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Paperback. Dealing with the forgotten comic literature of eighteenth-century Britain, this book uncovers a rich vein of cruel humor beneath the surface of Enlightenment civility that forces us to recognize just how slowly ordinary human sufferings became worthy of sympathy. Num Pages: 382 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226142548
- ISBN
- 9780226142548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.50
€ 46.99
€ 36.50
Paperback. Simon Fowler reveals what life was really like in Britain's workhouses. He argues that life for paupers was not as grim as we may believe, and that the workhouse provided a vital safety net, without which many would have starved. Includes dozens of personal stories. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 page plate section, c.12-15 images. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Pen and Sword
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783831517
- ISBN
- 9781783831517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.79
€ 19.99
€ 19.79
Hardcover. A New World of Labor connects developments in seventeenth-century Britain with the British experience of slavery on the West African coast and with the initial development of African chattel slavery in Barbados, whose labor system played a foundational role in defining how plantation slavery developed throughout British America. Series: The Early Modern Americas. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1KJWWB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812245196
- ISBN
- 9780812245196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43
Hardback. Using the tools of medicine, literary theory, psychology, psychoanalysis, and etymology, this book probes the breast-related fantasies underlying German culture and literature in the second half of the eighteenth century. It is intended for those interested in German textual studies, the history of sexuality, and theories of psychoanalysis. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 29. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295986111
- ISBN
- 9780295986111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.74
€ 118.74
Paperback. Simon Schama, the author of Landscape and Memory and Citizens, sets out to tell the history of two certainties, of two deaths. In discussing the 'speculations' surrounding them, he finds himself involved in a history he cannot classify - the unpredictable history of stories Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JF; 3JH; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847087324
- ISBN
- 9781847087324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.00
€ 23.99
€ 16.00
Paperback. Presents the story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African-American slaves who fled the plantations to fight behind British lines in the American War of Independence. This title follows the escaped blacks into the fires of the war, and into freezing, inhospitable Nova Scotia where many were betrayed in their promises to receive land. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 126 x 34. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099536079
- ISBN
- 9780099536079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.22
€ 25.99
€ 18.22
Paperback. A reissue of Simon Schama's landmark study of the Netherlands from 1780-1813, this is a tale of a once-powerful nation's desparate struggle to survive the treacheries and brutality of European war and politics. Num Pages: 768 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 194 x 50. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006861560
- ISBN
- 9780006861560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.42
€ 25.99
€ 17.42
Paperback. Offers a social, cultural and narrative history of the French Revolution. This title provides an impression of the currents and contradictions which made up this terrible sequence of events. Num Pages: 848 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 36. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- 9780141017273
- ISBN
- 9780141017273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.36
€ 24.99
€ 17.36
Paperback. The internationally bestselling epic history of Russia's imperial dynasty Num Pages: 736 pages, 4x8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 280 x 44. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474600873
- ISBN
- 9781474600873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904558088
- ISBN
- 9781904558088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.97
€ 45.99
€ 37.97
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- ICE Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780727700889
- ISBN
- 9780727700889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.33
€ 53.99
€ 45.33
Paperback. It has long been argued that opera is all about sex. This work explores the impact of this sexual obsession, and of the power relations that come with it, on the music, words, and staging of opera. It combines readings of specific scenes with efforts to situate these musical moments within the observed historical contexts. Editor(s): Smart, Mary Ann. Series: Princeton Studies in Opera. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 illus, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC9; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691058139
- ISBN
- 9780691058139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.56
€ 46.99
€ 33.56
- Publisher
- United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597975223
- ISBN
- 9781597975223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.82
€ 23.99
€ 21.82
Paperback. What is the relationship between the ideas of the Enlightenment and the culture and ideology of the French Revolution? Rosenfeld takes up that classic question by concentrating on changing conceptions of language and signs during the second half of the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; CFF; GTE; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804749312
- ISBN
- 9780804749312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.23
€ 40.99
€ 36.23
Paperback. Wild Frenchmen and Frenchified Indians offers a distinctive and original reading of racialization in early America. Focusing on cultural cross-dressing from a wide range of sources, Sophie White shows that material culture-especially dress-was central to discourses about race, as colonization was built on encounters mediated by appearance. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 360 pages, 33 color, 17 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812223088
- ISBN
- 9780812223088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. Aims to reconstruct the colonial imagination of the eighteenth century. By exploring representations of peoples and cultures subjected to colonial discourse, the author makes a case for the agency - or the capacity to resist domination - of those oppressed. He reveals the development of anticolonial consciousness prior to the nineteenth century. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 440 pages, 28 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; DSA; DSBD; DSBF; HBTQ; HBTR; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822323150
- ISBN
- 9780822323150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. This volume examines the "Amazons", whose existence has been verified via documents and eye-witness accounts from battles for the West African kingdom of Dahomey in the 18th and 19th centuries. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1HFDB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849041089
- ISBN
- 9781849041089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.55
€ 19.99
€ 19.55
Paperback. Tells the story of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen. This title analyzes the chemistry of a woman's soul from her intimate pleasures to her public suffering as a Queen under the weight of misfortune and history. It describes Marie Antoinette in the King's bedroom, and with her children. Translator(s): Paul, Eden; Paul, Cedar. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 124 x 32. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906548308
- ISBN
- 9781906548308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
paperback. The sequel to "Aristocrats", this tells the story of the Irish revolutionary, Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Son of a duke, heir to estates and influence, Lord Edward died in a Dublin gaol, a rebel and a traitor. The book looks at how this happened, and explores the hidden relationships in his life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099732112
- ISBN
- 9780099732112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.60
€ 19.99
€ 14.60
Paperback. The story of four sisters, Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox, great-grandchildren of Charles II, whose extraordinary lives spanned the period from 1740 to 1832. Underlying the drama of their aristocratic existence is a story of everyday life. Winner of the 1995 Fawcett Book Prize. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 403.
- Edition
- 1st Vintage Book Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099477112
- ISBN
- 9780099477112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.04
€ 19.99
€ 15.04