Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardcover. William Jervois was a military engineer who rose to prominence as a result of Lord Palmerston's extensive programme of fortification against a feared French invasion in the middle years of the nineteenth century. Ramparts of Empire is a detailed and engaging study of his life and works. Num Pages: 322 pages, c. 150 b&w illustrations, 8 pages of colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; AMX; TBX; TTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 273 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1282.
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905816040
- ISBN
- 9781905816040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.78
€ 151.78
Paperback. Peter S. Field contends that Ralph Waldo Emerson was America's first democratic intellectual and a democrat in two senses: his writings are imbued with an optimistic, confident ethos; and, more importantly, he acted the part of the democrat by bringing culture to all Americans. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBF; DSC; GTB; JFCX; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847688432
- ISBN
- 9780847688432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Hardcover. Ralph Ayres was head cook at New College in the 1770s. This book is a fascinating insight into the eighteenth-century kitchen, a period of great interest to social and culinary historians, and includes recipes for famous dishes such as Quaking Pudding, and Oxford Sausages. Editor(s): Jakeman, Jane. Num Pages: 88 pages, 72 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 171 x 13. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851240753
- ISBN
- 9781851240753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.09
€ 19.99
€ 16.09
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, 165 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764349089
- ISBN
- 9780764349089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 35.63
€ 53.99
€ 35.63
Paperback. Deals with the impact of the Civil War on northern cities. From Abraham Lincoln's presidential nomination at the 1860 Republican National Convention to his funeral procession in 1865, this book presents the dynamic and fascinating history of Chicago at this critical juncture in its history. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742551374
- ISBN
- 9780742551374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.20
€ 61.20
Paperback. Synthesizing the histories of masculinity, manners, and radicalism, Rakes, Highwaymen, and Pirates offers a fresh perspective on the eighteenth-century aristocratic male. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 176 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413853
- ISBN
- 9781421413853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.19
€ 35.99
€ 30.19
Synthesizing the histories of masculinity, manners, and radicalism, Rakes, Highwaymen, and Pirates offers a fresh perspective on the eighteenth-century aristocratic male. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890888
- ISBN
- 9780801890888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.71
€ 70.71
Hardback. Despite supernatural scepticism, stories about spirits were regularly printed and shared throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. This case-study in the transmission of a single story (of a young gunsmith near Bristol conjuring spirits, leading to his early death) reveals both how and why successive generations found meaning in such accounts. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HPCD1; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378934
- ISBN
- 9781137378934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.83
€ 89.83
paperback. Through the lens of children's literature, explores the largely untold story of secular Yiddish schools in America Num Pages: 296 pages, 32 illus. (11 colour). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSP1; JFSR1; JNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Brandeis University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781611689877
- ISBN
- 9781611689877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 34.35
€ 43.99
€ 34.35
Hardback. The Everglades underwent a metaphorical and ecological transition from impenetrable swamp to endangered wetland. This study situates the environmental transformation of the Everglades within the economic and historical geography of global sugar production and trade. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 halftones, 6 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFFS; KNDF; RGCM; RNC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 169 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226349503
- ISBN
- 9780226349503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.61€ 49.30
€ 57.61
€ 49.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages, illustrations facsimiles, map, portraits. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240. .
- Publisher
- Ashford Pr Pub
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852533212
- ISBN
- 9781852533212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.41
€ 12.41
Paperback. A captivating and haunting memoir by celebrated children's author Lauren St John about her childhood spent in rural Africa. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJP; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- W&N
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753829233
- ISBN
- 9780753829233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.03
€ 17.03
Paperback. A collection of eleven stories, a play and five poems. The authors featured were all influenced by "Akai Tori" (Red Bird), a Tokyo children's literary magazine and also wrote for adult audiences. The stories are striking in that they differ little in style and content from those written for adults. Num Pages: 188 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 5AF; DQ; DSY; YQF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780765605566
- ISBN
- 9780765605566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.34
€ 57.34
Paperback. World War II marked the zenith of railway gun development. This book provides an overview of the types of railway guns in service during World War II, with a special focus on the German railway artillery used in France, Italy and on the Eastern Front, and analyzes why railway guns largely disappeared from use following the end of the war. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWD; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 5. Weight in Grams: 185.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472810687
- ISBN
- 9781472810687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Noon, Steve. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 30 b/w; 33 col. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBWN; JWD; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 5. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472816399
- ISBN
- 9781472816399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.37
€ 16.99
€ 12.37
Paperback. The familiar image of Los Angeles as a metropolis built for the automobile is crumbling. This title presents the history of this system by drawing on archival documents, contemporary news accounts, and interviews with many of the key players to provide critical behind-the-scenes accounts of the people and forces that shaped the system. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 b/w photographs, 19 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 313
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520278271
- ISBN
- 9780520278271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.86
€ 33.99
€ 24.86
Paperback. Rails Under the Mighty Hudson tells a story that begins in the final years of the nineteenth century and reaches fulfillment in the first decade of the twentieth: namely, the building of rail tunnels under the Hudson River linking New Jersey and New York. Series: Hudson Valley Heritage. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; TRF; WGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 9. Weight in Grams: 137.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9780823221905
- ISBN
- 9780823221905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.92
€ 35.99
€ 32.92
Hardback. Oppressive conditions, a thankless task, a theater of war long forgotten and barely even known at the time - nonetheless, as Rails of War demonstrates, without James Harry Hantzis and his fellow soldiers of the 721st Railway Operating Battalion, the Allied forces would have been defeated in the China-Burma-India conflict in World War II. Num Pages: 240 pages, 24 photographs, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FMB; 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612348537
- ISBN
- 9781612348537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.43
€ 31.99
€ 28.43
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640723
- ISBN
- 9780691640723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.94€ 126.19
€ 166.94
€ 126.19
Paperback. Series: Railroads Past & Present. Num Pages: 328 pages, 122 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522. Weight in Grams: 573.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780253023797
- ISBN
- 9780253023797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.01
€ 36.99
€ 34.01