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paperback. Was punk just another moment in music history, a flash in time when a group of young rebels exploded in a fury of raw sound? Greil Marcus delves into the afterlife of punk as a much richer phenomenon - a form of artistic and social rebellion that continually erupts into popular culture. Num Pages: 448 pages, 9 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; AVGP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674445772
ISBN
9780674445772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.34

An engaging study of the rapid urbanization of a former village subsumed by the expanding city of Hanoi. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJG; 3JMC; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774826679
ISBN
9780774826679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 107.41

Traces the development of feminist consciousness in Japan from 1871 to 1941. This book uncovers some histories as it examines how middle-class women navigated between domestic and international influences to form ideologies and strategies for reform. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439910382
ISBN
9781439910382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.97

Through analysis of cultural production that often countered governmental intentions for official diplomacy, Jennifer Ruth Hosek offers a broad-reaching history of the influence of the global South on the global North. Series: German & European Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KJC; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442641389
ISBN
9781442641389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.27

Italian Women Writers looks at the work of three of the most significant women in late nineteenth century Italy whose domestic fiction and journalism addressed a growing female readership. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 232 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442646414
ISBN
9781442646414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.69

In Shakespeare in Quebec, Jennifer Drouin analyses representations of nation and gender in Shakespearean adaptations written in Quebec since the Quiet Revolution. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBD; DSGS; JFSJ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 2. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442647978
ISBN
9781442647978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.69

hardcover. Through a balanced reading of the historical period and James' artistic production, Ronald W. Hawker argues that James' shift to contemporary art forms allowed the artist to make a critical statement about the vitality of Kwakwaka'wakw culture Num Pages: 264 pages, 33. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; ACX; AGB; BGF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 185 x 19. Weight in Grams: 860.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781442649408
ISBN
9781442649408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.80

The 95th Bomb Group (Heavy), the most highly decorated bomb group of World War II, participated in major missions of the war from May 1943 through the war's end and won an unprecedented three Presidential Unit Citations (known as the Distinguished Unit Citation before 1966). This title recounts the history of the 95th Bomb Group since WWII. Num Pages: 400 pages, 72 b 30 line drawings; notes; glossary; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 144 x 34. Weight in Grams: 778.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597977128
ISBN
9781597977128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.85

Publisher
United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253007230
ISBN
9780253007230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.82

London's Soho district underwent a spectacular transformation between the late Victorian era and the end of the Second World War. This title shows how the area's foreignness, liminality, and porousness were key to the explosion of culture and development of modernity in the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 400 pages, 37 black-&-white integrated illustrations + 8-pages of colour images. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 42. Weight in Grams: 864.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300151947
ISBN
9780300151947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Num Pages: 336 pages, over 800 color and b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWF; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 241 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2508.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764324260
ISBN
9780764324260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.96
€ 65.34

This book discusses national citizenship and italianita at home and abroad, in its multi-faceted, contested, and often controversial form. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 699.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804784511
ISBN
9780804784511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.08

In Making North America, James Thompson uses the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement of 1988 and the North American Free Trade Agreement of 1994 to demonstrate that there has been an often-unrecognized impulse behind the process of North American integration - national security. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; KCLT1; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442646209
ISBN
9781442646209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.60

In this energetic new study, Wendy Mitchinson traces medical perspectives on the treatment of women in Canada in the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 456 pages, 24. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 820.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442646261
ISBN
9781442646261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.62

Publisher
United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253006301
ISBN
9780253006301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.51

By looking through the prism of the West's involvement in the breakup of Yugoslavia, this book presents an examination of the end of the Cold War in Europe. It provides a fresh understanding of events that continue to influence the shape of the post-Cold War Balkans and the whole of Europe. Num Pages: 432 pages, 4 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 770. Western Powers and the Breakup of Yugoslavia. 432 pages, 4 black-&-white illustrations. By looking through the prism of the West's involvement in the breakup of Yugoslavia, this book presents an examination of the end of the Cold War in Europe. It provides a fresh understanding of events that continue to influence the shape of the post-Cold War Balkans and the whole of Europe. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW. Dimension: 159 x 242 x 29. Weight: 770.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300166293
ISBN
9780300166293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.55
€ 60.10

* Challenges the idea that Modernism was conservative and reactionary. * Relates the modernist impulse to broader cultural and historical crises and movements. * Provides a guide to the development of Modernist literature. * Covers women writers, writers of the Harlem Renaissance and openly gay and lesbian writers. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631213062
ISBN
9780631213062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.61

Highlights 100 of the nearly 8,000 books that the Princeton University Press has published. In addition to descriptions of the 100 titles and a short introduction on the history of the Press, this book features five essays by prominent scholars and writers: Michael Wood, Anthony Grafton, Sylvia Nasar, Daniel Kevles, and Lord Robert May. Num Pages: 192 pages, 104 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 371.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691122922
ISBN
9780691122922
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

* Much-needed overview of the history of science from 1900 to the present day. * Emphasises the crucial part that science has played in the bigger picture of twentieth century history, from Einstein s new physics to the Human Genome Project. Series: History of Science. Num Pages: 624 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 234 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1070.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745634692
ISBN
9780745634692
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.45

Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; LNRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774824040
ISBN
9780774824040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.41

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