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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Moving through the woods and deserts, dirt tracks and highways to large cities and glorious wildernesses, the author observed America, and the Americans who inhabited it. What he saw was a lonely, generous nation too packed with individuals for single judgements; what he saw made him proud, angry, sympathetic and elated. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141186108
ISBN
9780141186108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Provides occasional articles about some of the places in the world that interested the author. He wanted to describe 'not the extraordinary but the ordinary, the typical, the everyday', and his accounts from a kibbutz in Israel to summer rains in Japan, bicycles in Cambridge to Notting Hill at the end of the 1950s. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571240906
ISBN
9780571240906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.97

Hardcover. In eighteenth - and nineteenth-century Britain, books of travel and exploration were much more than simply the printed experiences of intrepid authors. This book takes readers on a journey into the nature of exploration. Num Pages: 392 pages, 15 colour plates, 25 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; HBTP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226429533
ISBN
9780226429533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.31

Hardcover. A Selection from Contemporary Tourist Journals. Series: Scottish History Society 6th Series. 266 pages, 43, 42 black and white, 1 line drawing. Editor(s): Durie, Alastair J. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; 3JH; BJ; WTLC. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 24. Weight: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scottish History Society
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906245309
ISBN
9780906245309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.96

Hardback. In 1974 Roland Barthes travelled in China as part of a small delegation of distinguished French philosophers and literary figures. They arrived in China just as the last stage of the Cultural Revolution was getting underway - the campaign to criticize Lin Biao and Confucius. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPL; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745650807
ISBN
9780745650807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.45

Paperback. How colonial mapping traditions were combined with practices of nineteenth-century visual culture in the first maps of independent Mexico, particularly in those created by the respected cartographer Antonio Garcia Cubas. Num Pages: 352 pages, 91 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 46. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349914
ISBN
9780822349914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Bohls, Elizabeth A.; Duncan, Ian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537525
ISBN
9780199537525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JH; TVS; WMB; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 205 x 12. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884023890
ISBN
9780884023890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSA; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816634590
ISBN
9780816634590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Hardcover. In this exploration of the era of the Grand Tour, contributors from the fields of history, art history, literary history and theory, science history and anthropology investigate the experiences of travellers and their ways of understanding and representing their encounter with the foreign. Editor(s): Chard, Chloe; Langdon, Helen. Series: Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 350 pages, 100 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; AC; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1271.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Paul Mellon Centre BA
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300063820
ISBN
9780300063820
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.32

Hardback. "Recognition" is a critical concept for social movements, and while its theoretical and empirical dimensions have usually been studied separately, this collection focuses on both against a transnational backdrop. Editor(s): Gosewinkel, Dieter; Rucht, Dieter. Series: Studies on Civil Society. Num Pages: 332 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HPS; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785333118
ISBN
9781785333118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.56

Paperback. Emily Rosenberg examines the social and cultural networks that emerged from global exchanges between 1870 and 1945. Transnational connections were being formed many decades before "globalization" became a commonplace term in economic and political discourse, and these currents underscore the fluidity of spatial and personal identifications. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Belknap Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674281332
ISBN
9780674281332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.66

Paperback. This book investigates the origins and mechanics of recent Chinese migration, focusing on the work and life of Fujianese migrants in the United Kingdom, Hungary, and Italy, and exploring the many transnational spaces that connect Fujianese across Europe, the United States, and China. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 illustrations, 3 maps, references, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3JJPR; 3JM; GTB; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804749954
ISBN
9780804749954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

hardcover. This book investigates the origins and mechanics of recent Chinese migration, focusing on the work and life of Fujianese migrants in the United Kingdom, Hungary, and Italy, and exploring the many transnational spaces that connect Fujianese across Europe, the United States, and China. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 illustrations, 3 maps, references, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3JJPR; 3JM; GTB; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749947
ISBN
9780804749947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.47

paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 2H; 3JM; DSA; DSBH; HBTQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Transcript Publishing Germany
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837636666
ISBN
9783837636666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 37.21

Paperback. Readers of this book will encounter little-known transnational agrarian movements of the early twentieth century as well as more recent, high-profile global alliances, such as Via Campesina. Editor(s): Borras, Saturnino M., Jr.; Edelman, Marc; Kay, Cristobal. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 3JMC; JFFS; JPW; KNAC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 19. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405190411
ISBN
9781405190411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.42

Paperback. This study-bridging contemporary theory, Chinese history, comparative literature, and culture studies-analyzes the historical interactions among China, Japan, and the West in terms of "translingual practice." Num Pages: 496 pages, 2 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; DSBH; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780804725354
ISBN
9780804725354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 53.00

Paperback. Extensive primary research and a rubric that can be applied to burgeoning democracies offer readers valuable tools and information. Editor(s): Stoner, Kathryn; McFaul, Michael. Num Pages: 456 pages, 9, 9 graphs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JPA; JPB; JPHV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Printing
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408149
ISBN
9781421408149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.77

Paperback. This groundbreaking volume explores how post-Arab Spring societies have experienced transitional justice - or not, as the case may be Editor(s): Sriram, Chandra Lekha. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JMG; JPH; JPV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849046497
ISBN
9781849046497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 469 color photos. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; TJKR; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 214 x 280 x 12. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764306600
ISBN
9780764306600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.30

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