Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. An ambitious, original book describing a century of Europe coping with America: its inventions, personalities, films, armies, business, and politics. These decades reveal how much emotional energy Europeans invested in finding their own ways to reconcile tradition and modernity under the pressure of the ever-evolving American challenge. Series: Oxford History of Modern Europe. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 141 x 37. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198778837
- ISBN
- 9780198778837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.23
€ 60.23
Hardback. In 1816, following the scandalous collapse of his marriage, Lord Byron left England forever. His first destination was the Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva where he stayed together with Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Godwin, Claire Clairmont and John Polidori. This title focuses on the poet's life in the summer of that year. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846316432
- ISBN
- 9781846316432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.22
€ 44.22
Paperback. A clear overview of the major cultural forms of 1930s America: literature and drama, music and radio, film and photography, art and design, and case studies of influential texts and practitioners of the decade. Editor(s): Halliwell, Martin. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748622597
- ISBN
- 9780748622597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.87
€ 33.99
€ 30.87
Paperback. Traces how America's global modernization efforts during the twentieth century were a means to remake the world in its own image. This title shows that the emerging concept of modernization combined existing development ideas from the Depression. Series: America in the World. Num Pages: 408 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152455
- ISBN
- 9780691152455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20
Hardcover. This book charts key aspects of the Anglo-Scottish experience down to the Restoration and greatly improves understanding of that complex and troubled relationship. Series: Studies in Early Modern Irish History. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1DBR; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719097218
- ISBN
- 9780719097218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.57
€ 161.57
Paperback. In this account of mass media images, David Ruth looks at Al Capone and other "invented" gangsters of the 1920s and 1930s. It shows that the media gangster was less a reflection of reality than a projection created from Americans' values, concerns and ideas about what would sell. Num Pages: 200 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; JFC; JFD; JKVM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226732183
- ISBN
- 9780226732183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.87
€ 36.99
€ 28.87
Paperback. An insiders' account of the espionage warfare in Berlin from 1945 to the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. CIA and KGB intelligence veterans reveal stories of the Berlin tunnel, critical moments of the Berlin crisis, clandestine initiatives, betrayals and defections. Num Pages: 582 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BG; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300078718
- ISBN
- 9780300078718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.49€ 42.44
€ 53.49
€ 42.44
Paperback. This second edition of Vacationland includes the same wonderful, quirky personal stories as the first edition, along with four new funny and nostalgia-filled tales about summering in Maine. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEN; 3JJP; BM; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608933815
- ISBN
- 9781608933815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.14
€ 17.99
€ 17.14
hardcover. Dividing the Nile counters that Egyptian entrepreneurs failed to develop a united economy or shared economic interests, guaranteeing Egypt's 'loss' of the Sudan. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1HBS; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9789774166389
- ISBN
- 9789774166389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 8.29
€ 19.99
€ 8.29
Hardback. A narrative history by a Fed insider of how monetary policy is shaped in the US, with special emphasis on the performances of former Chairman Ben Bernanke and current Chairwoman Janet Yellen in facing the prelude, outbreak, and aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Series: Palgrave Studies in American Economic History. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; KCBM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2090
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137578587
- ISBN
- 9781137578587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.04
€ 147.04
Paperback. This book explains why, when, and how political actors create administrative agencies in such a way as to insulate them from political control, particularly presidential control. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JPQ; KNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745901
- ISBN
- 9780804745901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HB; JWK; JWMV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801434587
- ISBN
- 9780801434587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.77
€ 107.77
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691023458
- ISBN
- 9780691023458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.49€ 42.15
€ 53.49
€ 42.15
Hardback. This book examines how de facto segregation unfolded and operated at the New Jersey shore after the Civil War. Weaving together histories of race, leisure, and consumption, it argues that the politics of mass consumption contained early desegregation efforts and prolonged Jim Crow. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823272716
- ISBN
- 9780823272716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.71
€ 117.71
Hardcover. Provides a survey of the history and background of Lochner versus New York. This title argues that the decision was well grounded in precedent - and that modern constitutional jurisprudence owes at least as much to the limited-government ideas of Lochner proponents as to the more expansive vision of its Progressive opponents. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226043531
- ISBN
- 9780226043531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.07€ 63.42
€ 76.07
€ 63.42
Hardback. The most serious environmental problems of the twenty-first century have the potential to alter the course of life on this planet. Editor(s): Lorey, David E. Series: The World Beat Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, notes, suggested readings. BIC Classification: 3JM; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842050487
- ISBN
- 9780842050487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.84
€ 149.84
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBJD; HBWQ; JPSD; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691648330
- ISBN
- 9780691648330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.03€ 122.27
€ 164.03
€ 122.27
Hardcover. An extensively enlarged and revised edition of a reference that lists and illustrates every known transfer print issued by the Spode family at their works in Stoke-on-Trent during the period 1784-1833. It also covers the shapes of ware, their methods of manufacture, and the Spode marks. Num Pages: 328 pages, 100 colour and 947 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; GBC; WCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 284 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- ACC Art Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851493944
- ISBN
- 9781851493944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.49€ 41.44
€ 53.49
€ 41.44
Paperback. Reveals how George W. Bush's religious fundamentalism has been transformed into political policy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JPQB; JPWL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780745323053
- ISBN
- 9780745323053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.84
€ 33.99
€ 22.84
Hardcover. The first systematic and detailed examination of twentieth-century activist Egyptian writing Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJP; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774167614
- ISBN
- 9789774167614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 49.31
€ 51.99
€ 49.31
Hardcover. Editor(s): Dickson, David; Pyz, Justyna; Shepard, Christopher C. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; HBTQ; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Four Courts Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846823497
- ISBN
- 9781846823497
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.00€ 46.19
€ 55.00
€ 46.19
Hardback. Challenging the reigning view of literary historians has been that the May Fourth movement of 1919 marks the division between the traditional and the modern in Chinese literature, this book argues that signs of reform and innovation can be discerned long before May Fourth. Num Pages: 444 pages, 6 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5893 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press California
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804728454
- ISBN
- 9780804728454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.07
€ 96.07
Hardback. The most extensive and detailed analysis of the reporting of the Spanish Civil War ever undertaken. Series: International Communications. Num Pages: 208 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HBJD1; HBWP; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 240 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748627486
- ISBN
- 9780748627486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.86€ 114.08
€ 118.86
€ 114.08
Hardback. The mining of diamonds, their trading mechanisms, their financial institutions, and, not least, their cultural expressions as luxury items have engaged the work of historians, economists, social scientists, and international relations experts. Based on previously unexamined historical documents found in archives in Belgium, England, Israel.. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; KNAT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456337
- ISBN
- 9781845456337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.40
€ 167.40