Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardcover. This collection of essays examines German-language cultural production pertaining to modern China and Japan, and explicitly challenges orientalist notions by proposing a conception of East and West not as opposites, but as complementary elements of global culture, thereby urging a move beyond national paradigms in cultural studies. Editor(s): Shen, Qinna; Rosenstock, Martin. Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association. Num Pages: 316 pages, 32 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1F; 3JJ; 3JM; HBG; HBLW; JFC; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 231 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383604
- ISBN
- 9781782383604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.83
€ 164.83
Hardback. This book explores the interplay between ritual performance of the opera Mulian and gentrified mercantile lineages in late imperial Huizhou. It shows how local elites appropriated the opera, turning it into a medium for conveying orthodox values and religious precepts and for negotiating local social and gender issues in a rising money economy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 tables, 13 figures, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; DSBD; DSG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804750325
- ISBN
- 9780804750325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.60
€ 102.60
Paperback. For much of the nineteenth century, the production of military clothing and equipment was geared to national emergencies. During the Mexican and Civil wars, the hardpressed Quartermaster Department was forced to rely on civilian and, later, European suppliers. This book contains specifications and detailed line drawings of the uniform issued. Num Pages: 375 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; JWM; JWTU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803295520
- ISBN
- 9780803295520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Num Pages: 112 pages, 87 b/w & colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JWG; KNGV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764343780
- ISBN
- 9780764343780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.02
€ 25.99
€ 18.02
Paperback. The definitive book on the Cockleshell Heroes, and one of the most famous Marine raids of World War Two. Num Pages: 382 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 382
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445616896
- ISBN
- 9781445616896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.76
€ 26.76
Hardcover. This decade at Le Mans began with the first victories by Porsche, whose awesome 917 racing car, capable of more than 240mph (385kph), established a distance record that would stand for almost four decades. One of a hat-trick of wins by Matra, effectively the French national team, was achieved in a famously frantic, head-to-head duel with Ferrari. Series: Le Mans Official History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 350. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPL; WSBX; WSPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1752.
- Publisher
- Evro Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780992820947
- ISBN
- 9780992820947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.73€ 75.01
€ 82.73
€ 75.01
Hardcover. The 1980s was a momentous decade in Formula 1 and this book captures its extraordinary drama. A superb range of 250 colour photographs by Rainer Schlegelmilch, one of the greatest motor racing photographers of all time, is supported by insightful commentary from Quentin Spurring. Series: Le Mans Official History. Num Pages: 384 pages, 450. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPN; WSBX; WSPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1894.
- Publisher
- Evro Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780992820930
- ISBN
- 9780992820930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.69€ 55.86
€ 70.69
€ 55.86
Hardcover. This was a very important period in the Le Mans story. Ferrari and Jaguar raced to stake claims as the foremost manufacturers of high-performance cars. Mercedes-Benz came back from war-ravaged Germany and again set the standards in race-car engineering. Series: Le Mans Official History. Num Pages: 384 pages, 350. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPG; WSBX; WSPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1872.
