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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Opium is more than just a drug extracted from poppies. This title shows that the opium trade was not purely a British operation but involved Chinese merchants, Chinese state agents, and Japanese imperialists as well. Editor(s): Brook, Timothy; Wakabayashi, Bob Tadashi. Num Pages: 458 pages, 15 b/w illustrations, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBG; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
458
Condition
New
Edition
Second Edition
SKU
V9780520222366
ISBN
9780520222366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.68

Hardback. This cultural history of Mussolini's dictatorship discusses the meanings of modernity in interwar Italy. The work argues that fascism appealed to many Italian intellectuals as a new model of modernity that would resolve the European crisis as well as long-standing problems of the national past. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 327 pages, 17 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; GTB; HBJD; HBWN; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
327
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520223639
ISBN
9780520223639
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.68
€ 45.21

Paperback. Explores the way in which Islamic legal thinkers understood Islam as it related to women and gender roles. In seventeenth and eighteenth century Syria and Palestine, Muslim legal thinkers gave considerable attention to women's roles in society, this title shows how fatwas, or legal opinions, greatly influenced these roles. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 1FBS; 3H; 3J; HBJF1; HBLL; JFSJ1; JFSR2; LAFS; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520224742
ISBN
9780520224742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.25

Hardback. The American painter Raphaelle Peale (1774-1825) left a legacy of vibrantly beautiful still lifes depicting objects such as fruit, vegetables, and meat. This book explores the artist, presenting a reading of these paintings and focusing on the uncanny quality of Raphaelle's still-life objects. Num Pages: 274 pages, 19 color illustrations, 75 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; ACQ; ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 22. Weight in Grams: 939.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520224988
ISBN
9780520224988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.28
€ 52.45

Hardback. Traces debates about the woman consumer to examine the complex encounter between the market and the republic in nineteenth-century France. This work explores how agents of capitalism - department store managers, fashion journalists - addressed fears of consumerism through the forging of an aesthetics of the marketplace: a 'marketplace modernism'. Num Pages: 334 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFFT; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520225299
ISBN
9780520225299
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.68
€ 44.81

Paperback. Between 1890 and 1920 over one-third of the peasants of Mount Lebanon left their villages and traveled to the Americas. This book traces the journeys of these villagers from the ranks of the peasantry into a middle class of their own making. Num Pages: 271 pages, 2 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 1KB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520227408
ISBN
9780520227408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.07

Hardback. This work considers several texts, cultural practices and intellectual processes to chart the emergence of a new geographical conciousness in early modern Japan. The study shows how spatial and geographical knowledge confined to elites in early Japan became more widespread in the Tokugawa period. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 249 pages, 22 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232693
ISBN
9780520232693
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.58
€ 63.89

Hardback. Although better known for its sunny skies, Los Angeles suffers devastating flooding. This book explores a little-known chapter in the city's history - the failures to control floods that occurred throughout the twentieth century. It offers a lesson - both of things gone wrong and a glimpse of how they might be improved. Num Pages: 289 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFC; JFSG; RNR; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520238503
ISBN
9780520238503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.58
€ 63.89

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520240339
ISBN
9780520240339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.58
€ 63.51

Hardback. Shows that Spanish intellectuals, calls for Spain to modernize its political, social, and economic institutions brought the question of women's place to the forefront, along with women themselves. This book illustrates the visibility of women, and reveals the processes that led to their swift exit from public institutions in the early 1800s. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 330 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520245839
ISBN
9780520245839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.58
€ 63.89

Hardback. Documents the crucial role played by language in cultural conquest: how colonial Mayan emerged in the age of the cross, how it was taken up by native writers to become the language of indigenous literature, and how it ultimately became the language of rebellion against the system that produced it. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 484 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 17 maps, 25 tables, 41 examples. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2JNM; 3JB; CBX; CFB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257702
ISBN
9780520257702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.16
€ 56.71

Hardback. From the very beginning of cinema, there have been amateur filmmakers at work. It wasn't until Kodak introduced 16mm film in 1923, however, that amateur moviemaking became a reality, and by the 1950s, over a million Americans had amateur movie cameras. This book explores the meaning of the amateur in film history and modern visual culture. Num Pages: 376 pages, 39 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJ; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520279858
ISBN
9780520279858
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.17
€ 71.58

Hardback. Presents an integrated view of the Civil War and Reconstruction and the history of the western United States. This book includes essays on lives, choices, and legacies in the American West, discussing the consequences for American Indian nations, the link between reconstruction and suffrage movements, and cross-border interactions with Canada. Editor(s): Arenson, Adam; Graybill, Andrew R. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 maps, 10 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283787
ISBN
9780520283787
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.17
€ 71.21

Hardback. In May 1937, seventy thousand workers walked off their jobs at four large steel companies known collectively as "Little Steel." The strikers sought to make the companies retreat from decades of antiunion repression, abide by the newly enacted federal labor law, and recognize their union. This book tells a different story about the conflict. Num Pages: 416 pages, 31 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; KNXB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285606
ISBN
9780520285606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.17
€ 71.58

Hardback. The Red Sea has, from time immemorial, been one of the world's most navigated spaces, in the pursuit of trade, pilgrimage and conquest. This book explores how the world and the sea were imagined differently before imperial European hegemony. It offers a deeper argument about the discipline of history and the historian's craft. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 b/w images and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JB; 3JD; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520285910
ISBN
9780520285910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.17
€ 71.58

Hardback. With roots in popular music traditions, improvisation, and the avant-garde, this book provides a lens through which we can better understand the meaning and creation of the counterculture community. It examines the wider significance and impact of its politics of improvisation. Editor(s): Meriwether, Nicholas. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; AVC; AVGP; AVH; HBLX; HPCF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286641
ISBN
9780520286641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.17
€ 71.14

Hardback. Explores the institutional, ideological, and conceptual development of the modern state on the peninsula. This book analyzes the state's relationship to five social sectors, each through a distinctive interpretive theme: economy, religion, education, population, and public health. Num Pages: 416 pages, 9 black and white, 1 map, 19 line drawings, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288317
ISBN
9780520288317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.16
€ 57.05

Hardback. How does a nation come to terms with losing a war-especially an overseas war whose purpose is fervently contested? This is a study of the competing and intertwined narratives of the Indochina War. It analyzes the layers of French remembrance, focusing on state-sponsored commemoration, veterans' associations, and special-interest groups. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 b/w images, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1FMV; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288607
ISBN
9780520288607
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.45
€ 53.30

Hardback. Completing the detailed two-part history of the RKO film studio, which began with RKO Radio Pictures: A Titan Is Born, this second volume charts the studio's fortunes, which peaked during World War II, declined in the postwar period, and finally collapsed in the 1950s. It chronicles the period from 1942 to the company's demise in 1957. Num Pages: 288 pages, 26 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APFA; HBJK; HBLW; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289666
ISBN
9780520289666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.45
€ 53.63

Hardback. Presidential campaigns of the twenty-first century were not the first to mobilize an array of new media forms in efforts to gain electoral victory. The author looks at four US presidential campaigns during the long 1890s (1888-1900) as Republicans and Democrats deployed a variety of media forms to promote their candidates and platforms. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 b/w, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GTC; JPA; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520292727
ISBN
9780520292727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.17
€ 71.15

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