardcover. Uses the history of the university and reframes the "Protestant Ethic" to consider the conditions of knowledge production in the world. The author argues that the research university developed in response to market forces and bureaucracy, producing a kind of academic whose goal was to establish originality and achieve fame through publication. Num Pages: 576 pages, 20 tables, 50halftones. BIC Classification: HBT; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 237 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226109213
ISBN
9780226109213
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.73
€ 79.10

Hardcover. This is a detailed study of the changing nature and limits of academic freedom in pre-war Japan from the Meiji Restoration to the eve of World War II. The analysis is complemented by an extensive use of biographical and archival material. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 illustrations, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780520078215
ISBN
9780520078215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.68
€ 53.80

Paperback. Series: Access to History for the IB Diploma. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Publisher
Hodder Education United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471841316
ISBN
9781471841316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.83

Paperback. Series: Access to History for the IB Diploma. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 246 x 14. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Hodder Education
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471841378
ISBN
9781471841378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.32

Paperback. The only IB Diploma History series that combines compelling narratives with academic rigor. Series: Access to History for the IB Diploma. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 4MB; HBG; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 192 x 247 x 21. Weight in Grams: 738.
Publisher
Hodder Education
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2 Ill
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471839290
ISBN
9781471839290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.84

Paperback. Ensure your students have access to the authoritative and in-depth content of this popular and trusted A Level History series. Series: Access to History. Num Pages: 184 pages, black and white photos and diagrams. BIC Classification: 1D; 4KL; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 243 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Hodder Education United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340984963
ISBN
9780340984963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.97

Paperback. Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibility. Access to History is the most popular, trusted and wide-ranging series for A-level History students. Series: Access to History. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; 4KL; HBJF; HBLW; HBTR. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 191 x 245 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Hodder Education
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471838125
ISBN
9781471838125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.76

Paperback. Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibility. Access to History is the most popular, trusted and wide-ranging series for A-level History students. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJP; 4KL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 195 x 246 x 13. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Hodder Education
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471838798
ISBN
9781471838798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.74

Hardback. This book employs new and critical approaches to oral history to write an insightful and deeply personal history of Sudbury's Ukrainian community between 1901 and 1939. Series: Shared: Oral and Public History Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: GPS; HBTD; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774826952
ISBN
9780774826952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.29

Paperback. This book employs new and critical approaches to oral history to write an insightful and deeply personal history of Sudbury's Ukrainian community between 1901 and 1939. Series: Shared: Oral and Public History. Num Pages: 252 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTD; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774826969
ISBN
9780774826969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. History remembers the Easter Rising as Irish rebel against English soldier, but the truth is more complicated. Thousands of British Army soldiers in the Rising were Irishmen. Forty-one Irishmen in the British Army died in action, 106 were wounded. These men became a forgotten part of their country's history. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBTV; HBWN; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 34. Weight in Grams: 846.
Publisher
The Collins Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848892149
ISBN
9781848892149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 18.38

Paperback. Translator(s): Mackintosh-Smith, Tim. Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QSN; 3F; DQ; HBTM; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5334 x 3556. .
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479830596
ISBN
9781479830596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.43

Paperback. .
Publisher
Plume
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780147516374
ISBN
9780147516374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 346 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JH; HBJM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 173 x 24. Weight in Grams: 738.
Publisher
Otago University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927322369
ISBN
9781927322369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.44

Paperback. Acoma, the "sky city" of New Mexico, is presented with an enchanting text and beautiful color photographs in this revised edition of the Southwest classic book. Acoma mesa pueblo, located 65 miles west of Albuquerque, is said to be the oldest continuously inhabited community on the North American continent. Num Pages: 96 pages, 80 color photos. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 281 x 7. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Schiffer Pub Ltd
Edition
Rev Sub
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887401336
ISBN
9780887401336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. An irreverent trip through American culture by a critic who "cracks jokes as easily as one would crack walnut shells" (Washington Post). Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 143 x 12. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393349405
ISBN
9780393349405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.72

Paperback. In defining Action Directe's mixture of millenarianism, workerism and nihilism, this study explains why the group turned to a strategy of murderous strikes and how a revolutionary political faction emerged in a stable western society. Num Pages: 222 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBTV; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714642123
ISBN
9780714642123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.33

Paperback. This fascinating tale of the rivalries and intrigues that played out as Canada secured the Arctic illuminates an under-explored era in Canadian foreign policy. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774818681
ISBN
9780774818681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

Paperback. Brings together Lee Patterson's essays published in various venues over the years. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 illustrated halftones. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; DSBB; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268038373
ISBN
9780268038373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

Paperback. Told through the lives and battles of eleven admirals, this book stretches from the Spanish Armada to the Second World War, culminating with the spirit which led Andrew Browne Cunningham famously to declare, when the army feared he would lose too many ships, 'it takes three years to build a ship; it takes three centuries to build a tradition.' Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 418.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
9780571231577
ISBN
9780571231577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Opuscula Graecolatina S. Num Pages: 148 pages, ch. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772892047
ISBN
9788772892047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.24

Paperback. This text discusses the early Calvinist divorces of Reformation Geneva, examining grounds for divorce and highlighting several notable cases. It also discusses the work of the Consistory of Geneva, an institution established in 1541 that was designed to help control the behaviour of the population. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFH; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674005211
ISBN
9780674005211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.75

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