Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardback. This charts the impact of global trade on early modern France focusing on Asian textiles. The ban in 1686 led to vast smuggling, illicit retail, and consumer revolts, but also to an effort by the French administration to acquire the technology for their production, and ultimately to the first victory of the liberal Enlightenment political economy. Series: Europe's Asian Centuries. Num Pages: 258 pages, 23. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1F; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBTB; KCLT; KNDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137444875
- ISBN
- 9781137444875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.49
€ 98.49
Hardcover. The year 1919 in Jerusalem marked the conclusion of hundreds of years of Ottoman rule and the beginning of British occupation, a period of great change that would transform the city. This memoir presents a portrait of life in post-WWI Jerusalem as seen through the eyes of a spirited young English girl. Num Pages: 176 pages, 45 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJG; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608721
- ISBN
- 9780815608721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.23
€ 21.99
€ 21.23
Hardcover. Num Pages: 544 pages, 104 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AMCR; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935408734
- ISBN
- 9781935408734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 44.31
€ 49.99
€ 44.31
Paperback. During the First and Second World Wars thousands of men and women followed the promptings of their conscience and refused the call to arms. Num Pages: 264 pages, 40 b&w. BIC Classification: 3JJF; 3JJH; HBLW; HBW; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752458571
- ISBN
- 9780752458571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.54
€ 16.99
€ 15.54
hardcover. Foreword by Alice Taylor. An emigrant to England in the 1970s, Felicity knew she'd return to Corca Dhuibhne, Ireland's Dingle peninsula. Now she and her English husband have restored a stone house there, the focus for this chronicle in response to reader requests for an illustrated sequel to The House on an Irish Hillside. Num Pages: 160 pages, Full colour. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JM; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- The Collins Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848892361
- ISBN
- 9781848892361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.51
€ 16.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. 'How do we know that what we remember is the truth?' By mapping her family's stories onto the history of the Irish State, this reveals the mixed messages of Felicity's youth. Examines the consequences when memories are manipulated or obliterated, intentionally or by chance. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BM; HBJD1; HBTB; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 278. Singed by the author
- Publisher
- The Collins Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848892521
- ISBN
- 9781848892521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.27
€ 14.99
€ 11.27
Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; AKTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 289 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1934.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764350139
- ISBN
- 9780764350139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.86
€ 42.99
€ 31.86
Paperback. Historians of British theater have often noted that the eighteenth century was an age not of the author but of the actor. In Rival Queens, Felicity Nussbaum argues that the period might more accurately be seen as the age of women in the theater, and more particularly as the age of the actress. Num Pages: 392 pages, 29 illus. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; ANB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223019
- ISBN
- 9780812223019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.73
€ 41.99
€ 37.73
Hardcover. This book provides a detailed linguistic analysis of the nationalist discourses of the German Second Reich, which most effectively demonstrate the contrasting images of the German Self and its various Others, such as Jews, native Africans, gypsies and the enemy Other during the First World War. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; CFF; CFG; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282650
- ISBN
- 9780230282650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. Concentrates on the fascinating life and work of Giles Fletcher, the elder (1546-1611) and his analysis of government and commonwealth, through the image of Russia. His account of Russia remains the most comprehensive early modern western European account of the 'barbaric' land on Christendom's borders. Series: Politics, Culture & Society in Early Modern Britain. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBTB; JPS; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719097003
- ISBN
- 9780719097003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.46
€ 157.46
Paperback. Contributors from the US, Britain and Europe explore a neglected aspect of transatlantic slavery: the implication of a continental European hinterland. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271122
- ISBN
- 9781783271122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.03
€ 33.99
€ 29.03
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843839002
- ISBN
- 9781843839002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 50.37
€ 52.99
€ 50.37
Hardback. In this in-depth study, Felix Boecking challenges the widely accepted idea that the key to Communist seizure of power in China lay in the incompetence of Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government. It argues instead that international trade, government tariff revenues, and hence China's fiscal policy and state-making project all collapsed. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 260 pages, 13 line illustrations, 5 maps, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; JP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 229. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674970601
- ISBN
- 9780674970601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 38.32
€ 44.99
€ 38.32
paperback. Includes the recollections of the author's childhood in Bern, his relations with his family and such friends as Kandinsky, Marc, Macke, and many others, his observations on nature and people, his trips to Italy and Tunisia, and his military service. This book also includes the author's ideas about his artistic technique and the creative process. Num Pages: 434 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 576. 434 pages, Ill. Includes the recollections of the author's childhood in Bern, his relations with his family and such friends as Kandinsky, Marc, Macke, and many others, his observations on nature and people, his trips to Italy and Tunisia, and his military service. This book also includes the author's ideas about his artistic technique and the creative process. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BG. Dimension: 205 x 152 x 30. Weight: 564.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 434
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520006539
- ISBN
- 9780520006539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.53
€ 36.99
€ 27.53
Hardcover. 'When the Nazi power was broken, I asked myself what was the best advice I could give to my fellow citizens here in this island and across the channel in our ravaged continent. There was no difficulty in answering the question. My counsel to Europe can be given in a single word: Unite!' Sir Winston Churchill in 1947 Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DBK; 3JJP; GTJ; HBTB; HBWQ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 25. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784538132
- ISBN
- 9781784538132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.34
€ 78.34
paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 187 x 18. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pearson United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780205007912
- ISBN
- 9780205007912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 169.92
€ 169.92
Paperback. Acontroversial history of the British in India, seen through the experiences of a single family, the Lows, ancestors of the author, Ferdinand Mount Num Pages: 784 pages, 2 x 8pp 4-4 plates. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 784
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471129469
- ISBN
- 9781471129469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Paperback. "Killing Dragons" is the story of the first British mountaineers to tackle the Alpine summits of Switzerland during the late 18th century, originally quite poorly equipped. The title of dragons refers to the legendary creatures of these parts. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFHA; 3JF; WSZG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Granta Books London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862074538
- ISBN
- 9781862074538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848404601
- ISBN
- 9781848404601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.21
€ 14.99
€ 13.21
Paperback. Previous biographies have set Jane Austen within her social context. This biography places her firmly within her professional context as one of an increasing number of women who published novels between 1790 and 1820. Being a professional writer was, apart from her family, more important to Austen than anything else in her life. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333447017
- ISBN
- 9780333447017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81