Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Results 1537 - 1560 of 22070
Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. 'Beautifully written, acutely observed This is a wonderful memoir of an exotic childhood and a striking portrait of one of the world's most beguiling countries. A gem of a book.' ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; 3JJPR; BM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 376. The Story of an African Childhood. 464 pages. 'Beautifully written, acutely observed This is a wonderful memoir of an exotic childhood and a striking portrait of one of the world's most beguiling countries. A gem of a book.' ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMB; 3JJPR; BM; HBTB. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight: 322.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747596561
- ISBN
- 9780747596561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.21
€ 17.99
€ 13.21
Hardback. Provides a historical map of 20th philosophy of religion from absolute idealism to feminism and postmodernism. Dividing the 20th into four eras and eighteen primary strands, this book provides the historical context for the more specialized volumes that follow. It is suitable for those working in the fields of philosophy of religion and theology. Series: Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 538 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 945.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 538
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792362852
- ISBN
- 9780792362852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.46
€ 195.46
Paperback. Drawn from the award-winning 5-volume Encyclopedia of War, this valuable, one-volume reference provides readers with essential information on the conflicts and concepts that shaped global warfare in the twentieth-century and up to the present day. Editor(s): Martel, Gordon. Num Pages: 440 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJ; GBC; HBG; HBLW; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118884638
- ISBN
- 9781118884638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.23
€ 33.23
Paperback. This text examines the forces - both destructive and dynamic - which have shaped 20th-century South Africa. The book draws on the rich and lively tradition of radical history writing on the country and weaves economic and cultural history into the political narrative. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3 maps, 4 tables and 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192893185
- ISBN
- 9780192893185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.16
€ 26.99
€ 20.16
Paperback. * Argues against those who see the history of modern sexuality as a tale of liberation* Contends that sexuality is socially constructed and is remade by each generation for its own social and cultural context* Draws on interdisciplinary research. . Series: Family, Sexuality & Social Relations in Past Times. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; 3JJ; HBTB; JFCX; JFSJ; JHBK; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631208136
- ISBN
- 9780631208136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.34
€ 58.34
Paperback. This volume explores 20th-century organ music through in-depth studies of the principal centers of composition, the most significant composers and their works, and the evolving role of the instrument and its music. Editor(s): Anderson, Christopher S. Num Pages: 368 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, 75 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVGC6; AVRG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415875660
- ISBN
- 9780415875660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.64€ 59.48
€ 64.64
€ 59.48
Hardcover. Twentieth Century Music is the third volume to appear in this series. Num Pages: 576 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVGC6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 0. Weight in Grams: 920.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 572
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393952728
- ISBN
- 9780393952728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 47.71
€ 52.99
€ 47.71
Paperback. Those seriously interested in the emergence of mass higher education, and the debates surrounding it, will appreciate finding many of Trow's groundbreaking works-including three articles never before published-in a single volume. Editor(s): Burrage, Michael. Num Pages: 640 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894428
- ISBN
- 9780801894428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.55
€ 49.99
€ 41.55
Those seriously interested in the emergence of mass higher education, and the debates surrounding it, will appreciate finding many of Trow's groundbreaking works-including three articles never before published-in a single volume. Editor(s): Burrage, Michael. Num Pages: 640 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894411
- ISBN
- 9780801894411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.90
€ 99.90
Paperback. Originally published as 'Dreyfus to de Gaulle', this authoritative account has been revised and extended, its greater chronological range reflected in the new title. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0000682
- ISBN
- 9780340522394
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. A collection of essays which examine the way in which fantasy literature functions as cultural and social criticism. Essays on Tolkien, Le Guin, Angela Carter, H.G. Wells and C.S. Lewis are included, as well as works by William Burroughs, Ford Madox Ford and Salman Rushdie are discussed. Editor(s): Filmer, Kath. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333569542
- ISBN
- 9780333569542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.39
€ 185.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 320 illustrations, 300 in colour. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJ; WFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 248 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2068.
