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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Exploring Mexican, American, and Indian sources ranging from diplomatic correspondence and congressional debates to captivity narratives and plains Indians' pictorial calendars, this book presents ways in which economic, cultural, and political developments within native communities affected nineteenth-century nation-states. Series: The Lamar Series in Western History. Num Pages: 496 pages, 31 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300158373
ISBN
9780300158373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Hardback. The arts of industry encompassed both liberal and mechanical realms. This title argues that mechanics and artisans used four principal means to describe and rationalize their work: drawing, model-making, societies and publications. It also examines the status of the mechanical arts from the medieval period to the seventeenth century. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 576 pages, 200 black-&-white illustrations + 60 colour images. BIC Classification: 3JF; AGP; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 214 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2424. Series: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. 576 pages, 200 black-&-white illustrations + 60 colour images. The arts of industry encompassed both liberal and mechanical realms. This title argues that mechanics and artisans used four principal means to describe and rationalize their work: drawing, model-making, societies and publications. It also examines the status of the mechanical arts from the medieval period to the seventeenth century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JF; AGP; AK. Dimension: 287 x 214 x 40. Weight: 2424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300160420
ISBN
9780300160420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 50.15

Hardback. Explores how art, design, and performance registered the changes in the Edwardian period (1901-1910) and helped to precipitate them. Acknowledging familiar divisions between the neo-Baroque magnificence of central London and the slums of the East End, this title discusses the middlebrow culture that characterizes the anonymous edge of the city. Editor(s): O'Neill, Morna; Hatt, Michael. Series: Yale Center for British Art. Num Pages: 336 pages, 90 black-&-white illustrations + colour images. BIC Classification: 3JJC; ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1092.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300163353
ISBN
9780300163353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.32

Paperback. Examines the Soviet communist party's financial operations and its budget from the 1930s through 1960s, providing a fresh look at the evolution of the party and its role in the Soviet economy and society as a whole. Series: The Yale-Hoover Series on Authoritarian Regimes. Num Pages: 224 pages, 21 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; JPFC; JPL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300164367
ISBN
9780300164367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Hardback. The garden suburb has its origins in London, and, contrary to wide-spread belief, its earliest phase took place not at the beginning of the twentieth century, with the much discussed garden-city movement, but one century earlier. This book provides an account of the Eyre Estate. Num Pages: 480 pages, 250 colour images + 55 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; AMVD; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 252 x 41. Weight in Grams: 3122.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300167269
ISBN
9780300167269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 54.82

Paperback. Gertrude Tennant's life was remarkable for its length (1819-1918), but even more so for the influence she achieved as an unsurpassed London hostess. This title presents her life, placing her not only at the heart of a multi-generational, matriarchal family epic but also at centre of European social and literary life for the best part of a century. Num Pages: 308 pages, 40 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBTB; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300168976
ISBN
9780300168976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.06

Hardback. Fragile, gritty, and vital to an extraordinary degree, St Petersburg is one of the world's most alluring cities - a place in which the past is at once ubiquitous and inescapably controversial. This book shows how creative engagement with the past has always been fundamental to St Petersburg's residents. Num Pages: 416 pages, 80 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 43. Weight in Grams: 974.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300169188
ISBN
9780300169188
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 50.63

Hardback. A clothier and a deeply religious man, Joseph Ryder faithfully kept a diary from 1733 until his death in 1768. The author interprets Ryder's diary, which provides a real-life perspective on the relationship between capitalism and Protestantism at a time when Britain was rapidly changing from a traditional to a modern society. Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300169614
ISBN
9780300169614
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.90
€ 59.72

Hardback. Provides an overview of French art circa 1500, a dynamic, transitional period when the country, resurgent after the dislocations of the Hundred Years' War, invaded Italy and all media flourished. Editor(s): Wolff, Martha. Series: Art Institute of Chicago. Num Pages: 208 pages, 190 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; ACND; AGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 239 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300170252
ISBN
9780300170252
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.97

