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paperback. The early 1970s were the age of gloom and glam. Under Edward Heath, the optimism of the Sixties had become a distant memory. Now the headlines were dominated by social unrest, fuel shortages, unemployment and inflation. This book tells the history of the gaudy, schizophrenic atmosphere of the early Seventies. Num Pages: 768 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 572.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141032153
- ISBN
- 9780141032153
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.46
€ 19.99
€ 16.46
paperback. Argues that the revolutionaries of eighteenth-century France used the natural right concept of the 'enemy of the human race' - an individual who has transgressed the laws of nature and must be executed without judicial formalities - to authorize three-quarters of the deaths during the Terror. Num Pages: 350 pages, 6 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 528.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226184395
- ISBN
- 9780226184395
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Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 28.09
€ 39.99
€ 28.09
hardcover. This text takes a detailed look at early modern England and the creative and commercial forces in which print culture was formed (commercial, intellectual, political and individual), including replications of the disputes between authors and printers to political/religious manipulation. Num Pages: 754 pages, 125 halftones, 3 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH; KNTR; TDPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1260.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226401218
- ISBN
- 9780226401218
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Condition: New
€ 69.99€ 53.30
€ 69.99
€ 53.30
paperback. Rosenzweig and Thelen analyze results from a unique and comprehensive survey in which they polled 1,500 Americans about their connection to the past and its continuing influence on their present as well as their hopes for the future. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780231111492
- ISBN
- 9780231111492
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.02
€ 29.99
€ 26.02
hardcover. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBTW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780231153041
- ISBN
- 9780231153041
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Condition: New
€ 75.99€ 52.66
€ 75.99
€ 52.66
paperback. Translator(s): Brown, Saskia. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBA; HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780231163774
- ISBN
- 9780231163774
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 20.34
€ 35.99
€ 20.34
paperback. A summary of mediaeval aesthetic ideas, by Italian novelist and playwright Umberto Eco. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed between the aesthetic theories and the artistic experience and practice of mediaeval culture. Translator(s): Bredin, Hugh. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; ABA; ACK; ACN; HBG; HBLC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 25. Weight in Grams: 124.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300093049
- ISBN
- 9780300093049
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 12.32
€ 19.99
€ 12.32
The Road to Terror: Stalin and the Self-Destruction of the Bolsheviks,...
J. Arch Getty & Oleg V. Naumov
paperback. Assembles some of the top secret Soviet documents, from the era of Stalin's purges. This title includes the dossiers, police reports, private letters, secret transcripts, and other documents that expose the hidden inner workings of the Communist Party and the dark inhumanity of the purge process. Translator(s): Sher, Benjamin. Series: Annals of Communism. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300104073
- ISBN
- 9780300104073
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.09
€ 29.99
€ 24.09
paperback. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 304 pages, 35 b&w illustrations, 18 colour images. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 284.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300107678
- ISBN
- 9780300107678
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.10
€ 25.99
€ 17.10
Paperback. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 360.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300111149
- ISBN
- 9780300111149
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.57
€ 21.99
€ 17.57
The Arts of Intimacy: Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Making of C...
Jerrilyn D. Dodds, María Rosa Menocal, Abiga...