- Publisher
- Evro Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780992820961
- ISBN
- 9780992820961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.73€ 75.41
€ 82.73
€ 75.41
hardcover. This was the defining decade for the Le Mans 24 Hours. It started with six consecutive victories by Ferrari, overwhelming Aston Martin and Maserati. But then Ford threw its all-American dollars at the race and won it four times. Series: Le Mans Official History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 320. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPK; WSBX; WSPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Evro Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780992820954
- ISBN
- 9780992820954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.99€ 52.48
€ 75.99
€ 52.48
Paperback. Foreign Front describes the activism that took place in West Germany in the 1960s when more than 10,000 students from Asia, Latin America, and Africa were enrolled in universities there. They served as a spark for local West German students to mobilize and protest the injustices that were occurring wordwide. Series: Radical Perspectives: A Radical History Review Book Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW3; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351849
- ISBN
- 9780822351849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Hardback. The political culture of the German Democratic Republic strongly emphasized solidarity with the non-white world, from contributions to relief efforts in Vietnam to public memorials for Ho Chi Minh and Martin Luther King, Jr. Through a series of illuminating historical investigations, this volume traces the contours of East German internationalism. Editor(s): Slobodian, Quinn. Series: Protest, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 332 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782387053
- ISBN
- 9781782387053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.31
€ 165.31
Paperback. Escape from British Rule: the Boer Exodus from the Cape Colony 1836. 584 pages, 30 b/w illustrations, 30 maps. Binckes has adopted a broader approach that studies the impact of the earlier white incursions and migrations-Portuguese, Dutch, French and British-on southern Africa, to create a better understanding of the trek and its causes. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 31. Weight: 816.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908916280
- ISBN
- 9781908916280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.19
€ 46.99
€ 33.19
Hardcover. A volume of essays marking out a new, historically and culturally specific model for contemplating autobiographical non-fiction film and video. Editor(s): Curtis, Robin; Fenner, Angelica. Series: Screen Cultures: German Film and the Visual. Num Pages: 350 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; 3JM; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139177
- ISBN
- 9781571139177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.27
€ 115.27
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Signed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198703136
- ISBN
- 9780198703136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.01
€ 26.99
€ 20.01
Paperback. An Active Service traces a young Sid Dowland from civilian life into the tough environment of the Guards Depot in the 1930s and then on to a Guards service Battalion in London and pre-war Egypt. The outbreak of war found Sid taking part in the retreat to Dunkirk and then service in North Africa before volunteering for the SAS. Num Pages: 216 pages, 55 b/w photos & ills, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906033484
- ISBN
- 9781906033484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.07
€ 26.99
€ 20.07
Hardcover. The diaries of an MP and Lord Mayor in the eighteenth century shed light on contemporary political life. Editor(s): Eagles, Robin. Series: London Record Society. Num Pages: 383 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- London Record Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780900952548
- ISBN
- 9780900952548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.58
€ 73.58
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ebeling, Richard M. Series: Selected Writings of Ludwig Von Mises. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; KCA; KCS; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865973848
- ISBN
- 9780865973848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.48
€ 25.99
€ 19.48
Hardback. Examines the foreign policy of contemporary Russia. This work explains the impact of empire and its loss, the interweaving of domestic and foreign impulses, long-standing approaches to national security, and the effect of globalization over time. It focuses on the underlying patterns that have marked Russian foreign policy. Editor(s): Legvold, Robert H. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JMC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141222
- ISBN
- 9780231141222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.45
€ 91.45
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Darton,Longman & Todd Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780232532012
- ISBN
- 9780232532012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. Editor(s): O'Donnell, Ruan. Num Pages: 215 pages, 20 black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBTV; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Merrion Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781785370663
- ISBN
- 9781785370663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Editor(s): O'Donnell, Ruan. Num Pages: 215 pages, 20 black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBTV; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320. Nice clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Merrion Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTJ8038302
- ISBN
- 9781785370663
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.00
€ 10.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; 1HFMA; 3JJP; BM; HBWS; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910294710
- ISBN
- 9781910294710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.23
€ 33.99
€ 24.23
Hardcover. The Biographic series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creative. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey all of them in vivid snapshots. Series: Biographic. Num Pages: 96 pages, 120 full colour photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- GMC Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781453018
- ISBN
- 9781781453018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. A work of an Englishman, a desert-loving young officer whose passionate amateur enthusiasm led to the exploration of the Egyptian western desert and the Libyan Sahara on the eve of the second world war. Num Pages: 228 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1HBL; 3JJG; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292. Travel in a Dead World. 228 pages, Illustrations, maps. A work of an Englishman, a desert-loving young officer whose passionate amateur enthusiasm led to the exploration of the Egyptian western desert and the Libyan Sahara on the eve of the second world war. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1HBL; 3JJG; WTLP. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 16. Weight: 294.
- Publisher
- Eland Books
- Number of pages
- 228
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906011338
- ISBN
- 9781906011338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17