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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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