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Paperback. Focusing on the period between 1920 and 1950, the author looks beyond ideologies to reveal how middle-class men and women strained to wrest order from the ordeal of change. Num Pages: 348 pages, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804743402
ISBN
9780804743402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.92

Hardback. A thorough examination of the manner in which three of the most unsettling modern writers-Aragon, Sartre, and Barthes-affirm their personal rebellion followed by Kristeva's own ideas on the future of rebellion. Translator(s): Herman, Jeanine. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HBTV; JFC; JMAF; JPWF; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231114141
ISBN
9780231114141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.32

Paperback. A thorough examination of the manner in which three of the most unsettling modern writers-Aragon, Sartre, and Barthes-affirm their personal rebellion followed by Kristeva's own ideas on the future of rebellion. Translator(s): Herman, Jeanine. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HBTV; JFC; JMAF; JPWF; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231114158
ISBN
9780231114158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. A biography of Franz Stangl, commandant of the Treblinka extermination camp. After weeks of talk with him and months of further research, the book shows us this man as he saw himself, and 'as he was seen by many others, including his wife. It is a compelling study of the evil. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVP; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 29. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Pimlico
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712674478
ISBN
9780712674478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. Kathryn Burns shows how the biases and practices of Spanish notaries and their clients in colonial Cuzco shaped official records and, therefore, the archive on which contemporary historians rely. Num Pages: 264 pages, 27 illustrations, 3 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 1KLSX; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348689
ISBN
9780822348689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.67

From 1961 to 1989, a committed group of documentary journalists from the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) reported the stories of America's overseas conflicts. In Into the Fray, Tom Mascaro vividly recounts the characters and experiences that helped create a unique, colourful documentary film crew based at the Washington bureau of NBC News. Num Pages: 432 pages, 48 b&w photographs & 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW3; HBTW; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 768.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597975575
ISBN
9781597975575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, b/w & colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; HBTM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Edition
First Edition, 1st Printing
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888395627
ISBN
9780888395627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.92

Reveals how huge intoxicant industries were altered by warlord rule, Japanese occupation, and war. Powering the spread of alcohol and opium - initially heralded as markers of class or modernity and whose use was well documented - these industries flourished throughout the early twentieth century even as a vigorous anti-intoxicant movement raged. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 592.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774824286
ISBN
9780774824286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.37

Paperback. Introducing The Holocaust provides an introduction to the holocaust and how we see it. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Icon Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Fourth
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848315143
ISBN
9781848315143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.90

Paperback. Philosophy of music has flourished in the last 30 years, with great advances made in the understanding of the nature of music and its aesthetics. Peter Kivy now offers his personal introduction to philosophy of music, a clear and lively explanation of how he sees the most important and interesting philosophical issues relating to music. Num Pages: 296 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC; HBT; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198250487
ISBN
9780198250487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.75

Paperback. Ex-Libris, sticker on inside front cover, stamp on first page, cover is slightly stained and worn. 232pp
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Educational Systems Limited Bristol
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
SKU
KON0819569
ISBN
9780900737091
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 13.99
€ 5.49

Paperback. Focusing on the evolutions and revolutions of six key changes in the history of communication - becoming human; creating writing; developing print; capturing the image; harnessing electricity; and exploring cybernetics, this book reveals how communication was generated, stored, and shared. Num Pages: 382 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; HBAH; HBTB; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc.
Edition
First printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781433104121
ISBN
9781433104121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.51

On the 50th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy: a revised and updated edition of Paul Carell's great classic. Num Pages: 291 pages, 32 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBT; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 826. German Account of the D-Day Landings and the 80 Days' Battle for France. 291 pages, 32pp photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBT; HBWQ; JWL. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 29. Weight: 792.
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Edition
Rev ed
Number of pages
291
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887407161
ISBN
9780887407161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 28.63

paperback. Inventing Atlantic Canada is the first book to analyse the reaction of the Maritime provinces to Newfoundland's entry into Confederation. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442611580
ISBN
9781442611580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Paperback. armed services agencies and organizations. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HBTM; JWF; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801863400
ISBN
9780801863400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.23

Paperback. "A tour de force."-Gordon S. Wood, New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HBT; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Presumed to be 1st as edition is unstated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393331998
ISBN
9780393331998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. This study examines certain key elements of the "making" or "inventing" of Lima as Peru's viceregal capital. Through analysis of seventeenth-century ceremonies of state and local religious rituals, this book asserts that colonial Lima was culturally diverse and its rich population more integrated than historiography would suggest. Series: Americas in the Early Modern Atlantic World. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2008
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349536641
ISBN
9781349536641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 138.51

Paperback. Presents the history of the idea of popular culture. This book traces the invention and reinvention of the concept of popular culture from the eighteenth-century 'discovery' of folk culture to accounts of the cultural impact of globalization. It argues that the idea of popular culture is an invention of intellectuals. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 168 pages, 2. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631234609
ISBN
9780631234609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.14

Paperback. A fresh and fascinating look at the Space Age that demolishes the myth of the fearless, hot-shot astronaut. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137025289
ISBN
9781137025289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.26

hardcover. Num Pages: 346 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; AB; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 287 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1210.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271020846
ISBN
9780271020846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.20
€ 112.05

Far from being a record of southern failure, Lakwete concludes, the cotton gin-correctly understood-supplies evidence that the slave labor-based antebellum South innovated, industrialized, and modernized. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 248 pages, 26, 16 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801873942
ISBN
9780801873942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.61

Paperback. Features the history of an evangelical revival known in America as the "Great Awakening"�'. This book offers an overview of this episode and proposes an explanation of its origins. It demonstrates that the Great Awakening was invented not by historians but by eighteenth-century evangelicals who were skillful and enthusiastic religious promoters. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 halftones, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC99; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691086910
ISBN
9780691086910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.00
€ 42.58

Paperback. Founded in the final years of the Enlightenment, the Louvre became the model for all state art museums subsequently established. This text chronicles the formation of the museum from its origins in the French royal picture collections to its apotheosis during the Revolution and Napoleonic Empire. Num Pages: 302 pages, 84 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: GM; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBT; WTHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502. Art, Politics and the Origins of the Modern Museum in Eighteenth-Century Paris. 302 pages, 84 b&w illustrations. Founded in the final years of the Enlightenment, the Louvre became the model for all state art museums subsequently established. This text chronicles the formation of the museum from its origins in the French royal picture collections to its apotheosis during the Revolution and Napoleonic Empire. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GM; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBT; WTHM. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight: 506.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
302
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520221765
ISBN
9780520221765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.88

Paperback. Suppose that everything we think we know about 'The Victorians' is wrong? That we have persistently misrepresented the culture of the Victorian era, perhaps to make ourselves feel more satisfyingly liberal and sophisticated? What if they were much more fun than we ever suspected? This book provides the answers for us. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571206636
ISBN
9780571206636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.61

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