Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. A collection exploring the place of the observatory in nineteenth-century science, culture. Editor(s): Aubin, David; Bigg, Charlotte; Sibum, H.Otto. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 400 pages, 62 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX; PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822346401
- ISBN
- 9780822346401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.38
€ 32.99
€ 29.38
Paperback. Gilded Age elites defined white civilization as the triumphant achievement of exceptional people hewing to a relational ethic of strict self-discipline for the common good. This title demonstrates that between 1880 and 1940, cultural discourses of whiteness and heterosexuality fused to form a new concept of the 'normal' American. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 photo, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSK; JHMP; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822339489
- ISBN
- 9780822339489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.15
€ 28.15
Paperback. With a new introduction that situates the original edition within the emerging genre of cultural biography, the second edition of The Heart and Stomach of a King explores the myriad ways Queen Elizabeth I represented herself as a public figure and how her subjects represented and responded to her. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222401
- ISBN
- 9780812222401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.55
€ 36.99
€ 35.55
Hardcover. Shows how the British cultivated the Hashemite Sherifs of Mecca more as an alternative focus during the First World War for Muslim loyalty from the Ottoman Sultan, who as Caliph had declared a jihad against the Allies when the Turks joined the Central Powers, than a leader of an independent and united Arabia. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 tables, 3 black & white halftones, 3 maps, 1 diagrames. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905791668
- ISBN
- 9781905791668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. Tells the story of how three brilliant scholars and one ambitious freshman crossed paths in the early sixties at a Harvard-sponsored psychedelic-drug research project, transforming their lives and American culture and launching the mind/body/spirit movement that inspired the explosion of yoga classes, organic produce, and alternative medicine. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JFSS; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 447 x 33. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061655944
- ISBN
- 9780061655944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.11
€ 18.99
€ 16.11
Mixed media pr. Although millions of African American women were held in bondage over the 250 years that slavery was legal in the United States, Harriet Jacobs (1813-97) is the only one known to have left papers testifying to her life. This collection includes papers of an African American woman held in slavery. Editor(s): Yellin, Jean Fagan. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 36 illustrations, 5 maps, family tree, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 81. Weight in Grams: 1996.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1056
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807831311
- ISBN
- 9780807831311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 234.96
€ 234.96
paperback. This Very Short Introduction offers an overview of the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural awakening among African Americans between the two world wars. Cheryl A. Wall brings readers to the Harlem of 1920s to identify the cultural themes and issues that engaged writers, musicians, and visual artists alike. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 173 x 10. Weight in Grams: 116. Clean copy showing some age and light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0024664
- ISBN
- 9780199335558
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. This thought-provoking combination of social history and intellectual art criticism opens this powerful moment in history to renewed and dynamic interpretation and sharper discussion. Editor(s): Ogbar, Jeffrey O.G. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894619
- ISBN
- 9780801894619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.57
€ 38.99
€ 32.57
Paperback. From the author of World War Z, the extraordinary story of the legendary black regiment of World War I - the Harlem Hellfighters BIC Classification: 3JJF; FXZ; HBWN; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780715643990
- ISBN
- 9780715643990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.71
€ 17.99
€ 13.71
Hardback. The richness of Oscar Wilde's way with words and ideas are given full range in this sparkling collection of short stories written between 1887 and 1891. Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley, with an Afterword by David Stuart Davies. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; FC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 150 x 93 x 19. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509827824
- ISBN
- 9781509827824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.66
€ 14.99
€ 11.66
Hardback. Editor(s): Schaich, Michael; Gestrich, Andreas. Num Pages: 301 pages, Includes 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472437655
- ISBN
- 9781472437655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.92€ 140.64
€ 158.92
€ 140.64
From 1789 to 1800, the Federalist and Republican parties held opposing visions for America's future. Historians and general readers alike will be riveted by William Nester's portrayal of the struggle between Federalists and Republicans - a conflict whose core issues resonate in the divisive politics of today's America. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 maps; notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597976756
- ISBN
- 9781597976756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.65
€ 30.99
€ 27.65
Hardcover. Founded around 1700 by a group of German Lutherans known as Pietists, the Halle Orphanage became the institutional headquarters of a universal seminar that still stands largely intact today. The author reveals, those teaching and training in Halle Orphanage contributed to the transformation of scientific observation and its related activities. Num Pages: 200 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226243771
- ISBN
- 9780226243771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 35.78
€ 46.99
€ 35.78
Paperback. The Halifax Explosion of 1917 is a defining event in the Canadian consciousness; this title offers a sustained analytical history of the disaster, using the large federal government archives that contain first-hand accounts and the response of the national authorities. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCV; 3JJF; HBJK; HBTM; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774808910
- ISBN
- 9780774808910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.47
€ 34.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. The Half-Caste is a story of race relations in colonial India; daring and progressive in its time, it is still fresh today. Editor(s): Edmundson, Melissa. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 261 x 26. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554812752
- ISBN
- 9781554812752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.17
€ 33.17
Paperback. This book tells the story of the Hakka Chinese in Sarawak, Malaysia, who were targeted as communists or communist sympathizers because of their Chinese ethnicity the 1960s and 1970s. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442615465
- ISBN
- 9781442615465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.67
€ 36.99
€ 34.67
Hardcover. Editor(s): Gaffield, Julia. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 black and white illustration. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813937878
- ISBN
- 9780813937878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.21
€ 54.21
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DVH; 3JH; JPS; KCM; KCP; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641089
- ISBN
- 9780691641089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.45€ 121.02
€ 162.45
€ 121.02
paperback. A history of the Habsburg monarchy from the end of the Holy Roman Empire to the monarchy's dissolution in 1918. It offers an insight into the problems inherent in the attempt to give peace, stability and common loyalty to a heterogeneous population. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 1DVH; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232. Good clean copy. Covers showing light age and shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0030917
- ISBN
- 9780140134988
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
Paperback. Was the Habsburg monarchy an empire like those of Great Britain, France or Spain? Drawing upon modern theoretical perspectives on European expansion to answer this question, Paula Sutter Fichtner argues that the Habsburg holdings did indeed constitute a form of European imperialism. Series: European History in Perspective. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333737286
- ISBN
- 9780333737286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.29
€ 45.99
€ 37.29