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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Though America did not join rebellious Cuban forces against the Spanish empire until 1898, Frederick Funston (1865-1917) was so moved by a speech by Gen Daniel Sickles that he went to Cuba as a filibuster in the battle for Cuban independence. This title presents an account of his adventures in the Cuban Revolution and the Philippine-American war. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JJC; 3JJPG; BM; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803222892
ISBN
9780803222892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Tasty, convenient, and cheap, instant noodles are one of the most remarkable industrial foods ever. Consumed around the world by millions, they appeal to young and old, affluent and impoverished alike. This title examines the history, manufacturing, marketing, and consumption of instant noodles. Num Pages: 216 pages, 19 b/w photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFCV; JFFT; KNDF; TDCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Uncorrected Proof Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276345
ISBN
9780520276345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Hardback. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 312 pages, B&W Photos: 28,. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; JFSL3; JFSL4; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149402
ISBN
9780231149402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

paperback. Editor(s): Stauffer, John. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 131 x 203 x 9. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Library of America
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781598533514
ISBN
9781598533514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.06

Paperback. A new edition of one of the most influential literary documents in American and African American history Editor(s): McKivigan, John; Hinks, Peter P.; Kaufman, Heather L. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 209 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Critical
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300204711
ISBN
9780300204711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. An autobiography of author who was born into slavery in Maryland in 1818. He describes his life as a slave - the cruelty he suffered at the hands of plantation owners; his struggles to educate himself in a world where slaves are deliberately kept ignorant; and ultimately, his fight for his right to freedom. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099595847
ISBN
9780099595847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Details the life of the author from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his escape to the North in 1838: how he endured the daily physical and spiritual brutalities of his owners and drivers, how he learned to read and write, and how he grew into a man who could only live free or die. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 201 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143107309
ISBN
9780143107309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Born into slavery in 1818, the author escaped to freedom and became a passionate advocate for abolition and social change and the foremost spokesperson for the nation's enslaved African American population in the years preceding the Civil War. This book recounts his remarkable life. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300190595
ISBN
9780300190595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.71

Paperback. Explains the horror of American slavery and the emotional impetus behind the antislavery movement. This book describes the life and achievement of a man who escaped from slavery to become a leading abolitionist and one of our most important writers. It is suitable for those interested in American literature and history. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 176 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674034013
ISBN
9780674034013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.84

paperback. Challenges readers to alter their conceptual frameworks about Africans by looking at them as workers who, through the course of the Atlantic slave trade and plantation labor, shaped the development of the Americas Series: Culture, Labor, History. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814763698
ISBN
9780814763698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardcover. The first study of the productions of the minor theatres, how they were adapted to appeal to the local patrons and the audiences who worked and lived in these communities. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; 3JH; AN; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230116863
ISBN
9780230116863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.53

Hardback. This book is the first-ever study of Malta's major eighteenth-century composer, Benigno Zerafa (1726 - 1804), a specialist in sacred music composition. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 97 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JF; AVGC4; AVGD; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 247 x 28. Weight in Grams: 818.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270866
ISBN
9781783270866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.64

Hardback. The most feared man in China, Dai Li, was chief of Chiang Kai-shek's secret service during WWII. This work traces Dai's rise from obscurity as a rural hooligan and Green Gang blood-brother to commander of the paramilitary units of the Blue Shirts and of the Military Statistics Bureau: the world's largest spy and counterespionage organization. Num Pages: 672 pages, 25 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1092.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234079
ISBN
9780520234079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.36
€ 65.54

Paperback. Investigates how regimes in the Maghreb have kept dissent at bay, and the means by which their authority has been challenged. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JMG; HBJH; HBLX; HBTV; JPB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849046961
ISBN
9781849046961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.03

Hardback. This book examines the development of France's male and female homosexual communities and its gay liberation movements after 1968. Translator(s): Todd, Jane. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 33. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804732734
ISBN
9780804732734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.16

Paperback. This book examines the development of France's male and female homosexual communities and its gay liberation movements after 1968. Translator(s): Todd, Jane. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732741
ISBN
9780804732741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231165129
ISBN
9780231165129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 51.34

Paperback. Series: Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, B&W Illus.: 1,. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JM; GTJ; HBJF1; HBTV; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 221 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231165136
ISBN
9780231165136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Hardback. Examines the Jewish acquisition of civic equality from the perspective of the 'paradigm of liberal inclusiveness' as formulated by Alexis de Tocqueville and Louis Hartz. This book argues that the liberal paradigm worked for American Jews but that France's illiberal impulses hindered its Jewish population in acquiring full civic rights. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691096490
ISBN
9780691096490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.56
€ 80.25

Hardcover. A noteworthy development in recent history has been the disappearance of formal declarations of war. Using primary sources, this book examines the history of declaring war in the early modern era up to the writing of the US Constitution to identify the influence of early modern history on the framing of the Constitution. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBW; LBBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230114128
ISBN
9780230114128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.61

Hardcover. A study of natural science and religion in 19th-century German-speaking Europe. German theologians paid little attention to natural science and eschewed philosophically popular yet naive versions of natural theology. Gregory examines the implications and extent of this "loss of nature". Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 table, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HRAB; HRCM; HRLB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674604834
ISBN
9780674604834
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.56

Hardcover. Editor(s): Greenspahn, Frederick E. Series: Jewish Studies in the Twenty-First Century Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479896806
ISBN
9781479896806
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.45

Paperback. Editor(s): Greenspahn, Frederick E. Series: Jewish Studies in the Twenty-First Century Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479828944
ISBN
9781479828944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. What was it like to grow up German during Hitler's Third Reich? This book interviews average Germans who came of age between 1933 and 1945. It provides insights into Germany's tragic years, offering a nuanced response to the abiding question of how a nation made the quantum leap from anti-Semitism to systematic genocide. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269644
ISBN
9780520269644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

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