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20th century
Paperback. A title that shows how popular films reflected the massive social changes that resulted from the Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to cities in the North, West, and Mid-West during the first three decades of the twentieth century. It offers a unique map of Black representations in film. Series: Culture & the Moving Image S. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APFA; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592130030
- ISBN
- 9781592130030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.64
€ 30.99
€ 27.64
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592132652
- ISBN
- 9781592132652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.02
€ 105.02
Hardback. Looks at the work of three artists who paved the way for ceramics to be considered fine art. This title focuses on artists John Mason (b 1927), Kenneth Price (b 1935), and Peter Voulkos (1924-2002) and their radical early work in post-war Los Angeles where they formed the vanguard of a new California ceramics movement. Num Pages: 240 pages, 131 colour & 37 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1218.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606061053
- ISBN
- 9781606061053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.75€ 42.55
€ 53.75
€ 42.55
Hardback. Offers a collection of emotionally charged photographs that document a poignant day in American history. This title offers a photo-essay documenting the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom of August 28, 1963, the historic day on which Dr Martin Luther King Jr delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech at the base of the Lincoln Memorial. Num Pages: 128 pages, 79 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; 3JJPK; AJB; AJCR; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 226 x 16. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606061213
- ISBN
- 9781606061213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 25.73
€ 35.99
€ 25.73
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dartmouth College Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611686135
- ISBN
- 9781611686135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 39.42
€ 50.99
€ 39.42
Paperback. Race, domesticity, and consumerism in the Cold War era Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Dartmouth College Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611688634
- ISBN
- 9781611688634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.17€ 43.25
€ 50.17
€ 43.25
Paperback. This fascinating book explores Beat Generation writing from a transnational perspective, using the concept of worlding to place Beat literature in conversation with a far-reaching network of cultural and political formations. Countering the charge that the Beats abroad were at best naive tourists seeking exoticism for exoticism's sake, World Beats Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Dartmouth College Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611688986
- ISBN
- 9781611688986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 39.42
€ 50.99
€ 39.42
Paperback. In the first book to investigate the cultural contributions of the banker Eduard Todesco, the steel tycoon Karl Wittgenstein, the textile industrialist Fritz Waerndorfer, the author Peter Altenberg, the tailor Leopold Goldman, and many others, Shapira reconsiders theories identifying the crisis of Jewish assimilation as a primary creative stimulus Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Brandeis University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611689211
- ISBN
- 9781611689211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.69
€ 43.99
€ 33.69
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612346397
- ISBN
- 9781612346397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.60
€ 42.99
€ 42.60
Hardback. Examines the transformation of education policy in China, with an emphasis on transformations in the post-1978 period. This title also emphasises on policy change and its subsequent impact on different aspects of education at various levels of educational institutions, particularly in areas of educational financing and curriculum reform. Editor(s): Wiseman, Alexander W.; Huang, Tiedan. Series Editor(s): Wiseman, Alexander W. Series: International Perspectives on Education and Society. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; JNF; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 39. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780521862
- ISBN
- 9781780521862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.74
€ 143.74
Hardcover. A reassessment of the myth of the British 'Winter of Discontent', 1978-79, from the perspective of those involved, in particular, grassroots activists and the growing number of female activists. Series: Studies in Labour History. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781380291
- ISBN
- 9781781380291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.20
€ 142.20
Hardcover. Europeanising Spaces in Paris, c. 1947-1962 examines the myriad urban, political and cultural forms in which ideas of Europe, and of what it meant to be European, were represented in Paris in the post-war era. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8, 8 black & white illustrations, Black and White. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781383025
- ISBN
- 9781781383025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.20
€ 142.20
Paperback. The neglected story of how Texan musicians pioneered and explored psychedelic rock, and the too-high price they often paid. Num Pages: 389 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JJPK; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 218 x 31. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782790945
- ISBN
- 9781782790945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.75
€ 24.99
€ 21.75
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270347
- ISBN
- 9781783270347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.87
€ 97.87
Hardback. Shows how the work of orchestral conductors was shaped by and enriched cultural life in Britain from the late Victorian era to World War I. Series: Music in Britain, 1600-2000. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; AVH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271450
- ISBN
- 9781783271450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.68
€ 114.68
Paperback. A collection of highly-informed essays offering fresh perspectives on cutting-edge writers, musicians and fimmakers. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJPR; 3JM; APB; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785350245
- ISBN
- 9781785350245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.40
€ 13.99
€ 13.40
Hardcover. Kathleen Ferrier, the greatest lyric contralto Britain has ever produced, lost her courageous battle with breast cancer. This collection of 300+ letters and twelve years of her personal diaries give a picture of her life in the muted post-war years. Editor(s): Fifield, Christopher. Num Pages: 356 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; AVG; AVH; BGFA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 668. 356 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Fifield, Christopher. Kathleen Ferrier, the greatest lyric contralto Britain has ever produced, lost her courageous battle with breast cancer. This collection of 300+ letters and twelve years of her personal diaries give a picture of her life in the muted post-war years. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; AVG; AVH; BGFA; BJ. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 26. Weight: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843830122
- ISBN
- 9781843830122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.37
€ 46.99
€ 39.37
Hardback. Shows how some of the ideas about the afterlife presented by spiritualism helped to shape popular Christianity in the period. Series: Studies in Modern British Religious History. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HRAX; HRC; HRQM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843835899
- ISBN
- 9781843835899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.77
€ 132.77
Hardback. 278 pages, 3, 3 line drawing. Overturns existing thinking to show that the Royal Navy engaged professionally in war planning in the years before the First World War. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBW; JWF; JWK. Dimension: 161 x 242 x 22. Weight: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843836988
- ISBN
- 9781843836988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.10
€ 133.10
Hardback. 432 pages, 30, 30 line drawing. The book offers unprecedented access to primary sources that have been unavailable in English, or which lay unknown on archival shelves. Music and Soviet Power offers cultural history told through documents - both colourful and representative - with an extensive commentary and annotation throughout. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; AV. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 33. Weight: 896.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843837039
- ISBN
- 9781843837039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.37
€ 65.37