Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. Veblen's landmark study of affluent American society exposes the 'pecuniary culture' and 'conspicuous consumption' that results when unessential goods are exploited at the expense of production of true value. This new edition examines Veblen's still pertinent arguments. Editor(s): Banta, Martha. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JH; JFC; JFSC; JHBA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 192 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199552580
- ISBN
- 9780199552580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.58
€ 14.99
€ 12.58
Hardcover. This is the first book to give a long-term and comprehensive account of the stories, the histories and the evolution of Irish museums and galleries. Num Pages: 594 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; GM; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1824.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Number of pages
- 594
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859184752
- ISBN
- 9781859184752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.00€ 38.37
€ 49.00
€ 38.37
Paperback. In a work as much about the present as the past, Gregory identifies the unintended consequences of the Reformation for the modern condition: a hyperpluralism of beliefs, intellectual disagreements that splinter into fractals of specialized discourse, the absence of a substantive common good, and the triumph of capitalism s driver, consumerism." Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088054
- ISBN
- 9780674088054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.97
€ 30.99
€ 26.97
Hardback. Offers a critical history of key debates about visual style in British film journals in the postwar period Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 219 x 27. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719088667
- ISBN
- 9780719088667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.49
€ 155.49
Paperback. * A brilliant biography of one of our greatest politicians, from the highly acclaimed Roy Hattersley, out now in paperback Num Pages: 720 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 47. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349121109
- ISBN
- 9780349121109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.66
€ 21.99
€ 16.66
Paperback. Drawing on his political and fighting experience in the Spanish Civil War, Tom Wintringham wrote the best-seller "New Ways of War": 'a do-it-yourself guide to killing people' but also a highly subversive call for a socialist revolution. He called for 'a People's war' and the phrase stuck. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 320 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Enlarged, Revised, Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194482
- ISBN
- 9781845194482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.85
€ 36.99
€ 33.85
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 380 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JMC; AKT; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 344 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2802.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500519042
- ISBN
- 9780500519042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.23€ 57.60
€ 70.23
€ 57.60
Paperback. This collective biography offers a new perspective on the development of socialist thinking, especially after the events in Hungary in 1956, a period when many left-leaning intellectuals began to question Soviet-style communism. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JFC; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Merlin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850364941
- ISBN
- 9780850364941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. Editor(s): Fiehn, Terry. Series: Re-discovering the Past. Num Pages: 136 pages, colour illustrations, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 4KHN; YQH. Category: (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 276 x 214 x 8. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Hodder Education United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719585487
- ISBN
- 9780719585487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.29
€ 33.29
Hardback. This volume focuses on the journeys of Jews from Eastern Europe through Germany, Britain, and Scandinavia between 1880 and 1914. The authors investigate various aspects of transmigration including medical controls, travel conditions, and the role of the steamship lines; and also review the rise of migration restrictions around the globe. Editor(s): Brinkmann, Tobias. Num Pages: 160 pages, 15 tables & figs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1DN; 3JH; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782380290
- ISBN
- 9781782380290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.04
€ 161.04
Paperback. For about 900 years, from 1000 to 1900, cotton was the world's most important manufacturing industry. It remains a vast business - if all the cotton bales produced in 2013 had been stacked on top of each other they would have made a somewhat unstable tower 40,000 miles high. This is a history of the cotton in dictating the shape of our world. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBTK; HBTQ; KNDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 29. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141979984
- ISBN
- 9780141979984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.11
€ 19.99
€ 15.11
Hardback. Joe Stirling has been a high profile, well-known resident of Norwich for 65 years. The biography is based on hundreds of hours of interviews over three years with Joe, who shared his memories of over eight decades with the author. Num Pages: 240 pages, 70 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BTP; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473843646
- ISBN
- 9781473843646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. Explores the origins, development, combat use and lasting influence of Nazi Germany's automatic rifles, focusing on the Gew 41(W), Gew 43/Kar 43, FG 42 and MP 43/StG 44. This study provides a detailed technical description of each weapon, and also explores how the firearms performed on the battlefields of World War II. Illustrator(s): Bujeiro, Ramiro. Series: Warrior. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 186 x 6. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780963853
- ISBN
- 9781780963853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.62
€ 20.99
€ 15.62
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719065903
- ISBN
- 9780719065903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.75
€ 155.75
Hardback. Series: History of Photography. Num Pages: 1376 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 354 x 262 x 166. Weight in Grams: 8130.
- Publisher
- Skira
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857226828
- ISBN
- 9788857226828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.33€ 136.41
€ 176.33
€ 136.41
Paperback. Editor(s): Rasche, Adelheid. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrated in colour and b&w. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; AKTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 241 x 9. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Buchhandlung Walther Konig GmbH & Co. KG. Abt. Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783865607980
- ISBN
- 9783865607980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 38.33
€ 44.99
€ 38.33
Paperback. Exploring the struggles of the American elites as they tried to maintain a democratic, modern mass society, this text reveals the limits of a system ultimately benefiting an abstract "average" consumer. It exposes the internal contradictions that would undermine Americans' belief in their ideology. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 270
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226994628
- ISBN
- 9780226994628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.12
€ 30.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Mazzotta traces how major medieval and Renaissance thinkers invented their worlds through utopias, magic, science, art, and theatre and calls for the necessity to study the Renaissance in terms of the ongoing conversation of the arts and sciences. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 111 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 175.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802084217
- ISBN
- 9780802084217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.09
€ 34.99
€ 32.09
Hardcover. "The Whole Earth Catalog" grew from a Bay Area blip to a national phenomenon. In recovering the history of the Catalog's brand of environmentalism, this book recounts how San Francisco's Stewart Brand and his counterculture cohorts in the Point Foundation promoted a philosophy of pragmatic environmentalism. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFC; RNA; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615452
- ISBN
- 9780700615452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.04
€ 46.04
Paperback. Blending memoir, history and biography, the author uncovers the story of his family's life by picking through letters, diaries and secret service files, which in turn unleash vivid childhood memories of a lost and idealistic world. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BM; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099478973
- ISBN
- 9780099478973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.88
€ 14.99
€ 11.88