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paperback. Taking as its starting point the long-standing characterization of Milton as a "Hebraic" writer, this book probes the limits of the relationship between Milton and his Jewish antecedents. It shows how Milton's text can inform a more nuanced reading of midrash just as midrash can offer new insights into "Paradise Lost". Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; DSC; HRAX; HRC; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123297
- ISBN
- 9780231123297
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Hardback. Series: Studies in Sensory History. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; JHMC; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252040672
- ISBN
- 9780252040672
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.33
€ 119.33
Paperback. The image of the Irish in the United States changed drastically over time, from that of hard-drinking, rioting Paddies to genial, patriotic working-class citizens. This title traces the change in this image through 700 pieces of sheet music to show how Americans' opinions of Ireland and the Irish went practically from one extreme to the other. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 344 pages, facsims. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252065514
- ISBN
- 9780252065514
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.09
€ 34.99
€ 32.09
Paperback. Tells the story of England's Queen Elizabeth as handed down by history. This volume describes Elizabeth's relationship with her father, Henry VIII, and the manoeuvring that led to her eventual coronation upon the death of her half-sister Mary Tudor in 1558. It contains over one hundred photographs of books and artefacts dating from her reign. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 5817 x 330. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252071614
- ISBN
- 9780252071614
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.64
€ 29.99
€ 27.64
paperback. Understanding migration through the lives and fiction of migrant workers in New England Series: Studies of World Migrations. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 photographs; 3 line drawings; 3 maps; 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 1KBBER; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252076138
- ISBN
- 9780252076138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.19
€ 24.99
€ 23.19
Paperback. Powerful new readings of the Shakespearean tragic hero. Editor(s): Garner, Shirley Nelson; Sprengnether, Madelon. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253210272
- ISBN
- 9780253210272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.52
€ 27.99
€ 26.52
Paperback. Contests the notion that women occupied a separate private sphere in England during the Romantic Era. This title demonstrates the various ways in which they attempted to shape British public policy and cultural behaviour in the areas of religious and governmental reform, education, philanthropy, and patterns of consumption. Series: Women of Letters S. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 figures, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213693
- ISBN
- 9780253213693
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.73
€ 18.99
€ 18.73
paperback. Details folklore and identity in Northern Ireland Num Pages: 320 pages, 21 b&w photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; JFHF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780253223746
- ISBN
- 9780253223746
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.64
€ 29.99
€ 27.64
Hardcover. A revealing biography of a major figure in the Irish Republican Movement Num Pages: 459 pages, 24 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG; GTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 33. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press Bloomington, IN
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253347084
- ISBN
- 9780253347084
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Condition: New
€ 68.52
€ 68.52
Paperback. Following its entry into the European Union, Ireland changed radically from an impoverished, provincial, former British colony to a country where a farmer takes his wife on skiing holidays in Switzerland. This work debunks a good many stereotypes that prevent our seeing Ireland for what it was, as well as what it has become. Num Pages: 272 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press Indiana
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268042325
- ISBN
- 9780268042325
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.83
€ 30.99
€ 28.83
Paperback. Considers the intellectual renaissance at the close of the 17th century that caused the shift in the portrayals and perceptions of mountains in prose and poetry, from ugly protuberances to glorious heights. Examines various writers from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, and traces both the causes Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780295975771
- ISBN
- 9780295975771
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.32
€ 36.99
€ 34.32
Hardcover. This recreation of the epic Anglo-Saxon poem is achieved by retelling it in modern verse form; by providing pictorial images of the world of Germanic antiquity, Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon art, artifacts and scenery; by supplying an historical and geographical commentary on the times. Num Pages: 138 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2ABA; 3F; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300048766
- ISBN
- 9780300048766
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Condition: New
€ 57.46€ 45.96
€ 57.46
€ 45.96
Hardback. Offers a survey of the history of sculpture in Ireland in the nineteenth century, with focus on the large public works produced during the Victorian period. This title discusses the works of major figures as Patrick MacDowell, John Henry Foley, Thomas Kirk and Thomas Farrell. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 320 pages, 250 black-&-white illustrations + 60 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 291 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press London
