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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. This fascinating account of the Salem Witch Trials explores their religious, social, and political dimensions, their origins, their critics, and their aftermath, as well as their influence on the American cultural imagination to the present day. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HRQX5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 174 x 32. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199890347
ISBN
9780199890347
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.48

Hardback. Distinguished Emerson scholar Joel Myerson has selected 350 letters written between 1813 and 1880 that best represents the scope of Emerson's correspondence. Editor(s): Myerson, Joel. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231102827
ISBN
9780231102827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.30

Paperback. Why did almost 1000 highly educated "student soldiers" volunteer to serve in Japan's kamikaze operations at the end of World War II, even though Japan was losing the war? This study of the role of the state in pushing imperial ideology shows the power of symbolic communication. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226620916
ISBN
9780226620916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. Presents diaries and correspondence left by kamikaze pilots and other Japanese student soldiers who perished during the war. These kamikaze pilots were considered unbridled fanatics who willingly sacrificed their lives for the emperor. This work is useful for those interested in the history of Japan and World War II. Num Pages: 246 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BTM; HBJF; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226619514
ISBN
9780226619514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.22

Hardcover. Presents diaries and correspondence left by members of the tokkotai and other Japanese student soldiers who perished during the World War II. Outside of Japan, these kamikaze pilots were considered unbridled fanatics who willingly sacrificed their lives for the emperor. This book explores writings, which speak otherwise. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BTM; HBJF; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226619507
ISBN
9780226619507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.29
€ 45.08

Paperback. Originally published in 1897, this is Durkheim's pioneering attempt to offer a sociological explanation for a phenomenon regarded until then as exclusively psychological and individualistic. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, 102 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JHBZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415278317
ISBN
9780415278317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.03

Paperback. Zola's novel of peasant life describes the disintegration of the Fouan family when Papa Fouan decides to divide his land between his three children. Greed and violence feed a bitter struggle for supremacy. This new translation captures the novel's blend of brutality and lyricism in its evocation of the inexorable cycle of the natural world. Translator(s): Rose, Julie. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199677870
ISBN
9780199677870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Paperback. A fascinating study in sexual psychology and sexual politics, the novel focuses on Helene Grandjean, a widow, and her shifting emotional states. This is the eighth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, and the first modern translation for more than fifty years. Editor(s): Nelson, Brian. Translator(s): Constantine, Helen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; FC; FYT. Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198728641
ISBN
9780198728641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. At the end of World War II, working mothers in the USA protested vigorously at the termination of child care subsidies. This text traces grassroots activism and national and local policy debates concerning public funding of children's day care in the two decades after the end of the war. Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 illustrations, 5 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSP1; JPQB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476. Good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press North Carolina
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0241225
ISBN
9780807854853
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Rizzoli Ex Libris
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847842780
ISBN
9780847842780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.64

Paperback. Traces the experiences of Mexican workers on the American home front during World War II as they moved from rural to urban areas and sought better-paying jobs in industries. This title investigates the intervention by Mexico in the treatment of workers and Texas' emergence as a key site for negotiating the application of the Good Neighbor Policy. Series: Rio Grande/Rio Bravo: Borderlands Culture and Traditions. Num Pages: 336 pages, 26 b&w photos, 8 tables, bib., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JJH; JFFJ; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603440974
ISBN
9781603440974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.00

Hardcover. In 2001 the Chinese government announced that the precise location of Shangrila - a place that previously had existed only in fiction - had been identified in Zhongdian County, Yunnan. This book advances a view of landscapes as media of governance, representation, resistance, and examining how they are reshaping cultural economies. Editor(s): Yeh, Emily T.; Coggins, Chris. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 348 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993577
ISBN
9780295993577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.85

Paperback. In 2001 the Chinese government announced that the precise location of Shangrila - a place that previously had existed only in fiction - had been identified in Zhongdian County, Yunnan. This book advances a view of landscapes as media of governance, representation, resistance, and examining how they are reshaping cultural economies. Editor(s): Yeh, Emily T.; Coggins, Chris. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993584
ISBN
9780295993584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Hardback. Editor(s): Anderson, Emily. Series: Religion and Society in Asia Pacific. Num Pages: 258 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 503.
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9789811015656
ISBN
9789811015656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.13

Hardback. Walter Charleton has been depicted as a natural philosopher whose intellectual career mirrored the intellectual ferment of the 'scientific revolution'. Examining three of his vernacular medical texts, this work considers his thoughts on anatomy, physiology and the methods by which he sought to understand the invisible processes of the body. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; MBX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402033773
ISBN
9781402033773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.04

Hardcover. Emily Bloom chronicles the emergence of the British Broadcasting Corporation as a significant promotional platform and aesthetic influence for Irish modernism from the 1930s to the 1960s. She situates the works of W.B. Yeats, Elizabeth Bowen, Louis MacNeice, and Samuel Beckett in the context of the media environments that shaped their works. Series: Oxford Mid-Century Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJ; APW; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780198749615
ISBN
9780198749615
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.21

Hardback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; JP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 260 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691165103
ISBN
9780691165103
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.69

Hardback. Series: The United States in the World. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8, 5 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HRAX; HRCX7; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453533
ISBN
9780801453533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.33

Hardback. Cristanne Miller's major edition of Dickinson's poems presents the 1,100 poems the poet retained during her lifetime, in the form she retained them. Dickinson took pains to copy these poems onto folded sheets in fair hand, arguably to preserve them for posterity. Included are Dickinson's alternate phrases and the editor's notes and Introduction. Editor(s): Miller, Christanne. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674737969
ISBN
9780674737969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.29

Paperback. Series: Princeton Analytical Sociology Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173795
ISBN
9780691173795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.43

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