Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardcover. This book, the first long-range history of the voluntary sector in Australia and the first internationally to compare philanthropy for Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in a settler society, explores how the race and gender ideologies embedded in philanthropy contributed to the construction of Australia's welfare state. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJM; HBTB; HBTQ; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440495
- ISBN
- 9781137440495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.33
€ 67.33
Paperback. Here are the stories of British women doctors and nurses who served abroad in the First World War. Filled with accounts of kindness and bravery, 'Women in the War Zone' honours the often unsung contribution made by those female doctors and nurses who helped to alleviate the suffering of the First World War. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752493602
- ISBN
- 9780752493602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.74
€ 24.99
€ 21.74
Paperback. Contains a selection of prose and poetry from 38 contemporary British, Australian and New Zealand writers who fought during the Battle of the Somme. This work tells the stories of different men from different backgrounds. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750946148
- ISBN
- 9780750946148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 9.12
€ 19.99
€ 9.12
Paperback. Examines how comic books played an important role in the development of a stable, legitimate state. This book investigates the complex dynamics of the politics of censorship occasioned by Mexican comic books. It is useful to those with an interest in Mexican history, Latin American studies, cultural studies, and popular culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; AKLC; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JPA; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822321415
- ISBN
- 9780822321415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.49
€ 27.99
€ 26.49
Paperback. How Parisian women loved, lived and died in the 1940s - under Occupation and then after Liberation. Num Pages: 496 pages, 3x8pp plate sections plus over 20 images on text paper. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780226613
- ISBN
- 9781780226613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. Bestselling biography of the enduringly fascinating Wallis Simpson Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Phoenix mass market p/bk
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780753827390
- ISBN
- 9780753827390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.47
€ 5.47
Paperback. The rich history of a southern cotton plantation and the many generations of the family it served Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611175547
- ISBN
- 9781611175547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.68
€ 33.68
Hardcover. In the half century before Walter Scott's Waverley, dozens of popular novelists produced historical fictions for circulating libraries. This book examines eighty-five popular historical novels published between 1762 and 1813, looking at how the conventions of the genre developed through a process of imitation and experimentation. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246294
- ISBN
- 9780230246294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 colour plates, 37 colour illustrations, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJC; BGH; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752494449
- ISBN
- 9780752494449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.73
€ 23.99
€ 17.73
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HRAC; HRC; HRJ; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319421490
- ISBN
- 9783319421490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.76
€ 116.76
Hardcover. The cult of the child performer was a significant emergence of the Victorian age. Fierce public debate and lasting legislation grew out of the conflict between a desire for juvenile display and a determination to stop exploitation. This study explores the social and artistic context of their lives and their developing professionalism as actors. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ANB; DSBF; JFSP1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551558
- ISBN
- 9780230551558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.63
€ 67.63
Paperback. Presenting the biography of Matsuo Taseko, a peasant woman of the Tokugawa period, honoured and then adopted as a patron saint by rightist nationalists, this text gives perspectives on the practices and intellectual concerns of rural entrepreneurs and their role in the Meiji Restoration. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, 20 halftones, 2 maps, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226872377
- ISBN
- 9780226872377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.69
€ 44.99
€ 34.69
Hardback. The true story of Napoleon Bonaparte's friendship with Betsy Balcombe and her family, the only English people he ever lived with, during his exile on St Helena. Num Pages: 464 pages, 8pp b+w photos and 8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 242 x 43. Weight in Grams: 888.
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781760113452
- ISBN
- 9781760113452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 8.34
€ 29.99
€ 8.34
Hardcover. This study places official discourse regarding urban amusement into the context of broader cultural understandings Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090912
- ISBN
- 9780719090912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.68
€ 156.68
Paperback. A complete reappraisal of the scale and significance of female criminality in a period of major legislative changes. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History. Num Pages: 194 pages, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Royal Historical Society
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861933303
- ISBN
- 9780861933303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.01
€ 33.99
€ 33.01
Hardcover. The killing of new-born children is an intensely emotional and emotive subject. The hidden nature of this crime has made it an area incredibly difficult subject area for historians to approach up until now. This work provides the first detailed history of infanticide in mainland Britain from 1600 to the modern era. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBTB; JFSP1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230547070
- ISBN
- 9780230547070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.91
€ 150.91
Hardcover. Series: Transatlantic Perspectives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 26 figs & tables. BIC Classification: 3JJ; APFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457318
- ISBN
- 9780857457318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.56
€ 162.56
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- V9780801448638
- ISBN
- 9780801448638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.03
€ 49.03
Paperback. PL Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; AB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 278 x 17. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788364177255
- ISBN
- 9788364177255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.18
€ 30.99
€ 24.18
Paperback. A ground-breaking historical work that explicates Thomas Jefferson's vision of himself, the American Revolution, Christianity, slavery and race. Num Pages: 400 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631492518
- ISBN
- 9781631492518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.63
€ 18.99
€ 17.63
Hardcover. A groundbreaking work of history that explicates Thomas Jefferson's vision of himself, the American Revolution, Christianity, slavery, and race. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871404428
- ISBN
- 9780871404428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.92
€ 30.99
€ 25.92
Hardback. This book explores the development of contemporary theatre in the United States in its historical, political and theoretical dimensions. It focuses on representative plays and performance texts from the 1940s to the present that experiment with both form and content. Editor(s): Halliwell, Martin; Mousley, Andy. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 117.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748624935
- ISBN
- 9780748624935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.07€ 97.93
€ 101.07
€ 97.93
Hardcover. The Cold War was not only about the imperial ambitions of the super powers, their military strategies, and antagonistic ideologies. It was also about conflicting worldviews and their correlates in the daily life of the societies involved. The term "Cold War Culture" is often used in a broad sense to describe media influences & social practices.. Editor(s): Vowinckel, Annette; Payk, Marcus M.; Lindenberger, Thomas. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 664. Perspectives on Eastern and Western European Societies. 384 pages, 20 ills. Editor(s): Vowinckel, Annette; Payk, Marcus M.; Lindenberger, Thomas. The Cold War was not only about the imperial ambitions of the super powers, their military strategies, and antagonistic ideologies. It was also about conflicting worldviews and their correlates in the daily life of the societies involved. The term "Cold War Culture" is often used in a broad sense to describe media influences & social practices. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 15. Weight: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452436
- ISBN
- 9780857452436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.26
€ 175.26
Hardback. Editor(s): Sanjurjo, Annick. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 illustration, indices. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; 3JJH; 3JJPG; ACX; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 222 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1539.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810832817
- ISBN
- 9780810832817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 239.00
€ 239.00