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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Placing women at the center of the High Qing era shows how gender relations shaped the economic, political, social, and cultural changes of the age, and gives us a sense of what women felt and believed, and what they actually did, during this period. Num Pages: 340 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5944 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 491.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804727440
ISBN
9780804727440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardback. An in-depth account of early railway excursions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 illustrations, 2 maps, an index and cross reference. BIC Classification: 3JH; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 256 x 20. Weight in Grams: 810.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473835283
ISBN
9781473835283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.80

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Prospect Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903018385
ISBN
9781903018385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.05

Paperback. In 1960s Bristol, a family is overshadowed by tragedy While Susan, a typically feisty seven-year-old, is busy being brave, her mother is struggling for courage. Though bound by an indestructible love, their journey through a world that is darkening with tragedy is fraught with the kind of misunderstandings that bring as much laughter as pain. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; 3JJPK; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Arrow Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099598749
ISBN
9780099598749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.66

Hardback. Published in conjunction with a retrospective exhibition of the American painter's fifty-year career, this book reassesses De Forest's art-historical position, placing him in a national rather than solely West Coast context. Num Pages: 200 pages, 185 color images, 25 black/white photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; ACXJ; AGB; AGC; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 216 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520292208
ISBN
9780520292208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.56

Paperback. This study analyzes policy-making in a non-democratic authoritarian country, explaining the history of Chinese market reforms from 1979 to the present. Drawing on interviews with high-level Chinese officials, it pieces together detailed histories of economic reform policy decisions. Series: California Series on Social Choice & Political Economy. Num Pages: 412 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JPQB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520077072
ISBN
9780520077072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. Recreates a time when World War III seemed imminent. This book explores a central dimension of American culture and politics - the postwar preoccupation with captivity. It reveals how 'menticide', the calculated destruction of individual autonomy, struck many Americans as a more immediate danger than nuclear annihilation. Num Pages: 352 pages, 29 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257313
ISBN
9780520257313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. Two young girls struggle to make sense of their new world in this eccentric and compelling wartime memoir Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMS; 3JJH; BM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210. A Wartime Childhood. 304 pages. Two young girls struggle to make sense of their new world in this eccentric and compelling wartime memoir. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMS; 3JJH; BM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Dimension: 126 x 197 x 20. Weight: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408822371
ISBN
9781408822371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Snake River Press Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906022181
ISBN
9781906022181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Hardcover. Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) is among the greatest portrait painters of all time. This manual is a catalogue raisonne of his painted ouevre, and includes a reproduction of every known authentic painting by the artist, the provenance and the significant facts and literature on each. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 528 pages, 750 illustrations, (150 colour ). BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; ACQ; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 305 x 250 x 54. Weight in Grams: 4674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Paul Mellon Centre BA
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300099287
ISBN
9780300099287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.88
€ 111.04

hardcover. Analyzes the literary, cultural, and ethical effects of six woman writers - Nadezhda Mandel'shtam, Romola Nijinsky, Simone de Beauvoir, Lou Andreas-Salome, Asja Lacis, and Maitreyi Devi - whose lives were twined with the cultural vibrations of their time. Num Pages: 224 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802036902
ISBN
9780802036902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.35

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
[First Edition]
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843837053
ISBN
9781843837053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.22

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838173
ISBN
9781843838173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.50

Paperback. Based on internal documents, long-term fieldwork, and interviews, this book charts the emergence of population as a central source of power in the People's Republic of China, documenting the gradual shift from hard birth planning techniques toward soft neoliberal approaches. Num Pages: 412 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; 3JMC; JHBD; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804748803
ISBN
9780804748803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. Presents an exploration of how 21st Century is going to change not just the way we think, but also what we actually think with - our own individual minds. Editor(s): McGrath, Stefan. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; PDR; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226. Light shelf wear, else as new.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KTG0021064
ISBN
9780141008882
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardback. Above all, Goodman shows that novels of manners are central to American literature, and that these novels speak in a large cultural way about who and what composes America. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801868245
ISBN
9780801868245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.87
€ 47.17

hardcover. Explores the complicated history of the suffrage movement in New York State by delving into the stories of women who opposed the expansion of voting rights to women. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; JFSJ1; JPHF; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252037474
ISBN
9780252037474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.34

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078989
ISBN
9780252078989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Hardback. The only children's biography of Elsa Schiaparelli--one of the world's most influential fashion designers. Num Pages: 56 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; 5AL; YNA; YNH; YNK; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 269 x 263 x 16. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Abrams
Condition
New
SKU
V9781419716423
ISBN
9781419716423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.62

Hardcover.
Publisher
Loose Chippings Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907991004
ISBN
9781907991004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.09

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