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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Focusing on the disasters of the 1980s, this book examines how culture is reconstructed after disaster through victims' stories, media coverage, and official efforts to restore faith in technology. It explores the debates that followed these disasters, as government agencies, corporations, and local communities fought to control their meaning. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; HB; JFC; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 330. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252068201
ISBN
9780252068201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

hardcover. This is an essential book for serious readers of American cultural history seeking to understand the evolution of modern 'manners' and 'morals'. Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739102787
ISBN
9780739102787
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.90

Paperback. Attempts to capture the complexity of Claude Debussy's personal and artistic identity within the picture of the musical, social, and political world of fin-de-siecle Paris. This book traces his perpetual reinvention, both social and creative, from his earliest to his last works. Editor(s): Fulcher, Jane F. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 408 pages, facsimiles, music. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AVH; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691090429
ISBN
9780691090429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Paperback. Series: Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 10 halftones. 4 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156163
ISBN
9780691156163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.76

Paperback. The farm crisis of the 1980s was the greatest economic disaster to hit rural America since the Depression. The crisis gave rise to a social trauma that affects farmers in the 21st century. This is a chronicle of the experience. Num Pages: 195 pages, 5 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; JFFA; JHM; KCZ; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226169132
ISBN
9780226169132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, over 160 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 227 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1384.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764327858
ISBN
9780764327858
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.68
€ 39.78

Paperback. Debating the Kennedy Presidency examines the successes and failures of Kennedy's foreign and domestic policies. The differing viewpoints of the two authors, as well as the supplementary documents, allow readers to examine the issues and draw their own conclusions about America's 35th president. Series: Debating Twentieth-Century America. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742508347
ISBN
9780742508347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.41

Hardback. The first to address the role of correspondence in the study of religion, this book shows how letters shaped religious debate in early-modern and Enlightenment Britain, and discusses the materiality of the letters as well as questions of form and genre. Editor(s): Dunan-Page, Anne; Prunier, Clotilde. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HRAM; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400752153
ISBN
9789400752153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.05

Paperback. Explores the decade through the controversies between radicals, liberals, and conservatives. This book focuses on four main areas of contention social welfare; civil rights; foreign relations; and social order. It also examines the emergence of the New Left and the modern conservative movement. Series: Debating Twentieth-Century America. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBTB; JH; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742522138
ISBN
9780742522138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.55

Hardcover. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. 266 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Fuchs, Anne; James-Chakraborty, Kathleen; Shortt, Linda. Interdisciplinary views of the debates over and transformation of German cultural identity since unification. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFC. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 26. Weight: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Camden House
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571134868
ISBN
9781571134868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.65

Hardcover. The essays in this volume exploring the construction of gender ideology in early modern England, focus attention on the implications of the gender debate for women writers and their literary relations, cultural ideology and the family, and political discourse and ideas of nationhood. Editor(s): Malcolmson, Cristina; Suzuki, Mihoko. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3J; DSBB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312294571
ISBN
9780312294571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.27

hardcover. Touching on the decade's biggest issues, from changing cultural norms to the role of the state, Debating Dissent critically examines ideas of generational change and the sixties. Series: Canadian Social History Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442641648
ISBN
9781442641648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.25

paperback. Touching on the decade's biggest issues, from changing cultural norms to the role of the state, Debating Dissent critically examines ideas of generational change and the sixties. Series: Canadian Social History Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442610781
ISBN
9781442610781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719074493
ISBN
9780719074493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 185 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJP; DSA; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
185
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816637119
ISBN
9780816637119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Chronicles the horrors of war and a rise and decline of American power and prestige Series: Studies in War, Society, and the Military. Num Pages: 360 pages, 30 photographs, 1 map, 2 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJP; HBWS2; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
0th edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803222618
ISBN
9780803222618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. This volume introduces the fighter pilots of World War I, including the infamous "Red Baron" Manfred von Richthofen as well as numerous others. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473859289
ISBN
9781473859289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 37.29

Hardback. Account of the terrible experiences of members of this Scottish Regiment at the hands of the Japanese. Includes many personal accounts of brutal slave labour on the Railway of Death and in the mines. Num Pages: 208 pages, 16pp B & W plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKSB; 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWTR; JWTY; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781781591697
ISBN
9781781591697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 5.99

Paperback. Drawing on first-hand accounts from veterans and civilians, as well as previously unpublished source material, Death on the Don tells the story of one of the greatest military disasters of the Second World War. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750979467
ISBN
9780750979467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.79

Paperback. For Miss Cordell, principal of Persephone College, there are two great evils to be feared: unladylike behaviour among her students, and bad publicity for the college. So her prim and cosy world is turned upside down when the drowned body of the college bursar is found floating in her canoe. Series: British Library Crime Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 190 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
The British Library Publishing Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712357265
ISBN
9780712357265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Hardcover. The gripping book about a panzer division and its battles in the shattered streets of Stalingrad. In Death of the Leaping Horseman, the untold story of 24. Panzer-Division's savage fighting on Stalingrad's outskirts and in the devastated ruins of the city itself is revealed in a detailed day-by-day account. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 210 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1818.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811714044
ISBN
9780811714044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.67
€ 48.68

Paperback. Guardian journalist Victoria Brittain presents a moving account of the years of civil war, foreign invasions and landmines which have decimated Angola. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJH; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135. Weight in Grams: 273.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745312477
ISBN
9780745312477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.54

Paperback. "A superb account of the rise of modern broadcasting." -Financial Times Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
305
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393341805
ISBN
9780393341805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.97

Paperback. Based on the experiences of a First World War pilot. Num Pages: 256 pages, Images included in a central plate section. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Frontline Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848328785
ISBN
9781848328785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.69

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