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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; HPS; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226324159
ISBN
9780226324159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.64

Paperback. Examines Mexican immigration - from 1924 when immigration acts drastically reduced immigration to the US to 1965 when many quotas were abolished - to understand how broad themes of race and citizenship are constructed. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
213
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280083
ISBN
9780520280083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.18

Hardback. Identifies 968 articles, monographs, and dissertations by and about Gilbert and Sullivan. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVGM; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810824454
ISBN
9780810824454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.26

Paperback. Students, scholars, and policy practitioners will find this a useful resource for understanding NATO, transatlantic relations, and security in Europe and North America, as well as theories about change in international institutions. Series: The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QFN; 3JJP; JPA; JPS; JWA; JWK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421988
ISBN
9781421421988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.82

Paperback. An entertaining, impassioned polemic on the retreat of reason in the late 20th century. An intellectual call to arms, Francis Wheen's Sunday Times bestseller is one of 2004's most talked about books. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; HBG; HBLW; HBTB; JFCX; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007140978
ISBN
9780007140978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. In 1800, the per capita income of the United States was twice that of Mexico and roughly the same as Brazil s. By 1913, it was four times greater than Mexico s and seven times greater than Brazil's. This volume seeks to explain the 19th-century lag in Latin American economic development. Editor(s): Haber, Stephen H. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727389
ISBN
9780804727389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardcover. The collapse of the Irish 'Celtic Tiger' economy, in the wake of a banking disaster, provoked a joint EU/IMF rescue plan in late 2010. The election that followed saw Europe's most successful ever party lose more than half of its vote and almost three quarters of its seats. This book provides the definitive analysis of an electoral earthquake. Editor(s): Gallagher, Michael; Marsh, Michael. Num Pages: 349 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JMG; JPHF; JPHL; JPL; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230348813
ISBN
9780230348813
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.25

Paperback. The collapse of the Irish 'Celtic Tiger' economy, in the wake of a banking disaster, provoked a joint EU/IMF rescue plan in late 2010. The election that followed saw Europe's most successful ever party lose more than half of its vote and almost three quarters of its seats. This book provides the definitive analysis of an electoral earthquake. Editor(s): Gallagher, Michael; Marsh, Michael. Num Pages: 349 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JMG; JPHF; JPHL; JPL; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
349
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230348820
ISBN
9780230348820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. Series: Global Diversities. Num Pages: 254 pages, 17 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJP; GTJ; HBAH; JHB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 483.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137450623
ISBN
9781137450623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.19

Paperback. Focuses on how the fascist dictatorship defined the place of women in modern Italy and how women experienced the Duce's rule. This work offers a detailed characterization of Italian women's ambiguous and ambivalent experience of a regime that promised modernity, yet denied women emancipation. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604. Italy, 1922-1945. 384 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. Focuses on how the fascist dictatorship defined the place of women in modern Italy and how women experienced the Duce's rule. This work offers a detailed characterization of Italian women's ambiguous and ambivalent experience of a regime that promised modernity, yet denied women emancipation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520074576
ISBN
9780520074576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.56

Soon after the publication of "How Did Davy Die?", the "London Daily Mail" associated Kilgore with 'the murder of a myth'; he became the subject of articles in "Texas Monthly" and the "Wall Street Journal". This title reviews the origins and subsequent impact of Kilgore's book, both on the historical hullabaloo and on the author. Series: Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest. Num Pages: 120 pages, 2 line art illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603441940
ISBN
9781603441940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.14

Hardcover. Management training has become a vital necessity for China under the economic reforms. Covering the period 1979 to 1989, this book examines industrial and management training in the PRC, based on empirical study of the institutions involved both at post-experience and university level. Series: Studies on the Chinese Economy. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; KJM; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333527078
ISBN
9780333527078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.81

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745332512
ISBN
9780745332512
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.70

Paperback. Drawing on social and cultural history, this book shows how, despite Anglo attempts to fix racial categories through Jim Crow laws, converging migrations - particularly those of Mexicans and Creoles - complicated ideas of blackness and whiteness and introduced different understandings about race. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282582
ISBN
9780520282582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Hardback. Conventional wisdom held that housing prices couldn't fall. This book looks at what happened to prices and construction both during and after the housing boom in different parts of the American housing market, accounting for why certain areas experienced less volatility than others. It then examines the causes of the boom and bust. Editor(s): Glaeser, Edward L.; Sinai, Todd. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 464 pages, 125 line drawings, 68 tables. BIC Classification: 3JM; KCX; KFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226030586
ISBN
9780226030586
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.28
€ 100.64

Hardcover. The role of the housing market in the recent recession raised questions about similar episodes in economic history. Were the underlying causes of housing and mortgage crises the same in earlier episodes? This volume provides context for understanding events by examining how historical housing and mortgage markets worked - and sometimes failed. Editor(s): White, Eugene N.; Snowden, Kenneth; Fishback, Price. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 496 pages, 65 line drawings, 50 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; KCZ; KFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226073842
ISBN
9780226073842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.96
€ 93.94

Hardcover. An analysis of how since the end of te 19th-century advertising agencies and their housework product clients utilized a remarkably consistent depiction of housewives and housework, illustrating that that although Second Wave feminism successfully called into question the housewife stereotype, homemaking has remained an American feminine ideal. Num Pages: 286 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBTB; JFDV; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230114890
ISBN
9780230114890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Paperback. From mop-wielding turn-of-the-century housewives to modern soccer moms, American advertising from the late 1800s to today has been consistently depicted housework as women's work. This book analyzes print and TV ads, ad agency documents, and trade journals to show how the housewife framed household work as exclusively feminine care for the family. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBTB; JFDV; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137347237
ISBN
9781137347237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

Hardback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719086076
ISBN
9780719086076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.07
€ 64.09

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 224 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW; JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 258 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1088.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691167619
ISBN
9780691167619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

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