Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. In 2003, the author arrived in Egypt as a 23-year-old trainee journalist. She found a country on the brink of change. In this book, she unravels the complex forces shaping the lives of four young Egyptians caught between tradition and modernity, and what their stories mean for the future of the Middle East. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Harvill Secker
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846557637
- ISBN
- 9781846557637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.69
€ 23.99
€ 16.69
Hardcover. This book explores the ways in which Ayurveda, the oldest medical tradition of the Indian subcontinent, was transformed from a composite of 'ancient' medical knowledge into a 'modern' medical system, suited to the demands posed by apparatuses of health developed in late colonial India. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTQ; MBP; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284555
- ISBN
- 9780230284555
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; JFFH1; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 585. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477311042
- ISBN
- 9781477311042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.93
€ 43.99
€ 43.93
Hardback. This book explores the decision of the British Empire to import Chinese labour to southern Africa despite the already tense racial situation in the region. It enables a clearer understanding of racial and political developments in southern Africa during the reconstruction period and places localised issues within a wider historiography. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTQ; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303775
- ISBN
- 9780230303775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardback. For six terror-filled weeks in 1870 German armies bombarded Strasbourg, killing hundreds of citizens, wounding thousands, and destroying landmarks. Rachel Chrastil tells how the city became the epicenter of a new kind of warfare whose indiscriminate violence shocked contemporaries and led to debates over the wartime protection of civilians. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728868
- ISBN
- 9780674728868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.60
€ 54.99
€ 46.60
Paperback. The Afro-Brazilian religion Candomble has long been recognised as a resource of African tradition, values, and identity among its adherents in Bahia, Brazil. This book describes development of religion as an "alternative" space in which subjugated and enslaved blacks were able to cultivate a sense of individual. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 bibliog. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HRAX; HRKT; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216106
- ISBN
- 9780253216106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.33
€ 25.99
€ 24.33
Paperback. During the nineteenth-century, European women experienced dramatic and enduring changes in their familial, working and political lives. Breaking away from traditional categories, the authors of this book provide a sense of the variety and complexity of women's lives across national and regional boundaries. Series: Gender and History. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333676066
- ISBN
- 9780333676066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.18
€ 57.18
Paperback. A witty and touching account of ten inspirational figures that makes us reconsider conventional ideas of the fifties woman. Num Pages: 384 pages, Section: 8, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0006192
- ISBN
- 9781844087419
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. "A fine treatment of this critical time in geology's history. Although it goes against our standard histories of the field, Laudan defends her views convincingly. Her style is direct, with carefully reasoned personal opinions and interpretations clearly defined." Jere H. Lipps, "The Scientist"" Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 290 pages, 16ill. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; PDX; PNV; RBGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 0002-
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226469478
- ISBN
- 9780226469478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.39
€ 41.39
Hardback. Puts the Renaissance Faire back at the historical centre of the American counterculture Num Pages: 359 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 359
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814771389
- ISBN
- 9780814771389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
hardcover. Through a study of Malaysia, Taming Babel examines how empires and postcolonial nation-states struggle to govern multilingual and polyglot subjects. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Edition
- First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107148536
- ISBN
- 9781107148536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.67
€ 135.67
Paperback. Blackly funny, sharply observed and evocative memoir of growing up the weird and wonderful way on an ashram in India. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJPN; BGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- SKU
- KLN0018110
- ISBN
- 9780340898833
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardback. This book explores the ongoing enchantment of much-loved stop-frame children's television programming of the 1960s and 1970s. Hand-Made Television analyses programmes in the social and historical contexts of their production, examining the power of their hand-made aesthetics and relationship to the world of children's play. Num Pages: 132 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; APFV; APT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137551627
- ISBN
- 9781137551627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
Paperback. When Rachel Polonsky went to live in Moscow, she found an apartment block in Romanov Street, once a residence of the Soviet elite. One of those ghostly neighbours was Stalin's henchman Vyacheslav Molotov. In his former apartment, Rachel Polonsky discovered his library and an old magic lantern. Num Pages: 416 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571237814
- ISBN
- 9780571237814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JM; JFSG; KCG; KCU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 305 x 26. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226294483
- ISBN
- 9780226294483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.43
€ 51.99
€ 40.43
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JF; HBTB; HRCX7; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801446313
- ISBN
- 9780801446313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.04
€ 63.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11, 9 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JF; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801478895
- ISBN
- 9780801478895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.47
€ 38.99
€ 35.47
Hardback. Provides a thorough examination of the role of women in Ascendancy Ireland. Series: Irish Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270392
- ISBN
- 9781783270392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
hardcover. Num Pages: 253 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 13 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; JFFT; RNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137590619
- ISBN
- 9781137590619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.64
€ 116.64
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781590706
- ISBN
- 9781781590706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.09
€ 35.99
€ 32.09