Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. Here is the vibrant, colorful, high-stepping story of tap - the first comprehensive, fully documented history of a uniquely American art form. Writing with all the verve and grace of tap itself, Constance Valis Hill offers a sweeping narrative, filling a major gap in American dance history and placing tap firmly center stage. Num Pages: 464 pages, 94 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ASDT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190225384
- ISBN
- 9780190225384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.14
€ 71.14
Exciting the Industry of Mankind George Berkeley's Philosophy of Money
Constantine George Caffentzis
Hardback. George Berkeley's views on money and banking broke the conceptual link between money and metallic substance in "The Querist", a work published between 1735 and 1737 in Dublin, consisting entirely of questions. This work explains what economic and social forces caused him to write "The Querist" in response to a major economic crisis in Ireland. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 460 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; HPS; KCBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 819.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792362975
- ISBN
- 9780792362975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.03
€ 196.03
Paperback. A collection of stories, which examine society through the eyes of the woman, as she encountered choices in marriage, motherhood, work and love. It tells the stories of competing voices - of the men and women who entered into the fray of the fin de siecle, and were not afraid to confront, challenge or delight in the irrepressible New. Editor(s): Richardson, Angelique. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441566
- ISBN
- 9780141441566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.00
€ 19.99
€ 16.00
Paperback. Drawing on an interdisciplinary collection of US and Mexican sources, this title explores the foundational conflict that redrew the boundaries of the North American continent in the Nineteenth Century. It includes the letters from US and Mexican soldiers, governmental proclamations, songs, caricatures, poetry, and newspaper articles. Editor(s): Conway, Christopher. Translator(s): Pellon, Gustavo. Num Pages: 240 pages, b/w maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603842204
- ISBN
- 9781603842204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.88
€ 23.99
€ 17.88
Paperback. In The Day Lincoln Was Almost Shot: The Fort Stevens Story, historian B.F. Cooling documents the story of President Abraham Lincoln and the Battle of Fort Stevens in July 1864. Num Pages: 366 pages, 66 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442252783
- ISBN
- 9781442252783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.09
€ 52.09
Hardback. Examines momentous changes in notions of citizenship, sovereignty, nation, state, and empire in a time of acute uncertainty about the future of a world that had earlier been divided into colonial empires. This book shows how both France and its former colonies backed into more "national" conceptions of the state than either had sought. Num Pages: 512 pages, 6 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1H; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBJH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 33. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691161310
- ISBN
- 9780691161310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 50.63
€ 65.36
€ 50.63
Hardcover. This volume is part of a continuing series featuring authoritative reviews on the field of industrial and organizational psychology. Each chapter offers a comprehensive and critical survey of a chosen topic, and is supported by a bibliography. Editor(s): Robertson, Ivan T. Series: International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Num Pages: 332 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; GBCY; JMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume 11
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471961116
- ISBN
- 9780471961116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 310.68
€ 310.68
Hardcover. This is the twelfth in a series of annual volumes which provide authoritative reviews in the field of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. The chapters are written by established experts and the topics are carefully chosen to reflect the major concerns in the research literature and in current practice. Editor(s): Robertson, Ivan T. Series: International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Num Pages: 422 pages, bibliographies. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; JMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume 12
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471970040
- ISBN
- 9780471970040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 310.68
€ 310.68
Paperback. Raised amid Virginia's wealthiest slaveholders, Edwards Coles was a close associate of many of nation's leaders, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison among them. And, like Jefferson, he believed the institution of slavery to be morally and ideologically wrong. This title offers a study of slavery and social activism in nineteenth-century America. Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 298 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806891
- ISBN
- 9780875806891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.04
€ 34.99
€ 32.04
Hardback. Presents a comprehensive alphabetized list of over 2,500 hit tunes that prompted the production of answer songs or other forms of response recordings. Num Pages: 296 pages, transparencies, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJP; AVG; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810823426
- ISBN
- 9780810823426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.07
€ 102.07
Nearly every baseball-related board or table game produced from the 1860s to the 1960s is illustrated here with accurate captions that describe each one individually. The relationship between the board games and the professional game of baseball is described with tips to help date each and rate their condition. Num Pages: 160 pages, 325 color photos & illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 219 x 17. Weight in Grams: 972.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887407673
- ISBN
- 9780887407673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.18
€ 48.99
€ 32.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGX; HRCC7; HRCX1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813220161
- ISBN
- 9780813220161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.78
€ 37.78
Hardcover. Shedding light on the American campaign to democratize Western Germany after World War II, this book covers the importance of cultural policy and visual propaganda to the US occupation. It evokes Germany's political climate between 1945 and 1949, adding an unexpected dimension to the confrontation between the United States and the USSR. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJPG; JFC; JPVN. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226301693
- ISBN
- 9780226301693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 45.92
€ 53.48
€ 45.92
Hardback. Kill it to Save it lays bare the hypocrisy of US political discourse by documenting the story of capitalism's triumph over democracy. Dolgon argues that American citizens now accept policies that destroy the public sector and promote political stories that feel right "in the gut", regardless of science or facts. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; JPH; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447317128
- ISBN
- 9781447317128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.27
€ 27.99
€ 21.27
Hardcover. The life and times of polymath, scholar, author and folk hero, Hamish Henderson (1919-2002), poses, and helps us to answer, these questions. This book examines his life long commitment to finding a form of artistic expression suitable for post was Europe. It explores his ideas in their intellectual, cultural and political contexts. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748696574
- ISBN
- 9780748696574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 102.99
€ 106.95
€ 102.99
Hardcover. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226307282
- ISBN
- 9780226307282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 39.88
€ 51.99
€ 39.88
Hardcover. Who ruled the countryside in late Imperial Russia? On the rare occasions that tsarist administrators dared pose the question so boldly, their discouraged answer was that peasants ruled. This title challenges this dominant paradigm of the closed village by investigating the ways peasants engaged tsarist laws and the local institutions. Num Pages: 281 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875803708
- ISBN
- 9780875803708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.79
€ 49.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; YNM; YNN. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 215 x 279. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613731468
- ISBN
- 9781613731468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.78
€ 17.99
€ 17.78
Hardcover. This work offers an interdisciplinary view of American culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The author examines the ways in which the works of writers and filmmakers from 1885 to 1925 shaped and were shaped by the business, politics and social life of the period. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; APFA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820317304
- ISBN
- 9780820317304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.08
€ 61.08
Hardcover. This memoir begins in 1834, when Cornelia James Pond was born to one of the Old South's wealthiest plantation families, and it ends in 1875, when she was a 41-year-old wife and mother trying to cope in the post-Civil War south. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTB; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820320441
- ISBN
- 9780820320441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.65
€ 43.65