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20th century
hardcover. Murder, Inc. and the Moral Life: Gangsters and Gangbusters in La Guardia's New York tells the story of the notorious 1930s Brooklyn gang nicknamed "Murder, Inc." Murder, Inc. is as well an extended moral reflection on the phenomenon of gangsters in general and the Murder, Inc. gang in particular Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780823271559
- ISBN
- 9780823271559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.51
€ 83.51
Paperback. A spell-binding account of an appalling miscarriage of justice. Num Pages: 507 pages, Illustrations, map, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJPG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Publisher
- Waterside Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 490
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904380801
- ISBN
- 9781904380801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.30
€ 28.30
Hardcover. Provides a perspective on the documentary diversity of Muriel Rukeyser's work and influences. This study of twentieth-century American poet Muriel Rukeyser explores the multiple avenues of her 'poetics of connection' to reveal a profound engagement with the equally intertextual documentary genre. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748670536
- ISBN
- 9780748670536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.58
€ 140.58
In March 1961, America's most prominent journalist, Edward R. Murrow, ended a quarter-century career with the Columbia Broadcasting System to join the administration of John F. Kennedy as director of the United States Information Agency (USIA). Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612347714
- ISBN
- 9781612347714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.39
€ 36.99
€ 33.39
Paperback. One form of the new manly culture practised by American men in the late 19th century, developed out of the Protestant churches, was known as muscular Christianity. This study details how Protestant leaders promoted competitive sports and physical education to create an ideal of Christian manliness. Num Pages: 310 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC9; JFSJ2; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011250
- ISBN
- 9780674011250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.81
€ 38.99
€ 32.81
Paperback. Featuring black-and-white photographs from the Natural History Museum's archives, this book offers a flavour of life at one of London's oldest and most famous visitor attractions, from Victorian times until just after the WW II. It focuses on the events that have taken place over the years, the characters working at and visiting the Museum. Num Pages: 112 pages, Black-and-white photographs throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; 3JJ; AJC; WN; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 224 x 14. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- The Natural History Museum United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780565092535
- ISBN
- 9780565092535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.38
€ 11.99
€ 10.38
Paperback. Examining various museums, this text argues that Americans built the institutions with the confidence that they could collect, organize, and display the sum of the world's knowledge. It discovers how they gave definition to different bodies of knowledge and how that knowledge was presented. Num Pages: 310 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; GM; HBJK; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114934
- ISBN
- 9780226114934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.64
€ 34.99
€ 27.64
Paperback. A fascinating collection of postcards from the early twentieth century. Series: The Postcard Collection. Num Pages: 96 pages, 160. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; GM; HBTB; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445661131
- ISBN
- 9781445661131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.77
€ 26.77
Paperback. A survey of contemporary Western art music within the transformed political, cultural, and technological environment of the post-Cold War era. It considers musical composition against this changed backdrop, placing it in the context of globalization, digitization, and new media. Num Pages: 368 pages, 35 b/w. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVC; HBLW; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283152
- ISBN
- 9780520283152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Hardcover. Bringing together scholars from the fields of musicology and international history, this book investigates the significance of music to foreign relations, and how it affected the interaction of nations since the late 19th century. Editor(s): Gienow-Hecht, Jessica. Series: Explorations in Culture and International History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AV; HBG; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385004
- ISBN
- 9781782385004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.45
€ 155.45
Hardcover. Combining cultural analysis with historical and personal accounts of a century of musical life at the American Academy in Rome, this volume provides a history of the AAR's Rome Prize in Composition. Editor(s): Brody, Martin. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 348 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580462457
- ISBN
- 9781580462457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.97
€ 114.97
Hardback. Covers the San Francisco's musical life during the first half of the twentieth century, showing how a fractious community overcame virulent partisanship to establish cultural monuments such as the San Francisco Symphony (1911) and Opera (1923). Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 b/w photographs, 30 musical examples, 13 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; AV; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268913
- ISBN
- 9780520268913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.38€ 50.63
€ 65.38
€ 50.63
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
€ 46.99€ 44.35
€ 46.99
€ 44.35
Hardback. Exploring the ideas of consensus, resistance and rupture, this book contributes an important and nuanced reflection to the current debate on modernism in music. Series: Music in Society and Culture. Num Pages: 269 pages, 37, 4 black & white illustrations, 33 black & white line drawings, 4 black and white, 33. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; 3JJG; AVGC6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838104
- ISBN
- 9781843838104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 50.25
€ 52.99
€ 50.25
Hardcover. The internment diary of Austrian composer Hans Gal (1890-1987) with a biographical study of his life and career. Includes a CD of first recordings of three of his works from the period. Translator(s): Fox, Anthony; Fox-Gal, Eva. Num Pages: 244 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; AVH; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Toccata Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Har/Com
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907689751
- ISBN
- 9780907689751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.83
€ 40.99
€ 33.83
Hardback. Explores how political pressures affected musical life on both sides of the iron curtain during the early years of the cold war. This study illuminates the pervasive political anxieties of the day through attention to artistic, music-theoretical, and propagandistic responses to the music of Hungary's renowned 20th-century composer, Bela Bartok. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 250 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 12 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1DVU; 3JJPG; AVGC6; AVH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520249653
- ISBN
- 9780520249653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.39€ 64.94
€ 84.39
€ 64.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 330 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; APF; AVA; AVGF; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Silman-James Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 2 Upd Sub
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781879505377
- ISBN
- 9781879505377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.75
€ 27.99
€ 19.75
hardcover. Hammer Film Productions produced Horror/Fantasy films with a unique sound. The musicians and the work they did are chronicled here in careful detail. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; APF; AVA; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810829756
- ISBN
- 9780810829756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.21
€ 95.21
Hardback. Using archival documents and newly collected oral histories, this book shows that musical diplomacy had vastly different meanings for its various participants, including government officials, musicians, concert promoters, and audiences. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 b/w photos, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AVG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284135
- ISBN
- 9780520284135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.38€ 50.63
€ 65.38
€ 50.63
Hardback. In this study, Erik Levi explores the ambiguous relationship between music and politics during one of the darkest periods of recent cultural history. Utilizing material drawn from contemporary documents, journals and newspapers, he traces the place of music in the Third Reich. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; AVGC6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333471166
- ISBN
- 9780333471166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.11
€ 186.11