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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. An anthology of historical studies focusing on themes and issues central to the construction of Black masculinities and Black men's history. This book covers themes in the lives of black men that touch on leadership, work and the professions, family and community, sports and the military, and the image of black men in the larger society. Editor(s): Hine, Darlene Clark; Jenkins, Earnestine L. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 503 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 767.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
503
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214607
ISBN
9780253214607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Translator(s): Durand, John. Num Pages: 1600 pages, port. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 135. Weight in Grams: 2966.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
Slp
Number of pages
1600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865971271
ISBN
9780865971271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 32.64

Hardcover. Hiraku Shimoda places the origin of modern Japanese regionalism in the tense relationship between region and nation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This study shows that "region," often seen as a hard, natural place that impedes national unity, is in fact a supple spatial category that can be made to reinforce nationalist sensibilities. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 180 pages, map. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674492011
ISBN
9780674492011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Kuromiya convincingly elucidates the mechanism of the Soviet secret police and explores the minds of non-conformist believers -precursors to the revival of dissidence after Stalin's death in 1953. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17 illustrations; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442644618
ISBN
9781442644618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.42

Hardback. Studies on the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake Editor(s): Kawase, Hiroshi. Series: Natural Disaster Science and Mitigation Engineering: DPRI Reports. Num Pages: 209 pages, 31 black & white illustrations, 120 colour illustrations, 11 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JMG; RBC; RNR; TNCE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 489.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9784431544173
ISBN
9784431544173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.33

Paperback. Dubbed the 'Oscar' by the Allies, the Ki-43 Hayabusa Peregrine was the most prolific Japanese fighter of World War 2. Focusing on the exploits of the Ki-43, this book charts the experiences of the pilots and discusses the early stages of the war in South-East Asia, China, Burma and New Guinea. Illustrator(s): Laurier, Jim. Series: Aircraft of the Aces. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 183 x 6. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846034084
ISBN
9781846034084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.75

Paperback. Series: The United States in the World. Num Pages: 280 pages, 18, 15 black & white halftones, 1 charts, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJPG; APFA; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501713620
ISBN
9781501713620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardback. Series: The United States in the World. Num Pages: 264 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJPG; APF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 189 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801445996
ISBN
9780801445996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.77

Hardback. Editor(s): Uni, Hiroyuki. Series: Evolutionary Economics and Social Complexity Science. Num Pages: 231 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 543.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9789811032011
ISBN
9789811032011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.35

Hardback. By studying the chemists at the Swedish Bureau of Mines and their networks, and integrating their practices into the wider European context, the author illustrates how they and their successors played a significant role in the development of our modern notion of matter and made a significant contribution to the modern European view of reality. Series: Synthesis. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226194998
ISBN
9780226194998
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.61

hardcover. The first comprehensive history of a major Muslim rebellion and the rise and fall of an independent Islamic state within China during the second half of the nineteenth century-in Xinjiang, where potentially separatist Islamic movements still worry the Chinese state. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804748841
ISBN
9780804748841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.11

Paperback. Illuminates the historical tensions between the legal paradigms of citizenship and contract, and in the emergence of free labour ideology in American culture Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTS; JPVH1; LNDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814771709
ISBN
9780814771709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

hardcover. A cultural and social history of Egypt from 1870 to 1930 that examines the way in which men and women began reading, writing, and perceiving the Arabic language in ever more public ways. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804797115
ISBN
9780804797115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.06

Paperback. A well-researched and thoughtfully written biography of Richard Burton. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; AN; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 49. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444789164
ISBN
9781444789164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. The first comprehensive history of a major Muslim rebellion and the rise and fall of an independent Islamic state within China during the second half of the nineteenth century-in Xinjiang, where potentially separatist Islamic movements still worry the Chinese state. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 tables, 4 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HRAM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 585. Weight in Grams: 454.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804773645
ISBN
9780804773645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.75

Paperback. * A collection of essays on Stalinism by both eminent and younger scholars. * Discusses both the origins and consequences of Stalinism. * Provides an overview of the debates for students new to the subject. * Includes the results of research in the newly opened Russian archives. . Editor(s): Hoffmann, David L. Series: Blackwell Essential Readings in History. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631228912
ISBN
9780631228912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.96

paperback. By introducing a new national currency in November 1993, the Republic of Kazakstan took a step towards political and economic independence. This is a study of the macroeconomic problems in the first years of transition and the role of international financial institutions, in particular the IMF. Translator(s): Galloway, T.A. Num Pages: 278 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 38 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FCZ; 3JJPR; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Physica Germany
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9783790813555
ISBN
9783790813555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Europe's critical infrastructure is a key concern to policymakers, NGOs, companies, and citizens today. This book argues that present-day infrastructure vulnerabilities resulted from choices of infrastructure builders in the past. Editor(s): Hogselius, Per; Hommels, Anique; Kaijser, Arne; Van Der Vleuten, Erik. Num Pages: 322 pages, 13 black & white tables, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
322
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137580986
ISBN
9781137580986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.27

Hardback. This moving and beautifully illustrated book, developed from an award-winning research project, examines the experience of African-American GIs in Germany since 1945 and the unique insights they provide into the civil rights struggle at home and abroad. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230104723
ISBN
9780230104723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.84

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772898513
ISBN
9788772898513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.68

Hardback. This book examines six plays by Shakespeare ("Love's Labour's Lost", "Hamlet", "As You Like It", "Twelfth Night", "The Winter's Tale" and "The Tempest") as dramatizations of the Renaissance Court in its developing history. Series: Contemporary Interpretations of Shakespeare S. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333474358
ISBN
9780333474358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.07

Hardback. Classic pictorial covers the entire Luftwaffe on all fronts in over 500 photos. Num Pages: 236 pages, 500+ photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; JWG; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 261 x 19. Weight in Grams: 880.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2023
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887403613
ISBN
9780887403613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.77

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, over 680 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 290 x 224 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1954.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764320941
ISBN
9780764320941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.03
€ 55.90

Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages, 500ill. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; JWG; JWM; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1086.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Aviation History
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887402869
ISBN
9780887402869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.58

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