Hardback. A catalogue that presents 135 paintings - works by artists from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. It includes portraits from the famed War Gallery created by English painter George Dawe, who was awarded a prestigious commission to produce more than 300 images of Russian generals for the Gallery of 1812 in the historic Winter Palace. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 400 pages, 650 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; ACN; ACQ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 259 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
Exp Rev
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300170467
ISBN
9780300170467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 76.79

Hardback. A new look at the legacy of WWI, a war fought for peace yet followed by a century of devastating violence Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 41. Weight in Grams: 918.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300173772
ISBN
9780300173772
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.17

Hardback. A survey of one of the most intriguing periods of British art - the radically innovative decade of the 1860s. It explores developments in English painting of this period, focusing on the early work of Edward Burne-Jones, Frederic Leighton, Albert Moore, Edward Poynter, Simeon Solomon, and James McNeill Whistler. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 400 pages, 200 colour images + 150 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; ACV; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 297 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300175677
ISBN
9780300175677
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 50.35

Hardback. Aalto built three major works in America that counted among the most important in his career: the Finland Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, Baker House at MIT, and the Library at Mount Angel Abbey, Oregon. This title deals with the complex nature of Aalto's experience with America. Editor(s): Anderson, Stanford; Fenske, Gail; Fixler, David. Num Pages: 320 pages, 150 colour images + 100 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1764.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300176001
ISBN
9780300176001
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.90
€ 59.72

Hardback. In Renaissance Florence, certain paintings and sculptures of the Virgin Mary and Christ were believed to have extraordinary efficacy in activating potent sacred intercession. The author questions what distinguished these paintings and sculptures from other similar sacred images. Num Pages: 400 pages, 80 colour images + 170 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; AFKB; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1924.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300176605
ISBN
9780300176605
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.90
€ 63.73

Hardback. Rather than simply tracing the rise of Modernism in the 19th century, this book reconstitutes the period's cultural milieu through a series of case studies written with an eye to overarching forces at play. It surveys the field as a whole and discusses the relationships between the various media in the context of an overall "visual economy". Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 colour images + 95 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; ACV; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 201 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1154.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300177275
ISBN
9780300177275
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.19
€ 44.50

Hardback. James Stirling (1924-1992) is acclaimed as the most influential and controversial modern British architect. His partnership with James Gowan (b 1923) between 1956 and 1963 put postwar British architecture on the international map. This book studies Stirling and Gowan's partnership. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 60 colour images + 140 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 215 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300177282
ISBN
9780300177282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.97

Hardback. Business leader and arts patron Sir Edwin A G Manton (1909-2005) and his wife Florence, Lady Manton assembled a collection of 18th- and 19th-century British artwork. In this book, a series of essays by prominent scholars consider the major works and themes in the collection, relating them to larger issues within the field of British studies. Editor(s): Clarke, Jay A. Series: Clark Art Institute. Num Pages: 272 pages, 447 colour images + 9 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; ACV; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 245 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2048.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300179668
ISBN
9780300179668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.32

Hardback. The French Republic - with its rallying cry for liberty, equality, and fraternity - emerged in 1870, and by 1880 had developed a coherent republican ideology. This book examines the use of naturalism in the 19th century. It also explores how pictures by artists such as Roll, Lhermitte, and Friant could be read as egalitarian and republican. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 colour images + 200 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; ACV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 281 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1694.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300179880
ISBN
9780300179880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.90
€ 59.72

Hardback. A groundbreaking examination of post-war photography in East and West Germany Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 colour images + 170 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; AJ; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1142.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300184440
ISBN
9780300184440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 51.18

Hardback. In the first half of the 20th century, thousands of newcomers - Eastern European emigres, Mexican immigrants, and Southerners both black and white - flocked to Chicago. This title highlights approximately seventy-five paintings, works on paper, photographs, and sculptures by such artists as Eldzier Cortor, Archibald Motley, and Morris Topchevsky. Series: Art Institute of Chicago. Num Pages: 112 pages, 85 colour images + 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; ACXD; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 242 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1010.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300184532
ISBN
9780300184532
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

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