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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. For the first time, historians, anthropologists, literature specialists, and linguists have come together to reflect, in the fifteen original essays presented in this volume, on the various modes of contact and communication that took place between the Europeans and the "Natives." Editor(s): Gray, Edward G.; Fiering, Norman. Series: European Expansion & Global Interaction. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 figures, 8 ills. BIC Classification: 1K; 3H; 3J; GTC; HB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571812100
ISBN
9781571812100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.57

This book presents a detailed survey of language attitudes, conflicts and policies over the period from 1830, when the French occupied Algeria, up to 2012, the year this country celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence. It traces the evolution of language planning policies and reactions to them in both the colonial and post-colonial eras. Series: Multilingual Matters. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; CFB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847699640
ISBN
9781847699640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.82

Paperback. Examines language and identity in Egypt using theories from discourse analysis and sociolinguistics. This book offers a study of identity in modern Egyptian public discourse. It helps us to decode and understand the messages put forward by the competing factions in Egyptian politics. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JM; CFB; HBJH; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748699940
ISBN
9780748699940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.00

Hardback. Historians and students of Russian culture agree that the creation of a Russian literary language was key to the formation of a modern secular culture. This title traces the growth of a vernacular language from the 'hybrid Slavonic' of the late seventeenth century through the debates between 'archaists and innovators' of the early 19th century. Translator(s): Levitt, Marcus. Series: Studies in Slavic and Russian Literatures, Cultures and History. Num Pages: 534 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JF; DSBD; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 894.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
534
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934843123
ISBN
9781934843123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.10

Paperback. Describes what might be called the workers' culture of Shaba, through analyses of communicative (sociolinguistic) and cognitive (ethnosemantic) aspects of language use. In this study, inquiry will be directed to the past, and it will, for many reasons, have to reach into a past which is rather remote from present-day Shaba Swahili. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: 1H; 2H; 3JH; 3JJ; CF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780520076259
ISBN
9780520076259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.80

Paperback. This volume is an ambitious study of efforts by twentieth-century states to reshape-either through social policy or brute force-their societies and populations according to ideologies based on various theories of human perfectibility. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; JHBD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746304
ISBN
9780804746304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.95

Hardback. This volume is an ambitious study of efforts by twentieth-century states to reshape-either through social policy or brute force-their societies and populations according to ideologies based on various theories of human perfectibility. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; JHBD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746229
ISBN
9780804746229
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 205.42

Paperback. As a child, the distinguished historian the author was sent first to the ghetto of Theresienstadt and then to Auschwitz. As one of the few survivors he has spent much of his life studying Nazism and the Holocaust, but always as a discipline requiring the greatest coldness and objectivity, with his story set to one side. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718197025
ISBN
9780718197025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

paperback. William Robbins addresses efforts by individuals and groups within and outside the state to resolve inevitable conflicts between those most concerned for growth and perceived economic stability and those most concerned to preserve the quality of the state's natural resources and the environment in which its citizens live. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; 3JJP; HBTB; KCN; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990439
ISBN
9780295990439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. Reveals the history of twentieth-century communist Europe told through its buildings. This is a book about power, and what power does in cities. It is a journey of discovery, plunging us into the maelstrom of socialist architecture. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 248 x 30. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9780141975894
ISBN
9780141975894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.85

Paperback. In "Landscapes and Labscapes" Robert E. Kohler explores the people, places and practices of field biology in the United States from the 1890s to the 1950s. Using historical frontiers as models, Kohler shows how biologists created vigorous new border sciences of ecology and evolutionary biology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 39 halftones, 22 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; PDX; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226450100
ISBN
9780226450100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.56

Hardcover. Translator(s): Rittenhouse, Rose. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 318 x 267 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1451.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226399461
ISBN
9780226399461
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.55
€ 56.50

Hardback. Business leader and arts patron Sir Edwin A G Manton (1909-2005) and his wife Florence, Lady Manton assembled a collection of 18th- and 19th-century British artwork. In this book, a series of essays by prominent scholars consider the major works and themes in the collection, relating them to larger issues within the field of British studies. Editor(s): Clarke, Jay A. Series: Clark Art Institute. Num Pages: 272 pages, 447 colour images + 9 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; ACV; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 245 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2048.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300179668
ISBN
9780300179668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.00

paperback. Num Pages: 367 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Germany
Number of pages
367
Condition
New
SKU
V9783863357313
ISBN
9783863357313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.65

Paperback. Case Studies of German Offensive and Defensive Operations on the Western Front 1914-17. Series: Helion Studies in Military History. 217 pages, c 40 b/w photos, 19 maps. Editor(s): Rogers, Duncan. Includes the articles that presents the accounts of specific German military operations on the Western Front. Utilising an array of original German sources, including regimental histories and operational-level narratives, this title offers material relating to a wide variety of German operations on the Western Front 1914-17. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 15. Weight: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Helion Pub
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906033767
ISBN
9781906033767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.42

Paperback. Provides for a new interpretation of the agrarian economy in late Tudor and early modern Britain. Editor(s): Whittle, Jane. Series: People, Markets, Goods: Economies and Societies in History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11, 11 black & white line drawings, 11 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; KCT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838500
ISBN
9781843838500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Hardcover. Examines the emergence and development of the largest mass political mobilisation brought about in 19th-century Ireland in the form of the Land League (1979-82), and subsequently the National League (1882-7), in the south-western county of Kerry. This title is suitable for students and academics of 19th-century Irish history and general readers. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464. An original and insightful study of the highly formative Land War and Home Rule movement from a local and regional perspective. The book explores the dynamics behind the mass political mobilisation and agrarian violence that dominated Kerry society during the 1880s.
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906359669
ISBN
9781906359669
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.00
€ 22.35

Paperback. Challenges the heroic myths about the foundation of the State of Israel by investigating the struggle to control land and labor during the early Zionist enterprise. This title argues that it was not the imported Zionist ideas that were responsible for the character of the Israeli state. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLL; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520204010
ISBN
9780520204010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.44

Paperback. A thought-provoking exploration of the Mau Mau uprising and its place in the literature and identity of Kenya. Series: African History Archive. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JJPG; DSBH5; HBTQ; HBTR; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786990143
ISBN
9781786990143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.84

Paperback. Series: Haynes Service and Repair Manuals. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; WGCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 274 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Haynes Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785210211
ISBN
9781785210211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

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