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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardcover. This interdisciplinary study explores how book culture functioned in the life and milieu of one of the nineteenth century's most complex figures. Spanning the statesman's long life, it presents key case studies illuminating the constant and fundamental interplay between reading, life and politics which characterised Gladstone's world. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230007659
ISBN
9780230007659
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.01

Hardback. In so doing, Machor takes us ever closer to understanding the particular and varying reading strategies of historical audiences and how they impacted authors' conceptions of their own readership. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 39. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801898747
ISBN
9780801898747
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.02
€ 72.22

Hardcover. Borrowing from translation and reading studies and weaving together the history of science with intellectual history, this title explores Darwin's global appeal from the perspective of several generations of Arabic readers and shows how Darwin's writings helped alter the social and epistemological landscape of the Arab learned classes. Num Pages: 440 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; HRAM3; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 241 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226001302
ISBN
9780226001302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.06
€ 79.61

Hardcover. Up until the end of the eighteenth century, the way Ottomans used their clocks conformed to the inner logic of their own temporal culture. This book unravels the complexity of Ottoman temporal culture and tells the story of its transformation. It presents us with a new understanding of the relationship between time and modernity. Num Pages: 312 pages, 14 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JH; HBJF1; HBLL; HBTB; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 15. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226257723
ISBN
9780226257723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.03
€ 49.03

Hardcover. Ranging from soldiers reading newspapers at the front to authors' responses to the war, this book sheds new light on the reading habits and preferences of men and women, combatants and civilians, during the First World War. This is the first study of the conflict from the perspective of readers. Series: New Directions in Book History. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJF; DSBH; DSC; DSK; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137302700
ISBN
9781137302700
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.85

Hardcover. A pathbreaking consideration of the intertwined critical responses to Harriet Beecher Stowe and Frederick Douglass, giants of abolitionist literature. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135773
ISBN
9781571135773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Hardcover. This study focuses on workers, women and peasants, and the ways in which their reading was constructed as a social and political problem, to analyze the fear of reading in 19th century France. The author presents a series of case studies of actual readers. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; CFC; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 459.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333921265
ISBN
9780333921265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.57
€ 140.76

paperback. Analyzes late 20th-century responses to feminism, and asks: to what extent does the concept of backlash accurately explain reactions to feminism over time? This book offers feminists and other activists empirically grounded knowledge that can be used to develop legal and political strategies for change. Editor(s): Chunn, Dorothy E.; Boyd, Susan B.; Lessard, Hester. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, approx. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; JFFK; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774814126
ISBN
9780774814126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.70

Paperback. The bestselling story of Britain's most courageous and most famous flyer, the Second World War hero Sir Douglas Bader. Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Phoenix
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780304356744
ISBN
9780304356744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Examines the feature film production of Fascist-era Italy Editor(s): Reich, Jacqueline. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; APFA; HBG; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253215185
ISBN
9780253215185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.33

Paperback. Between 1960 and 1980, both eastern and western Europe experienced a construction boom of hitherto unknown dimensions. The new possibilities offered by science and industry paved the way to large-scale projects in architecture and urban design. This book deals with this topic. Editor(s): Moravanszky, Akos; Lange, Torsten; Hopfengartner, Judith; Kegler, Karl R. Num Pages: 320 pages, 165 colour illustrations, 165 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 246 x 21. Weight in Grams: 784.
Publisher
Birkhauser
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783035610161
ISBN
9783035610161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.38

Paperback. Written with the assistance, of those involved, including Bryan Ferry, Brian Eno, Andy Mackay and Phil Manzanera, this book gives an account of how pop art, the avant garde underground of the 1960s, and the heady slipstream of London in the sixties was transformed into the fashion cults of revivalism, nostalgia and pop futurism in the early 1970s. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; ACXJ1; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571229864
ISBN
9780571229864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. After the WWII, the need for reconstruction influenced the architectural style in Europe. This volume illustrates that the debate on the humanization of the built environment was carried out with great intensity in the East as well as in the West, irrespective of their political system, that led to similar concepts. Editor(s): Moravanszky, Akos; Lange, Torsten; Hopfengartner, Judith; Kegler, Karl. Num Pages: 376 pages, 170 colour illustrations, 3 black & white tables, 170 farb. Abb., 3 schw.-w. Tab. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 248 x 26. Weight in Grams: 918.
Publisher
Birkhauser
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783035610154
ISBN
9783035610154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.38

Paperback. As a reaction to rationalism and functionalist Moderne, the post-modern style developed in the 1970s; the idea was that architecture was to acquire a new identity by employing traditional means. This book analyzes discrepancies in architectural theory and the processes that led to a revaluation in the history of architectural production. Editor(s): Moravanszky, Akos; Lange, Torsten; Hopfengartner, Judith; Kegler, Karl. Num Pages: 336 pages, 145 colour illustrations, 145 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 248 x 23. Weight in Grams: 822.
Publisher
Birkhauser
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783035610178
ISBN
9783035610178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.38

Hardcover. This book demonstrates that many domestic and regional sociopolitical and cultural changes credited to the 1952 revolutionaries began decades before the July coup. Arguing against the view of the pre-revolutionary era in Egypt as one of decay, the volume considers the 1919-1952 years as integral to nation-state formation and social transformation. Editor(s): Goldschmidt, Arthur; Johnson, Amy J.; Salmoni, Barak A. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 236 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1034.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Condition
New
SKU
9789774249006
ISBN
9789774249006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 6.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Huckabee, David C. Num Pages: 47 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 84.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
47
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590335093
ISBN
9781590335093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.43

Paperback. Editor(s): Fiehn, Terry. Series: Re-discovering the Past. Num Pages: 136 pages, colour illustrations, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 4KHN; YQH. Category: (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 276 x 214 x 8. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Hodder Education United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719585487
ISBN
9780719585487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.16

Paperback. Editor(s): Fiehn, Terry. Series: Re-discovering the Past. Num Pages: 120 pages, colour illustrations, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; 4KHN; YQH. Category: (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 257 x 214 x 6. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Hodder Education United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719585449
ISBN
9780719585449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.16

Paperback. Editor(s): Martin, Dave. Series: Re-discovering the Past. Num Pages: 120 pages, colour illustrations, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 4KHN; YQH. Category: (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 272 x 213 x 5. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Hodder Education United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719585463
ISBN
9780719585463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.06

Paperback. The controversial memoir of a top British spy which finally reveals what really went on behind the scenes of the Falklands War Num Pages: 400 pages, 16, 34 maps. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBG; HBLW3; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 31. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753821862
ISBN
9780753821862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Raymond Williams is widely acknowledged to be one of the most original and influential thinkers of the post--war era. He wrote extensively across a wide range of subjects: from drama and the novel to politics, popular culture and mass communications. He was also a major novelist, well--known for books such as Border Country and Second Generation. Editor(s): Eagleton, Terry. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745603841
ISBN
9780745603841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.08

Hardcover. The most comprehensive monograph in print on this provocative artist, who has helped to redefine contemporary art Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; 3JM; ACXJ; AFF; AFJD; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 325 x 255 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2324.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714873695
ISBN
9780714873695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.23
€ 66.27

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Antique Collectors Club Dist
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851497911
ISBN
9781851497911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.05

Paperback. Analyses how Victorians used the pathology of disease to express deep-seated anxieties about a rapidly industrialising England's relationship to the material world. Drawing on medicine, literature, political economy, sociology, anthropology, and popular advertising, the author explores the industrial logic of disease. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326168
ISBN
9780822326168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 20.36

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