paperback. Chronicles the tumultuous history of Castile in the wake of the Christian capture of the Islamic city of Tulaytula, now Toledo, in the eleventh century and traces the development of Castilian culture as it was forged in the intimacy of Christians with the Muslims and Jews they had overcome. Num Pages: 416 pages, 200 colour images & 10 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 186 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1106.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- YALE UNIV PR
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300142143
- ISBN
- 9780300142143
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.63
€ 29.99
€ 21.63
paperback. Presents the global history of genocide and extermination from ancient times. This book examines outbreaks of mass violence from the classical era to the present, focusing on colonial exterminations and 20th-century case studies including the Armenian genocide, the Nazi Holocaust, Stalin's mass murders, and the Cambodian and Rwandan genocides. Num Pages: 768 pages, 38 black-&-white illustrations + 31 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 50. Weight in Grams: 968.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300144253
- ISBN
- 9780300144253
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Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 22.79
€ 39.99
€ 22.79
paperback. Examines methods of information management in ancient and medieval Europe as well as the Islamic world and China, focusing on the organization, composition, and reception of Latin reference books in print in early modern Europe. Num Pages: 416 pages, 31 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: GLC; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300165395
- ISBN
- 9780300165395
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.34
€ 25.99
€ 20.34
hardcover. A vivid exploration of the evolution of reading as an essential social and domestic activity during the eighteenth century Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History. Num Pages: 360 pages, 57 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; DSB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300208290
- ISBN
- 9780300208290
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.79
€ 29.99
€ 22.79
paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8pp. b/w. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300219449
- ISBN
- 9780300219449
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.87
€ 19.99
€ 13.87
hardcover. Tells the story of Wuhan's defense and fall, and how the siege's aftermath led to new directions in the history of modern Chinese culture, society, and politics. Num Pages: 204 pages, 24 b/w photographs, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520254459
- ISBN
- 9780520254459
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Condition: New
€ 79.99€ 61.58
€ 79.99
€ 61.58
paperback. An introduction to a fresh way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time onwards. Beginning with the Big Bang, it views the interaction of the natural world with the arrivals in flora and fauna, including human beings. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 672 pages, 8 b/w illustrations, 39 line illustrations, 9 maps, 32 tables. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520271449
- ISBN
- 9780520271449
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.75
€ 45.99
€ 32.75
hardcover. Presents a narrative on the origins of the Lebanese national idea. This title reconsiders conventional accounts that locate the origins of Lebanese nationalism in a distant legendary past and then trace its evolution in a linear and gradual manner. It is suitable for those interested in the evolution of nationalism in the Middle East and beyond. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJF1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520273412
- ISBN
- 9780520273412
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Condition: New
€ 79.99€ 60.41
€ 79.99
€ 60.41
paperback. Examines how the concept of "Korean woman" underwent a radical transformation in Korea's public discourse during the years of Japanese colonialism. This book shows that as women moved out of traditional spheres to occupy positions outside the home, they encountered the pervasive control of colonial state, which sought to impose modernity on them. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520283817
- ISBN
- 9780520283817
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Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 28.09
€ 39.99
€ 28.09
paperback. Drawing upon a vast array of sources, this volume develops new strategies for reading, contextualizing, and interpreting the long Chinese tradition of women's biography. Editor(s): Judge, Joan; Hu, Ying. Series: New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society. Num Pages: 446 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB; HBJF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520289734
- ISBN
- 9780520289734
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.72
€ 49.99
€ 35.72
paperback. Sovereignty has always been an important concept in political thought, and at no time in European history was it more important than during the perplexed conditions of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought - New Series. Num Pages: 636 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 800.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780521070188
- ISBN
- 9780521070188
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Condition: New
€ 69.99€ 44.77
€ 69.99
€ 44.77
paperback. This series of essays shows how one can conceptualize an historical event such as the French Revolution, and identify the radical changes it produced as well as the continuity it provided, albeit under the appearance of change. Translator(s): Forster, Elborg. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780521280495
- ISBN
- 9780521280495
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Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 23.12
€ 39.99
€ 23.12
paperback. This text examines the efforts of the Tudor regime to implement the English Reformation in Ireland during the sixteenth century. Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JB; HBJD1; HRAX; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780521369947
- ISBN
- 9780521369947
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 44.64
€ 49.99
€ 44.64
paperback. This 1992 book shows how the discovery of the new world affected Europe intellectually, economically, and politically. Series: CANTO. Num Pages: 136 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 1K; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 190.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780521427098
- ISBN
- 9780521427098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 18.40
€ 39.99
€ 18.40