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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Too easily we forget that the process of European colonization was not simply a matter of armed invaders elbowing themselves into position to take charge. As John Juricek reminds us, the road to revolution was paved in part by complicated negotiations with Indians, as well as unique legal challenges. Series: Contested Boundaries. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBWF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813060743
ISBN
9780813060743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.49

Paperback. A biographical account of John Milton. It features readings, chronologies, and attention to symbol from etymology to archetype. The work seeks to take the reader into the most interior stirrings of a 17th-century mind. Series: Studies in the English Renaissance. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; BG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813190211
ISBN
9780813190211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJPR; JPWL; YQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801473272
ISBN
9780801473272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.16

Hardback. Villages and towns in the Victorian era saw an expansion in educational provision, and witnessed the rise of the elementary teaching profession, often provided by local clergymen. This book investigates the social and economic relationships of such clergymen and teachers who worked co-operatively and at times in competition with each other. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845192952
ISBN
9781845192952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.85

Paperback. Features several photographs from a defining era of the Central Asian region, collected and annotated by a descendant of the photographer. The photographs provide us with a rare Russian point of view of the Great Game - the rivalry between Britain and Russia for the domination of Central Asia. Num Pages: 264 pages, Over 100 duotone Ill. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJC; AJC; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 277 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Saqi Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863567353
ISBN
9780863567353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 37.98

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1997-1998 ed
SKU
KNW0009096
ISBN
9780847687053
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.49

paperback. This comprehensive overview of Kinsale's seafaring tradition will be enjoyed by all who appreciate a whiff of salty sea spray, and the sense of adventure bound to ships voyaging to distant lands. Num Pages: 304 pages, B&W photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 192 x 25. Weight in Grams: 328. CORK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The Collins Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781848893092
ISBN
9781848893092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.42

hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages, figures, tables, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPR; JPH; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 718.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Gordon and Breach Netherlands
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9789057024207
ISBN
9789057024207
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.40

Paperback. .
Publisher
Modern Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812968583
ISBN
9780812968583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 19.53

Hardback. In the years immediately following Napoleon's defeat, French thinkers in all fields set their minds to the problem of how to recover from the long upheavals that had been set into motion by the French Revolution. This book intends to alter our understanding of the scientific and cultural landscape of the early nineteenth century. Num Pages: 408 pages, 46 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226812205
ISBN
9780226812205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.24
€ 79.56

Paperback. The contributors to New Countries examine how eight newly independent nations in the Western Hemisphere between 1750 and 1870 played fundamental roles in the global transformation from commercial to industrial capitalism. Editor(s): Tutino, John. Num Pages: 408 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLW; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361336
ISBN
9780822361336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.67

Hardback. The contributors to New Countries examine how eight newly independent nations in the Western Hemisphere between 1750 and 1870 played fundamental roles in the global transformation from commercial to industrial capitalism. Editor(s): Tutino, John. Num Pages: 408 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLW; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361145
ISBN
9780822361145
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.03

Hardback. More thrilling tales of adventure and derring-do from the author of the bestselling Shooting Leave. Num Pages: 340 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 484. Danger, Diplomacy and Adventure in the Great Game. 340 pages. Back in the day when men were men and Britain ruled the world, the two great world powers went head to head over control of central Asia - from the Caucasus to Kabul. This title tells the story of British soldiers, missionaries and mercenaries, horse traders and opportunists who travelled to make their name in the Great Game. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 29. Weight: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849016674
ISBN
9781849016674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.42

Hardcover. Why spiritual and supernatural yearnings, even investigations into the occult, flourished in the era of rationalist philosophy. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HRQX2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 236 x 33. Weight in Grams: 762.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393079463
ISBN
9780393079463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.48

Paperback. Medieval Christian writers distorted the teachings of Islam and caricatured its believers in a variety of ways. What ideological purposes did these offensive portrayals serve? This book provides a comprehensive study of Christian polemical responses to Islam in the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HRAF; HRAX; HRCM; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 546. Islam in the Medieval European Imagination. 400 pages. Medieval Christian writers distorted the teachings of Islam and caricatured its believers in a variety of ways. What ideological purposes did these offensive portrayals serve? This book provides a comprehensive study of Christian polemical responses to Islam in the Middle Ages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HRAF; HRAX; HRCM; HRH. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight: 546.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231123334
ISBN
9780231123334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Hardback. Medieval Christian writers distorted the teachings of Islam and caricatured its believers in a variety of ways. What ideological purposes did these offensive portrayals serve? This book provides a comprehensive study of Christian polemical responses to Islam in the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HRAF; HRAX; HRCM; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 185 x 26. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231123327
ISBN
9780231123327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.51

Hardback. Aims to debunk the myth that Britain was a free-trade nation during and after the industrial revolution, by revealing how the British used tariffs as a mercantilist tool to politically weaken France. This book shows that Britain did not transform smoothly from a mercantilist state in the 18th century to a bastion of free trade in the late 19th. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 192 pages, 29 line illus.35 tables. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 6. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691129174
ISBN
9780691129174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.14
€ 45.14

Paperback. The gripping true story of the hunt for a man-eating tiger across the forbidding landscape of Russia's Far East.. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 x 8pp colour + maps. BIC Classification: 1FCS; 3JJPR; BT; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340962589
ISBN
9780340962589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. In 1997, Grant Hadwin committed an act of violence - he destroyed the Golden Spruce of the Queen Charlotte Islands. The tree was a scientific marvel, beloved by the Haida people who believed it sacred. This book tells the story of what pushed him to such an act, an environmental protest which acts as a metaphor for the challenge the world faces. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJPR; BT; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099515791
ISBN
9780099515791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

Paperback. This volume of newly transcribed letters documents the travels of the Victorian naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, during which he famously discovered natural selection independently of Darwin. Vivid with detail, the letters are fully annotated and accompanied by an introduction with a newly reconstructed itinerary. Editor(s): Van Wyhe, John; Rookmaaker, Kees. Num Pages: 352 pages, A number of black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 3JH; BJ; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199684007
ISBN
9780199684007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.60

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