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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. How a popular religious war erupted on the Dutch-German border, despite the ideals of religious tolerance proclaimed by the Enlightenment Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-century Culture & History. Num Pages: 312 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JF; HRAM9; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300187366
ISBN
9780300187366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.26
€ 46.08

Paperback. .
Publisher
Stenlake Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840331905
ISBN
9781840331905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. .
Publisher
Kestrel Railway Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905505326
ISBN
9781905505326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.02

Hardback. The first systematic study of the concept of shame from 1600-1900, showing good and bad behaviour, morality and perceptions of crime in British society at large. Single episodes in the history of shame are contextualized by discussing the historiography and theory of shame and their implications for the history of crime and social relations. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JKV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230525702
ISBN
9780230525702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.90

Paperback. Using a variety of historical sources, Brodhead reconstructs the institutionalized literary worlds that coexisted in nineteenth-century America: the domestic culture of letters; mass-produced cheap reading; the culture of post-emancipation black education. He describes how these socially structured worlds shaped literary practice for writers. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226075266
ISBN
9780226075266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.04

Hardcover. Draws on a wide range of cultural materials in order to challenge Eurocentric readings of decolonisation. Editor(s): Craggs, Ruth; Wintle, Claire. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 255 x 29. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719096525
ISBN
9780719096525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.64

Hardback. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442630376
ISBN
9781442630376
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.12

Hardback. Renaissance debates about politics and gender led to pioneering forms of poor relief, devised to help women get a start in life. These included orphanages for illegitimate children and forced labor in workhouses, but also women's shelters and early forms of maternity benefits, unemployment insurance, food stamps, and credit union savings plans. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 400 pages, 3 halftones, 13 line illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; JFFA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 736.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674067097
ISBN
9780674067097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.96
€ 57.98

Hardcover. Exploring aspects of Irish medical history, from the nature and proposed remedies for various illnesses in eighteenth century Ireland, to the treatment of influenza in twentieth-century Ireland, this book shows how the cultures of medical care evolved over three centuries. Editor(s): Luddy, Maria; Cox, Catherine. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 199 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230535862
ISBN
9780230535862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Paperback. Abortion in the Weimar Republic is a compelling subject since it provoked public debates and campaigns of an intensity rarely matched elsewhere. It proved so explosive because populationist, ecclesiastical and political concerns were heightened by cultural anxieties of a modernity in crisis. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857451668
ISBN
9780857451668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.51

Hardback. Explores different attitudes and experiences of those women who sought to terminate an unwanted pregnancy and those who helped or hindered them. This study analyzes the dichotomy between medical theory and practice, and questions common assumptions that abortion was "a necessary evil," which needed strict regulation and medical control. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 298 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; JFMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453893
ISBN
9781845453893
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.28

Paperback. aeo This is the first history of exploration to focus on the experience of non--European peoples who were colonized. aeo It is an extremely wide--ranging work of comparative history, which draws its case studies from the cultural encounters and collisions initiated by the English, Spanish, Portugese and French. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745611570
ISBN
9780745611570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.08

Paperback. The entire series, "Anglo-America in the Transatlantic World,engages the major organizing themes of the subject through a collection of high-level, debate-inspiring essays, inviting readers to think anew about the complex ways in which the Atlantic experience shaped both American societies and the Atlantic world itself. Editor(s): Olwell, Robert; Tully, Alan. Series: Anglo-America in the Transatlantic World. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 256 x 29. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421418469
ISBN
9781421418469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.61

Hardback. The entire series, "Anglo-America in the Transatlantic World,engages the major organizing themes of the subject through a collection of high-level, debate-inspiring essays, inviting readers to think anew about the complex ways in which the Atlantic experience shaped both American societies and the Atlantic world itself. Editor(s): Olwell, Robert; Tully, Alan. Series: Anglo-America in the Trans-Atlantic World. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801882517
ISBN
9780801882517
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.13

Hardback. Looks at the new activity of transcontinental civil flying in the 1930s and its extension of British imperial attitudes and practices. Gathers new evidence to distil the age, class, gender and occupational profiles of people who used private and commercial aircraft and looks at how flying in the period was and is romanticised and caricatured. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBTQ; KNGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719086823
ISBN
9780719086823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.28

hardcover. A text about the metamorphosis of national ideology in Ba'thist Iraq. By "ideology" the reference is to a very broad sense of the term, closer to a "collection of political proposals" than a comprehensive world view. The book attempts to follow the change in the Ba'th party's perception. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Edition
1991st Edition
SKU
V9780333548455
ISBN
9780333548455
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.82

Hardcover. This book focuses on cultural policy in the UK between 1997 and 2010 under the Labour party (or 'New Labour', as it was temporarily rebranded). It is based on interviews with major figures and examines a range of policy areas including the arts, creative industries, copyright, film policy, heritage, urban regeneration and regional policy. Series: New Directions in Cultural Policy Research. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFC; JPH; JPL; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137426376
ISBN
9781137426376
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Hardback. A collection of essays which reveal the Ming court as an arena of competition and negotiation, where a large cast of actors pursued individual and corporate ends, personal agency shaped protocol and style, and diverse people, goods, and tastes converged. Editor(s): Robinson, David M. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 475 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674028234
ISBN
9780674028234
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 18ill. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816642861
ISBN
9780816642861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

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

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