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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. The earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010 thrust the nation into the public consciousness as never before. This book brings together more than 20 of the most prominent authorities on Haiti in to provide both a historical and cultural introduction to Haiti and a chance for earthquake survivors to testify to their experiences. Editor(s): Munro, Martin. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846314988
ISBN
9781846314988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. This reference discusses the experiences of writers active since 1945 who were shaped by cultures other than their own. Editor(s): Amoia, Alba; Knapp, Bettina L. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; DSBH; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1447.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313306884
ISBN
9780313306884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.93
€ 79.77

Hardback. An examination of American expatriate artists living in Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa, since the middle of the 19th century. It explores the experiences and legacies of these artists, offering a depiction of their art as being informed both by native traditions and American individualism. Editor(s): Fattal, Laura Felleman; Salus, Carol. Series: Contributions to the Study of Art & Architecture. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; ACV; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313316494
ISBN
9780313316494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.42
€ 71.49

Hardcover. Feared by conservatives and embraced by liberals when he entered the White House, Barack Obama has since been battered by criticism from both sides. Obama, the author argues, represents the values of a lesser-known third tradition in American political thought that defies the usual left-right categorization. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041599
ISBN
9780226041599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.06
€ 79.61

Paperback. Feared by conservatives and embraced by liberals when he entered the White House, Barack Obama has since been battered by criticism from both sides. Obama, the author argues, represents the values of a lesser-known third tradition in American political thought that defies the usual left-right categorization. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041629
ISBN
9780226041629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.05

Paperback. The 15 essays in this volume apply the methods of the new economic history to the history of the Latin American economies since 1800. The authors combine the historian's sensitivity to context and contingency with modern or "neoclassical" economic theory and quantitative method. Editor(s): Coatsworth, John H.; Taylor, Alan M. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16 graphs, 85 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; KCL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 34. Weight in Grams: 810.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674512818
ISBN
9780674512818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. Editor(s): Leffler, Melvyn P.; Legro, Jeffrey W. Series: A Miller Center of Public Affairs Book. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801476198
ISBN
9780801476198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. Republican Shanghai was a heterogeneous city with no central institutions. Yet somehow it functioned coherently. What held the city together? The authors argue that networks of middlemen with boundless connections provided the glue. Editor(s): Dillon, Nara; Oi, Jean C. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; JPFF; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804756198
ISBN
9780804756198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.06

Paperback. Presents a political-process model explaining the rise/decline of the black protest movement in the US. Moving from theoretical concerns to empirical analysis, the book focuses on the role of three institutions that foster protest: black churches, black colleges and Southern chapters of the NAACP. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFSL3; JPVH; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226555539
ISBN
9780226555539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.57

Paperback. In the 16th century, Elizabethan London was uneasy: would France side with Protestant England or with Catholic Europe? This volume describes the espionage operation that was devised to find the answer, and speculates on the identity of the mole in the French ambassador's household. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 208 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300094503
ISBN
9780300094503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.40

Hardcover. This is the most comprehensive analysis to date of women's involvement in British political culture in the first half of the 19th century. Innovative in its attention to both urban and rural experiences of politics, the volume also challenges many assumptions about contemporary politics, including fresh insights into the Reform Act of 1832. Series: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197264492
ISBN
9780197264492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.50

Hardcover. Num Pages: 503 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 890.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Victoria University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864738967
ISBN
9780864738967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865972810
ISBN
9780865972810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.75

Hardcover. Num Pages: 318 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 718.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865974623
ISBN
9780865974623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.64

Paperback. During the intervening years between the civil war and World War I, the values of burgeoning industrial and urban society transformed traditional notions of democracy. This work is a suitable core text for all courses dealing with this period. Num Pages: 344 pages, photographic essay, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780882959535
ISBN
9780882959535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.19

Paperback. Presents a voyage undertaken by twelve people on a North Sea trawler in 1959, from England to New Zealand with adventures along the way. Num Pages: 168 pages, 12 line drawings & maps, 8pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JJPG; WTL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Sheridan House
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954706227
ISBN
9780954706227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.66

Paperback. Coming to terms with more than cultural shifts and 'grim statistics,' this collection of essays looks at the challenge of priestly ministry that is collaborative and communal. Editor(s): Smith, Karen Sue. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; HRCM; HRCX4; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Sheed & Ward
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580510554
ISBN
9781580510554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.92

Paperback. Throughout, Lovegren supplements recipes - some mouth-watering, some appalling - from classic cookbooks and family magazines with humorous anecdotes that chronicle how society and kitchen technology influenced the way we lived and how we ate. Num Pages: 464 pages, 35halftones, 7line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; WBA; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 184 x 25. Weight in Grams: 922.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226494074
ISBN
9780226494074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.32

paperback. Editor(s): Targowski, Andrew. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; UBW; UTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634853590
ISBN
9781634853590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.19
€ 92.50

Hardcover. A close look at Charlotte Salomon's fantastical autobiography "Life? or Theater?" and the way that German social history has omitted the stories of German Jewish women and suicide Series: Michigan Studies in Comparative Jewish Cultures. Num Pages: 412 pages, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; AGB; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSR1; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472118557
ISBN
9780472118557
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.02

Hardcover. Essays investigating and sparking new questions in experimental music Editor(s): Piekut, Benjamin. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; AV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472119264
ISBN
9780472119264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.92

Hardcover. A major study of the Holland Park Circle, this is both a narrative of the lives, works and influence of the artists, architects and their patrons and a perceptive analysis of the subtle relationships between high Victorian taste and mercantile values. This was the period of art as great fashion. Num Pages: 312 pages, 35 colour plates, 100 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; ACV; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 265 x 201 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1252.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300081640
ISBN
9780300081640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.44
€ 44.90

Paperback. Hermann Weyl was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century. This title contains the proceedings of the AMS Symposium on the Mathematical Heritage of Hermann Weyl, held in May 1987 at Duke University. It is suitable for mathematicians, theoretical physicists, and other scientists. Editor(s): Wells, R. O. Series: Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 184. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
American Mathematical Society
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821814826
ISBN
9780821814826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 159.89

Hardcover. These documents illuminate the conduct of British trade in the Caribbean when slavery was at its height and Jamaica was the wealthiest territory in Britain's Atlantic empire. Detailing the commercial and plantation interests of two Bristol families, the volume sheds light on how fortunes were created by merchants striving for social improvement. Editor(s): Morgan, Kenneth O. Series: Records of Social and Economic History New Series. Num Pages: 726 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBJQ; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1303.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
726
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197264058
ISBN
9780197264058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.17

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