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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528. Freak Shows and Modern British Culture. 288 pages, ill. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight: 528.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257689
ISBN
9780520257689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.41
€ 65.36

Paperback. .
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783658113810
ISBN
9783658113810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.43
€ 23.06

Hardback. Translation of: La mutazione antiegualitaria. Translator(s): Thom, Martin. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPS; JPA; JPB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Revised, Expanded
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231169844
ISBN
9780231169844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 31. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801476754
ISBN
9780801476754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

Hardback. Num Pages: 100 pages, 108 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 280. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857232034
ISBN
9788857232034
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.04

Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231141949
ISBN
9780231141949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.39
€ 51.34

Paperback. Presents data about Anglo-Islamic social and historical interactions. This book provides a unique direction in the study of England's geographic imagination. It illuminates the subtleties and interchangeability of stereotype, racism, and demonization that must be taken into account in any depiction of English history. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; 1FB; 3J; DSBD; HBJD1; HBJF1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231110150
ISBN
9780231110150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.63

Hardcover. Documents the profound societal changes that occurred in Accra, the capital city of the Gold Coast colony (modern Ghana), during the peak decades of British colonial rule, 1920-1950. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464949
ISBN
9781580464949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Hardcover. Studying John Strachey, an important 20th-century British Left intellectual, this book provides a detailed exposition of his intellectual evolution set in its historical context, thus highlighting the options, pressures, dilemmas and pitfalls of British socialists during the mid-century. Num Pages: 304 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 487. Keywords: "Subjects - Biography - General,Subjects - Biography - War & Espionage - World War II,Subjects - Biography - Historical - 1901 Onwards,Subjects - Biography - Historical - Britain - 1901 Onwards,Subject"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1993rd Edition
SKU
KHS0048370
ISBN
9780333511541
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 98.82

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 454 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JB; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
454
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691611822
ISBN
9780691611822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.28
€ 60.10

Paperback. * Challenges the standard depiction of the 1660s as the beginning of a new age of stability. * Presents the Restoration as a process rather than an event. * Demonstrates that the 1660s were multi--faceted, dynamic and exciting. Series: History of Early Modern England S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631236177
ISBN
9780631236177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.89

Hardback. The Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 has often been depicted as a watershed in English history. This study challenges this portrayal of events, arguing that the Restoration was in fact tentative and insecure, unsure either of its popular support or its future. Series: History of Early Modern England S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631195740
ISBN
9780631195740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSHJ; 3JMG; YFC; YFN. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008184889
ISBN
9780008184889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.44

paperback. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 403 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
403
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226378428
ISBN
9780226378428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Hardcover. Many people understand urban renewal projects and the power of eminent domain as two of the most widely despised, and even racist, tools for reshaping American cities in the postwar period. Concerned more with winners and losers than with heroes and villains, this book offers a sober assessment of money and power in Jim Crow America. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 376 pages, 34 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226115146
ISBN
9780226115146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.11
€ 79.61

Hardcover. Series: Wolverhampton Military Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 b/w photos, 24 colour maps. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Helion and Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910294000
ISBN
9781910294000
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.36

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906033415
ISBN
9781906033415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.92

Hardcover. Why the American Revolution, of all the great revolutions, was the only enduring success. Num Pages: 480 pages, 32 pages of color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 169 x 37. Weight in Grams: 896.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393240214
ISBN
9780393240214
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.28

Hardback. A supplement to "The Argentine Novel", published in 1997, this annotated bibliography continues the previous text's list of Argentine novels, covering first edition novels and "novellas" composed by clearly identified Argentine authors from 1990 to 1999. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 2ADSL; 3JJPR; DSBH; DSK; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810842946
ISBN
9780810842946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.12

Hardback. A comprehensive bibliography of the Argentine novel from its beginnings in 1788, the year Miguel Learte wrote Las aventuras de Learte, until 1990, when such authors as Osvaldo Soriano and Luisa Valenzuela published their popular novels. Num Pages: 1136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 2ADS; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 151 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
1136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810832428
ISBN
9780810832428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 288.05

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