- Publisher
- Skira Italy
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788876244629
- ISBN
- 9788876244629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.00
€ 53.00
Paperback. This text looks at design in the 20th century, and should be of interest to undergraduates studying design, 20th-century history, social anthropology, and women's studies, and also general readers with an interest in modern design. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 288 pages, colour and black and white halftones throughout. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AC; AK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192842046
- ISBN
- 9780192842046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.30
€ 30.99
€ 22.30
Paperback. First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Kenneth Morgan's Very Short Introduction to Twentieth-Century Britain is a crisp analysis of the forces of consensus and of conflict in modern Britain since the First World War. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 11 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 116 x 9. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192853974
- ISBN
- 9780192853974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. In eighteen enlightening essays, the critic Brooke Allen explores the lives and work of some of the last century's most brilliant and eccentric literary talents. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSBH; GT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566635974
- ISBN
- 9781566635974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.72
€ 15.99
€ 15.72
Hardback. In 18 essays, Brooke Allen explores the lives and work of some of the last century's most brilliant and eccentric literary talents. These writers embody in their very different ways the various attitudes of their contentious century. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566635202
- ISBN
- 9781566635202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.13
€ 34.13
Paperback. Avrum Stroll investigates the "family resemblances" between that impressive breed of thinkers known as analytic philosophers. In so doing, he grapples with the point and purpose of doing philosophy: What is philosophy? What are its tasks? What kind of information, illumination, and understanding is it supposed to provide if it is not one of the natural sciences? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPCF5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434. 304 pages. Avrum Stroll investigates the "family resemblances" between that impressive breed of thinkers known as analytic philosophers. In so doing, he grapples with the point and purpose of doing philosophy: What is philosophy? What are its tasks? What kind of information, illumination, and understanding is it supposed to provide if it is not one of the natural sciences?. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPCF5. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231112215
- ISBN
- 9780231112215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.32
€ 36.99
€ 27.32
Paperback. A guide to twentieth-century American poetry. It explores the material, historical and social contexts in which twentieth-century American poetry was produced. It also includes a biographical dictionary of major writers with entries on poets ranging from Robert Frost to Adrienne Rich. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220268
- ISBN
- 9780631220268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.04
€ 47.04
Hardback. Written by a leading authority on William Carlos Williams, this book provides a wide--ranging and stimulating guide to twentieth--century American poetry. * A wide--ranging and stimulating critical guide to twentieth--century American poetry. * Written by a leading authority on the innovative modernist poet, William Carlos Williams. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220251
- ISBN
- 9780631220251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.99
€ 149.99
Paperback. A rapid succession of art movements and different styles reflected the extreme changes in US culture and society, as well as America's position within the international art world. All key movements are discussed, including early American Modernism, the New Negro movement, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and Neo-Expressionism. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 288 pages, numerous colour and halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192842398
- ISBN
- 9780192842398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.14
€ 31.99
€ 23.14
Paperback. Twentieth-Century America provides a comprehensive analysis of the changes and continuities in the US political system from 1900 to 2000, a period of unprecedented growth and power in US history, though one that was also punctuated by crises and division. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340614075
- ISBN
- 9780340614075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.40
€ 54.99
€ 46.40
Hardback. Offers an illustrated account of the art and architecture of Ireland from the early Middle Ages to the end of the 20th century. This title explores all aspects of Irish art and architecture - from high crosses to installation art, from Georgian houses to illuminated manuscripts, and from watercolours to photographs, oil paintings, and tapestries. Series: Art and Architecture of Ireland. Num Pages: 600 pages, 600 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; ACX; AMX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 253 x 293 x 42. Weight in Grams: 3046.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300179231
- ISBN
- 9780300179231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.04€ 73.60
€ 94.04
€ 73.60
hardcover. Explores how members of the ever beleaguered Jewish people grappled with their identity during the past century in the United States and in Eretz Israel, the new centers of Jewry's long historical experience. Series: Judaism and Jewish Life. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936235209
- ISBN
- 9781936235209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.04
€ 102.04
Paperback. Series: Comics Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; DSBH; JFCA; WHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813590455
- ISBN
- 9780813590455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34