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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Gaining prominence as a seaport under the Ottomans in the mid-1500s, the city of Mocha on the Red Sea coast of Yemen pulsed with maritime commerce. This book tells how and why Mocha's urban shape and architecture took the forms they did. Series: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications. Num Pages: 272 pages, 46 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 3JB; 3JD; AMX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989112
ISBN
9780295989112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Challenges many assumptions about gender and politics in the French Revolution. This title shows how revolutionary politics and laws brought about a social revolution within households and created space for thousands of French women and men to reimagine their most intimate relationships. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 474 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
474
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520248168
ISBN
9780520248168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Looking beyond diplomats and generals, the author shows that neither nationalist passions nor desires for revenge took Europe to war in 1914. He gives voice to a generation who suddenly found themselves compelled to participate in a ghastly, protracted orgy of violence they never imagined would come to pass. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725935
ISBN
9780674725935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.85

Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13, 7 tables, 6 charts. BIC Classification: 3JM; HBLX; KCP; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801452352
ISBN
9780801452352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.54

Paperback. After El Salvador's brutal civil war ended in 1992, crime rates shot up. People began to speak of the peace as "worse than the war." This study examines how narratives of post-conflict violence, told by ordinary people, offered ways of coping with uncertainty during a stunted transition to democracy. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; 3JJPR; 3JM; JPH; JPVR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222357
ISBN
9780812222357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.45

Hardback. From the rise of ticker-tape technology to the development of conspiracy theories, Reading the Market argues that commentary on the Stock Exchange between 1870 and 1915 changed how Americans understood finance-and explains what our pervasive interest in Wall Street says about us now. Series: New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JFCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421420608
ISBN
9781421420608
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.09
€ 47.68

Hardback. Discusses the complexities of a trading network in this period, outling commodity chains, links between colonies and colonial centres, and tensions between local polities and competing empires. Series: Worlds of the East India Company. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FM; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270699
ISBN
9781783270699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Hardcover. The story of expeditions into Africa in search of dinosaur bones. Series: Life of the Past. Num Pages: 432 pages, 50 b&w photos, 7 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JJ; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 240 x 35. Weight in Grams: 830.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253342140
ISBN
9780253342140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.85

Hardback. The first full analysis of the international thought of the British statesman A. J. Balfour (1848-1930). Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521581189
ISBN
9780521581189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.83

Paperback. These essays rethink the nature of Stalinism and Nazism and establish a new methodology for viewing their histories. Editor(s): Geyer, Michael E.; Fitzpatrick, Sheila. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780521723978
ISBN
9780521723978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.58

Paperback. This book, first published in 2005, is an innovative account of black African experience and representation in Renaissance Europe. Editor(s): Earle, T. F.; Lowe, K. J. P. Num Pages: 436 pages, 67 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 189 x 19. Weight in Grams: 828. 436 pages, 67 b/w illus. Editor(s): Earle, T. F.; Lowe, K.J.P. An innovative account of black African experience and representation in Renaissance Europe. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFSL3. Dimension: 245 x 189 x 19. Weight: 930.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521176606
ISBN
9780521176606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.98

Hardcover. An in-depth exploration of the forgotten buildings of postwar Britain, charting their evolution from ambitious concepts to abandoned constructions. Num Pages: 128 pages, 70 colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; AMC; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 237 x 16. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Royal Academy Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910350621
ISBN
9781910350621
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.64

Paperback. Describing the hard working conditions on plantations and harsh treatment of apprentices unjustly incarcerated, this book argues that apprenticeship actually worsened the conditions of Jamaican ex-slaves: former owners, no longer legally permitted to directly punish their workers, used the Jamaican legal system as a punitive lever against them. Editor(s): Paton, Diana. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 b&w photos, 2 maps, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JH; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780822326472
ISBN
9780822326472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Tells the stories of Greek Leftists as paradigmatic figures of abjection, given that between 1929 and 1974 tens of thousands of Greek dissidents were detained and tortured in prisons, places of exile, and concentration and rehabilitation camps. This volume presents the history of how Greek Left was constituted by Greek state as a zone of danger. Num Pages: 256 pages, 44 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFF; JPVR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823229680
ISBN
9780823229680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.84

Paperback. Presents the history of Ireland (1900-2000). This book examines politics and political parties. It deals with the North in a comprehensive way, focusing on the social and cultural aspects, not just the obvious political and religious divisions. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 132 x 53. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Profile Books
Condition
New
Edition
Main
SKU
9781861974433
ISBN
9781861974433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 15.29

Hardback. Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Economics and Politics of Oil and Gas. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; KCL; KCP; KCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138641860
ISBN
9781138641860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.33

Paperback. Daniel O'Connell - 'The Liberator' - lived a big, great and graphic life. Born in Kerry in 1775, he witnessed some of the most pivotal events in Irish and European history. Simply told for a young adult audience, with lively text and striking illustrations, this book brings Daniel O'Connell and his world to life. Illustrator(s): Nowakowski, Mateusz. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; BGH; FXZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The Collins Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0008840
ISBN
9781848892699
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. A Christmas hardback with tremendous sales potential. Blood, Iron and Gold tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's railways, stimulating economic growth and social change on an unprecedented scale. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2x8 colour, 1x4 colour. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBTK; KNGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 809. Good copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KKD0008858
ISBN
9781848871700
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. The first work dedicated solely to the subject of slang words and their meanings, this book is a lost gem originally intended to educate the polite London classes in the parlance of thieves and ruffians, should they be so unlucky as to wander into the 'wrong' parts of town. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; CBX; CFFD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 380. Fine copy in dustwrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Bodleian Library
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KKD0008974
ISBN
9781851243488
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Though undeniably bloody the war was in fact a ferment of new ideas and new weapons. Gas, flame throwers, super-heavy artillery, concrete bunkers, tanks, aircraft and other innovations were all introduced, whilst older notions such as barbed wire, machine guns and armour took on a new lease of life. Num Pages: 144 pages, 40 drawings, maps & diagrams. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 120 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232. Fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Conway London
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KKD0009020
ISBN
9781844860722
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

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