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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Soviet socialism was based on paradoxes that were revealed by the peculiar experience of its collapse. Focusing on the transformation of the 1950's at the level of discourse, ideology, language, and ritual, this book traces the emergence of multiple unanticipated meanings, communities, relations, and pursuits that this transformation enabled. Series: In-Formation. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 halftones. 3 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691121178
ISBN
9780691121178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. The book that provides the fullest picture yet of what life inside Burma is really like. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; JFFC; JPHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847081896
ISBN
9781847081896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 720 pages, 149 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJ; AJC; HBJK; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1497.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816649679
ISBN
9780816649679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Showcases how small machines and consumer goods that originated in Europe and North America became objects of everyday use in India in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The author examines how such technologies became integral to fresh ways of thinking about class, race, and gender, as well as about the politics of colonial rule. Series: science.culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 22 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBTK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226269375
ISBN
9780226269375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.41

Hardcover. An account of how small machines and consumer goods that originated in Europe and North America became objects of everyday use in India in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It examines the assimilation and appropriation of bicycles, rice mills, sewing machines, and typewriters in India. Series: science.culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226922027
ISBN
9780226922027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.06
€ 79.61

Paperback. Here is a pioneering account of everyday life under Stalin, written by one of the foremost authorities on modern Russian history. Focusing on urban areas, the book is an eye-opening account of day-to-day life in the blighted urban landscape of 1930's Russia Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195050011
ISBN
9780195050011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, Halftones: 50,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; DSC; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231158640
ISBN
9780231158640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.56
€ 80.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 50 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; DSC; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450. Poetry and Popular Culture in Modern America. 336 pages, 50 black & white halftones. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; DSC; JFC; JHB. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231158657
ISBN
9780231158657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 39, 13 black & white halftones, 1 maps, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JJPG; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801452130
ISBN
9780801452130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.49

Hardcover. This book explores the day-to-day 'lived experience' of fascism in Venice during the 1930s, charting the attempts of the fascist regime to infiltrate and reshape Venetians' everyday lives and their responses to the intrusions of the fascist state. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230232860
ISBN
9780230232860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, 281 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 215 x 10. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764333613
ISBN
9780764333613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.28

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 3JJPK; ACV; AVGP; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816693191
ISBN
9780816693191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.72

Paperback. *The deeply moving memoir of the Slovo family which also encompasses much of the story of the Apartheid years. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 3JJPG; BM; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844085996
ISBN
9781844085996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. Discover one of Britain's greatest triumphs, drawing on never-before-seen diaries and exclusive interviews. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 3JJPG; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780742304
ISBN
9781780742304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. In this entertaining and engaging memoir, former ambassador Sherard Cowper-Coles lifts the lid on embassy life throughout the world. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; BM; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007436019
ISBN
9780007436019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. Taking Gandhi's statements about civil disobedience to heart, in February 1922 residents from the villages around the north Indian market town of Chauri Chaura attacked the local police station. This title explores the ways it has been remembered, interpreted, and used as a metaphor for the Indian struggle for independence. Num Pages: 210 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 207 x 10. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520087804
ISBN
9780520087804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Hardback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611478747
ISBN
9781611478747
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.64

Paperback. From the bestselling author of Black Poppies, the untold story of one of Britain's most versatile singers who thrilled audiences around the world during the 1920s and 30s. This is a celebration of an extraordinary career, and places Dove in historical context with artists of her time, such as Adelaide Hall, Dame Cleo Laine and Dame Shirley Bassey. Num Pages: 168 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; ANB; AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 167 x 9. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Jacaranda
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909762350
ISBN
9781909762350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. This is the extraordinary saga of Countess Evelina van Millingen Pisani, a modern woman who lived in the age of Queen Victoria. A friend of Henry James and Isabella Stewart Gardner, she led a rich but turbulent life that spanned from Rome to Constantinople and Venice. Num Pages: 176 pages, 30 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; BGH; HBTB; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555934
ISBN
9781781555934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.22

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 650 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 215. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764348396
ISBN
9780764348396
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.03
€ 58.00

Hardcover. Following the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807, a group of politicians began to agitate for reform of England's "bloody code" of criminal statutes. This examines the politics and propaganda of criminal law reform from 1808 to the Whig succession to power in 1830. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HRC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333803882
ISBN
9780333803882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Paperback. Bebbington presents a historical study of Evangelical religion in its British cultural setting. Focusing on patterns of change affecting all churches, it details how the movement has been moulded by British culture. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; HRCC99; HRCX7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XO) Open University set text. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
380
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415104647
ISBN
9780415104647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.12

Hardback. An important contribution to the understanding of twentieth-century Anglicanism and evangelicalism Editor(s): Atherstone, Andrew; Maiden, John. Series: Studies in Modern British Religious History. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; HRCC91; HRCC99. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843839118
ISBN
9781843839118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; HBLX; HRCM; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
VU University Press Netherlands
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9789086596003
ISBN
9789086596003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.62

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