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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. Germany and the Soviet Union concluded the treaty of Rapallo together within five years of their defeat in the First World War. The resulting fear of Soviet-German co-operation cast a long shadow over British foreign policy; this book traces its influence. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838401
- ISBN
- 9781843838401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.16
€ 33.99
€ 32.16
Hardcover. Against conventional views of the unchallenged hegemony of a modernizing monarchy, this book argues that power was continuously contested in Riza Shah's Iran. Cronin excavates the successive challenges to Riza Shah's regime posed by a range of subaltern social groups and seeks to restore to these groups a sense of their historical agency. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; HBW; JPW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540. Opposition, Protest and Revolt, 1921-1941. 344 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. Against conventional views of the unchallenged hegemony of a modernizing monarchy, this book argues that power was continuously contested in Riza Shah's Iran. Cronin excavates the successive challenges to Riza Shah's regime posed by a range of subaltern social groups and seeks to restore to these groups a sense of their historical agency. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; HBW; JPW. Dimension: 224 x 134 x 25. Weight: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537941
- ISBN
- 9780230537941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.36
€ 120.36
Paperback. Offers a look at the process of enslavement from its African origins through the Middle Passage and into the American slave market. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTM; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674030688
- ISBN
- 9780674030688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.21
€ 32.99
€ 27.21
Hardback. This multi-genre anthology brings together a wide selection of women's published writing from the Early Modern period. Editor(s): Hodgson-Wright, Stephanie. Series: Women's Writing Anthologies. Num Pages: 352 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DQ; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 889.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748610969
- ISBN
- 9780748610969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.80€ 156.28
€ 164.80
€ 156.28
Paperback. Explores the world of American Black professional women in a society that denied them full professional status. Shaw shows how, in spite of this, African-American families, communities and schools worked to encourage the self-confidence, individual initiative and social responsibility of girls. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226751207
- ISBN
- 9780226751207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 37.51
€ 48.99
€ 37.51
Hardcover. Creating an American Identity examines the relationship between regionalism and nationalism in New England. Focusing on the years 1789-1825, it analyzes the process by which New Englanders used trans-Atlantic symbols as well as regional landscapes, values, and characteristics to create an American identity. Num Pages: 291 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPFN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230605268
- ISBN
- 9780230605268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.75
€ 129.75
Hardcover. An awkward, curious girl growing up in a foreign country, the author finds solace and security in strange and beautiful objects. In this book, her journey reveals the magic of seemingly ordinary objects to distract us from our lives, construct order in an unpredictable world, and reveal the power of stories to shape and reflect who we are. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPR; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061963896
- ISBN
- 9780061963896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.19
€ 24.99
€ 20.19
Hardcover. As the first book-length examination of the role of German print culture in mediating Europe's knowledge of the newly discovered people of Africa, South Asia, and the Americas, this work highlights a unique and early incident of visual accuracy and an unprecedented investment in the practice of ethnography. Series: History of Text Technologies. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1H; 1K; 3JB; AFH; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 536. New Worlds in Print Culture. Series: History of Text Technologies. 296 pages, Illustrations. As the first book-length examination of the role of German print culture in mediating Europe's knowledge of the newly discovered people of Africa, South Asia, and the Americas, this work highlights a unique and early incident of visual accuracy and an unprecedented investment in the practice of ethnography. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1H; 1K; 3JB; AFH; HBTP. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 19. Weight: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620292
- ISBN
- 9780230620292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.28
€ 63.28
Paperback. Living Oil is a work of environmental cultural studies that engages with a wide spectrum of cultural forms, from museum exhibits and oil industry tours to poetry, documentary film, fiction, still photography, novels, and memoirs. Series: Oxford Studies in American Literary History. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190461973
- ISBN
- 9780190461973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.41
€ 58.41
Paperback. Explores the 1999 film adaptation by Director Atom Egoyan of Irish writer William Trevor's novel of 1994. This title addresses issues such as - hitchcockian influences, the sense of place in the visual discourse, and the characterisation of the serial killer Hilditch, as constructed initially by Trevor and interpreted by Egoyan. Series: Ireland into Film S. Num Pages: 102 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 162 x 6. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859183991
- ISBN
- 9781859183991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.64
€ 10.64
Paperback. The attempt to repress a majority of its own population backfired on the Confederate States of America as the disenfranchised demanded to be counted and considered in the great struggle over slavery, emancipation, democracy, and nationhood. This title presents the story of this epic political battle. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064218
- ISBN
- 9780674064218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.48
€ 32.99
€ 27.48
paperback. In the context of Northrop Frye's theories of myth, and in light of the attempts of social critics and early anthologists to define Canada and Canadian literature, McKenzie discusses the ways in which our decidedly fractured sense of literary nationalism has set indigenous culture apart from the mainstream. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; DSBH; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802094469
- ISBN
- 9780802094469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.85
€ 42.99
€ 38.85
Paperback. This book investigates a recent Peruvian decentralization reform that is considered to be one of the most participatory in Latin America. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JM; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 330. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804773980
- ISBN
- 9780804773980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.09
€ 27.99
€ 27.09
Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; 2AB; 3JMG; FH; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159. Weight in Grams: 270. Fine in dustwrapper. DW has some minor shelf wear, else as new
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- SKU
- KTK0100058
- ISBN
- 9780008248208
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 7.00
€ 7.00
Hardback. Commemorating Pushkin is a study of the fascination with Pushkin that has helped Russian culture define itself, as seen in poems, stories, essays, memoirs, films, museums, and commemorative celebrations. Num Pages: 432 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JH; DSBF; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 29. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804734486
- ISBN
- 9780804734486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.92
€ 103.92
Hardback. Stephanie Sieburth's Survival Songs explores how a genre of Spanish popular music, the copla, as sung by legendary performer Conchita Piquer, helped Republican sympathizers to survive the Franco regime's dehumanizing treatment following the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). Series: Toronto Iberic. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; AVG; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442644731
- ISBN
- 9781442644731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.13
€ 53.13
Paperback. This work explores the cultural and social developments of the USA during the 1970s and offers a survey of both 1970s popular culture and political, economic, and military developments. Central to the text is the belief that the 1970s were a time of betrayal and loss for the USA. Num Pages: 264 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JJPL; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629986
- ISBN
- 9780815629986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.87
€ 26.87
Hardback. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW; JFSJ1; JHBL; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403938169
- ISBN
- 9781403938169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.93
€ 139.93
The Yard of Wit. Male Creativity and Sexuality, 1650-1750.
Stephanson, Raymond (Professor Of English, Un...
Hardback. "Raymond Stephanson configures masculinity and its expressions in male creativity historically, biographically, and in sufficient deep-layer detail to persuade the most rigorous of scholars that this work will be a reliable source of enduring worth."-George Rousseau, De Montfort University Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237580
- ISBN
- 9780812237580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.97
€ 98.97
Hardcover. British Burma in the New Century draws upon neglected but talented colonial authors to portray Burma between 1895 and 1918, which was the apogee of British governance. These writers, most of them 'Burmaphiles' wrote against widespread misperceptions about Burma. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 319. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137364326
- ISBN
- 9781137364326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.84
€ 108.84