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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Pawning was a common credit mechanism in Mexico City in the 19th century. A two-tiered sector of public and private pawnbrokers provided collateral credit. This book shows how Mexican women depended on credit to run their households since the Bourbon era and how the collateral credit business of pawnbroking developed into a profitable enterprise. Series: Engendering Latin America. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803269231
ISBN
9780803269231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 384 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 1 maps, 3 recorded music items. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BBA; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231173629
ISBN
9780231173629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 51.34

Paperback. Following the mass arrival of European immigrants to Argentina in the early years of the twentieth century new forms of entertainment emerged. While these forms of culture promoted ethnic integration they also produced a new kind of polarization that helped Juan Peron to build the mass movement that propelled him to power. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJG; 3JJH; APF; APW; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822352648
ISBN
9780822352648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.95

Hardback. Following the mass arrival of European immigrants to Argentina in the early years of the twentieth century new forms of entertainment emerged. While these forms of culture promoted ethnic integration they also produced a new kind of polarization that helped Juan Peron to build the mass movement that propelled him to power. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJG; 3JJH; APF; APW; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822352433
ISBN
9780822352433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.46

Hardback. This work chronicles the narrative transformation of accident from a philosophical dead end to an astonishing occasion for revelation and wonder in early modern religious life, dramatic practice, and experimental philosophy. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735568
ISBN
9780804735568
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.36

Hardback. Fifteen brilliant essays on the kind of culture created by the magic of the marketplace in 1980s America, from architecture to the yuppie ascendancy. Editor(s): Mills, Nicolaus. Num Pages: 254 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929587356
ISBN
9780929587356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.86

Hardback. Harpers Ferry was an industrial community that served as an example of the patterns of human relations that led to progress in work life and in domestic relations in modern times. This book investigates the historical archaeology of Harpers Ferry, revealing the culture change and influence of technology on workers and their families. Series: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; HD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1150.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306453335
ISBN
9780306453335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.35

Paperback. Investigating the late-16th century through the 19th century, this work looks at the shifting boundaries between the Chosen state and the adherents of Confucianism, Buddhism, Christianity and popular religions. It suggests ways in which each group adjusted its ideology in response to the state. Editor(s): Haboush, JaHyun Kim; Deuchler, Martina. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HRAC; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674007741
ISBN
9780674007741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.76

hardcover. Combining the efforts of scholars of history, literature and the social sciences, the essays collected in this volume explore some of the ways culture interacted with political power in late imperial China. Editor(s): Huters, Theodore; Wong, R.; Yu, Pauline. Series: Irvine Studies in the Humanities. Num Pages: 516 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3J; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 890.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
516
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804728676
ISBN
9780804728676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.92

Hardcover. Culture and Society in Ireland since 1750: Essays in honour of Gearoid O Tuathaigh collects specially commissioned texts and essays to commemorate Gearoid O Tuathaigh's career as a distinguished academic and educator. Editor(s): O Ciosain, Niall. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154. .
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd Dublin
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843516385
ISBN
9781843516385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.00
€ 34.07

Paperback. Series: Border Hispanisms. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 491.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477310755
ISBN
9781477310755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Detailing the history of the Christian Socialist Movement after founder Karl Lueger's rise to power, this volume traces the evolution of the movement into the largest single party in the Austrian parliament by 1907 and its major role in Imperial politics during World War II. Num Pages: 718 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1000.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
718
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226069616
ISBN
9780226069616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.29
€ 60.68

Hardback. Editor(s): Bivona, Daniel; Tromp, Marlene. Series: Series in Victorian Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; KCZ; KJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821421963
ISBN
9780821421963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.25

Hardback. For many Germans the hyperinflation of 1922 to 1923 was one of the most decisive experiences of the twentieth century. This title investigates the effects of that inflation on German culture during the Weimar Republic. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 293 pages, 29 b/w photographs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; JFC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
First Edition /First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520222908
ISBN
9780520222908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.98
€ 49.59

Paperback. This Open University reader is a wide-ranging inter-disciplinary collection of material illustrating the relationship between cultural change and religious belief in 16th century Europe. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBG; HBLH; JFC; JNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631169918
ISBN
9780631169918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.80

Hardback. Unavailable until now, these eight lectures delivered by Stuart Hall in 1983 at the University of Illinois introduced North American audiences to the intellectual history of British cultural studies while simultaneously presenting Hall's original engagements with the theoretical positions that contributed to the formation of cultural studies. Editor(s): Slack, Jennifer Daryl; Grossberg, Lawrence. Series: Stuart Hall: Selected Writings. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJPN; DSBH5; JFC; JFD; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362487
ISBN
9780822362487
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.46

Paperback. Unavailable until now, these eight lectures delivered by Stuart Hall in 1983 at the University of Illinois introduced North American audiences to the intellectual history of British cultural studies while simultaneously presenting Hall's original engagements with the theoretical positions that contributed to the formation of cultural studies. Editor(s): Slack, Jennifer Daryl; Grossberg, Lawrence. Series: Stuart Hall: Selected Writings. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJPN; DSBH5; JFC; JFD; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 232 x 29. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362630
ISBN
9780822362630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.79

Paperback. Richly illustrated with images of eighteenth-century manuscripts, books, and pamphlets, some of which are published here for the first time, this attractive book is an excellent guide to the emergence of Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah) in Germany. Num Pages: 104 pages, 84 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 9. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851242917
ISBN
9781851242917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.67

Hardcover. This book examines genealogies of contagion in between contagion as microbe and contagion as affect. It analyzes how and why hygiene became authoritative and succeeded in becoming a part of the broader social and cultural vocabulary within the colonialist, anti-colonial, as well as modernist discourses. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137520715
ISBN
9781137520715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 33. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JJG; HBJD; HBWN; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486883
ISBN
9780801486883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Hardback. By analyzing the cases present in this volume, the editors develop important steps towards a theory of social change that can adequately address the complex realities and intersectionality of identity (race, gender, class, sexuality, nationality) within and among these new movements. Editor(s): Dellacioppa, Kara Z.; Weber, Clare. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFC; JFM; JFS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230340046
ISBN
9780230340046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Paperback. Bridging the worlds of activism and academia - social movement theory informed with the real experiences of activists - this volume brings together insights from European New Social Movement theorists, US scholars of social movements, and activists involved in social movements from the 1960s to the 1990s. Editor(s): Epstein, Barbara; Flacks, Richard. Num Pages: 269 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JFC; JH; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566393232
ISBN
9781566393232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.47

paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Archaeology. Num Pages: 149 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 20 colour illustrations, 20 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJP; GM; HDL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Switzerland
Number of pages
149
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2016
SKU
V9783319420455
ISBN
9783319420455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.41

Hardback. The book explores the hotly disputed process by which the census was created and developed and examines how a wide cast of characters, including statisticians, novelists, national and local officials, political and social reformers, and journalists responded to and used the idea of a census. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 244 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230119376
ISBN
9780230119376
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.20

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