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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. In this fascinating volume, renowned historian Howard M. Sachar relates the tragedy of twentieth-century Europe through an innovative, riveting account of the continent's political assassinations between 1918 and 1939 and beyond. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442609181
ISBN
9781442609181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.47

Paperback. Explains why the workers at the Ashio copper mine joined together for three days of rioting against the Furukawa Company in February 1907. In the course of this historical analysis, this book takes on some of the most influential critical perspectives on Japanese social and labour history. It will interest scholars of labour history. Editor(s): Gordon, Andrew. Translator(s): Boardman, Terry. Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 illustrations, 4 figures, 2 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJC; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; JPWF; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press Durham
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822320180
ISBN
9780822320180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.63

Hardback. The arts of industry encompassed both liberal and mechanical realms. This title argues that mechanics and artisans used four principal means to describe and rationalize their work: drawing, model-making, societies and publications. It also examines the status of the mechanical arts from the medieval period to the seventeenth century. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 576 pages, 200 black-&-white illustrations + 60 colour images. BIC Classification: 3JF; AGP; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 214 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2424. Series: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. 576 pages, 200 black-&-white illustrations + 60 colour images. The arts of industry encompassed both liberal and mechanical realms. This title argues that mechanics and artisans used four principal means to describe and rationalize their work: drawing, model-making, societies and publications. It also examines the status of the mechanical arts from the medieval period to the seventeenth century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JF; AGP; AK. Dimension: 287 x 214 x 40. Weight: 2424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300160420
ISBN
9780300160420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.48
€ 50.65

Paperback. In this study, Linda M. Grasso demonstrates that using anger as a mode of analysis and the basis of an aesthetic transforms our understanding of American women's literary history. She explores how black and white 19th-century women writers defined, expressed and dramatized anger. Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBF; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0228137
ISBN
9780807853481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

paperback. In the autumn of 1502 three giants of the Renaissance period - Cesare Borgia, Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli - set out on one of the treacherous military campaigns of the period. This work focuses on this collusion of three iconic figures of the Italian Renaissance to unite three mighty strands of the period - war, politics and art. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; ACND; HBJD; HPCB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9781845951214
ISBN
9781845951214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; 3J; HBG; HBLC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 187 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1960
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
Edition
Revised
SKU
V9780801490620
ISBN
9780801490620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.10

Paperback. Addresses the problems defined by writers and artists during the post-dictatorship years in Argentina and Chile, years in which both countries aggressively adopted neo-liberal market-driven economies. This work is suitable for Latin Americanists, literary and political theorists and those involved with the study of postmodernism and globalisation. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSH; 3JJP; A; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JHM; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822328186
ISBN
9780822328186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1x 8pp photo insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 327 x 29. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hachette Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316311465
ISBN
9780316311465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.63

Hardcover. Explores some of the major transitions, opportunities and false dawns of modern British political history. It engages with the scholarly legacy of Professor Duncan Tanner (1958-2010) whose work was focused on the political process and on politics in government. Editor(s): Williams, Chris; Edwards, Andrew. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719090714
ISBN
9780719090714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.75

Paperback. Writing letters to powerful people to win their favour and garner rewards such as political office, tax relief, and recommendations was an institution in Renaissance Florence. This title presents the study of political and social patronage in 15th-century Florence. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 figures, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341178
ISBN
9780822341178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Hardback. The first archive-based study of official corruption under Stalin and a compelling new look at the textures of everyday Soviet life after World War II Series: The Yale-Hoover Series on Authoritarian Regimes. Num Pages: 416 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW; JKV; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300175257
ISBN
9780300175257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.04

Hardback. A lavish, full-colour hardcover art book taking readers on a visual guide through Stephen Hickman's artwork. The collection focuses on his book covers for famous SFF authors such as Harlan Ellison, Robert Heinlein, Anne McCaffrey, and Larry Niven. Num Pages: 160 pages, full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; ACXJ; AGB; AKLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 324 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1106.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783298457
ISBN
9781783298457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.07

Hardback. A study of the entanglement of visual art with secularism in the wake of the rise of Hindu nationalism in India, tracking the emergence of the artist as an exemplary secular subject. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJP; 3JM; ACXJ; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042956
ISBN
9781849042956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 17ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816637713
ISBN
9780816637713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 30 color illus. 169 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; ACND; HPCB; HPCD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216. Weight in Grams: 199.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691172279
ISBN
9780691172279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.76
€ 57.47

hardcover. This volume traces Maurice Sendak's life and work from 1980 to the present, detailing sketches and final art for theatre productions, children's books, adult book jackets, posters, and CD covers. Num Pages: 224 pages, 350 illustrations, (250 colour ). BIC Classification: 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; AGB; AKLB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 303 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1792. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear, remains very good/like new
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0030636
ISBN
9780810944480
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00

Hardback. From 1952 to 1981, South Africa's apartheid government ran an art school for the training of African art teachers at Indaleni, in what is today KwaZulu-Natal. The Art of Life in South Africa is the story of the students, teachers, art, and politics that circulated through a small school, housed in a remote former mission station. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 3JJP; ACX; HBTB; JNB; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1293.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821422519
ISBN
9780821422519
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.92

Paperback. From 1952 to 1981, South Africa's apartheid government ran an art school for the training of African art teachers at Indaleni, in what is today KwaZulu-Natal. The Art of Life in South Africa is the story of the students, teachers, art, and politics that circulated through a small school, housed in a remote former mission station. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 3JJP; ACX; HBTB; JNB; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1108.
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821422526
ISBN
9780821422526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.47

Hardcover. The author reconstructs the relation of the novel to 19th-century law courts. He argues that the courts, newly fashioned as a site in which to orchestrate voices and reconstruct stories, arose as a cultural presence influencing the shape of the English novel. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801867552
ISBN
9780801867552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.29

Paperback. Many masterpieces of Islamic art, such as the Alhambra and the Taj Mahal, were produced during the period between the early 13th century and the advent of European colonial rule in the 19th. This work surveys the architecture and arts of the traditional Islamic lands during this era. Series: The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 150 b/w + 150 color illus. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; 3JD; AGR; AMN; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 281 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1570.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300064650
ISBN
9780300064650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.69

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