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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. An enjoyable introduction to the Reformation: discover the history behind the facts Series: In 100 Facts. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445651347
ISBN
9781445651347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.75

Paperback. For most of the 20th century, considered opinion in the US regarding Palestine has favored the inherent right of Jews to exist in the Holy Land. That Palestinians, as a native population, could claim the same right has been largely ignored. This book shows how the endurance of such assumptions has impeded a resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Num Pages: 399 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition, Updated Edition with a New Afterwor
Number of pages
399
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520217188
ISBN
9780520217188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.47

hardcover. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 271 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 93 colour illustrations, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 3JB; 3JD; BGT; PBB; PBF; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 573.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Birkhäuser Switzerland
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493931606
ISBN
9781493931606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.30

Hardback. American art museums share a mission and format that differ from those of their European counterparts, which often have origins in aristocratic collections. Num Pages: 256 pages, 119 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; AB; AC; GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 264 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1198.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606064788
ISBN
9781606064788
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, xviii, 324 p., 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; ABA; ACV; ACX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
0002-
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226555843
ISBN
9780226555843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.50

Paperback. In her incisive history, Kathleen D. McCarthy explores the impact of philanthropy - both giving and volunteerism - on America from 1700 to 1865. What results is a vital reevaluation of public life during the pivotal decades leading up to the Civil War. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Paperback Ed
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226562018
ISBN
9780226562018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 14 maps; 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTR; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 34. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812981209
ISBN
9780812981209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.16

Hardback. For two weeks in the fall of 1909, New York City threw itself the biggest party it had ever seen - attracting millions of people to a sprawling festival, from Brooklyn up the Hudson River to Albany. This event, the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, was meant to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson's discovery of the river bearing his name. Num Pages: 204 pages, 17 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 973.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823230211
ISBN
9780823230211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.94

Hardback. Gossip is one of the most common, and most condemned, forms of discourse in which we engage - even as it is often absorbing and socially significant, it is also widely denigrated. This volume examines fascinating moments in the history of gossip in America, from witchcraft trials to People magazine, helping us to see the subject with new eyes. Editor(s): Feeley, Kathleen; Frost, Jennifer. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3J; HBJK; HBTB; JFFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137442291
ISBN
9781137442291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.38

Paperback. This ringside seat to a historic presidential election allows readers to eavesdrop on the first discussion between the consultants who managed the campaigns of John McCain and Barack Obama. Editor(s): Jamieson, Kathleen Hall. Num Pages: 232 pages, 35 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JPHF; JPVL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
Pap/DVD
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812220964
ISBN
9780812220964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.69

Paperback. Packaging the Presidency, third edition, is Jamieson's updated study of history of presidential campaign advertising. It offers an examination and criticism of every presidential election from 1952 to 1992. Num Pages: 608 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JPHF; JPVL; KJSA; KJSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 30. Weight in Grams: 453.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
3 Rev ed
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195089424
ISBN
9780195089424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.91

Hardback. Rev. George D. Byers, Presbyterian missionary at Kachek, Hainan island, China, was murdered by bandits in 1924. Based on American and British consular archives and those of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and members of the Hainan mission, this is the story of how Mrs. Byers and Mrs. Mabel Roys got the government and their church to take action. Series: Studies in Christianity in China. Num Pages: 199 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJG; HBG; HBLW; HRCC9; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934223737
ISBN
9780934223737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.82

Paperback. Ignorant. Brutal. Male. One of these stereotypes of the Ku Klux Klan offers a misleading picture. This work dismantles the popular notion that politically involved women are always inspired by pacifism, equality, and justice. Num Pages: 244 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 7 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; JFSJ1; JFSL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257870
ISBN
9780520257870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.93

Paperback. This is the first book about the theatre career of Fred and Adele Astaire, detailing their years in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in London, their impact culturally, and the essence of their partnership on and off the stage. Num Pages: 272 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; ASD; ASZH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199358946
ISBN
9780199358946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.34

Hardback. Garrett and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is a vivid account of Garrett's twenty-six-year reign. Num Pages: 416 pages, 29, 28 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 1KBBNH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421422206
ISBN
9781421422206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.10
€ 47.03

hardcover. Focusing on the lives and work of women teachers in two rural California counties from 1850 to 1950, Country Schoolwomen explores the social context of teaching, seeking to understand what teaching meant to women teachers, what it provided them, and how it shaped their categories of experience. Num Pages: 356 pages, 19 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804730044
ISBN
9780804730044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.21

Paperback. From homespun to haute couture, the dresses worn by American brides in the first half of the twentieth century had myriad influences. In this title, the author takes readers on a journey back in time, marking the changes that economics, popular culture, and even politics have made to style over the years. Series: Shire Library USA. Num Pages: 56 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AKTH; WJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 211 x 5. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780747812005
ISBN
9780747812005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.89

Hardback. Kathryn Allamong Jacob's engaging account shows how the "kingearned his crown through cookery and conversation and how this son of wealth and privilege helped to create a questionable profession in a city that then, as now, rested on power and influence. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801893971
ISBN
9780801893971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.41

Paperback. Shows that contrary to previous scholarly belief, the courts in Qing and Republican China dealt extensively with civil matters and, moreover, did so in a consistent and predictable way. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 356 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 595.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804737791
ISBN
9780804737791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.41

hardcover. Drawing on newly available archival case records, this book demonstrates that Chinese women's rights to property changed substantially from the Song through the Qing dynasties, and even more dramatically under the Republican Civil Code of 1929-30. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 256 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735261
ISBN
9780804735261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.93

Hardcover. Examining rents and taxes in 19th- and 20th-century China, this text shows how in real terms, tax burdens on landlords rose due to higher state levies. Simultaneously, rents earned by landlords fell due to state interference and peasant resistance, csusing a progressive weakening of landlord power. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804718806
ISBN
9780804718806
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.58

Paperback. Documents the trading relationship in the eighteenth century between the Creek Indians and the Anglo-American peoples who settled in what is now the southeastern US. This book is the first to examine extensively the Creek side of this trade, especially the impact of commercial hunting on all aspects of Indian society. Series: Indians of the Southeast. Num Pages: 13 images; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; JFSL9; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803218567
ISBN
9780803218567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.82

Hardback. The massive drought/famine that killed at least ten million people in north China during the late 1870s remains one of China's most severe disasters and provides a window through which to study the social side of a nation's tragedy. This book presents the history of a horrific famine that took place and focuses on cultural responses to trauma. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 360 pages, 9 b/w photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253025
ISBN
9780520253025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37
€ 64.99

Hardcover. This volume redefines the origins of the 19th-century women's rights campaigns in Britain, demonstrating that a vibrant feminist network existed during the 1830s and 1840s. Their pioneering work is shown to have fed directly into the women's rights movement of the subsequent decades. Series: Studies in Gender History. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1995th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333633823
ISBN
9780333633823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.65

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