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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

paperback. An examination of the key events in the field of aviation during the five years between Harry Ferguson's first flight and the outbreak of the Great War. It studies the people, the aircraft and the places involved, and makes much use of contemporary sources to reveal the story through the eyes of those who witnessed these exciting times. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 306 x 11. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Colourpoint
Condition
New
SKU
9781780731063
ISBN
9781780731063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.34

hardcover. The aim of this book is to bring together aspects of the private and public life of members of the Society of the Sacred Heart in 19th century France by using the extensive community and personal archives of the Society, as well as the collection of 14,000 letters of Madeleine Sophie Barat. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC7; JFSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781859184998
ISBN
9781859184998
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 30.68

Paperback. Series: The journals of Thomas Merton. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; BG; HRCX8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
HarperOne
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060654870
ISBN
9780060654870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.73

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AJC; AKTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 203 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062279699
ISBN
9780062279699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.84

Paperback. A revealing study of premillenialism in Victorian evangelicalism, showing that contrary to popular stereotype the doctrine was often linked to liberal, forward-looking elements of evangelical thought. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HRCC2; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 496 x 25. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
James Clarke & Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780227175538
ISBN
9780227175538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 75 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JNMN; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
75
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231057547
ISBN
9780231057547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.98

Hardback. The first series of essays focuses on the evolution of American policy. American historians examine the workings of the the Department of State and the Pentagon, and an American and a Chinese analyze the foreign economic policy of the Eisenhower administration in East Asia. The second series of essays is Japan-centered. Series: U.S. and Pacific Asia: Studies in Social, Economic and Political Interaction. Num Pages: 331 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FP; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231071741
ISBN
9780231071741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.32

Hardback. This four-volume collective project by a team of leading scholars offers a vivid portrait of Jewish history in German-speaking countries over nearly four centuries. This series is sponsored by the Leo Baeck Institute, established in 1955 in Jerusalem, London, and New York for the purpose of advancing scholarship on the Jews in German-speaking lands. Editor(s): Lowenstein, Steven M.; Brenner, Michael; Meyer, Michael Andrew; Mendes-Flohr, Paul; Pulzer, Peter G.J.; Richarz, Monika. Series: German-Jewish history in modern times. Num Pages: 480 pages, 55 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 34. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231074766
ISBN
9780231074766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.91

Hardback. This comprehensive history takes us from the birth of the novel in the 18th century through its growing pains in the 19th century to its angst-ridden maturity in the 20th century. Editor(s): Richetti, John J.; Bender, John; David, Deirdre; Seidel, Michael. Num Pages: 1064 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1679.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
1064
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231078580
ISBN
9780231078580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.82
€ 123.75

Hardback. Challenging the views of human rights activists, Stoll argues that the Ixils who supported Guatemalan rebels in the early 1980's did so because they were caught in the crossfire between the guerillas and the army, not because revolutionary violence expressed community aspirations. Num Pages: 383 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JFSL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
383
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231081825
ISBN
9780231081825
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.96

Hardback. Focusing on the two decades framed by Indian independence in 1947 and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, this study examines American policy towards the Indian subcontinent, and analyzes the motivations behind America's pursuit of Pakistan and India as strategic Cold War prizes. Num Pages: 431 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
431
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231082266
ISBN
9780231082266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.66

Hardback. Through a series of interviews Schoppmann presents the life stories of ten lesbians who lived through the Nazi era. This book is a bold reminder of the "forgotten victims" of the Third Reich. Translator(s): Brown, Allison. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages, 30 photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; JFSJ1; JFSK; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231102209
ISBN
9780231102209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.51

Paperback. Surveying American politics from Eisenhower to Clinton, this text analyzes the role of the election campaign - its promises and processes - on the development of consistent, clear and comprehensive policies. It explores basic issues of governability and the future of democratic theory and practice. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 figures; 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JPA; JPHF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231102575
ISBN
9780231102575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.62

Hardback. Upending many of our assumptions about American culture since the 1950s, this text particularly focuses on the notion that the '60s represented a total rupture and that the '70s marked the end of meaningful change. The essays map an alternative history of American culture from the '50s to the '90s. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; GTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231106702
ISBN
9780231106702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.68

This work draws on both German archives and the recently opened Central Party Archive in Moscow to provide insight into Stalin's strategy and tactics and Hitler's real agenda in German-Soviet relations. Editor(s): Freeze, Gregory L. Translator(s): Freeze, Gregory L. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVU; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231106764
ISBN
9780231106764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.29

Hardback. This definitive history of modern Tibet -- based entirely on unpublished primary sources and written by a Western-educated Tibetan author -- shatters the popular perception of Tibet as an isolated Shangri-la unaffected by broader international developments and rises above the simplistic dualism so often encountered in accounts of Tibet's contested recent history. Num Pages: 606 pages, 17 photos; 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 41. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
606
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231118149
ISBN
9780231118149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.96

Hardback. Yosano Akiko (1878-1942) was highly a acclaimed Japanese poet and translator from classical Japanese. She was also a prominent feminist. In 1928 she was invited to travel around areas with a strong Japanese presence in China's northeast. This is her account of that journey. Translator(s): Fogel, Joshua A. Num Pages: 128 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJG; GTB; JFSJ1; WTH; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231123181
ISBN
9780231123181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.69

Hardback. Though finely tuned to the particular local traditions that have defined the boundaries of globalization for Czech men and women, this text also offers a general thesis about the inextricable linkages between political and economic changes and gender identities. Num Pages: 272 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 3JJP; JFSJ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127141
ISBN
9780231127141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.78

Hardback. Provides legal, social and political contexts for various cases, showing how the law has evolved over time. This book examines the court's view concerning its constitutional power to respond to an economic emergency during the Great Depression. It outlines cases in which the judges ruled on the government's role in legislating morals and morality. Num Pages: 864 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1312.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
864
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136327
ISBN
9780231136327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.26

Hardback. Series: Nonfictions. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; APFA; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231178907
ISBN
9780231178907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.49

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