Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 56. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFCK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 30. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801482830
- ISBN
- 9780801482830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.00
€ 38.99
€ 35.00
Hardcover. Harlem's nightclubs in the 1920s and '30s were a crucible for testing society's racial and sexual limits. Combining performance theory, historical research, and biographical study, this title explores the role of nightlife performance as a definitive touchstone for understanding the racial and sexual politics of the early 20th century. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; JFCA; JFSJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226862514
- ISBN
- 9780226862514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.50€ 78.49
€ 94.50
€ 78.49
Hardback. This book points out a novel pattern in colonial intimacy -that Catholic colonizers tended to leave behind significant mixed communities while Protestant colonizers were more likely to police relations with local women. This book then seeks to explain this pattern, looking to religious institutions, political capacity, and ideas of nation and race. Num Pages: 136 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1Q; 3J; J. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137594297
- ISBN
- 9781137594297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.57
€ 68.57
Hardback. Drawing on extensive ethnographic engagement with youth in Tehran and Isfahan as well as with migrant workers in rural areas, Shahram Khosravi weaves a tapestry from individual stories, government reports, statistics, and cultural analysis to depict how Iranians react to the experience of precarity and the possibility of hope. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JM; JHB; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248876
- ISBN
- 9780812248876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.22
€ 71.22
Paperback. An updated and revised account of economic and political decision-making in Pakistan during 1971-77 under the leadership of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Questioning the reasons for Bhutto's reversal of policy in 1974, the author argues that Bhutto's actions were influenced by prominent social groups. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKP; 3JJPL; JPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333450864
- ISBN
- 9780333450864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.63
€ 63.63
Paperback. The inside story of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, from its beginnings in 1964 to the signing of the Oslo agreement in 1993. Editor(s): Makdisi, Jean Said; Asser, Martin. Translator(s): Al-Hout, Hader; Othman, Laila. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJP; BGHA; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745328836
- ISBN
- 9780745328836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.71
€ 40.99
€ 26.71
Paperback. A prominent activist's guide to settlement in Canada "for the information of colored immigrants." Editor(s): Antwi, Phanuel. Series: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBTS; JFFN; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554813216
- ISBN
- 9781554813216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.71
€ 23.71
Hardback. This book project is a cultural history of rice consumption in the city of Canton (now Guangzhou), China's southernmost metropolis. Special emphasis is placed on the qualitative dimension of the local food culture and the dynamic interactions between the local society and the modern state. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 tables, 6 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; JPRB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804772266
- ISBN
- 9780804772266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.32
€ 86.32
Gandhi: Pioneer of Nonviolent Social Change (Library of World Biograph...
Sethia, Tara; Stearns, Peter N.
paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Pearson United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780321333056
- ISBN
- 9780321333056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.49
€ 68.49
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 458 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691652115
- ISBN
- 9780691652115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 226.50
€ 226.50
Hardcover. "A child is a man in small letter," wrote Bishop John Earle in the seventeenth century. "His father hath writ him as his own little story." In this title, the writer acknowledges the author of his story while simultaneously reminding us that we all confront the blank page of life on our own, as authors of our lives. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226014418
- ISBN
- 9780226014418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.11
€ 24.99
€ 20.11
Hardback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 35. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691158501
- ISBN
- 9780691158501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; 3JD; 3JF; DSB; HBJD; HBLL; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226278285
- ISBN
- 9780226278285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.42
€ 46.99
€ 36.42
Hardback. Series: The United States in the World. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6, 5 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801445477
- ISBN
- 9780801445477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.32
€ 52.32
Paperback. Argues that American cultural conceptions of religion and race during the 1950s played a crucial role in framing an ideology through which U.S. policymakers understood their options in Vietnam. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 392 pages, 28 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBWS2; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334408
- ISBN
- 9780822334408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. For almost a decade, the tyrannical Ngo Dinh Diem governed South Vietnam as a one-party police state while the US financed his tyranny. This book traces the tragic history of the so-called Diem experiment from his first appearance in Washington as a penniless expatriate in 1950 to his murder by South Vietnamese soldiers in 1963. Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742544482
- ISBN
- 9780742544482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.87
€ 54.87
Hardback. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; DS; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088412
- ISBN
- 9780674088412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.79
€ 45.99
€ 37.79
Paperback. A definitive account of the American experience in Afghanistan from the rise of the Taliban to the depths of the insurgency. Num Pages: 464 pages, 12 maps and charts. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393338515
- ISBN
- 9780393338515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Hardback. There are over three dozen violent insurgencies around the globe today, including in such high-profile countries as Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and Ukraine. If we are to understand modern warfare, we need to understand insurgencies. Waging Insurgent Warfare weaves together an impressive analysis of how groups start, wage, and end insurgencies. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; HBG; HBLW3; HBWS; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 32. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190600860
- ISBN
- 9780190600860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.05
€ 48.99
€ 48.05
Paperback. A comprehensive and approachable introduction to social scientific theories of religion as they have developed in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HRA; JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748615223
- ISBN
- 9780748615223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.54
€ 41.99
€ 37.54
Hardback. A comprehensive and approachable introduction to social scientific theories of religion as they have developed in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HRA; JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748615216
- ISBN
- 9780748615216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.74€ 136.27
€ 141.74
€ 136.27
Paperback. Students, scholars, and policy practitioners will find this a useful resource for understanding NATO, transatlantic relations, and security in Europe and North America, as well as theories about change in international institutions. Series: The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QFN; 3JJP; JPA; JPS; JWA; JWK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421988
- ISBN
- 9781421421988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.30
€ 35.99
€ 30.30
Paperback. A world-renowned historian presents a profoundly original, page-turning account of the Soviet Union's collapse Num Pages: 528 pages, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780746463
- ISBN
- 9781780746463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.04
€ 17.99
€ 14.04
Hardback. "Sergo Mikoyan, who died in 2010, was a historian specializing in Latin America and in Soviet-Latin American relations. Svetlana Savranskaya is a research fellow at the National Security Archive at George Washington University." Editor(s): Savranskaya, Svetlana. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 616 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762014
- ISBN
- 9780804762014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.83
€ 158.83