Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. Written by the author who was raised in a desperately poor village during the height of China's Cultural Revolution, this book tells the story of how he came to be Mao's last dancer. Num Pages: 448 pages, Black and white inset. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPL; ASD; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141040226
- ISBN
- 9780141040226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.80
€ 15.99
€ 11.80
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 66. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801449345
- ISBN
- 9780801449345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.11
€ 139.11
Sheet map. In Scotland, the spirit of industry that swept through the nineteenth century was strongest in Glasgow - but Edinburgh emerged as a cultural capital, becoming known as the Athens of the North. This title captures Edinburgh as her reputation as a centre of finance and the arts was flourishing. Series: Old House. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 3JH; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 100. New.
- Publisher
- Old House Books
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908402189
- ISBN
- 9781908402189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.98
€ 10.98
Sheet map. New.
- Publisher
- Old House Books
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908402202
- ISBN
- 9781908402202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.23
€ 12.23
Paperback. #1 New York Times Bestselling Author returns with a compelling story of love and family from the present day to World War II France Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JMG; FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- ePub edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008151324
- ISBN
- 9780008151324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.89
€ 11.99
€ 9.89
Sheet map.
- Publisher
- Old House
- Number of pages
- 1
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Map
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908402554
- ISBN
- 9781908402554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.05
€ 10.05
Hardcover. Brings the particular perspective of the geographer to the theme of 'colonial/early modern' (c. 1550 - c.1750) Ireland. Num Pages: 760 pages, maps (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 177 x 43. .
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859183977
- ISBN
- 9781859183977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.00€ 52.59
€ 69.00
€ 52.59
Paperback. In this history of the British surveys of India, the author relates how imperial Britain employed modern scientific survey techniques to create and define the spacial image of its Indian empire, and to legitimize its colonialist activities as triumphs of liberal, rational science. Num Pages: 474 pages, 31 halftones, 5 maps, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBTP; PDX; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226184883
- ISBN
- 9780226184883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.59
€ 44.99
€ 34.59
Hardback. This work considers several texts, cultural practices and intellectual processes to chart the emergence of a new geographical conciousness in early modern Japan. The study shows how spatial and geographical knowledge confined to elites in early Japan became more widespread in the Tokugawa period. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 249 pages, 22 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232693
- ISBN
- 9780520232693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.39€ 64.67
€ 84.39
€ 64.67
Hardcover. In 2001 the Chinese government announced that the precise location of Shangrila - a place that previously had existed only in fiction - had been identified in Zhongdian County, Yunnan. This book advances a view of landscapes as media of governance, representation, resistance, and examining how they are reshaping cultural economies. Editor(s): Yeh, Emily T.; Coggins, Chris. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 348 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993577
- ISBN
- 9780295993577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.85
€ 133.85
Paperback. In 2001 the Chinese government announced that the precise location of Shangrila - a place that previously had existed only in fiction - had been identified in Zhongdian County, Yunnan. This book advances a view of landscapes as media of governance, representation, resistance, and examining how they are reshaping cultural economies. Editor(s): Yeh, Emily T.; Coggins, Chris. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993584
- ISBN
- 9780295993584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Hardback. By 1945 Washington and London envisioned a new era in which the U.S. shouldered global responsibilities while Britain focused its regional interests narrowly. Mapping the End of Empire reveals how Anglo-American perceptions of geography and perspectives on the Muslim world shaped postcolonial futures from the Middle East to South Asia. Num Pages: 324 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW; JPH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728882
- ISBN
- 9780674728882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.75€ 56.34
€ 61.75
€ 56.34
Hardback. In the nineteenth century, Americans began to use maps in radically new ways. This title charts how maps of epidemic disease, slavery, census statistics, the environment, and the past demonstrated the analytical potential of cartography, and in the process transformed the very meaning of a map. Num Pages: 272 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTP; RGV. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 189 x 265 x 24. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226740683
- ISBN
- 9780226740683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
€ 95.07
€ 78.49
Paperback. In the 19th century, Americans began to use maps in extraordinary new ways. Medical men mapped diseases to understand epidemics, natural scientists mapped climate to uncover weather patterns, and Northerners created slave maps to assess the power of the South. This book charts how thematic maps demonstrated the analytical potential of cartography. Num Pages: 272 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTP; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226103969
- ISBN
- 9780226103969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Hardcover. Follow the conflict of the Second World War from 1939 to 1945 in this unique volume, published in association with Imperial War Museums, London, featuring historical maps and photographs from their archives, and fascinating commentary from an expert historian. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTP1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 277 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1544.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008136581
- ISBN
- 9780008136581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.71
€ 23.71
Hardback. This work presents a biography of the artist Marc Chagall in dialogue with events and ideologies of his time. It encompasses different aspects of his life (1889-1985) including his roots in folk culture, his personal relationships and his inerests. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 166 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AGB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 266 x 201 x 65. Weight in Grams: 2132.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804742139
- ISBN
- 9780804742139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.75
€ 103.75
Hardcover. A riveting history of the month that transformed the world's greatest nations as Russia faced revolution and America entered the First World War. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 243 x 39. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393292084
- ISBN
- 9780393292084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.53
€ 30.99
€ 26.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 13 black & white halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589799240
- ISBN
- 9781589799240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.79
€ 26.99
€ 23.79
Paperback. March into Meath Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KOG0000533
- ISBN
- 9781845886929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 6.23
€ 16.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. Describes what going to war with 42 Commando was like and includes authentic details of danger, frustration, fatigue, courage and endurance that are just some of the emotions experienced during those fateful weeks and months of 1982. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp B&W Photos. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844156276
- ISBN
- 9781844156276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.69
€ 26.99
€ 23.69
Paperback. Offers account of author's lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BM; FXZ; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 240 x 171 x 9. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Top Shelf Productions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603093002
- ISBN
- 9781603093002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.04
€ 18.99
€ 14.04
Paperback. Takes you behind the scenes of some of the most pivotal moments of the Civil Rights Movement. This book features historic events both accessible and relevant to an entire new generation of Americans. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BM; FXZ; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Top Shelf Productions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603094009
- ISBN
- 9781603094009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.05
€ 24.99
€ 17.05
Hardback. On October 10, 1941, the entire Jewish population of the Belarusian village of Krucha was rounded up and shot. This atrocity was the work of footsoldiers in a regular German army unit, acting on its own initiative. This book paints a searing portrait of the Wehrmacht's descent into ever more intimate participation in genocide. Num Pages: 276 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725508
- ISBN
- 9780674725508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.21
€ 54.99
€ 46.21
Paperback. In 1864 William Tecumseh Sherman made Civil War history with his infamous March to the Sea across Georgia. More than a century later, Jerry Ellis set out along the same route in search of the past and his southern and Cherokee heritage. Here he confronts the complexities of his native region. Num Pages: 328 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820324258
- ISBN
- 9780820324258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.02
€ 30.99
€ 26.02