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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. The name Lancelot 'Capability' Brown has become synonymous with the eighteenth-century English landscape garden: between 1751 and 1783 his consultancy handled over 170 major commissions. Ruthlessly efficient, he could stake out the 'capabilities' of a particular terrain within an hour on horseback. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; AMB; AMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 204 x 5. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Shire Publications
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747810490
ISBN
9780747810490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

Hardcover. Demonstrates that the creation of a civil defense program produced dilemmas about the degree to which civilian society should be militarized to defend itself against threats. This book uncovers responses to the militarization of daily life and reveals how government planners and ordinary people negotiated their way at the dawn of the atomic age. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JWKW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691001388
ISBN
9780691001388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.13
€ 68.15

Hardback. This work analyzes the conflict between the higher education movement's emphasis on intellectual achievement and the Victorian novel's continuing dedication to a narrative in which women's success is measured by the achievement of emotional rather than intellectual goals. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 458. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821414026
ISBN
9780821414026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.16

Paperback. Provides a historical look through the eyes of outsiders as they survey and scrutinize the politics, science, technology, religion, family practices, and gender roles of civilizations not their own. This book emphasizes the broader figurative meaning of looking west in the scope of history. Editor(s): Nader, Laura. Num Pages: 472 pages, 2 b/w, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QFH; 3F; 3H; 3J; HBG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285781
ISBN
9780520285781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.58

Hardcover. Exploring the wider implications about the nature of liberalism, the author of this book aims to show how state constitutions not only remade the states but also expressed careful deliberation about citizenship, popular sovereignty, individual rights and America's political identity. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPA; JPHC; JPR; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875802442
ISBN
9780875802442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.87

The first in-depth study of a distinctive brand of women's rights that emerged out of the Victorian Secularist movement. It looks at the lives and work of a number of female activists, whose renunciation of religion shaped their struggle for emancipation. Anti-religious or secular ideas were fundamental to the development of feminist thought. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBTB; HRQA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 26. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719085826
ISBN
9780719085826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.39

Paperback. The contrasting lives of the Mitford sisters - stylish, scandalous and tragic by turns - hold up a mirror to upper-class life before and after the Second World War. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16pp illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784970895
ISBN
9781784970895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.34

Paperback. Evariste Galois' short life was lived against the turbulent background of the restoration of the Bourbons to the throne of France, the 1830 revolution in Paris and the accession of Louis-Phillipe. This work focuses on a life led with great intensity and a death met tragically under dark circumstances. Series: Vita Mathematica. Num Pages: 163 pages, 34 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; PBF; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
163
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764354107
ISBN
9783764354107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 114.05

Hardcover. The Man who thought he was Napoleon is built around a bizarre historical event and an off-hand challenge. The event? In December 1840, nearly twenty years after his death, the remains of Napoleon were returned to Paris for burial - and the next day, the director of a Paris hospital for the insane admitted fourteen men who claimed to be Napoleon. Num Pages: 304 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; MBX; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226025735
ISBN
9780226025735
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.03

Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804799553
ISBN
9780804799553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.65

Hardback. Based on anthropological research conducted during the 1990s in Lu Village and informed by the classic 1930s study of the same village by Fei Xiaotong, China's most famous anthropologist, this book portrays individuals confronting a variety of changes in their daily lives. Num Pages: 432 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; JFSF; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 33. Weight in Grams: 758.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742511071
ISBN
9780742511071
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.85

Paperback. Based on anthropological research conducted during the 1990s in Lu Village and informed by the classic 1930s study of the same village by Fei Xiaotong, China's most famous anthropologist, this book portrays individuals confronting a variety of changes in their daily lives. Num Pages: 432 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; JFSF; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742511088
ISBN
9780742511088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 84.66

Hardback. This volume is the first scholarly treatment of the News of the World from news-rich broadsheet to sensational tabloid. Contributors uncover new facts and discuss a range of topics including Sunday journalism, gender, crime, empire, political cartoons, the mass market, investigative techniques and the Leveson Inquiry. Editor(s): Brake, Laurel; Kaul, Chandrika. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media. Num Pages: 328 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBTB; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137392039
ISBN
9781137392039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.02

Hardback. This volume tackles the subject of illustration, technically, metaphorically and historically in nineteenth-century periodicals, displaying the ubiquity of the visual in the press: the articles cover material illustration, graphics, and design and metaphorical use of images in the letterpress, offering specific examples and theoretical approaches. Editor(s): Brake, Laurel; Demoor, Marysa. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; AKLB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
298
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230217317
ISBN
9780230217317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.10

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691161242
ISBN
9780691161242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.15

Paperback. Lauren Berlant explores individual and collective affective responses to the unraveling of the U.S. and European economies by analzying mass media, literature, television, film, and video Num Pages: 352 pages, 58 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFC; JFD; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351115
ISBN
9780822351115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Hardcover. Lauren Faulkner Rossi plumbs the moral justifications of Catholic priests who served willingly and faithfully in the German army in World War II. She probes the Church's accommodations with Hitler's regime, its fierce but often futile attempts to preserve independence, and the shortcomings of Church doctrine in the face of total war and genocide. Num Pages: 345 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; HRCC7; HRCX4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 32. Weight in Grams: 662.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674598485
ISBN
9780674598485
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 43.91

Paperback. An analysis of the ways that General Rafael Trujillo s dictatorship (1930-1961) pervaded everyday life in the Dominican Republic s capital, Santo Domingo. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 432 pages, 34 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KJD; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344827
ISBN
9780822344827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.77

Paperback. A vivid and original portrait of a year that stands at a crossroads between two great monarchs and two ages of English history. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 2. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781859872
ISBN
9781781859872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.93

Hardback. In this comprehensive analysis of the TV series Mad Men, scholars explore the groundbreaking drama in relation to fashion, history, architecture, civil rights, feminism, consumerism, art, cinema, and the serial format. Editor(s): Goodlad, Lauren M. E.; Kaganovsky, Lilya; Rushing, Robert A. Num Pages: 432 pages, 97 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; APT; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354024
ISBN
9780822354024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.89

Paperback. A first-hand perspective on Henry VIII's court and relationships Num Pages: 400 pages, 28. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445645599
ISBN
9781445645599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15, 13 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801450389
ISBN
9780801450389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.59

Paperback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 49 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231156615
ISBN
9780231156615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 49 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231156608
ISBN
9780231156608
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.58
€ 79.12

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