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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. A study of China from the 1800s. It focuses on China's problems of development - the decay and collapse of the Chinese Empire, its failure to recover in the first half of the 20th-century, and its emergence in world affairs since the Communist Party Revolution of 1949. Examining economic growth, it offers an account of the Tiananmen Incident. Series: Short Oxford History of the Modern World. Num Pages: 576 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 572
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198700692
- ISBN
- 9780198700692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.66
€ 56.66
Paperback. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Dalkeith and its surrounding villages have changed and developed over the last century. Series: Through Time. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 3JD; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 234 x 8. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445652573
- ISBN
- 9781445652573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04
Paperback. In its earliest days, the American-led war in Afghanistan appeared to be a triumph, a 'good war' in comparison to the debacle in Iraq. This book explores the intentions and hubris that caused the West's strategy in Afghanistan to flounder, refuting the long-held notion that the war could have been won with more troops and cash. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 36. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099578772
- ISBN
- 9780099578772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 151 black and white, 110 color plates. BIC Classification: 3JJ; KNGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 282 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1738.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816674459
- ISBN
- 9780816674459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.66
€ 42.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8-pp. B/W photo insert on text. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610394635
- ISBN
- 9781610394635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.36
€ 27.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTK; TRF; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759205
- ISBN
- 9781894759205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.71
€ 16.99
€ 12.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 9. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475160
- ISBN
- 9780801475160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3JM; HRAM9; HRHP; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 261 x 19. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634855068
- ISBN
- 9781634855068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 253.08€ 189.73
€ 253.08
€ 189.73
Hardcover. This study focuses upon how service in China changed Alabama missionaries, and the respect they gained for this ancient culture. The emphasis moves away from the failure of Christianity to change China and towards a new synthesis, neither entirely Southern nor Chinese, as the two cultures blended. Num Pages: 384 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HRCX7; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 921. Fine copy
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KST0010470
- ISBN
- 9780817308339
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Records the author's visits to the Aran Islands in 1898-1901, when he was gathering the folklore and anecdotes out of which he forged "The Playboy of the Western World" and his other major dramas. Editor(s): Robinson, Tim. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140184327
- ISBN
- 9780140184327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.29
€ 14.99
€ 12.29
Hardback. The senior Canadian officers of the Second World War learned how to fight a war on the job; for all of them, the weight of command was a burden to be borne. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 624 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774832991
- ISBN
- 9780774832991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.37
€ 41.37
paperback. Assessing the relative importance of British influence and of indigenous impulses in shaping an independent Ireland, this book identifies the relationship between personality and process in determining Irish history. Num Pages: 778 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 102 754pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780521377416
- ISBN
- 9780521377416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.90
€ 44.99
€ 44.90
hardcover. Nothing is considered more natural than the connection between Isaac Newton's science and the modernity that came into being during the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. This study challenges the claim that Isaac Newton's solitary genius is the reason for his iconic status as the father of modern physics and the philosophe movement. Num Pages: 464 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 167 x 41. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226749457
- ISBN
- 9780226749457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.29€ 60.49
€ 71.29
€ 60.49
hardcover. The Voice of Newfoundland studies cultural and political changes in Newfoundland from 1939 to 1949 by taking a close look at the Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland's radio programming and the responses of their listeners. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBCF; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBTB; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802098207
- ISBN
- 9780802098207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442628946
- ISBN
- 9781442628946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.84
€ 43.99
€ 38.84
Hardcover. * Features a grand survey of the historical, social, and aesthetic issues relevant to the development of contemporary art since 1945. * Collects 27 original essays by expert scholars describing the current state of scholarship in art history and visual studies, and pointing to future directions in the field. Editor(s): Jones, Amelia. Series: Blackwell Companions to Art History. Num Pages: 648 pages, 105. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 188 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405107945
- ISBN
- 9781405107945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.54
€ 158.54
Hardback. How much radiation is too much? This title examines the evolution, over more than a hundred years, of radiation protection standards and efforts to ensure radiation safety for nuclear workers and for the general public. Num Pages: 189 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; PNRL; RNP; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223288
- ISBN
- 9780520223288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.98€ 49.59
€ 62.98
€ 49.59
Paperback. Presents an account of the birth of modern California. This book frames the gold rush years within the larger story of the state's transformation from the quietude of a Mexican hinterland in the 1840s to the forefront of entrepreneurial capitalism by the 1890s. Num Pages: 366 pages, 275 color and black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 225 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520214026
- ISBN
- 9780520214026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. This delightful collection of Preludes provides an excellent introduction to the music of the Baroque period. The album is grouped in three sets of six each: the first comes from the Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Notebook; the second, preserved in copies made by his pupils; and the third comes from the collection of Johann Peter Kellner. Series: Easier Piano Pieces (Abrsm). Num Pages: 36 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; AVRG; AVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XT) Teacher text. Dimension: 206 x 227 x 2. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 20
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1932
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854722256
- ISBN
- 9781854722256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.46
€ 11.46
Paperback. Editor(s): Cockburn, J. S. Series: Routledge Library Editions: The History of Crime and Punishment. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 32. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138942783
- ISBN
- 9781138942783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.66
€ 56.66
Paperback. Examines the nature and ideas, as well as the underlying social interests and motives, of the reform movements of the early-19th century. It also pays attention to other agitations of the period, including Luddism, co-operative socialism and the Factory Movement. Series: Historical Association Studies. Num Pages: 96 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 6. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631139522
- ISBN
- 9780631139522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.50
€ 37.50
Paperback. Describes a Maharajah's eccentric habits and riddling conversations, and the odd shambling day-to-day life of his court. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJG; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189253
- ISBN
- 9780141189253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. The extraordinary life of the Georgian era's most famous whore Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782067764
- ISBN
- 9781782067764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardcover. A lucid and entertaining explanation of the evolution of modern steam power. Series: Railroads Past & Present. Num Pages: 216 pages, 185 b&w photos, 24 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; TRF; WGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780253342195
- ISBN
- 9780253342195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.03
€ 49.03