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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardcover. "Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-254) and index. Commissioning organisation: John Foot. xi, 270 p. maps 24 cm. Paperback. As new." Keywords: "Subjects - History - General,Subjects - History - Europe - General"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KEX0164460
ISBN
9780333669044
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 65.96

Paperback. Japan is an icon of the modern world, and yet it remains an enigma to many, who see it as a confusing montage of the alien and the familiar, the ancient and modern. The aim of this Very Short Introduction is to explode the myths and explore the reality of modern Japan - by taking a concise look at its history, economy, politics, and culture. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 67 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199235698
ISBN
9780199235698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Hardback. Describes how Western art institutions and vocabulary were transplanted to Japan in the late nineteenth century, exposing the politics through which the words, categories, and values that structure our understanding of the field came to be while revealing the historicity of Western and non-Western art history. Num Pages: 416 pages, 17 full-colour, 19 b&w & 12 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; ACBP; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 198 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606060599
ISBN
9781606060599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.23
€ 73.22

Hardcover. Explores the literary culture of the Ottoman Empire's Sephardic Jews Series: Indiana Series in Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 175 x 27. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253356727
ISBN
9780253356727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.66

Paperback. Now in paperback: '[A] subtle and persuasive account of relationships between men and women from the 19th century through to the new millennium.. its sweep is impressive' Economist Num Pages: 304 pages, 8pp b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 194 x 135 x 30. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Atlantic Books United Kingdom
Edition
Main - Print on Demand
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903809648
ISBN
9781903809648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. The first anthology of modern Middle Eastern Jewish thought Editor(s): Behar, Moshe; Ben-Dor Benite, Zvi. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
EUROSPAN
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584658856
ISBN
9781584658856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582295179
ISBN
9780582295179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.70

Hardcover. A title that examines the ferocious public debates of the 1870s on higher dimensional mathematics and the workings of seance phenomena, discusses the world of cheap instruction manuals and popular occult journals, and looks at haunted houses, which brought together the rural settings and the urban masses that obsessed over them. Num Pages: 316 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HRQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875804620
ISBN
9780875804620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.49

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 130 color + 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ACV; ACX; AGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 190. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300222753
ISBN
9780300222753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 42.58

Paperback. A concise history of popular theatre in the 20th and 21st centuries. This book questions how we define the distinguishing principles of popular theatre, considers the use of popular forms in experimental and avant-garde theatre, and introduces a range of international artists and theatre makers. Series: Theatre and Performance Practices. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; AN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230368958
ISBN
9780230368958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.06

Paperback. There are 27 million slaves alive today - more than at any point in history Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 3JM; HBTS; JFF; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851688159
ISBN
9781851688159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.58

Hardback. The essays in this volume cover the whole period from the death throes of socialist realism to the lively, sophisticated, cosmopolitan fiction of the late 1970s and 1980s. The book contains a survey introduction to Slovak fiction from the 1950s to the present. Editor(s): Pynsent, Robert B. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; 2AGK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333515969
ISBN
9780333515969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.09

Hardback. Modern Spain: 1808 to the Presentis a comprehensive overview of Spanish history from the Napoleonic era to the present day. Series: A New History of Modern Europe (NWME). Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405186797
ISBN
9781405186797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.26

Paperback. Starting at the 'September Revolution' of 1868 and going up to 1980, Raymond Carr explains much of modern Spanish history - often a strange mixture of advanced liberal politics imposed upon a conservative society. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 194 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192801296
ISBN
9780192801296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.91

Paperback. Modern Spain: 1808 to the Presentis a comprehensive overview of Spanish history from the Napoleonic era to the present day. Series: A New History of Modern Europe (NWME). Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405186803
ISBN
9781405186803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.53

Hardback. Shows how some of the ideas about the afterlife presented by spiritualism helped to shape popular Christianity in the period. Series: Studies in Modern British Religious History. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HRAX; HRC; HRQM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843835899
ISBN
9781843835899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Paperback. An exploration of modern assumptions about God, social, economic, and political structures, through the analysis of contemporary cultural expression. This is combined with a study of the locations that successively became the frontiers of modernity, such as Vienna, Moscow, Paris and Berlin, as well as America. Num Pages: 752 pages, 166 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AB; ACX; AV; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 167 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1190. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0006766
ISBN
9780500281512
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Explores how professionalism, religion, and feminism came together to enable missionary women to become the colleagues and mentors of Western and non-Western men. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HRCX7; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774809528
ISBN
9780774809528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

paperback. Explores how professionalism, religion, and feminism came together to enable missionary women to become the colleagues and mentors of Western and non-Western men. Num Pages: 212 pages, 18 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HRCX7; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 0. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780774809535
ISBN
9780774809535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Focuses on literary authors, social reformers, journalists, and anthropologists. This work demonstrates how women intellectuals in early 20th century America combined and criticized ideas from both the Victorian cult of domesticity" and the modern "culture of professionalism" to shape new kinds of writing and new kinds of work for themselves. Series: Rethinking the Americas. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812237436
ISBN
9780812237436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.06

Hardcover. This book investigates Russia's transformation into a European Power by way of the activities of the tsarist translator and official Andrei Vinius, who became an important advisor to Peter the Great. Vinius emerges as an influential conduit of Western culture and technology, who played a key role in transforming Muscovy into Russia. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137323668
ISBN
9781137323668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.24

Paperback. An exploration of the ideas, groupings and the social tensions that shaped the transformation of life caused by the changes of modernity in art, science, politics and philosophy. Editor(s): McFarlane, James Walter; Bradbury, Malcolm. Num Pages: 688 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140138320
ISBN
9780140138320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.69

Hardback. Argues that references to theology and traditional Christian iconography in the works of Picasso and Apollinaire are not mere symbolic gestures; rather, they are complex responses to the symbolist art and poetry of figures important to them, including Paul Gauguin, Charles Morice, and Santiago Rusinol. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 color, 17 b/w. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 185 x 23. Weight in Grams: 858.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282469
ISBN
9780520282469
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.41
€ 46.96

Hardcover. Thomas Linehan offers a fresh perspective on late Victorian and Edwardian socialism by examining the socialist revival of these years from the standpoint of modernism. In so doing, he explores the modernist mission as extending beyond the concerns of the literary and artistic avant-garde to incorporate political and social movements. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLW; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230230101
ISBN
9780230230101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.40

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