Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. New Orleans was a melting pot of Spanish and French culture, in a climate that forced a uniquely American architecture. More than 260 images present the wide verandahs, hipped and gabled roofs, neo-classical sensibilities, and lavish iron lacework that gi Num Pages: 190 b/w photos, 78 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JF; 3JH; AMK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 281 x 12. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764330698
- ISBN
- 9780764330698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.20
€ 31.99
€ 21.20
Paperback. In the 1960s and 1970s, New Orleans experienced one of the greatest transformations in its history. This book looks back at that era to explore how a few thousand locals tried to bring the Great Society to Dixie. It offers a detailed portrait of the complex city that developed after its last epic reconstruction. Num Pages: 424 pages, 15 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JJP; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329000
- ISBN
- 9780820329000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.13
€ 48.13
Paperback. This probing look at a generation of New Orleanians and how they redefined a society shattered by the Civil War engages historical actors on their own terms and makes real the human dimension of life during this difficult period in American history. Num Pages: 324 pages, 6, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416977
- ISBN
- 9781421416977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.30
€ 35.99
€ 30.30
Paperback. For the British, New Orleans was an unfortunate sideshow. For the Americans, it was the one major, unequivocal land victory of the War of 1812. This lively account describes a campaign of intrigue, muddle, and accident, featuring a cast of colorful characters, led by a future U.S. president. 90 illustrations. Series: Osprey Military Campaign S. Num Pages: 96 pages, 80ill.(10col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 185 x 9. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855323605
- ISBN
- 9781855323605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.60
€ 23.99
€ 20.60
paperback. Evan Haefeli demonstrates how convoluted and uncertain were the beginnings of religious tolerance in America, by giving them an international context. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780812223781
- ISBN
- 9780812223781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
Paperback. By relating biography to the cultural and musical contours of contemporary American life, Ronald M. Radano observes jazz practice as part of the complex interweaving of postmodern culture. Radano accomplishes this by analyzing the creative life of Anthony Braxton. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24ill. BIC Classification: 3JJP; AVGJ; AVGK; AVRN; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226701967
- ISBN
- 9780226701967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Hardback. Documents how American experimental music and its practitioners came to prominence in the West German cultural landscape between the end of the Second World War in 1945 and the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990. This work chronicles German views on American music, and American composers' pursuit of professional opportunities abroad. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 359 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; 3JJPN; AVGC6; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 359
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247550
- ISBN
- 9780520247550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.37€ 65.03
€ 84.37
€ 65.03
Paperback. The past decade of both economic crises in Europe and North America as well as an extraordinary museum boom in many Asian countries has led to new questions and concepts for future museum buildings. This book investigates this paradigm change by presenting 20 recent and future museum projects on all continents. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; AMD; AMG; GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Hirmer Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783777427249
- ISBN
- 9783777427249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.17
€ 54.99
€ 46.17
Paperback. Examines two equally important movements of the early sixties, the New Left and the New Right, both sides equally critical of existing society and both utopian in their visions. This book describes the ways in which the historical reality of the sixties has been dramatically distorted by popular political and social images. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JFC; JHM; JPFF; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566394789
- ISBN
- 9781566394789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.65
€ 40.99
€ 40.65
Hardcover. A timely and critical review and analysis of the development and implementation of New Labour's rural policies since 1997. Editor(s): Woods, Michael. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFSF; JPQB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 249 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861349323
- ISBN
- 9781861349323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.27
€ 105.27
Paperback. Labour's 1997 victory was widely credited to the party's reinvention of itself as New Labour. Richard Heffernan argues that the transformation of the Labour Party is best understood as the product of Thatcherism, and marks the emergence of a new consensus in British politics. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JPF; JPH; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- SKU
- V9780333949405
- ISBN
- 9780333949405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.63
€ 64.63
Hardback. Between 1950 and 1975, some of the postwar era's most innovative artists flocked to a very unexpected place: New Jersey. There they produced some of the most important work of their careers. This catalogue examines more than 100 works by sixteen artists, including Amiri Baraka, George Brecht, Dan Graham, Gordon Matta-Clark, and George Segal. Series: Princeton University Art Museum. Num Pages: 176 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACXD; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 225 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1032.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300174373
- ISBN
- 9780300174373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. The trajectory of Hong Kong films had been drastically affected long before the city's official sovereignty transfer from the British to the Chinese in 1997. The author introduces the "Cinema of Transitions," using examples from the 1980s to the present, to study New Hong Kong Cinema and on- and off-screen life against this background. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 3JJPR; 3JM; APFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782387039
- ISBN
- 9781782387039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.55
€ 155.55
Hardcover. The surprising success of "Bonnie and Clyde", "The Graduate" and "Easy Rider" in the late 60s marks a turning-point in the history of the American cinema, as these are films that differ fundamentally from the traditional Hollywood style. They revised the traditional genre formulae and overturned the rules of classical narrative structure. Num Pages: 144 pages, 150 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 291 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698943
- ISBN
- 9783930698943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.78
€ 43.99
€ 30.78
Paperback. Love, life and motherhood.. beyond the convent gates Num Pages: 224 pages, 8pp b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJP; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745956688
- ISBN
- 9780745956688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.62
€ 13.99
€ 11.62
Paperback. Series: Stackpole Military Photo Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; 3JJH; HBJQ; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 280 x 13. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811715560
- ISBN
- 9780811715560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.03
€ 26.99
€ 21.03
Paperback. New Grub Street (1891), generally regarded as Gissing's finest novel, is the story of the daily lives and broken dreams of men and women forced to earn a living by the pen. It tells of a group of novelists, journalists, and scholars caught in the literary and cultural crisis that hit Britain in the closing years of the nineteenth century. Editor(s): Mullin, Katherine. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198729181
- ISBN
- 9780198729181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.36
€ 16.99
€ 13.36
Hardback. Series: Twentieth-Century Battles. Num Pages: 363 pages, 27 b&w illus., 28 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLS; 3JJH; HBJM; HBWQ; JWF; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 645.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 363
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253018779
- ISBN
- 9780253018779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.64
€ 38.64
Paperback. As a result of immigration from Asia in the wake of the passage of the 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration Act, the fastest-growing religions in America - faster than Christian groups combined - are Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. This book asks how these faiths have changed or have been changed by the pluralist face of American civil society. Series: American Lectures on the History of Religions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; HRAX; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115216
- ISBN
- 9780231115216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 444 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691650562
- ISBN
- 9780691650562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.87
€ 213.87