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300159097
- ISBN
- 9780300159097
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Condition: New
€ 52.77€ 42.66
€ 52.77
€ 42.66
Paperback. This volume brings together one of the most provocative debates among historians in recent years. The centre of controversy is the emergence of the anti-slavery movement in the United States and Britain and the relation of capitalism to the development. Editor(s): Bender, Thomas. Num Pages: 336 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Paperback Octavo
- SKU
- V9780520077799
- ISBN
- 9780520077799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.80
€ 35.99
€ 26.80
Hardback. This study defies the conventional wisdom that the 17th century gave birth to the political and economic forces that culminated in the Industrial Revolution, claiming instead that earlier reformers, such as More and Fortescue, laid the groundwork by fashioning an economic conception of state. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLC; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520081451
- ISBN
- 9780520081451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.01€ 53.89
€ 68.01
€ 53.89
Hardback. In 1666, King Charles II introduced a fashion that developed into the three-piece suit. This text examines the inspiration behind this royal revolution in masculine attire, showing how the ideology of modern English masculinity was a self-consciously political and public creation. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 313 pages, 39 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 239 x 32. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 313
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214934
- ISBN
- 9780520214934
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Condition: New
€ 62.15€ 49.67
€ 62.15
€ 49.67
Paperback. Opium is more than just a drug extracted from poppies. This title shows that the opium trade was not purely a British operation but involved Chinese merchants, Chinese state agents, and Japanese imperialists as well. Editor(s): Brook, Timothy; Wakabayashi, Bob Tadashi. Num Pages: 458 pages, 15 b/w illustrations, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBG; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Second Edition
- SKU
- V9780520222366
- ISBN
- 9780520222366
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Hardback. Explores the generative crisis in understanding property's role in the constitution of a liberal polity, which intersected in Bengal with a new politics of peasant independence based on practices of commodity exchange. Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 1QDB; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition, 1 ed.
- SKU
- V9780520281684
- ISBN
- 9780520281684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.87€ 58.30
€ 73.87
€ 58.30
Paperback. Offers an account of Ireland's neglected "national" intellectuals, an extraordinary group, including such figures as Oscar Wilde's father William Wilde, Charles Lever, Samuel Ferguson, Isaac Butt, Sheridan Le Fanu. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFCX; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd Oxford
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631214465
- ISBN
- 9780631214465
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Condition: New
€ 43.85
€ 43.85
Paperback. Cases of child abuse and neglect reported in the media have led to a crisis of confidence in the current child protective services (CPS) systems in the USA, and to frequent calls for reform. Jane Waldfogel agrees that the public has a right to be concerned. Num Pages: 296 pages, 43 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFFE1; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780674007239
- ISBN
- 9780674007239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 38.26
€ 44.99
€ 38.26
paperback. In this exploration of three kinds of break in poetic style, the author examines the connection between style and substance. Analyzing the work of Gerard Manley Hopkins, Seamus Heaney and Jorie Graham, the book discusses the interplay of moral, emotional and intellectual forces in a poet's work. Series: The Richard Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 144 x 7. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674081215
- ISBN
- 9780674081215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.69
€ 36.99
€ 31.69
Hardback. Series: Study in Business History. Num Pages: 448 pages, 9 tables, 3 figures, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 38. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674087255
- ISBN
- 9780674087255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.27€ 75.37
€ 82.27
€ 75.37
Hardcover. Love of home life, the intimate moments a family peacefully enjoyed in seclusion, had long been considered a hallmark of English character even before the Victorian era. This book explores how intimacy became a spectacle and how this paradox energized Victorian culture between 1835 and 1865. Series: Literature in History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691006680
- ISBN
- 9780691006680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.20€ 83.52
€ 108.20
€ 83.52
Paperback. Explores how various government leaders assess the cost of war in terms of domestic politics and their own postwar fates. This book develops the argument that two sides will wage war until both gain sufficient knowledge of the other's strengths and weaknesses so as to agree on the probable outcome of continued war. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 line illus., 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1DVUA; HBG; HBJD; HBWN; JPA; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 22. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049441
- ISBN
- 9780691049441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 42.52
€ 52.92
€ 42.52