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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Defeat and death at the Little Bighorn gave General George Custer and his Seventh Cavalry a kind of immortality. This title investigates the body of legend surrounding that battle on a bloody Sunday in 1876. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803265929
ISBN
9780803265929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.05

Hardcover. A pathbreaking consideration of the intertwined critical responses to Harriet Beecher Stowe and Frederick Douglass, giants of abolitionist literature. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135773
ISBN
9781571135773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.58

Paperback. Herman Melville's oeuvre sustains a fundamental tension among self, society, and others. Sacred Uncertainty explores religious difference that arises from these many voices, both within American culture and around the world. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC; DSK; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810131798
ISBN
9780810131798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.70

Hardback. Focusing on the art of Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) and his colleagues Gustave Courbet, Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, Frederic Bazille, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, this book argues for the importance of the group as a defining subject of nineteenth-century French painting. Num Pages: 352 pages, 42 color illus. 122 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; ACV; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 260 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1234.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153674
ISBN
9780691153674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.06
€ 51.27

Paperback. A hung Parliament, terrorist bombs, sex trafficking and tabloid war .. Welcome to London, 1885. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BTC; HBJD1; HBLL; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330544658
ISBN
9780330544658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783373727
ISBN
9781783373727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.32

Paperback. A history of the spiritual development and religious vision of Dorothy Day, a pioneer of American social Catholicism and co-founder of the "Catholic Worker" and the Catholic Worker Movement. It explores her spiritual roots, her sensibility, and her aesthetic vision. Series: Notre Dame Studies in American Catholicism. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BG; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7; HRCS; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268017705
ISBN
9780268017705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.25

Hardcover. Drawing on the analysis of counterterrorism in the years after 9/11 - including the issuance of terror alerts and the decision to invade Iraq - this title presents a case that the Bush administration hyped fear, while obscuring civil liberties abuses and concrete issues of preparedness. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 248 pages, 50 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JFD; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226567181
ISBN
9780226567181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.56
€ 78.93

Paperback. Series: Culture, Politics and the Built Environment. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white halftones, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DVWYS; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AMVD; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 256 x 17. Weight in Grams: 772.
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822962991
ISBN
9780822962991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.90

Hardcover. The 1916 Irish Rebellion is the companion book to a three-part documentary series to be broadcast worldwide in 2016. Narrated by Liam Neeson, the documentary, entitled "1916 The Irish Rebellion," and its related seventy-minute version are initiatives of the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Num Pages: 216 pages, highly illustrated in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1234.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781782051916
ISBN
9781782051916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Hardback. "An American in Victorian Cambridge" is a richly detailed account of student life in the Cambridge of the 1840s. The rationale for the book, which is as appealing today as it was then, is that this is pre-eminently a book about an American student at an English university. In this new edition, some substantial additions have been made. Editor(s): Stray, Chris. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 3JH; BM; HBTB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 36. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898249
ISBN
9780859898249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.19

hardcover. Curiosity about elite military units is greater than ever in today's crisis-ridden world. And while numerous books have examined the various elite forces, Bunker Hill to Bastogne goes much further to show the relationship between these special units and the societies that gave birth to them. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBLH; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Potomac Books United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574887754
ISBN
9781574887754
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.60

Hardback. "Also available as an ebook"--Title page verso. Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; DS; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479885688
ISBN
9781479885688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.49

Hardcover. Based on rich source material, this book charts cultural changes that are hallmarks of the modern era, such as the rise of the companionate marriage, the role of expert advice in intimate matters, and the body as a source of pleasure and anxiety. These changes are evidence of a dramatic shift in attitudes from a form of scientific inquiry.. Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJ; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857453372
ISBN
9780857453372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.37

Paperback. Emphasising on the diversity of intellectual discussion taking place in this small country located on the outer edge of Europe, and also the European dimension of this Scottish movement, this book is arranged thematically - Human Nature, Ethics, Aesthetics, Religion, Economics, Social Theory and Politics, Law, Historiography, Language and Science. Editor(s): Broadie, Alexander. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH; HPC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 52. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
Canongate UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862417383
ISBN
9780862417383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.91

Hardback. A Poverty of Rights examines the history of poor people's citizenship in Rio from the 1920s through the 1960s, the 20th-century period that most critically shaped urban development, social inequality, and the meaning of law and rights in modern Brazil. Num Pages: 488 pages, 14 tables, 3 figures, 5 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJ; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804752909
ISBN
9780804752909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.24

Hardcover. The first up-to-date study in English of the Saar dispute, an important stage in French-German postwar relations and thus significant for European integration. Series: German History in Context. Num Pages: 268 pages, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Camden House
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139153
ISBN
9781571139153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.58

Hardcover. Tells the story of German nurses who, directly or indirectly, participated in the Nazis' "euthanasia" measures against patients with mental and physical disabilities, measures that claimed well over 100,000 victims from 1939 to 1945. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; HPQ; MBX; MQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691006659
ISBN
9780691006659
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.53
€ 77.53

Hardback. The world Thomas conjures up in this groundbreaking new study is one in which successful remedies to racial wrongs remain to be imagined. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSA; HBJK; HBLL; JFFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 245 x 2. Weight in Grams: 698.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421322
ISBN
9781421421322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.08

Hardback. In 18 essays, Brooke Allen explores the lives and work of some of the last century's most brilliant and eccentric literary talents. These writers embody in their very different ways the various attitudes of their contentious century. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566635202
ISBN
9781566635202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.76

Paperback. In eighteen enlightening essays, the critic Brooke Allen explores the lives and work of some of the last century's most brilliant and eccentric literary talents. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSBH; GT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566635974
ISBN
9781566635974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.39

Paperback. Here, Blevins sketches a portrait of a place far more nuanced than the backward and deliberately unprogressive region depicted in stereotype. He covers a wide range of Ozark social life, including the development of agriculture and the rise and fall of extractive industries. Num Pages: 360 pages, 19 illustrations, 1 table, 9 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807853429
ISBN
9780807853429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99

Hardback. This book fills a gap in Civil War literature on the strategies employed by the Union and Confederacy in the East, offering a more integrated interpretation of military operations that shows how politics, public perception, geography, and logistics shaped the course of military operations in the East. Series: Reflections on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 162 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9780275991616
ISBN
9780275991616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.40

Paperback. As the fall of France took place, almost the entire coastline of Western Europe was in German hands. Clandestine sea transport operations provided lines of vital intelligence for wartime Britain. These secret flotillas" landed and picked up agents in and from France Num Pages: 372 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781590805
ISBN
9781781590805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.80

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