Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. Num Pages: 75 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JNMN; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 227.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 75
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231057547
- ISBN
- 9780231057547
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Condition: New
€ 15.71
€ 15.71
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231071741
- ISBN
- 9780231071741
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Condition: New
€ 126.89
€ 126.89
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231074766
- ISBN
- 9780231074766
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Condition: New
€ 116.67
€ 116.67
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
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Condition: New
€ 133.55€ 122.48
€ 133.55
€ 122.48
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231081825
- ISBN
- 9780231081825
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Condition: New
€ 143.99
€ 143.99
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
€ 144.87
€ 144.87
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
€ 74.03
€ 74.03
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102575
- ISBN
- 9780231102575
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Condition: New
€ 43.77
€ 43.77
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106702
- ISBN
- 9780231106702
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Condition: New
€ 132.14
€ 132.14
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 606
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118149
- ISBN
- 9780231118149
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Condition: New
€ 77.49
€ 77.49
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
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Condition: New
€ 125.13
€ 125.13
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
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Condition: New
€ 143.03
€ 143.03
The History of the New York Court of Appeals. 1932-2003.
Meyer, Bernard S.; Agata, Burton C.; Agata, S...
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 864
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136327
- ISBN
- 9780231136327
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Condition: New
€ 142.33
€ 142.33
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231178907
- ISBN
- 9780231178907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.07
€ 126.07
Paperback. Correspondence between a Japanese couple separated in different internment camps in the US during WWII reveals the human side of this tragic and shameful episode in US history. Early chapters detail their lives in Japan, their arrival in Seattle in 1919, and their lives in the US up until 1941. Inc Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 316 pages, 32 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSL; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295976457
- ISBN
- 9780295976457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.90
€ 36.90
Paperback. Examines reactions to three films: "Judgement at Nuremberg" (1961), "The Pawnbroker" (1965), and "Schindler's List" (1992), and considers what those reactions reveal about the place of the Holocaust in the American mind, and how those films have shaped the popular perception of the Holocaust. Series: Samuel & Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 222 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; APF; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 273.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295981611
- ISBN
- 9780295981611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.39
€ 36.39
paperback. Through his access to previously classified documents and information gained from extensive interviews, journalist Hamann tells the story behind World War II's largest army court-martial, where three African-American soldiers were charged with the lynching and murder of an Italian prisoner of war. Series: V Ethel Willis White Books. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; LNDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295987057
- ISBN
- 9780295987057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.83
€ 25.99
€ 23.83
Paperback. Eddie Fung has the distinction of being the only Chinese American soldier to be captured by the Japanese during WWII. This memoir tells how his background helped him endure forty-two months of humiliation and cruelty and how his experiences as the sole Chinese American member of the most decorated Texan unit of any war shaped his later life. Editor(s): Yung, Judy. Num Pages: 227 pages, 37 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJF; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 15. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987545
- ISBN
- 9780295987545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.23
€ 25.99
€ 22.23
paperback. Investigates the discourses of aesthetics and philosophy alongside economic thought, arguing that their domains are not mutually exclusive. This book documents the extent to which economics influenced literature and philosophy and the surprising degree to which literature and philosophy participated in the creation of modern economic paradigms. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBF; HPCD; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295988375
- ISBN
- 9780295988375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.36
€ 38.36
Hardback. Essayist Michel de Montaigne is one of the widely read authors from the sixteenth century. This title pursues the idea that theory has altered the scholarly understanding of Montaigne, while Montaigne's ideas have simultaneously challenged the authority of the various interpretive doxa collectively known as 'theory'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JB; DSA; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988900
- ISBN
- 9780295988900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.52
€ 120.52