×


 x 

Shopping cart

Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Results 15625 - 15648 of 20904

Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. Num Pages: 369 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; JHB; JKS; JNB; JNLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 611.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
369
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137592262
ISBN
9781137592262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.51

Hardback. Doreen Lee tells the origin, experiences, and legacy of the radical Indonesian student movement that helped end Suharto's thirty-two year dictatorship in May of 1998, showing how student activists claimed their rich political and historical inheritance passed down by earlier generations of activist youth. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJPR; JNMF; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822361527
ISBN
9780822361527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.46

Paperback. Doreen Ingrams and her husband were the first Europeans ever to live in the Hadhramaut, an extraordinary, isolated region of southern Arabia. Married to an Arabic-speaking British official, she arrived by boat, and during their ten-year residency travelled throughout the region by camel and donkey. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations (black and white), 1 map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 3JJG; BJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 166 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244. Living in Yemen's Hadhramant in the 1930s. 176 pages. Doreen Ingrams and her husband were the first Europeans ever to live in the Hadhramaut, an extraordinary, isolated region of southern Arabia. Married to an Arabic-speaking British official, she arrived by boat, and during their ten-year residency travelled throughout the region by camel and donkey. This book tells her story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 3JJG; BJ; WTL. Dimension: 224 x 166 x 13. Weight: 244.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011802
ISBN
9781906011802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Paperback. With the emergence of Abstract Expressionism after World War II, the attention of the international art world turned from Paris to New York. In this book, Dore Ashton captures the vitality of the cultural milieu in which the New York School artists worked and argued from the 1930s to the 1950s. Num Pages: 246 pages, 52 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; ACXD9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of California Press Berkeley, CA
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520081062
ISBN
9780520081062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.93

Paperback. Examines the development of urban environments, and urban environmentalism, in the United States over four centuries. This book focuses on the evolution of the city, the emergence of elite reformers, the framing of environmental problems, and responses to perceived breakdowns in social order. Num Pages: 640 pages, 24 tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; JFSG; RNK; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 39. Weight in Grams: 928.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344513
ISBN
9780822344513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.58

Hardback. In this sweeping social history Dorceta E. Taylor examines the emergence and rise of the multi-faceted conservation movement from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century, showing how race, class, and gender influenced its every aspect. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JPWQ; KCM; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 242 x 31. Weight in Grams: 812.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361817
ISBN
9780822361817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.31

Hardback. When are people willing to sacrifice for the common good? What are the benefits of friendship? And how do communities deal with betrayal? Using the life histories of more than forty thousand Civil War soldiers, this book reveals the stories, social influences, and crucial networks that influenced soldiers' lives both during and after the war. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftones. 13 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780691137049
ISBN
9780691137049
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. Why do we look at lynching photographs? What is the basis for our curiosity, rage, indignation, or revulsion? This book examines lynching photographs as a way of analyzing photography's historical role in promoting and resisting racial violence. It charts the history of lynching photographs - their meanings, uses, and controversial display. Series: Defining Moments in American Photography. Num Pages: 110 pages, 22 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; AJCP; AJCR; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 205 x 5. Weight in Grams: 162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
110
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253322
ISBN
9780520253322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Hardback. Fascinating history of the Second World War as fought 'from below' by anti-fascist militias, who worked both with and against the allied powers. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745328034
ISBN
9780745328034
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.00
€ 84.39

Paperback. Fascinating history of the Second World War as fought 'from below' by anti-fascist militias, who worked both with and against the allied powers. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745328027
ISBN
9780745328027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.07

Paperback. An accessible PB edition carrying forward the momentum of this gripping readable true life mystery/tragedy, compellingly solved by the author. Num Pages: 288 pages, approx. 60-70 phototgraphs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPG; BTH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781452140032
ISBN
9781452140032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.18

Hardcover. Examines the emergence and development of the largest mass political mobilisation brought about in 19th-century Ireland in the form of the Land League (1979-82), and subsequently the National League (1882-7), in the south-western county of Kerry. This title is suitable for students and academics of 19th-century Irish history and general readers. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464. An original and insightful study of the highly formative Land War and Home Rule movement from a local and regional perspective. The book explores the dynamics behind the mass political mobilisation and agrarian violence that dominated Kerry society during the 1880s.
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906359669
ISBN
9781906359669
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.00
€ 22.35

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; JKSN1; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691600116
ISBN
9780691600116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Hardback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 2 x 16 page color insert and B&W art throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 878.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620407585
ISBN
9781620407585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.67

Hardcover. A lively and engaging study of on-screen and off-screen performances of masculinity, focusing on well-known male actors in American film and popular culture in the 1990s and 2000s. Peberdy examines specific social, cultural, historical and political contexts that have affected age, race, sexuality and fatherhood on screen. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JMC; APFA; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230283787
ISBN
9780230283787
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Hardback. This study of the GATT system in the 1960s uses government documents to identify the key role British diplomats played at the Kennedy Round. The author challenges theories of middle-power influence in the international political economy by demonstrating the determining role of state level factors. Series: Studies in Diplomacy. Num Pages: 174 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; JPSD; KCLT; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333739846
ISBN
9780333739846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.22

Paperback. Materialist Feminisms investigates the crucial theoretical and political debates that have determined the course of British and American feminism over the last thirty years. Num Pages: 284 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557861856
ISBN
9781557861856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.34

Hardback. Editor(s): West, Donna E.; Anderson, Myrdene. Series: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics. Num Pages: 459 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HPJ; HRAB; JHB; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 243 x 33. Weight in Grams: 844.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319459189
ISBN
9783319459189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.49

Hardback. Helps the genealogist trying to locate families, the surveyor or attorney researching old deeds, or the historian seeking data on land settlement. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps, illustrations, bibliographies, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; KFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 218 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1057.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842023771
ISBN
9780842023771
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.01

Hardcover. As thousands of wives and children joined American servicemen stationed at overseas bases in the years following World War II, the military family represented a friendlier, more humane side of the United States' campaign for dominance in the Cold War. This title tells the story of Cold War diplomacy. Num Pages: 291 pages, illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBW; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
NYU Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814705018
ISBN
9780814705018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

Hardback. The ecologically inspired planning and innovative architecture created at The Sea Ranch in the mid-1960s caused a quiet revolution in architecture. This revised and updated edition of the now-classic monograph contains ten additional projects plus an updated account of the ongoing development process and land management issues. Num Pages: 304 pages, 200 colour nad 170 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJP; 3JM; AMCR; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 290 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1978.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616891770
ISBN
9781616891770
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 51.16

Hardback. Intends to answer the following questions: What made it possible to create the Cavendish Laboratory in the 1870s? What was the Laboratory's principal role within Cambridge University and how did this role change over time? Who performed research at the Cavendish, when did they work there, and what topics did they investigate? And more. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1190.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402004759
ISBN
9781402004759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.94

Paperback. Explores the French physicist Leon Foucault's (1819-1868) proof that the world rotates and develops the experiment further. This book illustrates the playful exploration of space and time using recent pictures from the Schirn rotunda. Num Pages: 64 pages, 32 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; ACXJ; AFKN; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 208 x 8. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Hirmer Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783777424422
ISBN
9783777424422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.69

Paperback. This vivid picture of an Irish navvy's life in England in the 1950s mirrors that of an entire generation who left Ireland without education or hope. Days without food or work, the hardships of work camps, lonesome partings after trips home, periods of intense isolation and bitter reflection, all were part of the experience. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1DBR; 3JJPG; BJ; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Gill
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848891883
ISBN
9781848891883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.63

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!