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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. This work documents the drawn-out debates and the decisions that led to the complete reunification of the Amami Islands with Japan. It traces the US military's insistence on occupying Okinawa and the Amami Islands under the rationale of increased international security. Series: Studies of Modern Japan. Num Pages: 168 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739107102
ISBN
9780739107102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 maps; 16-page black and white photo insert. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JJP; BM; HBJD; HBW; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 274 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812986624
ISBN
9780812986624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Paperback. .
Publisher
Centre for Strategic & International Studies,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442240551
ISBN
9781442240551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 8.67

Hardcover. A new and holistic interpretation of one of the non-fiction sensations of the nineteenth century, Ernest Renan's Life of Jesus, this volume demonstrates how Renan's controversial work intervened in a remarkable range of debates in nineteenth-century French cultural life: not merely religious, but also social, intellectual, and cultural. Series: Oxford Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198728757
ISBN
9780198728757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.94

hardcover. Robert Hooke was long the intellectual center of the Royal Society of London, serving as curator of experiments for thirty years and briefly as secretary. He was also key in rebuilding London after the fire. This book chronicles Hooke's scientific work. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 176 x 22. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Edition
2009th Edition
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9783034600361
ISBN
9783034600361
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.69

Paperback. Why do some democratic governments succeed and others fail? This book offers empirical evidence for the importance of 'civic community' in developing successful institutions. It focuses on an experiment begun in 1970 when Italy created new governments for each of its regions. Num Pages: 280 pages, map, 38 figures. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JPA; JPHV; JPQ; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691037387
ISBN
9780691037387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873387453
ISBN
9780873387453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.08

Paperback. The author portrays the more than three decades of conflict in Vietnam from the first rumblings of rebellion against French colonialists to the American intervention and eventual withdrawal. The narrative covers each aspect of the war, from the military and economic to the political. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 pp halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195125016
ISBN
9780195125016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.15

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642208
ISBN
9780691642208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.85

Paperback. Robert Dallek's brilliant two-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson has received an avalanche of praise. Now Dallek has condensed his two- volume masterpiece into what is surely the finest one-volume biography of Johnson available. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141019659
ISBN
9780141019659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. A reinterpretation of the postwar years. It examines what drove Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, De Gaulle, and Truman, among others, the leaders of some of the most powerful and populous nations around the globe, to rely on traditional power politics in spite of the catastrophic violence they had endured. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBG; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061628672
ISBN
9780061628672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.90

Hardback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
96
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199754366
ISBN
9780199754366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.93

Paperback. A single-volume biography of John F Kennedy that reveals more than we ever knew about Jack Kennedy, forever changing the way we think about his life, his presidency and his legacy. Num Pages: 864 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 197 x 40. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141976587
ISBN
9780141976587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.01

Paperback. A revisionist biography of Lyndon Baines Johnson which traces his life from his childhood to his election as John F. Kennedy's Vice-President. Num Pages: 754 pages, 16 pp halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1062.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
754
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195079043
ISBN
9780195079043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.68

hardcover. This new history of the Christian Right considers how conservative evangelicals in the modern American South forged a political identity. Series: Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; HRCC99; JPFM; JPHC; LNDM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107060555
ISBN
9781107060555
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

paperback. In 1749, Francois Bonis, a medical student in Paris, found himself hauled off to the Bastille for distributing an abominable poem about the king. So began the Affair of the Fourteen, a police crackdown on ordinary citizens for unauthorized poetry recitals. Why was the official response to these poems so intense? This book deals with this topic. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 halftones, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066045
ISBN
9780674066045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.90

paperback. Robert Darnton explores the scandalous literature of libel and the colorful lives of libelers in eighteenth-century France. By doing so he shows how an ideological current eroded authority under the Old Regime and became absorbed in a new, more radical, political culture under Robespierre. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 552 pages, 47 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 912.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812221718
ISBN
9780812221718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

Hardback. Editor(s): Debever, Robert. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; PHDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636542
ISBN
9780691636542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.26
€ 105.41

Paperback. Series: Blackwell Anthologies. Num Pages: 1248 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; DQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
1248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118952481
ISBN
9781118952481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.37

Paperback. Considering the remarkable range of Johnson's reading, DeMaria discovers in one extraordinary career a synoptic view of the subject of reading. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801892424
ISBN
9780801892424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.60

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