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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

paperback. Different countries give different opening dates for the period of the Second World War, but perhaps the most compelling is 1937, when the 'Marco Polo Bridge Incident' plunged China and Japan into a conflict of extraordinary duration and ferocity. This book focuses on this incident. Num Pages: 480 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141031453
ISBN
9780141031453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. The transformation of Delhi into a twenty-first century metropolis is an intoxicating, at times terrifying story - that has repercussions for the future not only in India but everywhere Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JM; JHB; JHMC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857860040
ISBN
9780857860040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

paperback. 'Masterful .. (A) scathing but heartfelt portrait.' Norman G. Finkelstein Comprehensive account of the last five years by leading Palestinian journalist. Num Pages: 240 pages, 26 photos. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; JPS; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745325477
ISBN
9780745325477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.43

Hardback. Using Dominicans in New York City as a case study, Ramona Hernandez challenges the old belief that workers necessarily migrate from one region to another because of supply and demand or because of a de facto government policy to make people leave or stay. As a result, she shows that the traditional correlation between migration and economic progress does not always hold true. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KJD; 3JJP; 3JM; JFFN; JHBL; KCB; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231116220
ISBN
9780231116220
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.69
€ 80.25

Paperback. Translator(s): Wright, Ann. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 3JJPR; AVGW; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Central
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901927443
ISBN
9781901927443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.46

Paperback. Winner of the DEBUT POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2015 A searing, energetic portrait of life in modern Tehran - 'deeply researched yet as exciting as a novel' Simon Sebag Montefiore Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JMG; HBJF1; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780225128
ISBN
9781780225128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

paperback. Explores American influences not only on European television, fashions, fast food, and rock music, but also on youth organizations, literature, UFO culture, and religious faith. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; GTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
illustrated edition
SKU
V9780742500013
ISBN
9780742500013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.95

Paperback. It took three weeks for the second Gulf War to shake the world, despite public protest and international negotiation. Here, Guardian journalists - some of them in the heat of battle, some of them at a more reflective distance around the world - tell the story of this controversial war. Editor(s): Ramesh, Randeep. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrationsmap,ports. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 225.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KNW0009756
ISBN
9780571221103
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 maps, 14 charts, 176 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938424
ISBN
9780813938424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.98

hardcover. Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415824187
ISBN
9780415824187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.92

Hardcover. This book uncovers practices surrounding acts of collecting, surveying, and antiquarianism during British colonial rule in India. By examining these practices, this book traces the colonial conditions of the production of 'sources,' the forging of a new historical method, and the ascendance of positivist historiography in nineteenth-century India. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBAH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230341012
ISBN
9780230341012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.11

Paperback. "Also available as an ebook"--Title page verso. Editor(s): Young, Ralph. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; AGC; AKLP; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479813674
ISBN
9781479813674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. This final volume marks the twilight years of this American writer's life. These letters, including many to Henry David Thoreau, William Henry Furness, Margaret Fuller, and Thomas Carlyle among others offer an intimate portrait of Emerson. Num Pages: 515 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 158 x 37. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Volume 10
Number of pages
515
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231101837
ISBN
9780231101837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.70
€ 112.37

Hardback. This is the penultimate volume in the continuation of Ralph L. Rusk's 1939 edition of Emerson's letters. Vol 9 covers the years 1860-1869, when Emerson switched from using small, local publishers to the prestigious firm of Ticknor and Fields. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Volume 9
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231081023
ISBN
9780231081023
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.70
€ 112.66

Paperback. An Age of Limits outlines a new social theory for understanding contemporary society. Providing an analysis of why political, economic and cultural powers face constraints across the global North and beyond, this bold book argues that forces which address current challenges must confront the limits of the interplay between dominant institutions. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; HPS; JFFS; JHBA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230360617
ISBN
9780230360617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.20

Hardcover. An Age of Limits outlines a new social theory for understanding contemporary society. Providing an analysis of why political, economic and cultural powers face constraints across the global North and beyond, this bold book argues that forces which address current challenges must confront the limits of the interplay between dominant institutions. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; HPS; JFFS; JHBA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230360600
ISBN
9780230360600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Tracks the astonishing growth of geology's prestige in Britain, exploring how a geohistory far more alluring than the standard six days of Creation was assembled and sold to the wider Bible-reading public. Num Pages: 542 pages, 8 colour plates, 89 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; PDX; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 181 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1014.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
542
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226103204
ISBN
9780226103204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 43.30

Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; 3JMG; BJ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609806262
ISBN
9781609806262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.41

Paperback. Digs deep into the terrain of fatherhood. This title explores the nature and aftereffects of combat, the culture of fear during the Cold War, the ways that fear altered the lives of racial and sexual minorities, and how the civil rights movement affected families both black and white. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSJ2; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226467436
ISBN
9780226467436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.61

Hardcover. Digs deep into the terrain of fatherhood. This title explores the nature and aftereffects of combat, the culture of fear during the Cold War, the ways that fear altered the lives of racial and sexual minorities, and how the civil rights movement affected families both black and white. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSJ2; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226467429
ISBN
9780226467429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.53
€ 101.89

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