×


 x 

Shopping cart

Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Results 18081 - 18100 of 22175

Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Emphasizes the coexistence of different kinds of radicalism, their tensions, and their implications. This title reveals the importance of radicalism's links to pre-industrial culture and attachments to place and local communities, as well as the ways in which journalists who had been pushed out of "respectable" politics connected to artisans. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 194 x 23. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226090863
ISBN
9780226090863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Hardcover. Operation Big Ben was a Top Secret plan to dive-bomb V rocket installations with Mark IX and Mark XVI Spitfires. For the first time the whole story can be told, showing the work of the Crossbow Committee, intelligence Commandos under Commander Ian Fleming, the brave RAF pilots and the essential contribution of the French and Dutch Resistance. Num Pages: 176 pages, 30 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781554395
ISBN
9781781554395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.64

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, over 160 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 227 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1384.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764327858
ISBN
9780764327858
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.67
€ 39.60

Paperback. 101 chance meetings, juxtaposing the famous and the infamous, the artistic and the philistine, the pompous and the comical, the snobbish and the vulgar, told by Britain's funniest writer. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007360642
ISBN
9780007360642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.96

Hardcover. Contrary to 20th-century criticism that cast them as misguided dabblers, English virtuosi in 17th and early 18th centuries were erudite individuals with grounding in classics, appreciation for the arts, and sincere curiosity about the natural world. This title situates this group at the intersection of period's art, medicine, and antiquarianism. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 colour plates, 62 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; ACQ; HBJD1; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1034.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226315874
ISBN
9780226315874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.38
€ 54.95

Paperback. When eight-year-old Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590-1662) entered one of the preeminent convents in Bologna in 1598, she had no idea what cloistered life had in store for her. This title retells the story of Vizzana and the nuns of Santa Cristina to elucidate the role that music played in the lives of these cloistered women. Num Pages: 280 pages, 32 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; AV; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408. Nuns, Music, and Defiance in Seventeenth-century Italy. 280 pages, 32 halftones, 3 line drawings. When eight-year-old Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590-1662) entered one of the preeminent convents in Bologna in 1598, she had no idea what cloistered life had in store for her. This title retells the story of Vizzana and the nuns of Santa Cristina to elucidate the role that music played in the lives of these cloistered women. Cateogry: (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; AV; HBJD; HBLH. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226535197
ISBN
9780226535197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Some nuns in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italy strayed far from the paradigms of monastic life. In this book, the author resurrects forgotten tales and restores to life the long-silent voices of these cloistered heroines. The nuns of early modern Italy, it shows, set the standard for religious transgression in their own age - and beyond. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; 3JD; HRCC7; HRCX8; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226534725
ISBN
9780226534725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.18

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226335339
ISBN
9780226335339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.35

Paperback. Editor(s): Cozzens, Peter. Num Pages: 740 pages, 120 photographs, 40 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 168 x 38. Weight in Grams: 939.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074509
ISBN
9780252074509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.82

Paperback. The British General Election of 2015 is a must-read for anyone wanting to know how the action unfolded in the most unpredictable election for a generation. Num Pages: 464 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMG; JPHF; JPL; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137366139
ISBN
9781137366139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 113.46

Hardback. Covering the period from the accession of James I to the death of Queen Anne, this Companion provides a magisterial overview of the 'long' seventeenth century in British history. The chapters, each written by a leading expert, guide readers through the maze of scholarly debates about Stuart Britain. Editor(s): Coward, Barry (Reader in History, Birkbeck College, London). Series: Blackwell Companions to British History. Num Pages: 592 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 186 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1254.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631218746
ISBN
9780631218746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 210.24

Hardcover. Demonstrates that the intersection between race, gender, and class formed the backbone of Progressive-Era debates over sex education, the policing of sexuality, and the prevention of venereal disease. Series: Gender and Race in American History. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSJ; JFSL; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465359
ISBN
9781580465359
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

Paperback. This book is about the global crisis and the right to resistance, about neoliberal biopolitics and direct democracy, about the responsibility of intellectuals and the poetry of the multitude. Using Greece as an example, Douzinas argues that the persistent sequence of protests, uprisings and revolutions has radically changed the political landscape. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JMG; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745665443
ISBN
9780745665443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.04

Hardcover. This book is about the global crisis and the right to resistance, about neoliberal biopolitics and direct democracy, about the responsibility of intellectuals and the poetry of the multitude. Using Greece as an example, Douzinas argues that the persistent sequence of protests, uprisings and revolutions has radically changed the political landscape. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 3JMG; JPA; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745665436
ISBN
9780745665436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.12

Hardback. Series: Sociology Transformed. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJP; HBJD; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137589408
ISBN
9781137589408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.85

paperback. Based on many original documents, this book surveys Iranian political history from 1941 through 1957, focusing on the Tudeh Party: the only substantial left-wing organization in Iran during this period. Num Pages: 450 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF1; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 792.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Merlin Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850366563
ISBN
9780850366563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.87

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JB; DSB; HBJF; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638447
ISBN
9780691638447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.85

Hardback. This book describes the interpenetration of the German economy with an emerging global economy before the First World War, while also demonstrating the huge challenge posed by globalization to the society and politics of the German Empire. Num Pages: 388 pages, 8 illus., 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 768.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782385028
ISBN
9781782385028
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.37

Paperback. The definitive account of the final offensive against Hitler's Third Reich-- newly in print for the 70th anniversary of VE Day. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473620070
ISBN
9781473620070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. A posthumous collection of interviews and occasional papers given by Castoriadis between 1974 and 1997 which offers a direct introduction to the thinking of a writer who never abandoned his radically critical stance. It also provides a resume of his political ideas, in advance of their times and profoundly relevant to today's world. Editor(s): Escobar, Enrique. Translator(s): Arnold, Helen. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; DSK; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823230945
ISBN
9780823230945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.54

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!