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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 259 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804796620
ISBN
9780804796620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.11

Paperback. A study that illuminates the Egyptian experience of modernity by critically analyzing the foremost medium through which it was articulated: history. Covering more than one hundred years of mostly unexamined historical literature in Arabic, it explores Egyptian historical thought and examines the careers of numerous critical historians. Num Pages: 406 pages, 4 b/w photographs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
406
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257337
ISBN
9780520257337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.06

Hardcover. This volume attempts to integrate present controversies concerning the development of the Jewish-Palestinian war from December 1947 to mid-May 1948 and the consecutive Israeli-Arab war. Num Pages: 399 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 3JJPG; HBJF1; HBLW3; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 173 x 233 x 29. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Edition
Second expanded edition
Number of pages
399
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902210674
ISBN
9781902210674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.24

Paperback. Before publishing his book How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis (1849-1914) spent his first years in the US as an immigrant and itinerant laborer, until he landed a job as a muckraking reporter. This book places Jacob Riis' images in historical context. It explores Riis' reporting and activism within the gritty specifics of Gilded Age New York. Num Pages: 296 pages, 96 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJC; AJB; AJCR; BGH; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 80 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226182865
ISBN
9780226182865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.41

Paperback. Series: American Social and Political Movements of the 20th Century. Num Pages: 170 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415826143
ISBN
9780415826143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.97

Hardback. Explores the impact of foreign migrant workers on sovereign power in Japan and examines how the country's immigration control has been reshaped by their existence. A particular focus is the transition of these workers from "temporary workers" to "long-term stayers" or "social beings". Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFN; JPH; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333804322
ISBN
9780333804322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.21

Paperback. The Companion focusses on the international intellectual movement of the Enlightenment, and the individuals who shaped it. A number of substantial essays survey the main topics of dictionaries, encyclopedias, art, music and theatre, while central philosophical concepts such as human nature are also examined. Editor(s): Yolton, John W.; Rogers, Pat; Stafford, Barbara; Porter, Roy. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; GBC; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 27. Weight in Grams: 960.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631196884
ISBN
9780631196884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.87

Paperback. This study offers fresh readings of milestones in twentieth-century Chinese fiction, film, and drama and argues that they have questioned the faith in historical progress and in the viability of a sphere of free debate. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; AN; APFA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758499
ISBN
9780804758499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor. She took him to court and won! Before she was Sojourner Truth, she was known simply as Belle. Even after she escaped from slavery, she knew her work was not yet done. She changed her name and travelled, inspiring everyone she met and sharing her story. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; YNH; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 195 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780448486789
ISBN
9780448486789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.07

Paperback. Founded during the Gold Rush years, the Chinese community of San Francisco became the largest and most vibrant Chinatown in America. This is a detailed social and cultural history of the Chinese in San Francisco. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 432 pages, 10 half-tones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804745505
ISBN
9780804745505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardcover. Using new research and considering a multidisciplinary set of factors, Contemporary China offers a comprehensive exploration of the making of contemporary China. * Provides a unique perspective on China, incorporating newly published materials from within and outside China, in English and Chinese. Editor(s): Zheng, Yongnian. Series: Blackwell History of the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470655795
ISBN
9780470655795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.02

Paperback. Using new research and considering a multidisciplinary set of factors, Contemporary China offers a comprehensive exploration of the making of contemporary China. * Provides a unique perspective on China, incorporating newly published materials from within and outside China, in English and Chinese. Editor(s): Zheng, Yongnian. Series: Blackwell History of the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470655801
ISBN
9780470655801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.50

Hardcover. Series: Harvard East Asia Monographs: Asia Public Policy S. Num Pages: 475 pages, 3fig.37tabs. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
475
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674017795
ISBN
9780674017795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.60

Hardback. Sex, Soldiers and the South Pacific 1939-45 explores the lives and loves of men across Australia and forward bases in the south seas and the official responses that sought to regulate and contain expressions of homosex in and out of the forces. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 280 pages, 18 black & white halftones, 2 maps, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJH; HBJM; HBWQ; JFSK2; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 257 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137365132
ISBN
9781137365132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.14

Hardback. A collection of essays representing an analysis and re-intepretation of the political, social and economic events which have occurred within the new South Africa since the 1994 general election. The book also provides a study of the security prospects under the leadership of Nelson Mandela. Editor(s): Toase, F. H. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPR; JPH; JPL; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333683194
ISBN
9780333683194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.70

Paperback. Translator(s): Mark, Ethan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 360 pages, 7 b&w illustrations and 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231165693
ISBN
9780231165693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. Yoshimi provides a wealth of documentation and testimony to prove the existence of some 2,000 "comfort stations" where as many as 200,000 women of varying nationalities, euphemistically known as "comfort women," were imprisoned and forced to engage in sexual activity with Japanese military personnel. Translator(s): O'Brien, Suzanne. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 262 pages, 4 halftones, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJF; HBWQ; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231120333
ISBN
9780231120333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.36

Paperback. From the mangaka who told his life story in A Drifting Life, and gave you Abandon the Old in Tokyo and The Push Man and Other Stories, comes this collection of gekiga of the 1970s which have never before been translated into English. Num Pages: 200 pages, Fully illustrated. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; ACXJ; AKLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 185 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Landmark Books Pte.Ltd ,Singapore
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789814189385
ISBN
9789814189385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.08

Paperback. Explores the history of Japanese imperialism in Manchuria from the acquisition of a railway concession following the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5 to the founding of the puppet state of Manchoukuo in 1932. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 544 pages, 11 maps, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674012066
ISBN
9780674012066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.99

Hardback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF; HBTB; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 264 x 24. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231177702
ISBN
9780231177702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

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