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Paperback. Born in Friesland himself, Geert Mak explores the "silent revolution" that took place in the small village of Jorwerd after World War II. By interweaving the personal stories of villagers with the wider history of Europe, he demonstrates how rural life is under threat from the modern world. Translator(s): Kelland, Ann. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; 3JJ; FA; HBJD; HBLW; JFSF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 355. Very good copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Harvill Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KEX0303369
- ISBN
- 9781860468032
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Hardcover. Offers an overview of the issues, events and personalities of the two decades before the 1917 revolution in Russia. This book analyzes the motivations and activities of the various political parties operating during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II. It examines factions ranging from radical foes of the tsarist regime to conservative groups. Editor(s): Geifman, Anna. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPH; JPL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557869944
- ISBN
- 9781557869944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.61
€ 135.61
Paperback. Offers an overview of the issues, events and personalities of the two decades before the 1917 revolution in Russia. This book analyzes the motivations and activities of the various political parties operating during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II. It examines factions ranging from radical foes of the tsarist regime to conservative groups. Editor(s): Geifman, Anna. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPH; JPL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557869951
- ISBN
- 9781557869951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.53
€ 65.53
Paperback. When Hitler assumed power in 1933, he and other Nazis had firm ideas on what they called a racially pure "community of the people." This work includes eesays that explore the political strategies used by the Third Reich to gain support for its ideologies and programs, and each following essay concentrates on one group of outsiders. Editor(s): Gellately, Robert; Stoltzfus, Nathan. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691086842
- ISBN
- 9780691086842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.41€ 42.58
€ 53.41
€ 42.58
Paperback. Records the relationship that developed between the author and Diane DeVries, a woman born with all the physical and mental equipment she would need to live in our society - except arms and legs. This work argues that DeVries is a perfect example of an American woman coming of age in the second half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 299 pages, 21 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFSJ1; JHMC; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217164
- ISBN
- 9780520217164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81
Hardcover. An engaging look at how the middle classes of fin-de-siecle Vienna used innovative portraiture to define their identity Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 216 pages, 140 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJ; ACV; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 294 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1358.
- Publisher
- National Gallery London
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857095616
- ISBN
- 9781857095616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardcover. This collection of essays uses the framework of journeys in order to highlight the diverse artistic, cultural, and medical responses to a peculiarly Viennese anxiety about the madness of modern times. The travelers of these journeys vary from patients to doctors, artists to writers, architects to composers, and royalty to tourists.. Editor(s): Blackshaw, Gemma; Wieber, Sabine. Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJC; HBTB; JFC; JKSM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436. Mapping Mental Illness in Austro-Hungary. Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies. 222 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Blackshaw, Gemma; Wieber, Sabine. This collection of essays uses the framework of journeys in order to highlight the diverse artistic, cultural, and medical responses to a peculiarly Viennese anxiety about the madness of modern times. The travelers of these journeys vary from patients to doctors, artists to writers, architects to composers, and royalty to tourists. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJC; HBTB; JFC; JKSM. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 16. Weight: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454584
- ISBN
- 9780857454584
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.40
€ 162.40
Hardcover. This book examines historical evidence for the success and failure of strategic decisions over the last thirty years, and considers why there are so many strategic moves which are subsequently reversed, and indeed why the failure rate of many strategic moves is high. Editor(s): Hussey, David. Series: Wiley Series in Contemporary Strategic Concerns. Num Pages: 264 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; KJC; KJMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471974802
- ISBN
- 9780471974802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.57
€ 101.57
Hardcover. In 1941, philosopher and poet Gendun Chopel (1903-51) sent a large manuscript by ship, train, and yak across mountains and deserts to his homeland in the northeastern corner of Tibet. He would follow it five years later, returning to his native land after twelve years in India and Sri Lanka. Translator(s): Jinpa, Thupten; Lopez, Donald S. Series: Buddhism and Modernity. Num Pages: 456 pages, 74 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HRE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226091976
- ISBN
- 9780226091976
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 43.30
€ 54.99
€ 43.30
Hardback. Series: Stackpole Military History Series. Num Pages: 464 pages, 54 b/w photos & 28 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MK; 3JJH; HBJK; HBJM; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780811703147
- ISBN
- 9780811703147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.55
€ 37.99
€ 29.55
Paperback. This work is an analysis of America's military role in Vietnam. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 4 Sub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190365
- ISBN
- 9780813190365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.51
€ 33.51
Paperback. The outspoken autobiography of one of Britain's best known, and respected, Generals. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JMC; BGHA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472220875
- ISBN
- 9781472220875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardback. Focusing on one landmark catastrophic event in the history of an emerging modern nation - the Great Kanto Earthquake that devastated Tokyo and surrounding areas in 1923, this volume examines the history of the visual production of the disaster. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 400 pages, 99 color illustrations, 101 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; ACX; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 186 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1192. Tokyo and the Visual Culture of Japan's Great Earthquake of 1923. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 400 pages, Illustrationsstrations. Focusing on one landmark catastrophic event in the history of an emerging modern nation - the Great Kanto Earthquake that devastated Tokyo and surrounding areas in 1923, this volume examines the history of the visual production of the disaster. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; ACX; HBJF; HBLW. Dimension: 259 x 186 x 27. Weight: 1192.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Tion
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271951
- ISBN
- 9780520271951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.27€ 51.34
€ 65.27
€ 51.34
Hardcover. First account of the man who influenced, recruited and manipulated the Cambridge spies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; JPFC; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 233 x 31. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Sew
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784531669
- ISBN
- 9781784531669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.41€ 49.75
€ 53.41
€ 49.75
Paperback. A gripping account of modern Italian politics that gets inside the Berlusconi phenomenon. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 map, 8 photos. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745323671
- ISBN
- 9780745323671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.90
€ 37.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. From post-war austerity to the start of the swinging sixties. Series: Ten Years That Changed a City. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1DBKWS; 3JJPG; WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 233 x 9. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445639475
- ISBN
- 9781445639475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Paperback. Republished to mark the centenary of the battle of the Somme Geoff Dyer's classic book is 'the great Great War book of our time' (Observer) Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 b&w integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782119265
- ISBN
- 9781782119265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. This book provides a new understanding of German twentieth-century history by using the lens of citizenship to explore issues of nationality, belonging, and constructions of German nationhood. Editor(s): Eley, Geoff; Palmowski, Jan. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFN; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752053
- ISBN
- 9780804752053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. During the Progressive Era, a rehabilitative agenda took hold of American juvenile justice. Alongside this liberal "manufactory of citizens," a parallel structure was enacted: a Jim Crow juvenile justice system that endured across the nation for most of the twentieth century. This title studies the rise and fall of Jim Crow juvenile justice. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 line drawing, 9 halftones, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; LNFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226873183
- ISBN
- 9780226873183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.73
€ 42.99
€ 33.73
Hardcover. Though we think of the 1960s and the early '70s as a time of radical social, cultural, and political upheaval, we tend to picture the action as happening on campuses and in the streets. Yet the rise of the underground newspaper was equally daring and original. This title pays homage in its design to the radical press. Num Pages: 240 pages, 700 colour plates. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AKC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 309 x 262 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1810.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226424354
- ISBN
- 9780226424354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.33
€ 51.99
€ 40.33