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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages, 44 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
revised and updated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231170291
ISBN
9780231170291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. By the end of the 1920s, more than 45,000 native Puerto Ricans had left their homes and entered the United States, citizenship papers in hand, forming one of New York City's most complex and unique migrant communities. This work unravels the many tensions that defined the experience of this group of American citizens before and after World War II. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780226796086
ISBN
9780226796086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.06
€ 79.61

Paperback. Building its incisive narrative from a wide range of archival sources, interviews, and accounts of Puerto Rican life in New York, this book illuminates the history of a group that is still invisible to many scholars and transforms the way we understand this community's integral role in shaping our sense of citizenship in 20th-century America. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL4; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226151762
ISBN
9780226151762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, B&W illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BM; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620408254
ISBN
9781620408254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.73

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; 3JH; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691639628
ISBN
9780691639628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.52
€ 98.65

Hardback. Presenting twelve essays that explore in depth the publishing and reading practices which were formed and changed by the First World War. This work provides crucial historical information about the production, circulation and reception of reading matter during a period of international crisis. Editor(s): Hammond, Mary; Towheed, Shafquat. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJF; DSBH; KNTP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230500761
ISBN
9780230500761
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.90

Paperback. Many more people encountered newspapers, business press products or jobbing print than the glamorous books of the Enlightenment. This book looks at the way in which print effected a business revolution. Series: People, Markets, Goods: Economies and Societies in History. Num Pages: 348 pages, 9, 4 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white line drawings, 4 black and white, 5 lin. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 592.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843839101
ISBN
9781843839101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.03

Paperback. Reconsiders the political, cultural, and legal nature of modernity in relation to religion. This title argues that the work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau was instrumental in the evolution of modernity. In Rousseau, it pinpoints the origins of contemporary notions of the public and private and their relationship to religion. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HPCD; HPS; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139694
ISBN
9780231139694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.41
€ 46.96

paperback. In the years following World War II, federal plans to build a mammoth new dam on the Snake River in Idaho were thwarted by a coalition of irrigators, private-power executives, and state politicians who wanted local control. The unintended result was the preservation of high deserts and mountain rivers from radical change. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 250 pages, 1 line drawings, 7 maps,. BIC Classification: 3JF; HB; RNA; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989129
ISBN
9780295989129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

paperback. This book draws together a collection of lively and authoritative essays on the future of public policy by distinguished academics in the field. Compiled in memory of Henry Neuburger, a leading economic analyst and adviser, the essays together form an excellent introduction to key issues in contemporary policy making. Editor(s): Fraser, Neil; Hills, John. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16figs.16tabs. BIC Classification: 3JM; JPQB; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861342676
ISBN
9781861342676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 37.78

paperback. A comprehensive account of British economic policy since 1900, covering both macro and micro issues. Offers both a coherent analysis and a clear narrative description of policy-making through the century. Series: Clarendon Paperbacks. Num Pages: 392 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780198287742
ISBN
9780198287742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.36

Hardback. Examines the effect of various public policies on economic performance in Japan. This text covers such public policies as: tax policy; regulation; macroeconomic policy; and labour policy. Many fields regarding economic performance are also covered, such as savings, portfolio choice and housings. Series: Studies in the Modern Japanese Economy. Num Pages: 327 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPN; KCB; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
327
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333589236
ISBN
9780333589236
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.31

Hardback. In 1935, a Chinese woman by the name of Shi Jianqiao murdered the notorious warlord Sun Chuanfang as he prayed in a Buddhist temple. This work of history examines this well-publicized crime and the highly sensationalized trial of the killer. It traces the rise of a sentiment - "public sympathy" - in early twentieth-century China. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 232 x 27. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520247185
ISBN
9780520247185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.36
€ 65.36

Hardcover. The story of how the concept of a pantheon, a building honouring great individuals, spread across Revolutionary Europe and interacted with socio-political and cultural changes. Analysing the canon and iconography of each pantheon, Bouwers shows how the commemoration of war and celebration of nationhood gave way to the protection of elite interests. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230294714
ISBN
9780230294714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.20

Paperback. An account of trends in Russian public opinion over the period 1988-94. Analyzing data from Russian polling organizations, it covers the development of a professional polling industry and looks at such areas as changing popular moods, and attitudes towards political institutions. Series: Studies in Russian and East European History and Society. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JHBC; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333644201
ISBN
9780333644201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.09

hardcover. In this book, Tang addresses how public opinion is shaped in China's political, economic, and social environment and how it affects decision making and political change. Num Pages: 268 pages, 8 tables, 33 figures, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JPH; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752190
ISBN
9780804752190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.31

Paperback. This book describes through case studies how various factors, such as the single-party political system, traditional culture, market reform, and industrialization, shape public opinion and mass political behavior in urban China. Num Pages: 268 pages, 8 tables, 33 figures, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JPH; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752206
ISBN
9780804752206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

paperback. Rarely has a foreign policy event spawned such interest in international public opinion as has the Iraq War. Editor(s): Sobel, Richard; Furia, Peter; Barrett, Bethany. Num Pages: 322 pages, tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBWS5; JPS; JPVK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597974936
ISBN
9781597974936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

hardcover. Rarely has a foreign policy event spawned such interest in international public opinion as has the Iraq War. Editor(s): Sobel, Richard; Furia, Peter; Barrett, Bethany. Num Pages: 322 pages, tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBWS5; JPS; JPVK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597974929
ISBN
9781597974929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Paperback. Throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries, illegitimate offspring of elite families in colonial Spanish America appealed to the Council of the Indies in Spain to purchase legitimations. This analysis provides a detailed picture of attitudes to illegitimacy in colonial Spanish America. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 tables 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3J; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731485
ISBN
9780804731485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardback. Practitioners of private law opened the way toward Japan's legal modernity in ways the samurai and the state could not. Tracing law regimes from Edo to Meiji, Flaherty shows how the legal profession emerged as a force for change in modern Japan, founding private universities and political parties, and contributing to twentieth-century legal reform. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
350
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066779
ISBN
9780674066779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Hardcover. Based on original and previously unseen written and sound archives and interviews with former and current radio producers and presenters, Public Issue Radio addresses the controversial question of the political leanings of current affairs programmes, and asks if Analysis became an early platform for both Thatcherite and Blairite ideas. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230247390
ISBN
9780230247390
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.41

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
Volume 2 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813550091
ISBN
9780813550091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.41
€ 58.90

This volume provides a new and innovative overview of the key debates relating to public health policy in the UK and sets out the policy implications for the future, offering a way forward based on the concept of managing for health. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPR; 3JM; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745626468
ISBN
9780745626468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 87.41

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